Thermal Engineering Laboratory

Thermal Engineering Laboratory

Faculty

• Dr. John L. Lloyd

Research activities

• Active feedback control of heat transfer processes.
• Controllable-fluid (electro- and magneto-rheological) applications to automotive thermal systems and composite materials.
• International Networked Teams for ENgineering Design.
• Micro-tube heat transfer phenomena.
• MEMS devices for health problems.
• Micro-fiber heat transfer augmentation and control.
• Micro-scale combustion processes.

Facilities

• Wind tunnel.
• Optics for radiation measurement.
• Rotating heat transfer facility.
• Boiling chambers.
• Computer-based data acquisition systems.
• Interferometer, IR measurement systems.

Sources of support

• National Science Foundation
• Siemens Corporation
• State of Michigan

Contact

• 3547East - Engineering Building
• Telephone: 517-355-1693