Cong Tam Nguyen

Cong Tam Nguyen received his B.S. degree in mechanical engineering in 1980, M.S. degree in engineering in 1983, and Ph.D. degree in thermo-fluids in 1988 from Université de Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada. He is a Professor of mechanical engineering at the Faculty of Engineering, Université de Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada, where he is teaching and conducting research in the general area of CFD and heat transfer. More specifically, his research activities deal with forced and mixed convection flows and heat transfer (buoyancy and/or thermocapillary), electronic cooling systems, heat transfer, and fluid flow in various thermal applications using nanofluids and nanoparticles as means for the heat transfer enhancement purpose. Since 1989, he has beencontinuously receiving research grants from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). He is the author and coauthor of nearly 150 papers in peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings and a Supervisor and Cosupervisor of 20 M.S. and Ph.D. theses. Dr. Nguyen is currently a member of the NSERC Chair in Industrial Energy Efficiency, the “Colloque Interuniversitaire Franco-Québecois” Scientific Committee, the WSEAS Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer Working Group, and the Editorial Advisory Board of the Open Mechanical Engineering Journal.

Biography Updated on 19 March 2008

Articles in Scholarly Journals [Incomplete List]

  1. Viscosity data for Al2O3–water nanofluid—hysteresis: is heat transfer enhancement using nanofluids reliable?
    International Journal of Thermal Sciences, vol. 47, no. 2, pp. 103–111, 2008
  2. Determining Pu isotopic composition and Pu content of PuBe sources by neutron coincidence technique
    Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, vol. 262, no. 1, pp. 75–80, 2007
  3. Effect of uncertainties in physical properties on forced convection heat transfer with nanofluids
    Applied Thermal Engineering, vol. 27, no. 1, pp. 240–249, 2007
  4. Heat transfer enhancement using Al2O3–water nanofluid for an electronic liquid cooling system
    Applied Thermal Engineering, vol. 27, no. 8-9, pp. 1501–1506, 2007
  5. Application of a non-linear local analysis method for the problem of mixed convection instability
    International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics, vol. 42, no. 8, pp. 981–988, 2007
  6. A note on heat transfer modelling of Newtonian nanofluids in laminar free convection
    International Journal of Thermal Sciences, vol. 46, no. 8, pp. 739–744, 2007
  7. Quantitative non-destructive assay of PuBe neutron sources
    Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, vol. 243, no. 2, pp. 385–391, 2006
  8. Heat transfer enhancement in turbulent tube flow using Al2O3 nanoparticle suspension
    International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow, vol. 16, no. 3, pp. 275–292, 2006
  9. Numerical Investigation of Electronic Component Cooling Enhancement Using Nanofluids in a Radial Flow Cooling System
    Journal of Enhanced Heat Transfer, vol. 13, no. 2, pp. 101–115, 2006
  10. Heat transfer enhancement with the use of nanofluids in radial flow cooling systems considering temperature-dependent properties
    Applied Thermal Engineering, vol. 26, no. 17-18, pp. 2209–2218, 2006
  11. Transient heat and mass transfer and long-term stability of a salt-gradient solar pond
    Mechanics Research Communications, vol. 33, no. 2, pp. 233–249, 2006
  12. Predicted effects of inlet turbulent intensity on mixed convection in vertical tubes with uniform wall heat flux
    International Journal of Thermal Sciences, vol. 45, no. 5, pp. 433–442, 2006
  13. Dissipation and entropy generation in fully developed forced and mixed laminar convection
    International Journal of Thermal Sciences, vol. 45, no. 10, pp. 998–1007, 2006
  14. Age-dating of highly enriched Uranium by ?-spectrometry
    Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, vol. 229, no. 1, pp. 103–110, 2005
  15. Heat transfer enhancement by using nanofluids in forced convection flows
    International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, vol. 26, no. 4, pp. 530–546, 2005
  16. Heat transfer and fluid flow of nanofluids in laminar radial flow cooling systems
    Journal of Thermal Science, vol. 14, no. 4, pp. 362–367, 2005
  17. Experimental and theoretical study of a humidification-dehumidification water desalination system using solar energy
    Desalination, vol. 168, pp. 151–159, 2004
  18. Numerical study of transient heat and mass transfer and stability in a salt-gradient solar pond
    International Journal of Thermal Sciences, vol. 43, no. 8, pp. 779–790, 2004
  19. Numerical investigation of flow reversal and instability in mixed laminar vertical tube flow
    International Journal of Thermal Sciences, vol. 43, no. 8, pp. 797–808, 2004
  20. Numerical investigation of laminar flow and heat transfer in a radial flow cooling system with the use of nanofluids
    Superlattices and Microstructures, vol. 35, no. 3-6, pp. 497–511, 2004
  21. Heat transfer behaviours of nanofluids in a uniformly heated tube
    Superlattices and Microstructures, vol. 35, no. 3-6, pp. 543–557, 2004
  22. Numerical study of the unstable thermocapillary flow in a silicon float zone under µ–g condition
    International Journal of Thermal Sciences, vol. 40, no. 8, pp. 702–716, 2001
  23. Convection mixte à l'entrée d'un tube vertical chauffée : étude numérique des différents régimes d'écoulements
    International Journal of Thermal Sciences, vol. 40, no. 9, pp. 816–824, 2001
  24. Simulation numérique de l'écoulement thermocapillaire oscillatoire dans une zone liquide cylindrique
    International Journal of Thermal Sciences, vol. 38, no. 10, pp. 863–878, 1999
  25. Bifurcation in steady laminar mixed convection flow in uniformly heated inclined tubes
    International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow, vol. 9, no. 5, pp. 543–567, 1999
  26. EFFECTS OF AXIAL DIFFUSION ON LAMINAR HEAT TRANSFER WITH LOW PÉ CLET NUMBERS IN THE ENTRANCE REGION OF THIN VERTICAL TUBES
    Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A: Applications, vol. 33, no. 3, pp. 247–266, 1998
  27. VARIABLE-PROPERTY EFFECTS IN LAMINAR AIDING AND OPPOSING MIXED CONVECTION OF AIR IN VERTICAL TUBES
    Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A: Applications, vol. 31, no. 1, pp. 53–69, 1997
  28. Développement simultané hydrodynamique et thermique d'un écoulement laminaire dans un tube incliné en régime de convection mixteSimultaneous development of a laminar flow inside an inclined tube with mixed convection
    Revue Générale de Thermique, vol. 36, no. 2, pp. 83–92, 1997
  29. NUMERICAL INVESTIGATION OF THE EFFECTS OF ROTATION ON A GERMANIUM FLOAT ZONE UNDER MICROGRAVITY CONDITIONS
    Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A: Applications, vol. 28, no. 6, pp. 667–685, 1995
  30. LAMINAR FULLY DEVELOPED MIXED CONVECTION IN INCLINED TUBES UNIFORMLY HEATED ON THEIR OUTER SURFACE
    Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A: Applications, vol. 26, no. 6, pp. 719–738, 1994
  31. Calculation of monthly average global solar radiation on horizontal surfaces using daily hours of bright sunshine
    Solar Energy, vol. 50, no. 3, pp. 247–258, 1993