Masood Parang, Ph.D., P.E.
Professor and Mechanical Engineering Coordinator |
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Masood Parang
606 Dougherty Hall
University of Tennessee
Knoxville, TN 37966-2210
Office : (423) 974-5259
Fax : (423) 974-5274
email : mparang@utk.edu |
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Teaching
Fluid Mechanics
Heat Transfer
Thermodynamics
Applied Mathematics |
Education
Ph.D 1975, The University of Oklahoma
MS 1972, The University of Oklahoma
BS 1971, The University of Oklahoma |
Research
Casting Processes
Two-Phase Flow
Microgravity Fluid
Heat Transfer |
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Vortex Stability, Application of boundary integral and finite difference methods in
heat transfer and phase change problems, two-phase flows, perturbation methods in heat
transfer and fluid flow problems, microgravity fluid flow and phase change heat transfer,
thermoacoustic convection under normal and microgravity conditions.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
| 1977 - Present |
Professor, formerly Associate Professor (1983-1988), Assistant Professor (1977-1983) ,
Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Science Department, University of
Tennessee, Knoxville. |
| 1995 & 1996 |
Faculty Fellow, summers, NASA-Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, Ohio. |
| 1975-1976 |
Visiting Assistant Professor, School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering,
University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK. |
| 1973-1974 |
Instructor, Mechanical Engineering, School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear
Engineering, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK. |
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
| Associate Fellow |
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) |
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AIAA Microgravity & Space Processes Technical Committee |
| Member |
American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) |
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Licensed Professional Engineer (Tennessee) |
| Technical Reviewer |
NSF (Atmospheric Division)
NASA
ASME Heat Transfer Division
The Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer
The International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow
The International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer |
| Chair of technical sessions |
Microgravity Fluid and Heat Transfer , Pasadena, CA, April 26, 1991
Microgravity Materials Processing Sessions, AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit,
Reno, NV, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999. |
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Parang, M., Crocker, D.S., and Haynes, B.D., "Perturbation Solution for Spherical
and Cylindrical Solidification by Combined Convective and Radiative Cooling," International
Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, Vol. 11, No. 2, June 1990.
Ketkar, S.P., Parang, M., and Arimilli, R.V., "Experimental and Numerical Study of
Solidification and Melting of Pure Materials", AIAA J. of Thermophysics and Heat
Transfer, Vol. 5, No.1, pp 40-45, 1991.
Crocker, D.S., and Parang, M., "Pressure-Driven Thermal Convection in Enclosed
Air," presented at AIAA 32nd Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, Reno, Nevada,
January 10-13, 1994.
Polehn, R. A., Keyhani, M., and Parang, M., "Transient Compressible Flow in
Variable Permeability Media," Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer,
Vol.8, No.2, pp.378-381, April-June 1994.
Crocker, D.S., and Parang, M., "Thermally Driven Thermal Convection in Enclosed
Compressible Fluids," Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A, Vol. 26, No. 5, pp.
569-585, Nov. 1994.
Kim, B. and Parang, M., " Thermal Creep in Enclosed Fluids Under Variable Gravity
Conditions," Microgravity Quarterly, Vol. 6, No. 1, 1996.
Parang, M. and Chao, D. "Two-Phase Flow Mapping and Transition Under Microgravity
Conditions," presented at AIAA 36th Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, Reno,
Nevada, January 12-15, 1998.
Tan, R.K., Arimilli, R. V., and Parang M., "Computer-Aided Design of a
Semi-Permanent Mold for the Casting of an Aluminum Spool," Advances in Aluminum
Casting Technology, pp. 85-93, Edited by M. Tiryakioglu and J. Campbell, ASM
International, Materials Park, Ohio, 1998.
Parang, M. and Chao, D., "Microgravity Two-Phase Flow Transition," presented at
AIAA 37th Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, AIAA 99-0843, January
11-14, 1999, Reno, NV.
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