Keynote Talk

DAY1 : Monday, January 4, 2010

Aerothermal Challenges in Coal-Gas Based Turbine Systems
Minking K. Chyu

Modeling & Simulation of Industrial Multiphase Flows with Phase Change
A. G. Chilka, P. R. Gunjal and V. V. Ranade

Microfluidics and Microscale Transport Processes: Present Trends and Future Challenges
Suman Chakraborty

Effect of a Soluble Surfactant on a Finite Sized Gas Bubble Motion in Blood Vessel
P. S. Ayyaswamy

Interfacial Phenomena in Nucleate Pool Boiling of Water: Their Role and Manipulation
by Molecular Dynamics of Surface-Active Additives

Raj M. Manglik

DAY2 : Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Retrieval of Rainfall from Satellite Microwave Radiances
C. Balaji

Utilizing the Film Boiling Process to Promote Chemical Change of Organic Liquids
C. Thomas Avedisian

Issues in Biomass Gasification and Combustion
M. R. Ravi

Dropwise Condensation on Textured Surfaces: Issues and Prospects
Sameer Khandekar

DAY3 : Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Fine Scale Modelling and Simulation of Multiphase and Phase-Separating Flows
Sanjoy Banerjee

Transcritical and Cascade Systems for Natural Refrigerants: Recent Developments
Souvik Bhattacharyya

Spray Control for Maximizing Energy Efficiency and Minimizing Emissions in
Combustion Engines

Norman Chigier