Bantwal Rabindranath Baliga

Control-Volume Finite Element Methods

Recent and current collaborators: Professor Luis A. Oliveira (University of Coimbra, Portugal); Professor Vitor Costa (University of Aveiro, Porugal); Professor Christian Masson (École de Technologie Supérieure, Montreal, Quebec); Nirma Jesuthasan (Ph.D. student, McGill University); and Alexandre Lamoureux (Ph.D. student, McGill University).

Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer in Interrupted-Surface Ducts, Mini-Channels, and Ducts Filled Fully or Partially with Porous Media, With Applications to Compact and Ultra-Compact Heat Exchangers and Cooling of Netbook Computers

Recent and current collaborators: Professor Laurent Mydlarski (McGill University); José Candanedo-Ibarra (Ph.D. student, Concordia University); Alexandre Lamoureux (Ph.D. student, McGill University); Lorena Camargo (Shell Canada, Calgary); Samer Afara (M.Eng. student, McGill University); Brandon Tulloch (M.Eng. student, McGill University); James Medvescek (undergraduate research assistant, McGill University); and Adam Samuel (exchange student from University of Bristol).

Fluid-Particle Flows, With Applications to Forest Fires, Materials Processing, and Heat Transfer in Slurries of Microencapsulated Phase-Change Materials

Recent and current collaborators: Professor Luis A. Oliveira (University of Coimbra, Portugal); Professor Domingos Xavier Viegas (University of Coimbra, Portugal); Professor Antonio M.G. Lopes (University of Coimbra, Portugal); and Alexandre Lamouroeux (Ph.D. student, McGill University).

Solid-Liquid Phase-Change Phenomena, With Applications to Thermal Energy Storage and Control Systems

Recent and current collaborators: Dr. Nabil Elkouh (President, Erigo Technologies, New Hampshire, U.S.A.); Alexandre Lamouroeux (Ph.D. student, McGill University); and Sylvain Bories (M.Eng. student, McGill University).

Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer in Porous Media, With Applications to Heat Transfer Enhancement, Thermal Energy Storage, Loop Heat Pipes, and Forest Fires

Recent and current collaborators: Professor Vitor Costa (University of Aveiro, Portugal); Professor Luis A. Oliveira (University of Coimbra, Portugal); Dr. Nima Atabaki (University of British Columbia); Nirma Jesuthasan (Ph.D. student, McGill University); Tihomir Sivov (M.Eng. student, McGill University); and Raul Palacios-Gamez (M.Eng. student, McGill University).

Enhancement of Convective Heat Transfer using Slurries of Microencapsulated Phase-Change Material in Liquids

Recent and current collaborators: Dr. David A. Scott (NRCan); and Alexandre Lamoureux (Ph.D. student, McGill University).

Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer in Loop Heat Pipes

Recent and current collaborators: Dr. Nima Atabaki (University of British Columbia); and Nirma Jesuthasan (Ph.D. student, McGill University).

Optimum Thermal Design of Heat Transfer Devices

Eric Duplain (former M.Eng. student, McGill University).

Simulation of Air-Borne Burning Objects Over Forrested Terrains, With Applications to Control and Mitigation of Forest Fires

Professor Luis A. Oliveira (University of Coimbra, Portugal); Professor Domingos Xavier Viegas (University of Coimbra, Portugal); and Professor Antonio M.G. Lopes (University of Coimbra, Portugal).