John P. Abraham

On-Line Lectures on Global warming:

Science and Politics of Global Warming

PUBLICATIONS

Editing Activities

Guest Editor, Advances in Numerical Heat Transfer Vol. 3: Numerical Implementation of Bioheat Models and Equations, Taylor and Francis, New York, (scheduled, 2008).

Guest Editor, Special Edition of the International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer: Bioheat and Biofluid Flow, Elsevier, (scheduled, 2008).

Assistant Editor, Handbook of Numerical Heat Transfer, 2^nd Ed. Editors: Sparrow, Minkowycz, and Murthy, John-Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, 2006

Editorial Board Member,

      Open Mechanical Engineering Journal, 2007-present

      Open Mechanical Engineering Reviews, 2007-present

      Open Mechanical Engineering Letters, 2007-present.

Publications/Conference Presentations

2008

A Mathematical Model to Predict Tissue Temperatures and Necrosis During Microwave Thermal Ablation of the Prostate, Advances in Numerical Heat Transfer Vol. 3: Numerical Implementation of Bioheat Models and Equations, Taylor and Francis, New York, (scheduled, 2008).

John Abraham , Ephraim Sparrow, and Ryan Lovik, Unsteady, Three-Dimensional Fluid Mechanic Analysis of Blood Flow in Plaque-Narrowed and Plaque-Free Arteries, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, (in press).

Anthony Marchese, John Abraham, Chris Greene, Liz Kizenwether, and John Ochs, Toward a Common Standard Rubric for Evaluating Capstone Design Projects, ASEE Advances in Engineering Education, (submitted).

Ryan Lovik, John Abraham, Ephraim Sparroiw, Assessment of Possible Thermal Damage of Tissue Due to Atherectomy by Means of a Mechanical Debulking Device, ASME 2008 Summer Bioengineering Conference, Marco-Island, FL, June 25-29, 2008 (submitted).

      John Abraham and AnnMarie Thomas, Induced Co-Flow and Laminar-to-Turbulent Transition with Synthetic Jets, Computers and Fluids, (in press).

Ephraim Sparrow, Jimmy Tong, and John Abraham, Fluid Flow in a System with Separate Laminar and Turbulent Zones, Numerical Heat Transfer A, Vol. 53 (4), pp. 341-353, 2008.       

Ephraim Sparrow and John Abraham, A Simulation of Gas-Based, Endometrial-Ablation Therapy for the Treatment of Menorrhagia, Annals of Biomedical Engineering, Vol. 36 (1), pp. 171-183, 2008

2007

John Abraham and Camille George, Full-Building Radiation Shielding for Climate Control in Desert Regions, International Journal of Sustainable Energy, Vol. 26 (3) pp. 167-177, 2007.

John Abraham and Ephraim Sparrow, A Thermal Ablation Model Including Liquid-to-Vapor Phase Change, Necrosis-Dependent Perfusion, and Moisture-Dependent Properties, International Journal Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 50, pp. 2537-2544, 2007.

John Abraham, Chris Greene, Anthony Marchese, External Assessment Through Peer-to-Peer Evaluation of Capstone Projects, Frontiers in Education, Milwaukee, WI, October, 10-13, 2007.

Jimmy Tong, Ephraim Sparrow, and John Abraham, Attainment of Flowrate Uniformity in the Channels that Link a Distribution Manifold to a Collection Manifold, Journal of. Fluids Engineering, Vol. 129 (9), pp. 1186-1192, 2007.

      John Abraham and AnnMarie Thomas, Numerical Simulation of Induced Co-Flow and Laminar-to-Turbulent Transition Associated with Synthetic Jets, Flucome 2007, Tallahassee, FL, September 16-19, 2007.

John Abraham and Camille George, An Investigation of Radiation Shields for Full-Building Cooling in Desert Climates, Solar 2007, Cleveland, OH July 7-12, 2007.

John Abraham, Ephraim Sparrow, and Satish Ramadhyani, Numerical Simulation of a BPH Thermal Therapy – A Case Study Involving TUMT, Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, Vol. 129, pp. 548-557, 2007.

Jimmy Tong, Ephraim Sparrow, and John Abraham, A Quasi-Analytical Method for Fluid Flow in a Multi-Inlet Collection Manifold, Journal of Fluids Engineering, Vol. 129, (5), pp. 579-586, 2007.

Jimmy Tong, Ephraim Sparrow, and John Abraham, Numerical Simulation of the Urine Flow in a Stented Ureter, Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, Vol. 129 (2), pp. 187-192, 2007.

Anthony Marchese, John Abraham, Chris Greene, Liz Kizenwether, and John Ochs, Toward a Common Standard Rubric for Evaluating Capstone Design Projects, National Capstone Design Course Conference, Boulder, CO June, 13-15, 2007 (Best Paper Award).

2006

John Abraham and Camille George, Micro-Geothermal Devices for Low-Energy Air-Conditioning in Desert Climates, GHC Bull., Vol. 27, (4), pp. 13-16, 2006.

John Abraham, A Guide to Curing Processes, Jourmal of Precision Manufacturing, 6, pp. 16-17, 2006. 

Paul W. Chevalier,  John P. Abraham, and Ephraim M. Sparrow, The Design of Cold Plates for the Thermal Management of Electronic Equipment, Journal of Heat Transfer Engineering, Vol. 27, pp. 6-16, 2006.

John Abraham, Application of the Finite Element Method, LifeSciences Conference, Minneapolis, October 5, 2006.

John Kim and John Abraham, Design of Experiments in the Medical Device Industry, LifeSciences Conference, Minneapolis, October 5, 2006.

John Abraham, Nick Whitehead, and Ephraim Sparrow, Biomedical Applications
Simulations/Experimental Investigations, Biomedical Focus 2006, Brooklyn Center, MN, March 20-21 , 2006.

2005

E. M. Sparrow and J. P. Abraham, Universal Solutions for the Streamwise Variation of the Temperature of a Moving Sheet in the Presence of a Moving Fluid, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 48, pp. 3047-3056, 2005.

Heat-Transfer and Temperature Results for a Moving Sheet Situated in a Moving Fluid, a chapter from Heat-Transfer Calculations, 2^nd ed., editor, Myer Kutz, McGraw-Hill, 2005.

Ephraim M. Sparrow, John P. Abraham, Paul Chevalier , A DOS-Enhanced Numerical Simulation of Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow Through an Array of Offset Fins with Conjugate Heating in the Bounding Solid,  Journal of Heat Transfer, Vol. 127, (1), pp. 27-33, 2005.

Ronald Major and John Abraham, The Application of Thermal Analysis on a Disk Array, Fluent’s 2005 CFD Summit, Detroit, MI, June 7-8, 2005.

John Abraham, Minnesota Moving Ahead with CFX in the Classroom, ANSYS Solutions Magazine, summer 2005.

Camille George and John Abraham, A Sustainable Low-Energy Cooling System for Hot Dry Climates, Sustainability as Security, Austin, TX, October 5-9, 2005.

Nick Whitehead, Ephraim Sparrow, and John Abraham, A Role for Engineering in Medical Simulations, Simulation in Healthcare, Minneapolis, MN, November 28, 2005.

J. P. Abraham and E. M. Sparrow, Friction Drag Resulting From the Simultaneous Imposed Motion of a Freestream and its Bounding Surface, International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, Vol. 26 (2), pp. 289-295, 2005.

Sandra K. S. Boetcher, Ephraim M. Sparrow, and John P. Abraham, Numerical Simulation of the Radiative Heating of a Moving Sheet, Numerical Heat Transfer, Vol. 47, pp. 1-25, 2005.

2004

John P. Abraham, Teaching Case Studies to a Multi-Disciplinary Class - Bridging the Gap Between Engineering and the Biological Sciences, Journal of College Science Teaching, Vol. 33 (5), March/April 2004.

Ephraim M. Sparrow, John P. Abraham, and Jimmy C. K. Tong, Archival Correlations for Average Heat Transfer Coefficients for Non-Circular and Circular Cylinders and for Spheres in Crossflow, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 47 (24), pp. 5285-5296, 2004.

John P. Abraham and Ephraim M. Sparrow, A Simple Model and Validating Experiments for Predicting the Heat Transfer to a Load Situated in an Electrically Heated Oven, Journal of Food Engineering, Vol. 62 (4) pp. 409-415, 2004.

John P. Abraham and Ephraim M. Sparrow, Irrelevance of the Relative Velocity as the Characteristic Velocity When Both a Fluid and its Bounding Surface are in Motion, Lorenz G. Straub Award, Minneapolis, MN, November 13, 2004.

John P. Abraham  and Ephraim M. Sparrow, An Unexpected U-Turn After an Eckert Straight Start, Eckert Symposium, Minneapolis, MN, September 13-14, 2004.

John P. Abraham and Ephraim M. Sparrow, Methodologies to Enhance the Numerical Simulations of Electronic Cooling, Semi-Therm Conference, San Jose, CA, March 9-10, 2004.

2003

Ephraim M. Sparrow and John P. Abraham, A Computational Analysis of the Radiative and Convective Processes Which Take Place in Preheated and Non-Preheated Ovens, Journal of Heat Transfer Engineering, Vol. 24 , No. 5, pp. 25-37, 2003.

John P. Abraham and Ephraim M. Sparrow, Three Dimensional Laminar and Turbulent Natural Convection in a Continuously/Discretely Wall-Heated Enclosure Containing a Thermal Load, Numerical Heat Transfer, A, Vol. 44 (2), pp. 105-125, 2003.

E. M. Sparrow and J. P. Abraham, A New Buoyancy Model Replacing the Standard Pseudo-Density Difference for Internal Natural Convection in Gases, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 46, pp. 3583-3591, 2003.

Ephraim M. Sparrow, John P. Abraham, and Paul Chevalier , A DOS-Enhanced Numerical Simulation of Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow Through an Array of Offset Fins with Conjugate Heating in the Bounding Solid, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and R & D Expo, Washington, DC, November, 2003.

John P.  Abraham, Ephraim M. Sparrow, Student-Related Research “Thermal Design Capstone Projects”, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and R & D Expo, Washington, DC, November, 2003.

2002

John P. Abraham and Ephraim M. Sparrow, Experiments on discretely heated, vented/unvented enclosures for various radiation surface characteristics of the thermal load, enclosure temperature sensor, and enclosure walls, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 45 (11) pp. 2255-2263, May, 2002.

John P. Abraham and Ephraim M. Sparrow, Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer in Multiply-Folded, Continuous Flow Passages Including Conjugate Thermal Interaction Between the Fluid and Bounding Walls  Numerical Heat Transfer, A, Vol. 42, pp. 327-344, 2002.

Ephraim M. Sparrow, John P. Abraham, and Molly K. Rolfsmeier, Fabric Ducts for Air Distribution and for Décor, Fabric Architecture, March/April 2002.

Ephraim M. Sparrow and John P. Abraham, Heat Transfer Coefficients and Other Performance Parameters for Variously Positioned and Supported Thermal Loads in Ovens With/Without Water-Filled or Empty Blockages, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 45 (17), pp. 3597-3607, July 2002.

2001

Sparrow, E.M., Tong, J.C., and Abraham, J.P., An Experimental Investigation on a Mass Exchanger for Transferring Water Vapor and Inhibiting the Transfer of Other Gases, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 44, pp. 4313-4321, November, 2001.

Sparrow, E.M., Martin, G.L., Abraham, J.P., and Tong, J.C., Air-to-Air Energy Exchanger Test Facility for Mass and Energy Transfer Performance, Transactions of the ASHRAE, Vol. 107, (2) 2001.  Presented at American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, and Air-Conditioning Engineers Annual Meeting, Inc., Cincinnati, OH, ASHRAE Symposium Paper, 2001.

1999

Tamma, K.K., Zhou, X., Abraham, J., and Anderson, C.V.D.R., Constitutive Model Theories and Plausible Propositions/Challenges to Heat Transport Characterization. ASME/JSME Joint Thermal Engineering Conference, March, 1999.

Patents

“Methods and Apparatus for Heat Removal in an Electrical Enclosure”, co-author Dr. Robert Monson, (pending).

“Return Manifold with Self-Regulating Valve”, co-author Dr. Robert Monson, (pending).

“Self-Regulating Temperature Control System, co-author Dr. Robert Monson, (pending).

“Variable Orifice Valve”, co-author Dr. Robert Monson, (pending).

      “UAV Recovery System”, (disclosed, 2007)

      “Isothermal Construction Plat” (disclosed, 2007)

      “Unidirectional Heat Pipe” (disclosed, 2007)

      “Conformable Heat Pipes” (disclosed, 2007)

      “UAV Recovery Package” (disclosed, 2007)

      “UAV Recovery Device” (disclosed, 2007)

      “UAV Energy Absorption Device” (disclosed, 2007)

“Planar Heat Pipe with Multiply Path Fluid Returns to Enable Condenser Independence", co-author Kevin Thorson, (disclosed 2007).