Title of Dissertation: STUDY OF CONDENSATION OF REFRIGERANTS IN MICRO-CHANNELS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF FUTURE COMPACT MICRO-CHANNEL CONDENSERS Sourav Chowdhury, Doctor of Philosophy, 2008 Directed By: Professor Michael Ohadi, Department of Mechanical Engineering Miniand microchannel technology has gained considerable ground in the recent years in industry and is favored due to its several advantages...

Micro-expression is gaining more attention in both the scientific field and the mass media. It represents genuine emotions that people try to conceal, thus making it a promising cue for lie detection. Since micro-expressions are considered almost imperceptible to naked eyes, researchers have sought to automatically detect and recognize these fleeting facial expressions to help people make use o...

Vapour and liquid phases of a simple batch distillation may be separated theoretically at equilibrium at a certain pressure and temperature state. A small separation effect can be achieved by this, because only one equilibrium stage between liquid and vapour phase is thereby realised. Contacting again vapour and liquid flows leaving one single stage in co-current mode, no further separation eff...

For microfabrications of biochips with micro fluidic channels, a large number of microfabrication techniques based on silicon or glass-based Micro-Electro-Mechanical System (MEMS) technologies were proposed in the last decade. In recent years, for low cost and mass production, polymer-based microfabrication techniques by microinjection molding and micro hot embossing have been proposed. These t...

Background: Although advantages of immobilization of cells through entrapment in calcium alginate gel beads have already been demonstrated, nevertheless, instability of the beads and the mass transfer limitations remain as the major challenges.Objective: The objective of the present study was to increase the stability, porosity (reduce mass transfer limit...