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Special Sessions
TUESDAY, JULY 11, 2017 • 8:30 AM – 10:10 AM TUESDAY, JULY 11, 2017 • 2:00 PM – 3:40 PM
BALSAM, SECOND FLOOR BALSAM, SECOND FLOOR
PROFESSOR STUART W. CHURCHILL MEMORIAL SYMPOSIUM PROFESSOR STUART W. CHURCHILL MEMORIAL SYMPOSIUM
Professor Warren D. Seider, AIChE Fellow Professor Portonovo S. Ayyaswamy, ASME Fellow
University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA Philadelphia, PA
“Advances in Transport Phenomena & Bridging Heat and “In Honor of the Memory of Prof. Stuart W. Churchill - Transport
Mass Transfer” Phenomena Associated with a Nano-sized Carrier in Targeted Drug
Delivery”
This Symposium is organized in honor and memory of the late Professor
Stuart W. Churchill, NAE, AIChE Fellow, and to celebrate his life, legacy, Abstract: The talk will begin with a brief description of the author’s
and the many years of service and contributions in combustion, heat interactions over the years with Prof. Stuart W. Churchill. This will be
transfer, and fluid dynamics, which have bridged research in both followed by a presentation of the title topic. At the end of the presentation,
chemical and mechanical engineering applications. Papers and a brief recollection of thoughts associated with Prof. Churchill will be
presentations are invited as technical contributions that address current shared with the audience.
research (experimental and theoretical or computational), as well as
state-of-the-art in the broad areas of transport phenomena, and preferably Biography: Dr. Ayyaswamy’s research is in the area of mechanical
relevant and aligned to (though not limited to) the work of Professor engineering, with foci in modeling, simulations and experimentation of
Churchill. These would cover the spectrum of fundamental and applied multi-phase flow/heat and mass transfer. His latest research activities are
work in both chemical and mechanical engineering. Moreover, concerned with the motion of nanoparticles and associated transport,
biographical papers and presentations are also solicited. Besides the particularly in the context of targeted drug delivery. Over the years, Dr.
submitted papers and presentations, this symposium will also provide a Ayyaswamy has contributed to many diverse areas of heat transfer, mass
forum for selective invited presentations and keynotes. A selection of transfer, and fluid mechanics. These include investigations of: finite sized
papers from the invited and submitted presentations are envisaged to be bubble motion and the effects of surfactants in the context of gas
published, post-conference, in either a dedicated festschrift or in special embolism, forced convective effects on condensation, evaporation and
issues of ASME and AIChE journals. combustion of moving drops and particles, the effect of electric fields on
flames under normal and microgravity conditions, capillary flows related to
Abstract: These perspectives evolved over 54 years with Stuart, heat pipes, and buoyancy driven flows. In the area of interconnection of
beginning in 1962, as a graduate student, and transitioning to a faculty electronic chips by wire bonding, he has investigated the melting of
colleague and friend. They are illustrated with written sources (including metals and alloys by low-energy plasma arc-discharges and subsequent
his oral history), recollections of discussions, pictures, videos, and favorite solidification. In the area of die-bonding, he and his coworkers have
anecdotes. Major aspects of Stuart’s scientific, engineering, and established new results for the squeezing flow of yield stress fluids. In the
professional achievements are highlighted – including his creative area of microgravity fluid mechanics, mass transfer, and biotechnology, his
approaches to teaching and research, his colorful lifestyle, his great lab has worked to determine the mechanisms responsible for changes in
knowledge of history, his love of collegiate (and other) athletics, music, osteoblast behavior under simulated microgravity conditions by
fine wines, travel, and so on. employing experimental and numerical-analytical methods. He has also
made fundamental contributions to the understanding of buoyancy driven
Biography: Warren D. Seider is Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular flows in enclosures.
Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania. He received a Ph.D.
degree in 1966 from the University of Michigan, working with Prof. Stuart Honors and Awards: Max Jakob Memorial Award for Outstanding
W. Churchill on confined jet mixing in the entrance of a tubular reactor, and Contributions to the Science and Art of Heat and Mass Transfer- 2014,
moved with Prof. Churchill to UPenn in 1967. He has contributed to the ASME 75th Anniversary Medal - 2013, ASME Worcester Reed Warner
fields of process analysis, simulation, design, and control. He is Medal - 2007, ASME Heat Transfer Memorial Award - 2001, Council of
recognized for research contributions in phase and chemical equilibria, Indian Organizations Award - 1999, AIAA Aerospace Professional of the
azeotropic distillation, heat and power integration, Czochralski Year Award - 1997, ASME Fellow - 1990, Lindback Award for Distinguished
crystallization, algae growth to biofuels, nonlinear control, and safety and Teaching - 1979, Reid Warren Award for Distinguished Teaching - 1978
risk analysis. He has authored or coauthored over 120 journal articles and
authored or edited seven books. Research Expertise: Biomechanics, Computational Mechanics, Fluid
Mechanics
Education: PhD 1971 - University of California at Los Angeles 9
ME 1967 - Columbia University
MS 1965 - Columbia University
