Sen Nieh, Ph.D.
Professor & Chair
Mechanical Engineering
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Education
B.S., National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC, 1976
M.S., National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC, 1978
Ph.D., Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 1983
Biography
Sen Nieh’s research interests include applied power, heating, and propulsion systems, combustion sciences and engineering, fuels and boilers, pollutants control and waste treatment, applied thermodynamics and heat transfer, HVAC and refrigeration, multiphase fluid dynamics and systems, and applied electrostatics. He is the recipient of the Lectureship Award of the United Nations in 1992 and the Awards of Honorary Guest Professorship at 3 Universities in China. He has served as the principal investigator of 15 government-funded research projects and 3 industry-funded R&D/Demo projects with a total external fund of $2.0M+. He has established and directed the Combustion Engineering Research Lab, the Multiphase Flows Research Lab, and the Environmental Engineering Lab.
B.S., National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC, 1976
M.S., National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC, 1978
Ph.D., Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 1983
Biography
Sen Nieh’s research interests include applied power, heating, and propulsion systems, combustion sciences and engineering, fuels and boilers, pollutants control and waste treatment, applied thermodynamics and heat transfer, HVAC and refrigeration, multiphase fluid dynamics and systems, and applied electrostatics. He is the recipient of the Lectureship Award of the United Nations in 1992 and the Awards of Honorary Guest Professorship at 3 Universities in China. He has served as the principal investigator of 15 government-funded research projects and 3 industry-funded R&D/Demo projects with a total external fund of $2.0M+. He has established and directed the Combustion Engineering Research Lab, the Multiphase Flows Research Lab, and the Environmental Engineering Lab.
Representative Publications
Zhang, J., L. Dong, L Zhou, and S. Nieh, "Simulation of Swirling Turbulent Flows and Heat Transfer in an Annular Duct", Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A, Vol. 44, pp. 591-609, 2003.
H. S. Coombe, and S. Nieh, "Membrane-Based Oxygen-Enriched Combustion of Liquid Hydrocarbon Fuels", to be presented at 4th Joint Meeting of U.S. Sections of the Combustion Institute, Philadelphia, PA, 3/21-23/2005.
Zhang, J., L. Dong, L Zhou, and S. Nieh, "Simulation of Swirling Turbulent Flows and Heat Transfer in an Annular Duct", Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A, Vol. 44, pp. 591-609, 2003.
H. S. Coombe, and S. Nieh, "Membrane-Based Oxygen-Enriched Combustion of Liquid Hydrocarbon Fuels", to be presented at 4th Joint Meeting of U.S. Sections of the Combustion Institute, Philadelphia, PA, 3/21-23/2005.
Nieh, S. "Vortex Heat Exchange Method and Device", U.S. Patent No. 5,394,937, 12 Claims, 5 Drawing Sheets, 10 pages, 1995.
Nieh, S. and J. Zhang, "A Comprehensive Computer Program for Strongly Swirling Gas-Particle Flow and Combustion (CCVC-II Code)", No. TXu 444-177, U.S. Copyright Office, Washington DC, 1991.
Nieh, S., Laboratory Projects in Thermal Science, 190 pages, 15 chapters, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, Registration Certificate No. TXu 230-853, Published in 1986, 1st Revision in 1990.
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