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Weixue (Tim) Tian

Postdoctoral Research Associate, NUTS Laboratory
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder
Boulder, CO 80309 USA
Tel: 303-735-1763, E-Mail: wtian at colorado dot edu
Curriculum Vitae

Education

Ph.D., Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Connecticut, December 2005
M.S., Department of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiaotong University, May 2000
B.S., Department of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiaotong University, July 1997

Experience

Research Associate, NUTS Laboratory, University of Colorado at Boulder, January 2006 - present
Research Assistant, Fiber Optics Manufacturing Research Lab, University of Connecticut, July 2001 - December 2005
Teaching Assistant, Heat Transfer (ME 242) and Fluid Mechanics (ME 250), University of Connecticut, September 2000 - May 2001
Research Assistant, Institute of Engineering Thermophysics, Shanghai Jiaotong University, June 1998 - June 2000
Summer Internship, Shanghai Tonghui-Carrier Air Conditioning System Co. Ltd. (a Uinited Technology Company), 1996

Journal Publications

  1. W. Tian and W. K. S. Chiu, Radiative Absorption of an Infinitely Long Hollow Cylinder with Fresnel Surfaces, Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 2006(98), pp. 249-263
  2. W. Tian and W. K. S. Chiu, Calculations of direct exchange areas by the combined mid-point integrals and finite volume method, ASME Journal of Heat Transfer, 2005(127), pp. 911-917
  3. W. Tian and W. K. S. Chiu, A two-dimensional scheme for axisymmetric radiative transfer with the finite volume method, Numerical Heat Transfer, Part B, 2005(47), pp 199-211
  4. W. Tian and W. K. S. Chiu, Radiation modeling of stationary fused silica rods and fibers heated by CO2 laser, Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A, 2004(46), pp 131-145
  5. W. Tian and W. K. S. Chiu, Temperature prediction of CO2 laser heating of moving glass rods, Optics and Laser Technology, 2004(36), pp 131-137
  6. W. Tian and W. K. S. Chiu, Calculation of direct exchange areas of nonuniform zones using reduced integral scheme, ASME Jounal of Heat Transfer, 2003(125), pp 839-844
  7. G. X. Hu, W. Tian, W. Xu, H. E. Cheng, Devolatilization model of large coal particles in moving bed, Journal of Shanghai Jiaotong University, 2001(35), pp 733-736 (In Chinese)
  8. W. Tian, W. Huang and W. K. S. Chiu, Thermal Radiative Property of a Semitransparent Fiber Coated with a Submicron Film, 2005, submitted

Honors and Awards
Predoctoral Fellowship for meritorious progress and achievement in research, 2003 and 2004
GE China Scholarship, 1996
Excellent Student Award of SJTU, 1996