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Graduate Theses Supervised of Michael F. Modest

  • Poon, S.C. "Determination of Radiative Exchange Factors for Three-Dimensional Non-Gray, Non-Diffuse Configurations by the Monte Carlo Method," M.S. Degree, 1977.

  • Stevens, D.S. "Two-Dimensional Radiative Equilibrium of a Gray Medium Between Concentric Cylinders," M.S. Degree, 1977.

  • Pfister A. "Feasibility of Solar Heating for Residential Housing in Northeastern Climates," M.E. Degree, 1977.

  • Azad, F.H. "Experimental Apparatus for Heat Transfer to Suspension Flows," M.E. Degree, 1977.

  • Sullivan, P. "Determination of the Amount of Daylight on a Working Surface Inside an Arbitrary Room," M.E. Degree, 1979.

  • Holzhauer, W. "Design and Development of Coal Combustor," M.S. Degree, 1980.

  • Condina, A.M. "Heat Transfer Measurements in High-Temperature Gas-Particulate Suspensions," M.E. Degree, 1980.

  • Azad, F.H. "High-Temperature Heat Transfer by Radiation and Convection in Gas-Particulate Suspensions," Ph.D. Degree, 1981.

  • Lam, J. "Experimental Apparatus for Heat Transfer to Suspension Flows," M.S. Degree, 1981.

  • Adachi, D. "Determination of the Amount of Daylight on a Working Surface Inside an Arbitrary Room," M.S. Degree, 1982.

  • Avva, R. "Experimental Apparatus for Heat Transfer to Suspension Flows," M.S. Degree, 1983.

  • Abakians, H. "Laser Osteotomy of Cortical Bones," M.S. Degree, 1983.

  • Kerns, J.A. "The Cold Gas Blanket Concept for a Fusion Plasma," Ph.D. Degree, 1984.

  • Tabanfar, S. "High-Temperature Heat Transfer by Radiation and Convection in Gas-Particulate Suspensions," Ph.D. Degree, 1985.

  • Abakians, H. "Surface Evaporation and Heating of a Semi-Infinite Moving Body Subjected to CO2 Laser Irradiation," Ph.D. Degree, 1987.

  • deBastiani, D. "Laser Interaction with Silicon Carbide and Silicon Nitride," M.S. Degree, 1989.

  • Bang, S.Y. "Effects of Multiple Beam Reflections and Beam Polarization on Laser Grooving of Hard Ceramics," Ph.D. Degree, 1991.

  • Roy, S. "CO2 Laser Machining of Hard Ceramics-A Theoretical and Experimental Investigation," Ph.D. Degree, 1992.

  • Ramanathan, S. "Laser Cutting and Drilling of Ceramics and Ceramic Composites," Ph.D. Degree, 1993.

  • Sikka, K. "Radiative Properties of Ceramics at Very High Temperatures," M.S. Degree, 1993.

  • Gupta, S. "Radiative Properties of Corrosive Liquids at Very High Temperatures," M.S. Degree, 1993.

  • Postlethwait, M. "Tailoring the Emissivities of High Temperature Ceramics," M.S. Degree, 1993.

  • Lynch, D. "Electric Infrared Heating of Ceramic Dinnerware," M.S. Degree, 1994.

  • Challingsworth, M. "Tailoring the Spectral Emissivity of High Temperature Materials," M.S. Degree, 1994.

  • Mazumder, S. "Numerical Study of Chemically Reacting Turbulent Flows with Radiative Heat Transfer," Ph.D. Degree, December 1996.

  • Mallison, T., "Viscoelastic Thermal Stress Predictions During Laser Machining of Ceramics," M.S. Degree, May 1999.

  • Zhang, Z., "Radiative Properties of Laser-Generated Plumes Above Ceramics," Ph.D. Degree, August 2000.

  • Aslan, M., "In-situ Thermal Stress Measurements During Laser Machining of Ceramics," Ph.D. Degree, May 2000.

  • Bharadwaj, S., "Narrow-Band Radiative Properties And Heat Transfer Models For High-Temperature Combustion Gases," M.S. Degree December 2000.

  • Zhang, H., "Nongray Radiative k-Distribution Heat Transfer Models For High-Temperature Combustion Gases," Ph.D. Degree, August 2002.

  • Li, G., "A Hybrid FVM/PDF Monte Carlo Model to Treat Turbulence-Radiation Interactions in Chemically Reacting Turbulent Flows," Ph.D. Degree, May 2002.

  • Bharadwaj, S., "Narrow-Band Radiative Properties And Heat Transfer Models For High-Temperature Combustion Gases," Ph.D. Degree, in progress.

  • Riazzi, R., "Narrow-Band Radiative Properties And Correlations For High-Temperature Water Vapor," M.S. Degree, December 2004.

  • Singh, V. "Incorporation of the Discrete Ordinates Method into Direct Numerical Simulations for Turbulence-Radiation Interactions in Chemically Reacting Turbulent Flows," M.S. Degrees, May 2005.

  • Mehta, R., ``Modeling Absorption Coefficient-intensity Correlations for Optically Thick Eddies in Turbulent Reacting Flows Using Hybrid Finite Volume/PDF Monte Carlo Methods,'' M.S., May 2006.

  • Wang, A., ``Investigation of Turbulence—Radiation Interactions in Turbulent Flames Using a Hybrid FVM/Particle-Photon Monte Carlo Approach,'' Ph.D. Degree, May 2008.

  • Deshmukh, K., ``Direct Numerical Simulation and Radiation Monte Carlo for Turbulence-Radiation Interactions in Chemically Reacting Turbulent Flows,'' M.S., May 2006.

  • Mehta, R., ``Investigation of Turbulence--Radiation Interactions in Turbulent Sooting Flames,'' Ph.D. Degree, December 2008.

  • Deshmukh, K., ``Direct Numerical Simulation and Radiation Monte Carlo forTurbulence-Radiation Interactions in Chemically Reacting Turbulent Flows,'' Ph.D. Degree, May 2009.

  • Gupta, A., ``Study of Turbulence Radiation Interactions using LES of Chemically Reacting Turbulent Flows,'' M.S. ay 2008, and Ph.D. Degrees, in progress.

  • Pal, G., thesis topic tbd, Ph.D. Degree, in progress.

  • Feldick, A., thesis topic tbd, Ph.D. Degree, in progress.

  • Bansal, A., thesis topic tbd, M.S. and Ph.D. Degrees, in progress.