Heat Transfer Lab

Recent Publications (from 2001 - )

JOURNAL PAPERS

1. Leong, J. C. and Lai, F. C., 2001, "Effective Permeability of a Layered Porous System," Proceedings of the 7th AIAA/ASME Thermophysics and Heat Transfer Conference, Vol. 2, pp. 203-211, also in Journal of Heat Transfer, Vol. 123, pp. 512-519.

2. Yee, C. K. and Lai, F. C., 2001, "Effects of Porous Manifold on Thermal Stratification in a Liquid Storage Tank," Solar Energy, Vol. 71, pp. 241-254.

3. Lai, F. C. and Lai, K. W., 2002, "EHD-Enhanced Drying with Wire Electrode," Drying Technology, Vol. 20, pp. 1393-1405.

4. Zhou, M. J. and Lai, F. C., 2002, "Aiding and Opposing Mixed Convection from a Cylinder in a Saturated Porous Medium," Journal of Porous Media, Vol. 5, pp. 103-111.

5. Ngo, C. C. and Lai, F. C., 2002, "Web-Based Thermodynamics Tables Wizard," in Proceedings of the 2002 ASEE Annual Conference and Exhibition (CD-ROM), also in Computer Applications in Engineering Education, Vol. 10, pp. 137-143.

6. Lai, F. C. and Wong, D. S., 2003, "EHD-Enhanced Drying with Needle Electrode," Drying Technology, Vol. 21, pp. 1291-1306.

7. Huang, M. and Lai, F. C., 2003, "Numerical Study of EHD-Enhanced Forced Convection Using Two-Way Coupling," Proceedings of the 2001 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exhibition (CD-ROM), also in Journal of Heat Transfer, Vol. 125, pp. 760-764.

8. Ngo, C. C. and Lai, F. C., 2003, "An Online Thermodynamics Courseware," Computer Applications in Engineering Education, Vol. 11, pp.75-82.

9. Lai, F. C., Huang, M., and Wong, D. S., 2004, "EHD-Enhanced Water Evaporation," Drying Technology, Vol. 22, pp. 595-604.

10. Balcer, B. E., and Lai, F. C., 2004, "EHD-Enhanced Drying with Multiple-Wire Electrode," Drying Technology, Vol. 22, pp. 821-836.

11. Wong, D. S., and Lai, F. C., 2004, "EHD-Enhanced Drying with Auxiliary Heating from Below," presented in 8th AIAA/ASME Thermophysics and Heat Transfer Conference, AIAA Paper 2002-3319, also in Journal of Energy Resources Technology, Vol. 126, pp. 133-139.

12. Leong, J. C. and Lai, F. C., 2004, "Natural Convection in Rectangular Layered Porous Cavities," 42nd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, AIAA Paper 2004-0497, also in Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, Vol. 18, No. 4, pp. 457-463.

13. Yeong, K., and Lai, F. C., 2004, "An Online Residential Cooling Load Calculation Program," Proceedings of the 2004 ASEE Annual Conference and Exhibition (CD-ROM), also in Computer Applications in Engineering Education, Vol. 12, No. 4, pp. 269-280.

14. Lai, F. C., and Sharma, R. K., 2005, "EHD-Enhanced Drying with Multiple Needle Electrode," Proceedings of the Electrostatics Society of America 2004 Annual Meeting, pp. 179-194; also in Journal of Electrostatics, Vol. 63, pp. 223-237.

15. Alemrajabi, A., and Lai, F. C., 2005, "EHD-Enhanced Drying of Partially Wetted Glass Beads," Drying Technology, Vol. 23, pp. 597-609.

16. Ngo, C. C., Voon, M. J., and Lai, F. C., 2005, "Online Heat Transfer and Fluid Mechanics Lab," Computer Applications in Engineering Education, Vol. 13, pp. 1-9.

17. Leong, J. C., Brown, N. M., and Lai, F. C., 2005, "Mixed Convection from a Bottom Heated Open Cavity in a Horizontal Channel," International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 32, pp. 583-592.

18. Ngo, C. C., and Lai, F. C., 2005, "Effects of Backfill on Heat Transfer from a Buried Pipe," Journal of Heat Transfer, Vol. 127, pp. 780-784.

19. Brown, N. M., and Lai, F. C., 2005, "Correlations for Combined Heat and Mass Transfer from an Open Cavity in a Horizontal Channel," International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 32, pp. 1000-1008.

20.
Leong, J. C., and Lai, F. C., 2006, "Natural Convection in a Concentric Annulus with a Porous Sleeve," International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 49, pp. 3016-3027.

21. Lai, F. C., and Mathew, J., 2006, "Heat Transfer Enhancement by EHD-Induced Oscillatory Flows," Proceedings of the 2005 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE2005-82411, CD-ROM), also in Journal of Heat Transfer, Vol. 128, pp. 861-869.

22.
Brown, N. M. and Lai, F. C., 2006, "Measurement of Permeability and Slip Coefficient of Porous Tubes," Proceedings of the 2004 ASME Heat Transfer/Fluids Engineering Summer Conference (HT-FED2004-56036, CD-ROM), also in Journal of Fluids Engineering, Vol. 128, pp. 987-992.

23.
Voon, M. J., Ngo, C. C., and Lai, F. C., 2006, "Application of Lumped-System Analysis to Layered Porous Cavities Heated from Below," presented in AIAA 43rd Aerospace Sciences Meeting, AIAA Paper 2005-0182, also in Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, Vol. 20, pp. 925-930.

24.
Huang, M. and Lai, F. C., 2006, "Effects of Joule Heating on EHD-Enhanced Natural Convection in an Enclosure," 8th AIAA/ASME Thermophysics and Heat Transfer Conference, AIAA Paper 2002-3318, also in Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, Vol. 20, pp. 939-945.

25.
Lai, F. C. and Kulkarni, S. S., 2007, "Effects of Buoyancy on EHD-Enhanced Forced Convection in a Vertical Channel," Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, Vol. 21, pp. 730-735.

26.
Subotic, M., and Lai, F. C., 2008, "Flows between Rotating Cylinders with a Porous Lining," Proceedings of the 2007 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exhibition (IMECE2007-41399, CD-ROM), also in Journal of Heat Transfer (in press).

CONFERENCE PAPERS

1. Ngo, C. C. and Lai, F. C., 2001, "Effects of Electric Field on Natural Convection in an Enclosure Heated From Below," Proceedings of the 2001 National Heat Transfer Conference (NHTC2001-20200, CD-ROM).

2. Tan, K. T. and Lai, F. C., 2001, "EHD-Enhanced Natural Convection in an Enclosure: Effects of Non-Symmetric Electric Field," Proceedings of the 2001 National Heat Transfer Conference (NHTC2001-20065, CD-ROM).

3. Ngo, C. C. and Lai, F. C., 2001, "Teaching Thermodynamics with the Aid of Web-based Modules," Proceedings of the 2001 ASEE Annual Conference and Exhibition (CD-ROM).

4. Li, C. T. and Lai, F. C., 2001, "Thermal Effects on Flow Injection under Microgravity Condition," International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, New York (CD-ROM).

5. Lin, S. -C., You J. -J. and Lai, F. C., 2001, "Numerical Analysis of a Cooling Fan Applied on Pentium 4 Notebook Computers," Proceedings of the 18th National Conference on Mechanical Engineering, Taipei, Taiwan (Paper A-4-2, CD-ROM).

6. Li, C. T. and Lai, F. C., 2002, "Effects of Gravitation and Surface Tension on Flow Injection in Center-Gated Disks," AIAA 40th Aerospace Sciences Meeting, AIAA Paper 2002-0760.

7. Ngo, C. C., Voon, M. J.-F., and Lai, F. C., 2002, "A Web-Based Measurement Lab for Thermal Sciences," Proceedings of the 2002 ASEE Annual Conference and Exhibition (CD-ROM).

8. Brown, N. M. and Lai, F. C., 2002, "Combined Heat and Mass Transfer in a Horizontal Channel with an Open Cavity," 8th AIAA/ASME Thermophysics and Heat Transfer Conference, AIAA Paper 2002-3086.

9. Leong, J. C. and Lai, F. C., 2002, "Flow and Heat Transfer in Concentric and Eccentric Rotating Cylinders with a Porous Sleeve," 8th AIAA/ASME Thermophysics and Heat Transfer Conference, AIAA Paper 2002-3010.

10. Ngo, C. C. and Lai, F. C., 2003, "Coupled Heat and Mass Transfer from a Buried Pipe with Leakage," Proceedings of the 2003 ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference (HT2003-47285, CD-ROM).

11. Leong, J. C. and Lai, F. C., 2003, "Mixed Convection in Rotating Concentric Annulus with a Porous Sleeve," Proceedings of the 2003 ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference (HT2003-47288, CD-ROM).

12. Ngo, C. C. and Lai, F. C., 2003, "Natural Convection from a Pipe Buried in a Porous Medium with Variable Permeability," Proceedings of the 2003 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE2003-43164, CD-ROM).

13. Brown, N. M. and Lai, F. C., 2004, "Experimental Study of Stratification in a Liquid Storage Tank with a Porous Manifold," Proceedings of the 2004 ASME Heat Transfer/Fluids Engineering Summer Conference (HT-FED2004-56037, CD-ROM).

14. Yeong, K. and Lai, F. C., 2004, "An Online Residential Cooling Load Calculation Program," Proceedings of the 2004 ASEE Annual Conference and Exhibition (CD-ROM).

15. Huang, M., Gramoll, K., and Lai, F. C., 2004, "Online Interactive Multimedia for Engineering Thermodynamics," Proceedings of the 2004 ASEE Annual Conference and Exhibition, Paper 2004-3166 (CD-ROM).

16. Alemrajabi, A. A., and Lai, F. C., 2005, "Effect of Grain Size on Evaporation Rate Using Electro-hydrodynamics," Proceedings of the 13th International Mechanical Engineering Conference, Isfahan, Iran.

17. Lai, F. C., and Tay, K. K., 2005, "EHD-Enhanced Forced Convection by Oscillatory Gas Flow in Horizontal Channels," Proceedings of the 2005 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE2005-82412, CD-ROM).

18.
Huang, M., and Lai, F. C., 2006, "Numerical Study of EHD-Enhanced Water Evaporation," Proceedings of the 2006 ESA/IEEE-IAS/IEJ/SFE Joint Meeting.

19.
Subotic, M. and Lai, F. C., 2006, "Effects of Thermal Stratification on Natural Convection from Heat Source Buried in Porous Medium," 9th Joint AIAA/ASME Thermophysics and Heat Transfer Conference (AIAA-2006-2932).

20.
Mathur, R. and Lai, F. C., 2006, "Effects of Thermal Stratification on Convection Penetration in Porous Medium," 9th AIAA/ASME Joint Thermophysics and Heat Transfer Conference (AIAA-2006-3594).

21.
Brown, N. M., and Lai, F. C., 2006, "Numerical Study of Thermal Stratification in a Liquid Storage Tank with a Porous Manifold," Proceedings of the International Solar Energy Conference (ISEC2006-99035).

22.
Corbitt, N., Ngo, C. C., and Lai, F. C., 2007, "Effects of Thermal and Vibrational Cycles on Stresses in Lead-Free Solder Joints," 45th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, AIAA Paper 2007-0619.

23.
Marvel, R. L. and Lai, F. C., 2007, "Natural Convection from a Layered Porous Cavity with Non-uniform Sublayers," ASME/JSME Thermal Engineering and Summer Heat Transfer Conference (HT2007-32893).

24.
Ngo, C. C. and Lai, F. C., 2007, "Study on Natural Convection from a Buried Pipe with Backfill," ASME/JSME Thermal Engineering and Summer Heat Transfer Conference (HT2007-32882).

25.
Watson, B. T., and Lai, F. C., 2007, "Electrohydrodynamic Drag Reduction on a Circular Cylinder," 2007 ASME Graduate Student Research and Innovation Conference (CD-ROM).

26.
Ngo, C. C., and Lai, F. C., 2007, "Experimental and Numerical Study on Natural Convection from a Buried Pipe with Backfill," 2007 ASME Graduate Student Research and Innovation Conference (CD-ROM).

27.
Ngo, C. C., and Lai, F. C., 2007, "Natural Convection from a Buried Pipe with a Superimposed Fluid Layer," ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exhibition (IMECE2007-41395).

28.
Zhang, J., and Lai, F. C., 2008, "Transient Natural Convection from Heat Source Buried Horizontally in Thermally Stratified Porous Layer," 46th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, AIAA Paper 2008-1262.


	Recent Publications (from 2001 - )

	JOURNAL PAPERS

1.	Leong, J. C. and Lai, F. C., 2001, "Effective Permeability of a Layered Porous System," Proceedings of the 7th AIAA/ASME Thermophysics and Heat Transfer Conference, Vol. 2, pp. 203-211, also in Journal of Heat Transfer, Vol. 123, pp. 512-519.

2.	Yee, C. K. and Lai, F. C., 2001, "Effects of Porous Manifold on Thermal Stratification in a Liquid Storage Tank," Solar Energy, Vol. 71, pp. 241-254.

3.	Lai, F. C. and Lai, K. W., 2002, "EHD-Enhanced Drying with Wire Electrode," Drying Technology, Vol. 20, pp. 1393-1405.

4.	Zhou, M. J. and Lai, F. C., 2002, "Aiding and Opposing Mixed Convection from a Cylinder in a Saturated Porous Medium," Journal of Porous Media, Vol. 5, pp. 103-111.

5.	Ngo, C. C. and Lai, F. C., 2002, "Web-Based Thermodynamics Tables Wizard," in Proceedings of the 2002 ASEE Annual Conference and Exhibition (CD-ROM), also in Computer Applications in Engineering Education, Vol. 10, pp. 137-143.

6.	Lai, F. C. and Wong, D. S., 2003, "EHD-Enhanced Drying with Needle Electrode," Drying Technology, Vol. 21, pp. 1291-1306.

7.	Huang, M. and Lai, F. C., 2003, "Numerical Study of EHD-Enhanced Forced Convection Using Two-Way Coupling," Proceedings of the 2001 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exhibition (CD-ROM), also in Journal of Heat Transfer, Vol. 125, pp. 760-764.

8.	Ngo, C. C. and Lai, F. C., 2003, "An Online Thermodynamics Courseware," Computer Applications in Engineering Education, Vol. 11, pp.75-82.

9.	Lai, F. C., Huang, M., and Wong, D. S., 2004, "EHD-Enhanced Water Evaporation," Drying Technology, Vol. 22, pp. 595-604.

10.	Balcer, B. E., and Lai, F. C., 2004, "EHD-Enhanced Drying with Multiple-Wire Electrode," Drying Technology, Vol. 22, pp. 821-836.

11.	Wong, D. S., and Lai, F. C., 2004, "EHD-Enhanced Drying with Auxiliary Heating from Below," presented in 8th AIAA/ASME Thermophysics and Heat Transfer Conference, AIAA Paper 2002-3319, also in Journal of Energy Resources Technology, Vol. 126, pp. 133-139.

12.	Leong, J. C. and Lai, F. C., 2004, "Natural Convection in Rectangular Layered Porous Cavities," 42nd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, AIAA Paper 2004-0497, also in Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, Vol. 18, No. 4, pp. 457-463.

13.	Yeong, K., and Lai, F. C., 2004, "An Online Residential Cooling Load Calculation Program," Proceedings of the 2004 ASEE Annual Conference and Exhibition (CD-ROM), also in Computer Applications in Engineering Education, Vol. 12, No. 4, pp. 269-280.

14.	Lai, F. C., and Sharma, R. K., 2005, "EHD-Enhanced Drying with Multiple Needle Electrode," Proceedings of the Electrostatics Society of America 2004 Annual Meeting, pp. 179-194; also in Journal of Electrostatics, Vol. 63, pp. 223-237.

15.	Alemrajabi, A., and Lai, F. C., 2005, "EHD-Enhanced Drying of Partially Wetted Glass Beads," Drying Technology, Vol. 23, pp. 597-609.

16.	Ngo, C. C., Voon, M. J., and Lai, F. C., 2005, "Online Heat Transfer and Fluid Mechanics Lab," Computer Applications in Engineering Education, Vol. 13, pp. 1-9.

17.	Leong, J. C., Brown, N. M., and Lai, F. C., 2005, "Mixed Convection from a Bottom Heated Open Cavity in a Horizontal Channel," International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 32, pp. 583-592.

18.	Ngo, C. C., and Lai, F. C., 2005, "Effects of Backfill on Heat Transfer from a Buried Pipe," Journal of Heat Transfer, Vol. 127, pp. 780-784.

19.	Brown, N. M., and Lai, F. C., 2005, "Correlations for Combined Heat and Mass Transfer from an Open Cavity in a Horizontal Channel," International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 32, pp. 1000-1008.

20.	Leong, J. C., and Lai, F. C., 2006, "Natural Convection in a Concentric Annulus with a Porous Sleeve," International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 49, pp. 3016-3027.

21.	Lai, F. C., and Mathew, J., 2006, "Heat Transfer Enhancement by EHD-Induced Oscillatory Flows," Proceedings of the 2005 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE2005-82411, CD-ROM), also in Journal of Heat Transfer, Vol. 128, pp. 861-869.

22.	Brown, N. M. and Lai, F. C., 2006, "Measurement of Permeability and Slip Coefficient of Porous Tubes," Proceedings of the 2004 ASME Heat Transfer/Fluids Engineering Summer Conference (HT-FED2004-56036, CD-ROM), also in Journal of Fluids Engineering, Vol. 128, pp. 987-992.

23.	Voon, M. J., Ngo, C. C., and Lai, F. C., 2006, "Application of Lumped-System Analysis to Layered Porous Cavities Heated from Below," presented in AIAA 43rd Aerospace Sciences Meeting, AIAA Paper 2005-0182, also in Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, Vol. 20, pp. 925-930.

24.	Huang, M. and Lai, F. C., 2006, "Effects of Joule Heating on EHD-Enhanced Natural Convection in an Enclosure," 8th AIAA/ASME Thermophysics and Heat Transfer Conference, AIAA Paper 2002-3318, also in Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, Vol. 20, pp. 939-945.

25.	Lai, F. C. and Kulkarni, S. S., 2007, "Effects of Buoyancy on EHD-Enhanced Forced Convection in a Vertical Channel," Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, Vol. 21, pp. 730-735.

26.	Subotic, M., and Lai, F. C., 2008, "Flows between Rotating Cylinders with a Porous Lining," Proceedings of the 2007 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exhibition (IMECE2007-41399, CD-ROM), also in Journal of Heat Transfer (in press).

	CONFERENCE PAPERS

1.	Ngo, C. C. and Lai, F. C., 2001, "Effects of Electric Field on Natural Convection in an Enclosure Heated From Below," Proceedings of the 2001 National Heat Transfer Conference (NHTC2001-20200, CD-ROM).

2.	Tan, K. T. and Lai, F. C., 2001, "EHD-Enhanced Natural Convection in an Enclosure: Effects of Non-Symmetric Electric Field," Proceedings of the 2001 National Heat Transfer Conference (NHTC2001-20065, CD-ROM).

3.	Ngo, C. C. and Lai, F. C., 2001, "Teaching Thermodynamics with the Aid of Web-based Modules," Proceedings of the 2001 ASEE Annual Conference and Exhibition (CD-ROM).

4.	Li, C. T. and Lai, F. C., 2001, "Thermal Effects on Flow Injection under Microgravity Condition," International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, New York (CD-ROM).

5.	Lin, S. -C., You J. -J. and Lai, F. C., 2001, "Numerical Analysis of a Cooling Fan Applied on Pentium 4 Notebook Computers," Proceedings of the 18th National Conference on Mechanical Engineering, Taipei, Taiwan (Paper A-4-2, CD-ROM).

6.	Li, C. T. and Lai, F. C., 2002, "Effects of Gravitation and Surface Tension on Flow Injection in Center-Gated Disks," AIAA 40th Aerospace Sciences Meeting, AIAA Paper 2002-0760.

7.	Ngo, C. C., Voon, M. J.-F., and Lai, F. C., 2002, "A Web-Based Measurement Lab for Thermal Sciences," Proceedings of the 2002 ASEE Annual Conference and Exhibition (CD-ROM).

8.	Brown, N. M. and Lai, F. C., 2002, "Combined Heat and Mass Transfer in a Horizontal Channel with an Open Cavity," 8th AIAA/ASME Thermophysics and Heat Transfer Conference, AIAA Paper 2002-3086.

9.	Leong, J. C. and Lai, F. C., 2002, "Flow and Heat Transfer in Concentric and Eccentric Rotating Cylinders with a Porous Sleeve," 8th AIAA/ASME Thermophysics and Heat Transfer Conference, AIAA Paper 2002-3010.

10.	Ngo, C. C. and Lai, F. C., 2003, "Coupled Heat and Mass Transfer from a Buried Pipe with Leakage," Proceedings of the 2003 ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference (HT2003-47285, CD-ROM).

11.	Leong, J. C. and Lai, F. C., 2003, "Mixed Convection in Rotating Concentric Annulus with a Porous Sleeve," Proceedings of the 2003 ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference (HT2003-47288, CD-ROM).

12.	Ngo, C. C. and Lai, F. C., 2003, "Natural Convection from a Pipe Buried in a Porous Medium with Variable Permeability," Proceedings of the 2003 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE2003-43164, CD-ROM).

13.	Brown, N. M. and Lai, F. C., 2004, "Experimental Study of Stratification in a Liquid Storage Tank with a Porous Manifold," Proceedings of the 2004 ASME Heat Transfer/Fluids Engineering Summer Conference (HT-FED2004-56037, CD-ROM).

14.	Yeong, K. and Lai, F. C., 2004, "An Online Residential Cooling Load Calculation Program," Proceedings of the 2004 ASEE Annual Conference and Exhibition (CD-ROM).

15.	Huang, M., Gramoll, K., and Lai, F. C., 2004, "Online Interactive Multimedia for Engineering Thermodynamics," Proceedings of the 2004 ASEE Annual Conference and Exhibition, Paper 2004-3166 (CD-ROM).

16.	Alemrajabi, A. A., and Lai, F. C., 2005, "Effect of Grain Size on Evaporation Rate Using Electro-hydrodynamics," Proceedings of the 13th International Mechanical Engineering Conference, Isfahan, Iran.

17.	Lai, F. C., and Tay, K. K., 2005, "EHD-Enhanced Forced Convection by Oscillatory Gas Flow in Horizontal Channels," Proceedings of the 2005 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE2005-82412, CD-ROM).

18.	Huang, M., and Lai, F. C., 2006, "Numerical Study of EHD-Enhanced Water Evaporation," Proceedings of the 2006 ESA/IEEE-IAS/IEJ/SFE Joint Meeting.

19.	Subotic, M. and Lai, F. C., 2006, "Effects of Thermal Stratification on Natural Convection from Heat Source Buried in Porous Medium," 9th Joint AIAA/ASME Thermophysics and Heat Transfer Conference (AIAA-2006-2932).

20.	Mathur, R. and Lai, F. C., 2006, "Effects of Thermal Stratification on Convection Penetration in Porous Medium," 9th AIAA/ASME Joint Thermophysics and Heat Transfer Conference (AIAA-2006-3594).

21.	Brown, N. M., and Lai, F. C., 2006, "Numerical Study of Thermal Stratification in a Liquid Storage Tank with a Porous Manifold," Proceedings of the International Solar Energy Conference (ISEC2006-99035).

22.	Corbitt, N., Ngo, C. C., and Lai, F. C., 2007, "Effects of Thermal and Vibrational Cycles on Stresses in Lead-Free Solder Joints," 45th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, AIAA Paper 2007-0619.

23.	Marvel, R. L. and Lai, F. C., 2007, "Natural Convection from a Layered Porous Cavity with Non-uniform Sublayers," ASME/JSME Thermal Engineering and Summer Heat Transfer Conference (HT2007-32893).

24.	Ngo, C. C. and Lai, F. C., 2007, "Study on Natural Convection from a Buried Pipe with Backfill," ASME/JSME Thermal Engineering and Summer Heat Transfer Conference (HT2007-32882).

25.	Watson, B. T., and Lai, F. C., 2007, "Electrohydrodynamic Drag Reduction on a Circular Cylinder," 2007 ASME Graduate Student Research and Innovation Conference (CD-ROM).

26.	Ngo, C. C., and Lai, F. C., 2007, "Experimental and Numerical Study on Natural Convection from a Buried Pipe with Backfill," 2007 ASME Graduate Student Research and Innovation Conference (CD-ROM).

27.	Ngo, C. C., and Lai, F. C., 2007, "Natural Convection from a Buried Pipe with a Superimposed Fluid Layer," ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exhibition (IMECE2007-41395).

28.	Zhang, J., and Lai, F. C., 2008, "Transient Natural Convection from Heat Source Buried Horizontally in Thermally Stratified Porous Layer," 46th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, AIAA Paper 2008-1262.