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 International.
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.
1129-1140.
1999
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Growth rate effects during indium-antimony crystal growth.
Crystal Research and Technology.
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.
717-731.
1998
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Interface dynamics during indium antimonide crystal growth.
Crystal Research and Technology.
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.
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.
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.
JOM.
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.
686-689.
1996
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Steady Rayleigh-Benard convection in a two-layer system of immiscible liquids.
Journal of Heat Transfer.
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.
37-49.
1993
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COUPLING OF NATURAL-CONVECTION FLOW ACROSS A VERTICAL DENSITY INVERSION INTERFACE.
Heat and Mass Transfer.
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
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