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Thomas E. Diller, Ph.D.


Thomas E. Diller, Ph.D. Professor
Mechanical Engineering

Virginia Tech
114R Randolph Hall
Blacksburg, VA  24061

540-231-7198
tdiller@vt.edu



 

EDUCATION:

 

  • B.S.M.E., Carnegie-Mellon Univ., Mechanical Engineering, 1972

  • M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Mechanical Engineering, 1974

  • Sc.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Mechanical Engineering, 1977



CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS:

 

  • Heat Flux Microsensor

  • Biomedical Engineering: Noninvasive Instrument to Measure Blood Perfusion

  • Measurement and Correlation of Instantaneous

  • Velocity and Heat Flux in Turbulent Flows

  • Heat Flux Probe for Industrial heat Transfer Measurements

  • Heat Transfer in Jets and Jet Arrays—Aplication

  • Gas Turbine Blade Heat Transfer

  • Feedforward Control of Thurmal Processes Heat Flux Calibration


RECENT PUBLICATIONS:

 

  • Diplas, P., Almedejj*, J. and Dancey, C.L., “Do Perennial and      Ephemeral Streams Represent Parts of the Same River Continuum?” 4th IAHR Symposium on River Coastal and Estuarine Morphodynamics, Urbana, Illinois, October 2005, 5 p.

  • Diller, T. E., "Heat Flux," Ch. 15, in Mechanical Variables Measurement, Solid, Fluid, and Thermal, Ed. J. G. Webster, CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, 1999, pp. 15.1-15.

  • Diller, T. E., "Heat Flux," Ch. 34, in The Measurement, Instrumentation and Sensors Handbook, Ed. J. G. Webster, CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, 1999, pp. 34.1-15.

  • Scott, E. P., Robinson, P. S., and Diller, T. E., "Development of Methodologies for the Estimation of Blood Perfusion Using a Minimally Invasive Probe," Measurement Science & Technology, (Invited Paper - Special Edition), Vol. 9, No. 6, 1998, pp. 888-897.

  • Robinson, P. S., Scott, E. P., and Diller, T. E., "Validation of Methodologies for the Estimation of Blood Perfusion Using a Minimally Invasive Probe," in Advances in Heat and Mass Transfer in Biotechnology - 1998, HTD-Vol. 362, Ed. S. Clegg, pp.109-115.

  • O'Reilly, T. B., Gonzales, T. L., and Diller, T. E., "Development of a Noninvasive Blood Perfusion Probe," in Advances in Heat and Mass Transfer in Biotechnology 1996, Eds. L. J. Hayes and S. Clegg, ASME, N.Y., 1996, pp. 67-73.


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