V. Kafil, B. Sreenan, M. Hadj-Nacer, Y. Wang, J. Yoon, M Greiner, P. Chu, X. Wang, M. S. Fadali, and X. Zhu. “Review of Palladium and Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Based Chemiresitive Hydrogen Sensors” Sensors and Actuators A: Physics (submitted).

Ghaffary, A., M. A. Moustafa, and M. Hadj-Nacer, “Multi-Physics Simulation for Assessing Aerodynamic Feedback Variation due to Linear and Nonlinear Structural Response of Buildings under Extreme Wind Loads,” Journal of Building Engineering (submitted).

Higley, M., M. Greiner, and M. Hadj-Nacer. (2024) “Uncertainty Quantification of Thermal Gap Widths on Internal Temperatures in the TN-32 HBU Demo Cask,” Progress in Nuclear Energy (accepted).

Kafil, V., J. Liles, L. Coello-Poole, B. Lee, A. Sjolund, Y. Wang, J.H. Yoon, M. Greiner, M. Hadj-Nacer, Xiaoshan Zhu, (2023) “Highly Sensitive Detection of Hydrogen Gas Using Nanoporous Composites of Halloysite Nanotubes and Palladium.” ACS Applied Electronic Materials 5, 9, 5202–5214.

Higley, M., M. Hadj-Nacer, and M. Greiner (2023) “Effect of basket/rail gap on temperature prediction in the TN-32 cask under storage and drying conditions,” Nuclear Engineering and Design, 407, 112296.

Khan, M.A., Y. Jobic, I. Graur, M. Hadj-Nacer, C. Zampella, and M. Greiner, "Experimentally-Benchmarked kinetic simulations of heat transfer through rarefied gas with constant heat flux at the boundary," International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 176, 121378.

Maharjan, D., M. Hadj-Nacer, and M. Greiner (2020) “Implementation and Experimental Validation of a Computational Model to Predict Temperatures and Heat Transfer of a Square Array of Heated Rods Enclosed in a Pressure Vessel Filled with Rarefied Dry Helium,” International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 158, 120050.

Maharjan, D., M. Hadj-Nacer, and M. Greiner (2020) “Temperature Measurement of a Heated Rod Array within a Square Cross Section Enclosure Filled with Dry Rarefied Helium,” International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 148, 119033.

Perrier, P., M. Hadj-Nacer, J.G. Méolans, and I. Graur, (2019)  “Measurements and modeling of the gas flow in a microchannel: influence of aspect ratios, surface nature, and roughnesses,” Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, 23, 97.

Maharjan, D., M. Hadj-Nacer, N. Chalasani, and M. Greiner, (2018) “Experimental Validation of Heat Transfer Simulations for a Vertical Heated Rod Array within a Square-Cross-Section, Helium-Filled Isothermal Enclosure,” Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Application, 10, 021007.

Hadj-Nacer, M., D. Maharjan, M. T. Ho, S. K. Stefanov, I. Graur and M. Greiner, (2017) “Continuum and kinetic simulations of Heat Transfer trough Rarefied Gas in Annular and Planar Geometries in the Slip Regime,” Journal of Heat Transfer, 139(4), 042002.

Hadj-Nacer, M., E. T. Manzo, M. T. Ho, I. Graur and M. Greiner, (2016) “Effects of Gas Rarefaction on Used Nuclear Fuel Cladding Temperatures during Vacuum Drying”. Nuclear Technology Journal 194, 3, pp: 387-399.

Hadj-Nacer, M., I. Graur, P. Perrier, J. G. Méolans and M. Wüest, (2014) “Gas Flow through Microtubes with Different Internal Surface Coatings”, Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A 32, 021601.

Méolans, J. G., M. Hadj Nacer, M. Rojas, P. Perrier and I. Graur, (2012) “Effects of two transversal finite dimensions in long microchannel: Analytical approach in slip regime”. Phys. Fluids 24, 112005.

Hadj-Nacer, M., I. Graur, P. Perrier, J. G. Méolans and M. Wüest, (2012) “Experimental Study of the Gas Flows Through Channels with Circular Cross Sections”. Journal of Physics: Conference Series 362.

Hadj-Nacer, M., I. Graur, P. Perrier, (2012) “Mass Flow Measurement Through Rectangular Microchannel from Hydrodynamic to Near Free Molecular Regimes”. La Houille Blanche Journal 4, pp. 49-54.

Higley, M., M. Hadj-Nacer, and M. Greiner, (2021) “Modeling and Sensitivity Analysis of the TN-32 UNF Cask: Comparison with the HBU Project Data,” ASME PVP 2021, Virtual.

Higley, M., M. Hadj-Nacer, and M. Greiner, (2020) “TN-32 Model Validation using the HBU Project Spent Fuel Temperature Data,” ANS 2020 Winter Meeting (Online).

Higley, M., M. Hadj-Nacer, and M. Greiner, (2020) “Temperature Prediction of a Used Nuclear Fuel Cask with Different Gas Backfills,” Proc. of the ASME 2020 Pressure Vessels & Piping (PVP) Conference (Online).

Higley, M., M. Hadj-Nacer, and M. Greiner, (2019) “Effect of the Thermal Expansion of the Used Nuclear Fuel Cask’s Basket on Temperature during Vacuum Drying,” ANS 2019 Winter Meeting, Washington, DC.

Zampella, C., Lane, M., M. Hadj-Nacer, and M. Greiner, (2019) “Measurement of the Thermal Accommodation Coefficient between Helium and a Stainless Steel Surface,” Proc. of the 19th International Symposium on the Packaging and Transportation of Radioactive Materials (PATRAM), New Orleans, LA.

Higley, M., M. Hadj-Nacer, and M. Greiner, (2019) “Temperature Prediction of a TN-32 Cask with Non-Concentric Basket Subjected to Vacuum Drying,” Proceedings of the 19th International Symposium on the Packaging and Transportation of Radioactive Materials (PATRAM) August 4-9, 2019, New Orleans, LA.

Higley, M., M. Hadj-Nacer, and M. Greiner, (2018) “Temperature Prediction of a TN-32 Canister Subjected to Vacuum Drying,” ANS 2018 Winter Meeting, Orlando, FL.

Zampella, C., M. Hadj-Nacer, and M. Greiner, (2018) “Experimental Measurement of Temperature Jump Coefficient in the Slip Regime,” ANS 2018 Winter Meeting, Orlando, FL.

Higley, M., M. Hadj-Nacer, and M. Greiner, (2018) “Temperature Prediction of a TN-32 Used Nuclear Fuel Canister Subjected to Vacuum Drying Conditions,” Proc. of the 2018 ASME Pressure, Vessel, and Pipe (PVP) Conference, Prague, Czech Republic.

Zampella, C., M. Hadj-Nacer, and M. Greiner, (2018) “Temperature Jump Measurement at Stainless Steel and Helium Interface: Application to Used Nuclear Fuel Vacuum Drying Process,” Proc. of the 2018 ASME Pressure, Vessel, and Pipe (PVP) Conference, Prague, Czech Republic.

Maharjan, D., M. Hadj-Nacer, M. Greiner, and S.K. Stefanov, (2018) “Comparison of DSMC and CFD Models of Heat Transfer in a Rarefied Two-Dimensional Geometry,” Proc. of the 2018 ASME Pressure, Vessel, and Pipe (PVP) Conference, Prague, Czech Republic.

Maharjan, D., M. Hadj-Nacer, and M. Greiner, (2017) “Experimentally-Benchmarked CFD Model to Predict Cladding Temperatures During Vacuum Drying,” ANS 2017 Winter Meeting, Washington, DC.

Maharjan, D., M. Hadj-Nacer, and M. Greiner, (2017) “Experimentally Benchmarked Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulations of a 7×7 Array of Heated Rods within a Square-Cross-Section Enclosure Filled With Rarefied Helium,” Proc. of the 2017 ASME Pressure, Vessel, and Pipe (PVP) conference, Waikoloa Village, HI.

Maharjan, D., M. Hadj-Nacer, and M. Greiner, (2017) “Temperature Measurement of an Array of Heated Rods Subjected to Vacuum Drying Conditions,” Proc. of the 2017 ASME Pressure, Vessel, and Pipe (PVP) conference, Waikoloa Village, HI.

Trujillo, C., M. Hadj-Nacer, and M. Greiner, (2017) “Effect of Rarefication on Cladding Temperatures within a Used Nuclear Fuel Canister Filled with Dry Helium,” International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management (IHLRWM), Charlotte, NC.

D. Maharjan, M. Hadj-Nacer, N. Chalasani, and M. Greiner, (2016) “Experimentally-Benchmarked Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulations of an Array of Heated Rods within a Square-Cross-Section Helium-Filled Pressure Vessel,” Proc. of the 2016 ASME Pressure, Vessel, and Pipe (PVP) conference, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Maharjan, D., Hadj-Nacer, M., M. Greiner, S. K. Stefanov, and I. Graur, (2017) Gas Rarefaction Effect on Cladding Temperature during Vacuum Drying of Used Nuclear Fuel Canister,” ANS 2017 Winter Meeting, Las Vegas, NV.

Hadj-Nacer, M., M. Triton and M. Greiner, (2015) “Geometrically-Accurate-Three-Dimensional Simulations of a Used Nuclear Fuel Transfer Canister Filled with Pressurized Helium.” Proc. of the 2015 ASME Pressure Vessels & Piping (PVP) Conference, Boston, MA.

Green, R., M. Hadj-Nacer, and M. Greiner, (2015) “Design of an Experiment to Measure the Thermal Accommodation Coefficient Between Helium and Stainless-Steel in Concentric Cylinders” Proc. of the 2015 ASME Pressure Vessels & Piping (PVP) Conference, Boston, MA.

Hadj-Nacer, M., D. Maharjan, M. T. Ho, I. Graur, S. K. Stefanov, and M. Greiner, (2015) “Simulation of Heat Transfer across Rarefied Gas in Annular and Planar Geometries: Comparison of Navier-Stokes, S-Model and DSMC Methods Results.” Proc. of the 2015 ASME International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels, and Minichannels, San Francisco, CA.

Manzo, E.T., M. Hadj-Nacer., M.T. Ho, I. Graur and M. Greiner, (2015) “Phenomena Affecting Used Nuclear Fuel Cladding Temperatures During Vacuum Drying Operations,” International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management (IHLRWM), Charleston, SC.

Green, R., E.T. Manzo, M. Hadj-Nacer, M. Greiner, J. Li, and Y.Y. Liu (2014) “Design of an Experimental Apparatus to Measure the Thermal Accommodation Coefficient between Stainless Steel Surfaces and Rarefied Helium.” Proc. of the 2014 ASME Pressure Vessels & Piping Conference, Anaheim, CA.

Ernesto T.M., R. Green, M. Hadj-Nacer, and M. Greiner, (2014) “Prediction of Cladding Temperatures within a Used Nuclear Fuel Transfer Cask Filled with Rarefied Helium,” Proc. of the 2014 ASME Pressure Vessels & Piping Conference, Anaheim, CA.

Hadj-Nacer, M., P. Perrier, J. G. Méolans, I. Graur and M. Wüest, (2012). “Experimental Study of Gas Flows Through Channels with Circular Cross Sections,” International GasMEMS Conference, Skiathos, Greece.

Hadj-Nacer, M., I. Graur, and P. Perrier (2011) “Accommodation coefficients measurement in rectangular microchannels.” 3nd International GASMEMS Workshop, Bertinoro, Italy.

Hadj-Nacer, M., I. Graur, P. Perrier, (2011) “Mass Flow Rate Measurement through Rectangular Microchannels for Large Knudsen Number Range,” Proc. of the ASME 2011 International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels, and Minichannels, ICNMM, Edmonton, Canada.

Hadj-Nacer, M., I. Graur, P. Perrier, (2011) “Accommodation Coefficient Investigation in all Flow Regimes: From Hydrodynamic to Near Free Molecular Regimes,” Proc. of the 4th International Conference on Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow in Microscale, HTFFM-IV, Fukuoka, Japan.

Hadj-Nacer, M., I. Graur, P. Perrier, (2010) “Mass Flow Rate Measurement through Rectangular Micro-channels In a Large Knudsen Number Range,” 2nd GasMEMS Workshop, Les Embiez, France.

Hadj-Nacer, M., I. Graur, and P. Perrier (2010) “Mass Flow Measurement in Rectangular Micro-Channel From Hydrodynamic to Near Molecular Regime.” 2nd European Conference on Microfluidics, Toulouse, France.

Higley, M., M. Hadj-Nacer, and M. Greiner, (2021) “Thermal Analysis of the TN-32 Used Nuclear Fuel Cask for the International Thermal Modeling Benchmark Project,” WM 2021, Virtual.

Higley, M., M. Hadj-Nacer, and M. Greiner, (2020) “International Thermal Modeling Benchmark Project: Preliminary Results and Sensitivity Analysis,” ESCP Winter Meeting, Virtual.

Hadj-Nacer, M., N. Pandey, M. I. Hasan, K. Rahe and M. Greiner (2019), “Phase Change and Two-Phase Flow in Porous Media: Experiments and Simulations,” 4th Thermal and Fluids Engineering Conference (TFEC), Las Vegas, NV.

Hadj-Nacer, M., M. I. Hasan, K. Rahe and M. Greiner (2019), “Modeling of Heat Transfer and Flow Patterns in a Porous Wick,” NV NASA EPSCoR Statewide Meeting, Reno, NV.

Hadj-Nacer, M., "Drying Methods for Used Nuclear Fuel Canisters" (2019), Holtec International, Camden, PA.

Hadj-Nacer, M., N. Pandey, M. I. Hasan, K. Rahe and M. Greiner (2018), “Phase-change and two-phase flow in Porous media, Progress Report,” NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Pasadena, CA.

Hadj-Nacer, M., M. Higley, D. Maharjan, C. Zampella, and M. Greiner (2018), “Temperature Prediction of a Used Nuclear Fuel Canister under Rarefied Gas Condition,” 31st Symposium on Rarefied Gas Dynamics (RGD), Glasgow, UK.

Hadj-Nacer, M., Md. Shujan, N. Pandey, and M. Greiner (2018), “Modeling of Heat Transfer and Flow Patterns in a Porous Wick: Parametric Study,” 3rd Thermal and Fluids Engineering Conference (TFEC), Fort Lauderdale, FL.

Hadj-Nacer, M., N. Pandey, and M. Greiner (2017), “Phase-change and two-phase flow in Porous media (Application in Loop Heat Pipe), Progress Report,” NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Pasadena, CA

Hadj-Nacer, M., N. Pandey, and M. Greiner (2017), “Modeling of Heat Transfer and Flow Patterns in a Porous Wick,” NV NASA EPSCoR Statewide Meeting, Las Vegas, NV.

Hadj-Nacer, M., Md. Shujan, N. Pandey, and M. Greiner (2016), “Pumped Two-Phase Cooling Loop, Progress Report,” NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Pasadena, CA.   

Hadj-Nacer, M., (2012), “Etude de l’interaction gaz/surfaces dans des micro-canaux dans tous les régimes d’écoulement,” IUSTI, Marseille, France (in French).

Hadj-Nacer, M., I. Graur, P. Perrier, (2011) “Mass flow rate measurements through microchannels with Gold and Silica surfaces in all flow regimes,” 64th IUVSTA Workshop, Leinsweiler, Germany.

Hadj-Nacer, M., I. Graur, P. Perrier, (2011) “Momentum accommodation coefficient in rectangular microchannels for all flow regimes,” 15th International Meeting on Thermal Sciences, Tlemcen, Algeria.

Hadj-Nacer, M., M. Wüest, I. Graur, P. Perrier, (2011) “Momentum accommodation coefficients in microtubes,” INFICON, Balzers, Liechtenstein.