Evelyn N. Wang

will deliver a keynote lecture entitled: 

Nanoengineered Surfaces: Transport Phenomena and Thermal Management Applications

Barry Azzopardi

will deliver a keynote lecture entitled: 

Using Tomography to Interrogate Gas Liquid Flow

Michele Ciofalo

will deliver a keynote lecture entitled: 

Unsteady Turbulence: Phenomena and Modelling

Evelyn N. Wang

Esther and Harold E. Edgerton Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA

Evelyn Wang received her BS from MIT in 2000, and her MS and PhD from Stanford University in 2001 and 2006, respectively. From 2006-2007, she was a postdoctoral researcher at Bell Laboratories, Alcatel-Lucent. Evelyn is an expert in micro- and nano-scale fabrication, devices, and engineering, and single- and two-phase heat and mass transport. She has worked extensively in the area of thermal management, and her previous projects include the development of microchannel and microjet impingement cooling technologies. Her current work involves exploring complex nanostructures for novel and enhanced functionalities for applications in thermal management, water desalination, and solar thermal energy conversion.  She is a recipient of the 2007 DARPA Young Faculty Award.

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Barry Azzopardi

Lady Trent Professor of Chemical Engineering

University of Nottingham, UK

Barry Azzopardi is currently Head of the Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering at the University of Nottingham. His key areas of research activity are linked to flow patterns in pipes of different orientation, phase separation in vessels and T junctions, drop size measurement in complex systems, demisting, and gas cleaning. Barry is responsible for Multiphase Flow Research, which finds applications in the oil/gas production, oil refining, chemical process and power sectors of industry. He has over 100 technical publications. He is a Chartered Engineer and Fellow of the Institution of Chemical Engineers.

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Michele Ciofalo

Professore Ordinario di Impianti Nucleari

Università degli Studi di Palermo

Michele Ciofalo è si è laureato nel 1980 in Ingegneria Nucleare presso l’Università di Palermo e nel 1993 ha ottenuto il PhD in ingegneria meccanica presso la City University di Londra, e nel 1999 il titolo di Doctor of Science (DSc) in meccanica dei fluidi. Le sue ricerche hanno riguardato principalmente la termofluidodinamica computazionale e sperimentale, con particolare riguardo alla turbolenza e alla sua modellazione. Michele si è occupato anche di processi stocastici, sicurezza nucleare, fenomeni di trasporto a nanoscala in fisiologia e applicazioni delle radiazioni ionizzanti. Attualmente insegna “Termoidraulica Monofase e Bifase”, “Termofluidodinamica Numerica” e “Metodi Ottici in Termofluidodinamica”. E’ stato relatore di circa 50 tesi di laurea, 10 tesi di dottorato e vari assegni di ricerca, ed è autore o coautore di circa 160 pubblicazioni scientifiche.

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