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Yong X. TAO
Professor
University of Michigan ‘89
Fall 2000
taoy@fiu.edu
(305) 348-3015

Associate Dean
Business and Entrepreneurship Development

Dr. Tao's web page

 

Degrees with Fields, Institution, and Date:

Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, 1989
M.S. Mechanical Engineering, Tongji University, China, 1981
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Tongji University, China, 1978

Other Related Experience:

Associate Professor, Tennessee State University, 1999-2000
Assistant Professor, Tennessee State University, 1994-1999
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Vanderbilt University, 1998-2000
Adjunct Professor/Post-Doctoral Fellow, Univ. of Saskatchewan, 1989-1994
Research Assistant, University of Michigan, 1986-1989
Lecturer, Tongji University, 1981-1985

Consulting, Patents, etc.:

3-Dimensional High Performance Heat Sinks, U.S. Patent pending, 2004.
A Water Calorimeter for Measurements of Specific Heat of Liquids and Solids, China patent, No. 85-1-08559.8, 1985.
Consulting with the Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX, 1999.

Principal Publications of Last Five Years:

2003: Hao, Y., and Tao, Y.-X., Non-Thermal Equilibrium Melting Of Granular Packed Bed In Horizontal Forced Convection. Part I: Experiment, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, v 46, pp. 5017-5030 (2003).

2003: Hao, Y., and Tao, Y.-X., Non-Thermal Equilibrium Melting Of Granular Packed Bed In Horizontal Forced Convection. Part II: Numerical Simulation, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, pp. 5031-5044 (2003).

2002: Hao, Y., and Tao, Y.-X., Heat Transfer Characteristics of Melting Ice Sphere under Forced and Mixed Convection, Journal of Heat Transfer, ASME Trans., Vol. 124, pp. 891-903 (2002).

2001: Hao, Y., and Tao, Y.-X., Melting of a Solid Sphere under Forced and Mixed Convection: Flow Characteristics. Journal of Heat Transfer, ASME Trans., vol. 123, n 5, pp. 937-950 (2001).

2002: Jiang, J., Hao, Y., and Tao, Y.-X., Experimental Investigation of Convective Melting of Granular Packed Bed Under Microgravity, Journal of Heat Transfer, ASME Trans., vol. 124, no 3, p. 516-524 (2002).

2000: Jiang, J., Tao, Y.-X., and Byrd, L., Evaporative Heat Transfer From Thin Liquid Film on A Heated Cylinder, Int. J. Heat and Mass Transfer, vol. 43, p. 85-99 (2000).

1999: Jiang, J., Ganesan, V., Stewart, C., Tao, Y.-X., and Sabau, A. S., Evaporation and Melting at the Fluid-Solid Interface, Journal of Heat Transfer, ASME Trans. Special Insert (1999).

Membership in Scientific and Professional Societies:

ASME, ASHRAE, AIAA

Honors and Awards:

Distinguished Service Certificate, Thermophy. Tech. Committee, AIAA, 2001
Service Certificate, Web-Based Conference, ASME Heat Transfer Div., 2000
$2.5M research awards from NSF, NASA, DOE, Air Force from 1996-2002.
Who’s Who in Best Teachers in America, 1998
Best Poster Paper, 10th Int. Heat Transfer Conference, England, 1994
Young Teacher Excellence Award, Research Excellence Award, Tongji University and City of Shanghai, 1983

Institutional and Professional Services (Last Five Years):

ABET Accreditation Preparation Committee of ME Dept, 2001-
ME Curriculum Committee of ME Dept, 2002-
Coordinator, HVAC Certificate Program, ME Dept., 2000-
Coordinator, Graduate Seminar, ME Dept., 2002-
Faculty Advisor of ASHRAE Student Chapter, 2000-
Web Master, ASME Heat Transfer Division, 1999-2005
Board member of ASME Region XI Operating Board, 2000-
Chair of Editorial Board, ASME Regional Technical Journal, 2003-
Chair, Nashville Section of ASME, 1999-2000
Technical Session Chair in five technical sessions of ASME IMECE, (1999, 2000, 2001 2002, and 2003)

 
 
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