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Joint Seminar & Colloquia
Design and manufacturing of advanced solar receiver tube for heat transfer enhancement and temperature leveling in concentrated solar power
by: Dr. Ben Xu
Affiliation: Presidential Frontier Faculty Fellow, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Houston
Date: Friday October 20, 2023
Time: 10:00 am – 11:00 am
Location: Zoom Meeting
Overview
Design and manufacturing of advanced solar receiver tube for heat transfer enhancement and temperature leveling in concentrated solar power
Biography
Dr. Ben Ben Xu is an Assistant Professor, Presidential Frontier Faculty Fellow in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at University of Houston (UH). He obtained his Ph.D. from University of Arizona in 2015. His research interests focus on multiphase flow and heat transfer in advanced energy systems, high temperature solar thermal storage, additive manufacturing of Nickel-based super alloys, and laser-assisted 3D bioprinting. Prior to joining UH, Dr. Xu worked as Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering in Mississippi State University (MSU) and University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV), Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Drexel University. Dr. Xu has been PI, Co-PI and senior personnel at UH, MSU and UTRGV on multiple funded projects from US Department of Energy, Department of Agriculture, National Science Foundation, and NASA. He has more than 50 peer reviewed journal publications, and his total citation on Google Scholar is more than 2000.
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