Researchers
M. Pinar Mengüç, Ph.D.
Engineering Alumni Association Professor
Professor Emeritus
Research Areas: Applied Optics, Heat Transfer, Radiation Transfer
University of Kentucky, College of Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
269 Ralph G. Anderson Building
Lexington,
KY
40506-0503
Phone: (859) 257-6336, ext. 80658
Fax: (859) 257-3304
Email: Contact me
Professional Preparation
Ph.D.: Purdue University, School of Mechanical Engineering, West Lafayette, IN, 1985.
Dissertation Title: Modeling of Radiative Heat Transfer in Multidimensional Enclosures Using Spherical Harmonics Approximation. Advisor: Prof. R. Viskanta.
MSME/BSME: METU, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ankara, Turkey, 1980 (with honors).
Extended Education
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute College Faculty Workshop, Woods Hole, MA, June 1992.
Laser Surgery Principles, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, October 1998.
Appointments
1/1/2009- Present Ozyegin University at Istanbul, Turkey (on leave from UK)
7/1993 – Present Engineering Alumni Assoc. Professor of Mechanical Engr, University of Kentucky
9/1998 – 7/1999 Senior Research Fellow, Shriners Research Center, Harvard University/ Massachusetts General Hospital, Cambridge, MA
7/1988 – 6/1993 Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY (received tenure in 1988).
Selected Publications
- J.R. Howell, R. Siegel, M. P. Mengüç, Thermal Radiation Heat Transfer, 5th Edition, Taylor&Francis, 2010.
- B.T. Wong, M. P. Mengüç, Thermal Transport with Applications to Micro/Nanoscale Machining, Springer, 2008.
- B P. Garudadri Venkata, M. M. Aslan, M. Pinar Mengüç, G. Videen, “Surface Plasmon Scattering Patterns of Gold Nanoparticles and 2D Agglomerates,” ASME J. of Heat Transfer, Vol. 129, pp. 59-71; 2007
- R. Charnigo, M. Francoeur, M. P. Mengüç, A. Brock, M. Leichter, C. Srinivasan, “Nanoparticle Characterization via Derivatives of Scattering Profiles,” J. of Optical Society of America A, Vol. 24, no. 9, pp. 2578-2589, 2007.
- M. Kozan, Jyothish Thangala, Rahel Bogale, M. Pinar Mengüç, Mahendra K. Sunkara, “In-Situ Characterization of Dispersion Stability of WO3 Nanoparticles and Nanowires” Journal of Nanoparticle Research, Volume: 10 Issue: 4 Pages: 599-612 April 2008.
- M. Francoeur, M.P. Mengüç, R. Vaillon, “Near-field radiative heat exchanges between two thin films supporting surface phonon-polaritons,” J. of Applied Physics, Vol, 107 Issue: 3 Article Number: 034313, Feb 2010
- M. Francoeur, M.P. Menguc, and R. Vaillon, Local density of electromagnetic states within a nanometric gap formed between two thin films supporting surface phonon-polaritons. Journal of Physics-D: Applied Physics, Volume: 43, Issue: 7, Article Number: 075501, Feb. 24 2010
- B.T. Wong, M. P. Mengüç, R.R. Vallance, “Sequential Nano-Patterning Using Electron and Laser Beams: A Numerical Methodology,” Journal of Computational Nanotechnology, V. 3, p. 219, 2006.
- J. A. Sanchez and M. Pinar Mengüç, “Phase Change Phenomena during Electron-Beam Based Nanomachining: Molecular Dynamics Simulations,” Physical Review B, V. 76. 224104 (1-11), 2007.
- M. Francoeur and M. P. Mengüç, “Role of the fluctuational electrodynamics theory in near-field radiative heat transfer,” Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, Vol. 109, pp 280-293, 2008.
- J.A. Sánchez, M. P. Mengüç, “Geometry dependence on the electrostatic and thermal response of a carbon nanotube during field emission.” Nanotechnology, Article Number: 075702 February 20, 2008.
- B.T. Wong and Menguc, M.P., “A unified Monte Carlo treatment of transport of electromagnetic energy, electrons and phonons in absorbing and scattering media,” Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, Volume: 111, Issue: 3, Pages: 399-419, Feb. 2010