Sponsored by the ASME Heat Transfer Division's Heat Transfer in Energy Systems (K6), Theory and Fundamental Research (K8), and Heat Transfer in Multiphase Flows (K13) committees, we are organizing this Symposium at the 2025 Summer Heat Transfer Conference (SHTC 2025) to celebrate the scholarly and professional contributions of Professor Vijay Dhir. Prof. Dhir is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and the former Dean of the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), holding the position from March 2003 to January 2016.
Dr. Dhir leads the Boiling Heat Transfer Laboratory at UCLA and has conducted pioneering work in the fundamental and applied sciences involving boiling, an efficient process of heat removal. The lab has been involved in the study of flow boiling, microgravity boiling, nuclear reactor thermal hydraulics and safety, and water desalination. Notably, he was the principal investigator of the NASA-funded Boiling eXperiment Facility - Nucleate Pool Boiling eXperiment (BXF-NPBX), which was conducted in the micro-g environment aboard the International Space Station to understand bubble growth, detachment, and subsequent motion of single and large merged bubbles in micro-g. More than 46 Ph.D. students and 40 MS students have graduated under Dr. Dhir's supervision. He is the author or co-author of over 350 papers published in archival journals and conference proceedings. He has co-authored three books. Among his many honors and international recognitions, Prof. Dhir was elected a member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering and of the European Academy of Sciences and Art. He also received several ASME awards including the Max Jakob Memorial Award, the Heat Transfer Memorial Award, and the 75th Anniversary Medal.
Topics of Interests
In honor of Prof. Dhir’s broad contributions to thermal science and engineering, especially in phase change heat transfer and two-phase flows, the topics of this symposium encompass all areas of current and past heat transfer research. Selected papers from the symposium will be published in special issues of the ASME Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer.
Submit Abstract
Abstracts are due by November 15, 2024.
Symposium Organizers:
Yongjie Hu, UCLA
Debjyoti Banerjee, Texas A&M
Laurent Pilon, UCLA & ARPA-E
Portonovo Ayyaswamy, University of Pennsylvania