Our community of faculty scholars engage in interdisciplinary research that focuses on real world problems and lays the groundwork for the innovations of tomorrow that can improve the lives and the livelihood of people around the world. Their research generates the knowledge and understanding needed for a better society, and it strengthens our teaching mission by enriching our students' learning experience in and out of the classroom. We encourage you to further explore our featured undergraduate research work.
The 10 featured or most recent scholarship and patent listings are displayed for each faculty member listed below.
Khalil, Imane
Journal Articles
- With Quinn Pratt, "MATLAB/FLUENT Model for Studying the Uncertainty Quantification of Spent Nuclear Fuel Heat Transfer," vol. 1-5, 2019.
- With Quinn Pratt, Christopher Spitler, and Daniel COD, "Modeling a thermoplate conical heat exchanger in a point focus solar thermal collector," International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, pp. 1-8, 2019.
- With Ryan Austin Hayes, Quinn Pratt, and Christopher Spitler, "Experimental and numerical modeling of heat transfer in directed thermoplates," International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2018.
- With Elizabeth Reddy, Breanne Przestrzelski, and Susan M Lord, "Introducing Social Relevance and Global Context into the Introduction to Heat Transfer Course," 2018.
- With Hayes, R., Pratt, Q., Spitler, C., and Codd, D., "Experimental and Numerical Modeling of Heat Transfer in Directed Thermoplates," International Journal of Mass and Heat Transfer, vol. 123, pp. 89-96, Submitted.
- "Uncertainty Quantification Using Polynomial Chaos Expansion in Numerical Simulations of Spent Nuclear Fuel Assemblies," ASME Journal of Heat Transfer, 2017.
- With Miller, D., "The Structure of Supercritical Fluid Free-Jet Expansions," AIChE Journal, vol. 50, 11, pp. 2697-2704, 2004.
Conference Papers and Other Media
- "Development of the Sandia Cooler." Sandia Report, SAND 2013-10712, 2013.
- With Webb, S., "Numerical Simulations of Lab-Scale Brine-Water Mixing Experiments." Sandia Report, SAND 2006-5418, 2006.
- With Lopez, C., "Users Manual for CAFE-3D: A Computational Fluid Dynamics Fire Code." Sandia Report, SAND 2005-1469, 2005.
- "Free Jet Expansion of Supercritical CO2." PhD Thesis, University of California, San Diego, CA, 2003.
- With Miller, D., "The Interaction of a Supercritical Fluid Free-Jet Expansion with a Flat Surface." Proc. 6th International Symposium on Supercritical Fluids, Versailles, France, 2003, p. 655.
Media Appearances and Conferences
- With Pratt, Q., "MATLAB/FLUENT Model for Studying the Uncertainty Quantification of Spent Nuclear Fuel Heat Transfer," ASME 5th Joint US-European Fluids Engineering Summer Conference, Montreal, Canada, 2018.
- With Pratt, Q., "Two-Dimensional Modeling of Spent Nuclear Fuel Using FLUENT," 19th International Conference on Nuclear Fusion Engineering and Technology, San Diego, CA, 2017.
- "Two-Dimensional Modeling of Spent Nuclear Fuel Using Uncertainty Quantification," 19th International Conference on Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Fuel Management, Vancouver, Canada, 2017.
- "Uncertainty Quantification in Two-dimensional Simulations of Spent Nuclear Fuel Assemblies," AAAS Pacific Division Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, 2016.
- "Uncertainty Quantification Using Polynomial Chaos Expansion in Numerical Simulations of Spent Nuclear Fuel Assemblies," Collaborative Conference on 3D and Materials Research, 2016.
- 17th International Conference on Renewable Energy Sources, Paris, France, 2015.
- With Koski, J., "Response of a Rail Cask to Long Exposures of Small and Offset Pool Fires," 46th Annual Institute of Nuclear Materials Management Conference, 2005.
- With Miller, D., "The Free-Jet Expansion of Supercritical CO2 From a Capillary Source," Proc. 24th International Symposium on Rarefied Gas Dynamics, Bari, Italy, 2004.