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TRACK PLENARY
DOE perspectives across private industry through her work at Track 9: Fluids Engineering
NGEN Partners, a venture capital firm, and across federal
agencies through work at the National Science Foundation. 9-1-1: 16TH SYMPOSIUM ON ADVANCES IN MATERIALS
Before coming to DOE, Dr. Mapes earned a Ph.D. in physical PROCESSING SCIENCE AND MANUFACTURING
chemistry from the University of Wisconsin—Madison.
Wednesday, November 8, 8:00am–9:45am
Track 8: Energy Room 3, Tampa Convention Center
8-13-1: ENERGY PLENARY Materials Processing Control Using Electric and Magnetic
Tuesday, November 7, 8:00am–9:45am Fields
Room 6, Tampa Convention Center (IMECE2017-71221)
Thoughts of the Future of Energy in Buildings: An HVAC George S. Dulikravich
Perspective Florida International University
(IMECE2017-73544)
Abstract: This lecture will present a variety of mathematical
Reinhard Radermacher models governing fluid flow and possible solidification
University of Maryland processes under the influence of pressure, temperature,
electric and magnetic fields. It will also illustrate a few
Abstract: Increasing demands for energy efficiency are applications of such combined fields when they are optimized
driving buildings to become net-zero-energy facilities. This in order to achieve certain desired features of the flow-field and
presentation summarizes current approaches and outlines the solid accrued during solidification. Finally, it will present a
future developments and research needs for heating, vision of the fully automated optimally controlled additive
ventilating and air-conditioning equipment, including a new manufacturing using such fields combined with the optimized
generation of heat exchangers, heat pumping technologies time-varying chemistry of the mixture of powders used in
and ventilation approaches. additive manufacturing.
Biography: Reinhard Radermacher holds a Creation of arbitrarily shaped objects with specified functionally
diploma and Ph.D. in physics from the graded, spatially varying physical properties requires
Technical University of Munich and conducts development of algorithms for optimal control of the
research in heat transfer and working fluids for manufacturing processes that include thermal, electric and
energy conversion systems — in particular magnetic fields. In case of creating composite materials, the
heat pumps, air-conditioners, refrigeration fundamental concept is based on specifying a desired pattern
systems, and integrated cooling heating and power systems. of orientations and concentrations of microfibers in the final
composite material product. Then, the task is to determine the
His work resulted in nearly 400 publications, as well as proper strengths, locations, and orientations of magnets and/or
numerous invention records and 12 patents. He has co- electrodes that will have to be placed along the boundaries of
authored three books on absorption and vapor compression the curing composite part so that the resulting magnetic and/or
heat pumps. electric field lines of force will coincide with the specified
(desired) pattern of the coated microfibers’ distribution. The
His research includes the development of software for the basic idea is that the coated fibers will align with the local
design and optimization of heat pumps and air-conditioners magnetic lines of force. The pattern of these lines depends on
which is now in use at more than 60 companies worldwide. the solidifying resin flow-field and the variation of the applied
magnetic field.
Dr. Radermacher is Minta Martin professor of Mechanical
Engineering and director and co-founder of the Center for Thus, the successful accomplishment of the proposed
Environmental Energy Engineering (CEEE). He represents the solidification process involves the development of an
U.S. at the International Energy Agency Annexes 13, 34 and appropriate software package for the numerical solution of
40, is past vice president of Commission B1, and past the partial differential equations governing combined Electro-
president of Commission B2 of the International Institute of Magneto-Hydro-Dynamics (EMHD) or Magneto-Hydro-
Refrigeration (IIR). Dynamics (MHD) or Electro-Hydro-Dynamics (EHD) involving
liquid flow, electric field, magnetic field, and heat transfer that
In 2015 he was awarded the Institute of Refrigeration (IOR) J&E includes solid-liquid phase change.
Hall Gold Medal and the International Institute of Refrigeration
(IIR) Gustav Lorentzen Medal, for his innovation and In the case of additive manufacturing, this concept requires xxxi
development in the field of refrigeration. He is Fellow ASHRAE determination of spatial variation of physical properties that
and also holds memberships in ASME, SAE, DKV and IIR and will create desired effects on the boundary of the functionally
serves as the Editor-in-Chief of ASHRAE’s journal Science and graded object by optimally time-varying chemical composition
Technology for the Built Environment. of the mixture of alloying powders, intensity and frequency of
the melting high energy beam and the motion of the beam or
He is co-founder and co-owner of Optimized Thermal Systems, the substrate.
providing custom simulation software services and innovative
solutions to energy conversion challenges. In addition, it involves development of a constrained
optimization software package that is capable of automatically
