research overview
- Research and development of a hybrid gas-electric engine for aircraft applications. Engineering design of a 'green' aircraft concept based on the blended wing body concept and hybrid propulsion.
- Contact Info
Koster, Jean N
Positions
- Professor Emerita/Emeritus, Aerospace Engineering Sciences
Research Areas
- Aeronautical/Astronautical Engineering
- Energy Materials Sciences
- Energy Release/Transport
- Engineering Design
- Fluid Dynamics
- Fluid Mechanics
- Heat Transfer
- Industrial Systems Engineering
- Interfacial Phenomena
- Manufacturing Processes (Industrial Engineering)
- Mass Transfer
- Materials Processing Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Metallurgical Engineering
- Photovoltaics
- Renewable Energy Sources
- Solar Heating
- Thermosciences Engineering
- Transport Phenomena
Research
keywords
- design engineering
Publications
selected publications
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chapter
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journal article
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Inclusive double-helicity asymmetries in neutral-pion and eta-meson production in <(p) over right arrow> + <(p) over right arrow> collisions at √s=200 GeV.
Physical Review D.
2014
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Measurement of transverse-single-spin asymmetries for midrapidity and forward-rapidity production of hadrons in polarized p plus p collisions at √s=200 and 62.4 GeV.
Physical Review D.
2014
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Cold-Nuclear-Matter Effects on Heavy-Quark Production at Forward and Backward Rapidity in d + Au Collisions at √sNN = GeV.
Physical Review Letters.
2014
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Azimuthal-Angle Dependence of Charged-Pion-Interferometry Measurements with Respect to Second- and Third-Order Event Planes in Au plus Au Collisions at √SNN=200 GeV.
Physical Review Letters.
2014
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Heavy-flavor electron-muon correlations in p plus p and d plus Au collisions at √sNN=200 GeV.
Physical Review C: Nuclear Physics.
2014
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Epigenomic alterations define lethal CIMP-positive ependymomas of infancy.
Nature.
445-+.
2014
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Azimuthal anisotropy of π0 and η mesons in Au plus Au collisions at √sNN=200 GeV.
Physical Review C.
2013
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Quadrupole Anisotropy in Dihadron Azimuthal Correlations in Central d plus Au Collisions at √sNN=200 GeV.
Physical Review Letters.
2013
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Nuclear Modification of ψ′, χc, and J/ψ Production in d plus Au Collisions at √sNN=200 GeV.
Physical Review Letters.
2013
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Chemical stratification and solidification in a differentially heated melt.
Journal of Alloys and Compounds.
197-209.
2003
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Radioscopic visualization of melting, alloying and solidification of pure Al and Al-Cu.
Journal of Alloys and Compounds.
175-189.
2003
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Double-diffusive convective flow and interface morphology during transient Ga-5% In alloy melting.
Journal of Crystal Growth.
170-182.
2000
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In-situ observed pore formation during solidification of aluminium.
ISIJ Internationa.
364-372.
2000
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In situ observation of concentrational stratification and solid-liquid interface morphology during Ga-5% In alloy melt solidification.
Journal of Crystal Growth.
590-606.
1999
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Directional solidification and melting of eutectic GaIn.
Crystal Research and Technology: journal of experimental and industrial crystallography.
1129-1140.
1999
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Growth rate effects during indium-antimony crystal growth.
Crystal Research and Technology: journal of experimental and industrial crystallography.
275-283.
1999
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Visualization study of melting and solidification in convecting hypoeutectic Ga-In alloy.
International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer.
2537-2548.
1998
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Compositional effects on solidification of congruently melting InSb.
Crystal Research and Technology: journal of experimental and industrial crystallography.
717-731.
1998
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Interface dynamics during indium antimonide crystal growth.
Crystal Research and Technology: journal of experimental and industrial crystallography.
707-716.
1998
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Experimental study of stability in a layer of a model alloy with a liquid miscibility gap.
Heat and Mass Transfer: Waerme- und Stoffuebertragung.
193-199.
1997
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Natural convection in isopycnic liquid.
International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer.
849-855.
1997
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A threshold for onset of natural convection in binary metallic alloys.
Heat and Mass Transfer: Waerme- und Stoffuebertragung.
489-498.
1997
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Steady natural convection in a two-layer system of immiscible liquids.
International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer.
2799-2812.
1997
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A radioscopic technique to study convective fluid dynamics in opaque liquid metals.
Journal of Fluid Mechanics.
29-41.
1997
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Experimental study of natural convection in a model alloy with a miscibility gap.
International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer.
2595-2605.
1997
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In-situ visualization of off-stoichiometric equilibrium crystal growth within indium antimonide: Antimony-rich composition.
Journal of Crystal Growth.
238-244.
1997
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Numerical simulation of natural convection of gallium in a narrow gap.
International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer.
1169-1180.
1997
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Visualizing convection and solidification in metallic alloys.
Journal of Metals.
31-35.
1997
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In situ visualization of constitutional supercooling within a Bridgman-Stockbarger system.
Journal of Crystal Growth.
1-11.
1997
- Visualization of Rayleigh-Benard convection in liquid metals. European Journal of Mechanics B: Fluids. 447-454. 1997
- Visualization of convective solidification in a vertical layer of eutectic Ga-In melt. Applied Physics A: materials science and processing. 45-54. 1997
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Radioscopic visualization of isothermal solidification of eutectic Ga-In alloy.
Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B: Process Metallurgy and Materials Processing Science.
686-689.
1996
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Steady Rayleigh-Benard convection in a two-layer system of immiscible liquids.
Journal of Heat Transfer: Transactions of the ASME.
366-373.
1996
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Steady natural convection in a double layer of immiscible liquids with density inversion.
International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer.
467-478.
1996
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MODELING OF LIQUID ENCAPSULATED GALLIUM MELTS.
Acta Astronautica.
805-812.
1995
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PARTICLE DESIGN FOR DISPLACEMENT TRACKING VELOCIMETRY.
Measurement Science and Technology.
682-689.
1995
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A NOVEL VERTICAL BRIDGMAN-STOCKBARGER CRYSTAL-GROWTH SYSTEM WITH VISUALIZATION CAPABILITY.
Measurement Science and Technology.
472-476.
1995
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RADIOSCOPIC VISUALIZATION OF INDIUM-ANTIMONIDE GROWTH BY THE VERTICAL BRIDGMAN-STOCKBARGER TECHNIQUE.
Journal of Crystal Growth.
408-410.
1995
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VISUALIZATION OF DENSITY FIELDS IN LIQUID-METALS.
International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer.
2583-2587.
1994
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VISUALIZATION OF LIQUID-SOLID INTERFACE MORPHOLOGIES IN GALLIUM SUBJECT TO NATURAL-CONVECTION.
Journal of Crystal Growth.
414-425.
1994
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CONVECTION IN MULTIPLE LAYERS OF IMMISCIBLE LIQUIDS IN A SHALLOW CAVITY .1. STEADY NATURAL-CONVECTION.
International Journal of Multiphase Flow.
383-396.
1994
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CONVECTION IN MULTIPLE LAYERS OF IMMISCIBLE LIQUIDS IN A SHALLOW CAVITY .2. STEADY THERMOCAPILLARY CONVECTION.
International Journal of Multiphase Flow.
397-414.
1994
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DENSITY INVERSION EFFECT ON TRANSIENT NATURAL-CONVECTION IN A RECTANGULAR ENCLOSURE.
International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer.
927-938.
1994
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NATURAL-CONVECTION OF WATER IN A RECTANGULAR CAVITY INCLUDING DENSITY INVERSION.
International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow.
366-375.
1993
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PENETRATIVE CONVECTION IN SUBLAYER OF WATER INCLUDING DENSITY INVERSION.
Heat and Mass Transfer: Waerme- und Stoffuebertragung.
37-49.
1993
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COUPLING OF NATURAL-CONVECTION FLOW ACROSS A VERTICAL DENSITY INVERSION INTERFACE.
Heat and Mass Transfer: Waerme- und Stoffuebertragung.
471-479.
1993
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THERMOCAPILLARY CONVECTION IN 2 IMMISCIBLE LIQUID LAYERS WITH FREE-SURFACE.
Physics of fluids. A, Fluid dynamics.
1914-1927.
1993
- NATURAL AND THERMOCAPILLARY CONVECTION IN 3 LAYERS. European Journal of Mechanics B: Fluids. 635-655. 1993
- SURFACE-TENSION AND BUOYANCY EFFECTS ON A FREE-FREE LAYER. European Journal of Mechanics B: Fluids. 15-29. 1993
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INTERACTION OF LOCAL INSTABILITIES DURING OSCILLATORY CONVECTION.
Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics.
3410-3422.
1988
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Nonsteady End Effects in Hele-Shaw Cells.
Physical Review Letters.
1802-1804.
1986
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Time dependent heat transfer in Hele-Shaw slots.
International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer.
159-167.
1985
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Time-Dependent Free Convection in Vertical Slots.
Physical Review Letters.
1599-1602.
1981
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Inclusive double-helicity asymmetries in neutral-pion and eta-meson production in <(p) over right arrow> + <(p) over right arrow> collisions at √s=200 GeV.
Physical Review D.
2014
Teaching
courses taught
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ASEN 4018 - Senior Projects 1: Design Synthesis
Primary Instructor - Fall 2019 / Fall 2021
Focuses on the synthesis of technical knowledge, project management, design process, leadership, and communications within a team environment. Students progress through the design process beginning with requirements development, then preliminary design and culminating with critical design. Offered fall only. -
ASEN 4028 - Senior Projects 2: Design Practicum
Primary Instructor - Spring 2020 / Spring 2022
Focuses on the fabrication, integration, verification and validation of designs produced in ASEN 4018. Students work within the same teams from ASEN 4018. Offered spring only.
Background
education and training
- Ph.D., Univ of Karlsruhe (Germany) 1980
- M.S., Univ of Karlsruhe (Germany) 1976
awards and honors
International Activities
geographic focus
- Africa Continent
- Europe Continent
- Finland Country
- Germany Country
- South Africa Country