www.kostic.niu.edu is being updated from a legacy server - sorry for broken links referring to it! International Forum on Frontier Theories of Thermal Science The scholars photo (Front row from left): H. Yoshida (Kyoto University, 15th International Heat Transfer Conference Chairman), S. Maruyama (Tohoku University), Chong-Fang Ma (Beijing, vice president of Chinese Society of Engineering Thermophysics), Ping Zheng ( Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Chinese Academy of Sciences), David Jou (Universitat Autonoma de Barselona, Head of Department), M. Kostic (Northern Illinois University), DY Tzou (University of Missouri, Head of Department), S. Kandlikar (Rochester Institute of Technology, 1-9 micro-nano-channels, International Chair), Zeng-Yuan Guo (Tsinghua University, Chinese Academy of Sciences), Wen-Quan Tao (Xi'an Jiaotong University, Chinese Academy of Sciences) International Forum on Frontier Theories of Thermal Science at Tsinghua University (photo above or enlarged) was held in Beijing, China on December 18-20, 2011 (Program). The Forum has been a unique gathering of invited speakers to present innovative ideas and frontier theories in thermal science. Among distinguished invites were five keynote speakers from China (four academicians) and seven international keynote speakers: three from the USA and one each from Japan, United Kingdom, Singapore, and Spain; including six university presidents/vice-presidents and a number of directors of related thermophysics institutes and experts in the field. See also Program>Professor Kostic's participation at the Forum & Feedback: Photos; Nature of Heat & Work Presentation and Abstract; The Second Law Presentation and Abstract at Tsinghua University (Wiki); also Shanghai Area 2009 Trip |