Prof Ann Anderson

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Prof Ann Anderson

• Research Areas
• Fluid Mechanics
• Heat Transfer
• Aerogels

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Nanotechnology - Aerogels

• New Lab!
• Study the effects of chemical reagents and
  process variables on aerogel properties Make
  Better Aerogels!
• Make non-silica based aerogels
• Study the mechanical properties of aerogels
  (crush them and strengthen them).
• Investigate other possible application areas for
  aerogels
• Interdisciplinary

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Heat Transfer..

• Convection?
• Radiation?
• Conduction?
• Solid
• Gas

Heat???
All at the Nanoscale

• Investigate the phenomena of nano-scale heat
  transfer in aerogels.
• Design and build a steady state based sensor to
  measure aerogel thermal conductivity.

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Fluid Mechanics
Flow

• Design and build a flow bench to study the fluid
  mechanics of  gas flow through aerogels
  (non-continuum flows)
• Study flow over hydrophobic surfaces (use
  aerogels to make a hydrophobic surface).
• Study flow over bird wings and humpback whale
  fins

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Industry Project

• Design new Fiber placement nozzle
• Goals
• Maximize Heat Transfer
• Provide uniform flow
• Improve mechanical attachement (easy access,
  minimum intrusion).
• Noise reduction