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Faculty - Jay I. Frankel

Jay Frankel

Jay I. Frankel
Professor

402 Dougherty Engineering Building
University of Tennessee
Knoxville, TN 37996-2210
Office: (865)974-5129
Fax: (865)974-5274
Email:vfrankel@earthlink.net

Teaching ~ Education ~ Research Interests ~ Professional Experience ~ Professional Activities ~ Selected Publications

TEACHING

• Engineering Analysis
• Thermodynamics

EDUCATION

• Ph.D 1986, VPI&SU
• MSME 1986, VPI&SU
• BSME 1980, University of Maryland

RESEARCH INTERESTS (back to top)

Analytical and numerical solutions of differential, integral and integro-differential equations of mathematical physics, radiative transport in participating media, parabolic and hyperbolic heat conduction, symbolic methods for the solution of differential, integral and integro-differential equations, inverse analysis in point-reactor kinetics and conduction, inverse solidification design analysis, and nonlinear oscillations.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (back to top)

Dr. Frankel joined the faculty at the University of Tennessee in 1993 as an Associate Professor. He was promoted to Full Professor in 1996. Prior to his arrival at UT, Dr. Frankel was an Associate Professor and the Assistant Department Head of the Mechanical and Aerospace Engng. Dept. at the Florida Institute of Technology. Dr. Frankel joined the faculty at Florida Institute of Technology in 1986 as an Assistant Professor. Dr. Frankel worked at the National Bureau of Standards as a Guest Worker from the University of Maryland from 1982-1983. Prior to this position, Dr. Frankel was a Thermal Analyst at ORI Inc. in Silver Spring, MD from 1982-1983.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES (back to top)

Fellow, Computational Mechanics, Wessex Institute of Technology, Southampton, UK;

Associate Fellow , American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics;

AIAA Thermophysics Technical Committee (2000-2003, 2003-2006 );

Editorial Boards: Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements (1999-2002).

Inverse Problems in Science and Engineering (2002-present).

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS (back to top)

Frankel, J.I., “Determining the Local Heat Flux in a One-Dimensional, Unsteady Slab Based on a Single Thermocouple”, AIAA J. Thermophysics and Heat Transfer (in review, 2006).

Frankel, J.I., and R.V. Arimilli, “Inferring Convective and Radiative Heating Loads from Transient Surface Temperature Measurements in the Half-Space”, Inverse Problems in Sciences and Engineering (accepted, 2006).

Frankel, J.I., G.E. Osborne, and K. Taira, Stabilization of Ill-Posed Problems through Thermal Rate Sensors”, AIAA J. Thermophysics and Heat Transfer , Vol. 20, #2, pp. 238-246, (2006).

Frankel, J.I. “Regularization of Inverse Heat Conduction by Combination of Rate Sensors Analysis and Analytic Continuation”, 44 th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, Reno, NV, January 9-12, 2006 (AIAA Paper: 1184).

Frankel, J.I., R.V. Arimilli, M. Keyhani, and J. Wu, “Heating Rate dT/dt Measurements Developed from In-Situ Thermocouples using a Voltage-Rate Interface for Advanced Thermal Diagnostics”, 25 th AIAA Aerodynamics Measurement Technology and Ground Testing Conference, San Francisco, June 5-8, 2006.

Frankel, J.I., and K. Taira, “Integral Equation Formulation and Error Estimation for Radial Flow Between Two Flat Disks”, Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics, Vol. 181, pp. 103-124, (2005).

Frankel, J.I., and J.J. Lawless, “Numerically Stabilizing Ill-Posed Moving Surface Problems through Heat Rate Sensors”, AIAA J. Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, vol. 19, #4, pp. 587-592, (2005).

Frankel, J.I., M. Keyhani, and K. Taira, “In-Phase Error Estimation of Experimental Data and Optimal First Derivatives”, AIAA Journal, vol. 42, #5, pp. 1017-1024, (2004).

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