CMU Mechanical Engineering

TITLE		Raymond J. Lane Distinguished Professor
AREAS		Fluid dynamics, heat transfer, CFD, multidisciplinary design and education, thermal engineering of microelectronics, hemodynamics and mass transport in biological systems.
DEGREES		Mech. Eng. 1981, Universidad Sim'n Bol'var; S.M. 1985, Sc.D. 1988, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
WEBPAGES		Personal Homepage
PHONE		416-978-3131
EMAIL		camon at cmu.edu
ADDRESS(Currently on leave)		University of Toronto Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering 5 King's College Rd Toronto, ON M5S 3G8

Prof. Amon’s research pioneered the development of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) for formulating and solving thermal design problems subject to multidisciplinary competing constraints. This led to the creation of a multi-stage Bayesian methodology based on successive model refinement, CFD, non-deterministic experiments and Bayesian statistics. More recently, her research group has focused on developing numerical tools for multi-scale hierarchical modeling from nano-scales to system level. This includes molecular dynamics, lattice-Boltzmann method and Boltzmann transport equation for predicting sub-micron and nano-scale heat transport in semiconductors.

Applications include transient thermal management technologies for portable electronics and wearable computers, novel approaches for high heat-flux removal from high-density electronic packaging, fabrication and characterization of nano-porous media for thermal insulation materials for CMOS-compatible microsystems, micro-fluidics and system integration of silicon-based micro-scale direct methanol fuel cells for micro-power generation.

Other projects address fundamental issues in biological systems and biomedical devices including hemodynamics and mass transport in intravenous blood oxygenators, abdominal aortic aneurysms, and endovascular grafts. Professor Amon has contributed twelve book chapters, one McGraw Hill Custom Textbook, and over 200 refereed articles in education and research literature.

Recent Publications

Amon, C.H., “Advances in Computational Modeling of Nano-Scale Heat Transfer,” Twelfth International Heat and Mass Transfer Conference, Grenoble, France, 2002 (Keynote Paper and Talk).
Narumanchi, S., Murthy, J.Y. and Amon, C.H., “Simulation of Unsteady Small Heat Source Effects in Sub-micron Heat Conduction,” ASME J. Heat Transfer, Vol. 125 (5), pp. 896-903, 2003.
Finol, E.A., Keyhani, K. and Amon, C.H., “The Effect of Asymmetry in Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms under Physiologically Realistic Pulsatile Flow Conditions,” ASME J. of Biomechanical Engineering, Vol. 125, pp. 207-217, 2003.
Alawadhi, E.M. and Amon, C.H., “PCM Thermal Control Unit for Portable Electronic Devices: Experimental and Numerical Studies,” IEEE CPT, Vol. 26(1), pp. 116-125, 2003.
Pacheco, J.E., Amon, C.H. and Finger, S., “Bayesian Surrogates Applied to Conceptual Stages of the Engineering Design Process,” ASME J. Mechanical Design, Vol. 125 (4), pp. 664-672, 2003.
Narumanchi, S.V.J., Amon, C.H., and Murthy, J.Y., “Influence of Pulsating Submerged Liquid Jets on Chip-Level Thermal Phenomena,” ASME J. Electronic Packaging, Vol. 125(3), pp. 354-361, 2003.
Escobar, R.A. and Amon, C.H., “Lattice-Boltzmann Modeling of Sub-Continuum Energy Transport in Silicon-on-Insulator Microelectronics Including Phonon Dispersion Effects,” IEEE/ASME, ITherm, 2004, (Best Paper Award).
Amon, C.H., Yao, S.C., Wu, C.F. and Hsieh, C.C., “MEMS-Based Evaporative Thermal Management of High Heat Flux Electronics,” ASME Journal of Heat Transfer, in press.
Weiss, L.E., Amon, C.H. et al. “Bayesian Computer-aided Experimental Design of Heterogeneous Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering,” Computer Aided Design, in press.
Guzman, A. and Amon, C.H., “Flow Mixing Enhancement Due to Balloon Pulsations in an Intravenous Oxygenator,” ASME J. Biomedical Engineering, in press.