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ASME and AIAA, Foreign Member of the Russian Academy of Science (1999).

PhD, Case Inst. of Tech

ASME/AIChE Max Jakob Award (1997), ASME Heat Transfer Memorial Award (1991), AIAA Thermophysics Award (1990) , ASEE Ralph Coats Roe Award in 1987

Dr. Howell's research has centered on developing solution techniques for radiative transfer in participating media (particularly the Monte Carlo method), solutions of highly non-linear combined mode heat transfer problems, and, most recently, inverse design and control of thermal systems with combined-mode (non-linear) heat transfer. He has served on the College of Engineering faculty since 1978 and previously taught at the University of Houston. He served as departmental chair from 1986 to 1990 and as Associate Dean for Research in the College of Engineering for three years until August 31, 1999. He worked to improve safety awareness, renovation procedures, communication between the College and the central administration on issues ranging from renovations to intellectual property. He also chaired the committee to develop a Strategic Plan for the College.
Research Interests:
Radiative Energy Transfer
Heat Transfer in Energy Systems
Heat Transfer with Combined Modes

over 200 articles, papers and reports

Articles:

Blackbody(open in a new tab)

Monte Carlo method for exchange among diffuse-gray surfaces(open in a new tab)

Inverse problems in radiation transfer(open in a new tab)

Properties of real surfaces(open in a new tab)

Configuration factors for radiation transfer between diffuse surfaces(open in a new tab)

Net radiation method in radiative transfer(open in a new tab)

Articles:

USING INVERSE ANALYSIS TO FIND OPTIMUM NANO-SCALE RADIATIVE SURFACE PATTERNS TO ENHANCE SOLAR CELL PERFORMANCE(open in a new tab) - Vol. 0 '2011(open in a new tab) - ICHMT DIGITAL LIBRARY ONLINE(open in a new tab)

COMPUTATIONAL AND EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF A MULTI-LAYER ABSORPTIVITY ENHANCED THIN FILM SILICON SOLAR CELL(open in a new tab) - Vol. 0 '2013(open in a new tab) - ICHMT DIGITAL LIBRARY ONLINE(open in a new tab)

Quantification of Model-Form Uncertainty in the Correlated-k Distribution Method For Radiation Heat Transfer(open in a new tab) - Vol. 0 '2013(open in a new tab) - ICHMT DIGITAL LIBRARY ONLINE(open in a new tab)

NON-GRAY COMBINED CONDUCTION AND RADIATION HEAT TRANSFER BY USING FVM AND SLW(open in a new tab) - Vol. 0 '2016(open in a new tab) - ICHMT DIGITAL LIBRARY ONLINE(open in a new tab)

COMPARISON OF THREE REGULARIZED SOLUTION TECHNIQUES IN A THREE-DIMENSIONAL INVERSE RADIATION PROBLEM(open in a new tab) - Vol. 15 '2001(open in a new tab) - ICHMT DIGITAL LIBRARY ONLINE(open in a new tab)

INVERSE DESIGN METHODS FOR RADIATIVE TRANSFER SYSTEMS(open in a new tab) - Vol. 16 '2004(open in a new tab) - ICHMT DIGITAL LIBRARY ONLINE(open in a new tab)

VALIDATION OF INVERSE BOUNDARY CONDITION DESIGN IN A THERMOMETRY TEST BED(open in a new tab) - Vol. 17 '2007(open in a new tab) - ICHMT DIGITAL LIBRARY ONLINE(open in a new tab)

INVERSE DESIGN OF ENGINEERING SYSTEMS DOMINATED BY RADIATIVE TRANSFER(open in a new tab) - Vol. 6 '1997(open in a new tab) - ICHMT DIGITAL LIBRARY ONLINE(open in a new tab)

INVERSE DESIGN OF RADIATING ENCLOSURES WITH AN ISOTHERMAL PARTICIPATING MEDIUM(open in a new tab) - Vol. 7 '1995(open in a new tab) - ICHMT DIGITAL LIBRARY ONLINE(open in a new tab)

INVERSE RADIATIVE ANALYSIS TO DETERMINE SPECTRAL RADIATIVE PROPERTIES USING DISCRETE ORDINATES TECHNIQUES(open in a new tab) - Vol. 3 '1994(open in a new tab) - International Heat Transfer Conference 10(open in a new tab)

Monte Carlo Algorithm for Predicting Radiative Heat Transport in Optically Thick Participating Media(open in a new tab) - Vol. 3 '1994(open in a new tab) - International Heat Transfer Conference 10(open in a new tab)

INVERSE DESIGN OF THERMAL SYSTEMS WITH PARTICIPATING RADIATING MEDIA(open in a new tab) - Vol. 1 '1998(open in a new tab) - International Heat Transfer Conference 11(open in a new tab)

INVERSE RADIATION HEAT TRANSFER WITHIN ENCLOSURES WITH NONISOTHERMAL PARTICIPATING MEDIA(open in a new tab) - Vol. 21 '1998(open in a new tab) - International Heat Transfer Conference 11(open in a new tab)

Linear stability analysis for three dimensional Rayleigh-Bénard convection with radiatively participating medium(open in a new tab) - Vol. 16 '2002(open in a new tab) - International Heat Transfer Conference 12(open in a new tab)

Optimisation of radiant enclosures through non-linear programming(open in a new tab) - Vol. 5 '2002(open in a new tab) - International Heat Transfer Conference 12(open in a new tab)

The Use of Inverse Formulation in Design and Control of Transient Radiant Systems(open in a new tab) - Vol. 59 '2002(open in a new tab) - International Heat Transfer Conference 12(open in a new tab)

HOW TO DESIGN AND CONTROL RADIANT HEATERS AND FURNACES(open in a new tab) - Vol. 0 '2006(open in a new tab) - International Heat Transfer Conference 13(open in a new tab)

INCIPIENCE, GROWTH, AND DETACHMENT OF BOIlING BUBBLES IN SATURATED WATER FROM ARTIFICIAL NUCLEATION SITES OF KNOWN GEOMETRY AND SIZE(open in a new tab) - Vol. 13 '1966(open in a new tab) - International Heat Transfer Conference 3 (open in a new tab)

MONTE CARLO SIMULATION OF THERMAL CONDUCTION THROUGH A RANDOMLY PACKED BED OF SPHERES (open in a new tab) - Vol. 2 '1982(open in a new tab) - International Heat Transfer Conference 7(open in a new tab)

TWO-DIMENSIONAL ENERGY TRANSFER IN RADIATIVELY PARTICIPATING MEDIA WITH CONDUCTION BY THE P-N APPROXIMATION(open in a new tab) - Vol. 5 '1982(open in a new tab) - International Heat Transfer Conference 7(open in a new tab)

Farmer, Jeff T.

Monte Carlo Algorithm for Predicting Radiative Heat Transport in Optically Thick Participating Media

Daun, Kyle J.

Optimisation of radiant enclosures through non-linear programming

Lan, Chao-Ho

Linear stability analysis for three dimensional Rayleigh-Bénard convection with radiatively participating medium

Heltzel, Alex

USING INVERSE ANALYSIS TO FIND OPTIMUM NANO-SCALE RADIATIVE SURFACE PATTERNS TO ENHANCE SOLAR CELL PERFORMANCE

Franca, Francis

INVERSE RADIATION HEAT TRANSFER WITHIN ENCLOSURES WITH NONISOTHERMAL PARTICIPATING MEDIA

INVERSE DESIGN OF THERMAL SYSTEMS WITH PARTICIPATING RADIATING MEDIA

Franka, Francis

INVERSE DESIGN OF ENGINEERING SYSTEMS DOMINATED BY RADIATIVE TRANSFER

Siegel, Robert

INCIPIENCE, GROWTH, AND DETACHMENT OF BOIlING BUBBLES IN SATURATED WATER FROM ARTIFICIAL NUCLEATION SITES OF KNOWN GEOMETRY AND SIZE

Zhang, Xiaobing

NON-GRAY COMBINED CONDUCTION AND RADIATION HEAT TRANSFER BY USING FVM AND SLW

Gamba, Mirko

VALIDATION OF INVERSE BOUNDARY CONDITION DESIGN IN A THERMOMETRY TEST BED

Morton, David P.

Optimisation of radiant enclosures through non-linear programming

Ezekoye, Ofodike A.

Linear stability analysis for three dimensional Rayleigh-Bénard convection with radiatively participating medium

The Use of Inverse Formulation in Design and Control of Transient Radiant Systems

VALIDATION OF INVERSE BOUNDARY CONDITION DESIGN IN A THERMOMETRY TEST BED

COMPARISON OF THREE REGULARIZED SOLUTION TECHNIQUES IN A THREE-DIMENSIONAL INVERSE RADIATION PROBLEM

Morales, Juan Carlos

INVERSE RADIATION HEAT TRANSFER WITHIN ENCLOSURES WITH NONISOTHERMAL PARTICIPATING MEDIA

INVERSE DESIGN OF THERMAL SYSTEMS WITH PARTICIPATING RADIATING MEDIA

INVERSE DESIGN OF ENGINEERING SYSTEMS DOMINATED BY RADIATIVE TRANSFER

INVERSE DESIGN OF RADIATING ENCLOSURES WITH AN ISOTHERMAL PARTICIPATING MEDIUM

Harutunian, Vigain

INVERSE DESIGN OF RADIATING ENCLOSURES WITH AN ISOTHERMAL PARTICIPATING MEDIUM

Erturk, Hakan

The Use of Inverse Formulation in Design and Control of Transient Radiant Systems

VALIDATION OF INVERSE BOUNDARY CONDITION DESIGN IN A THERMOMETRY TEST BED

COMPARISON OF THREE REGULARIZED SOLUTION TECHNIQUES IN A THREE-DIMENSIONAL INVERSE RADIATION PROBLEM

El Hitti, Georges

USING INVERSE ANALYSIS TO FIND OPTIMUM NANO-SCALE RADIATIVE SURFACE PATTERNS TO ENHANCE SOLAR CELL PERFORMANCE

Oguma, Masahito

INVERSE RADIATION HEAT TRANSFER WITHIN ENCLOSURES WITH NONISOTHERMAL PARTICIPATING MEDIA

INVERSE DESIGN OF THERMAL SYSTEMS WITH PARTICIPATING RADIATING MEDIA

INVERSE DESIGN OF ENGINEERING SYSTEMS DOMINATED BY RADIATIVE TRANSFER

INVERSE DESIGN OF RADIATING ENCLOSURES WITH AN ISOTHERMAL PARTICIPATING MEDIUM

Yang, Y. Sam

MONTE CARLO SIMULATION OF THERMAL CONDUCTION THROUGH A RANDOMLY PACKED BED OF SPHERES

Hendricks, Terry J.

INVERSE RADIATIVE ANALYSIS TO DETERMINE SPECTRAL RADIATIVE PROPERTIES USING DISCRETE ORDINATES TECHNIQUES

Klein, Dale E.

MONTE CARLO SIMULATION OF THERMAL CONDUCTION THROUGH A RANDOMLY PACKED BED OF SPHERES

Hajimirza, Shima

USING INVERSE ANALYSIS TO FIND OPTIMUM NANO-SCALE RADIATIVE SURFACE PATTERNS TO ENHANCE SOLAR CELL PERFORMANCE

COMPUTATIONAL AND EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF A MULTI-LAYER ABSORPTIVITY ENHANCED THIN FILM SILICON SOLAR CELL

Tencer, John

Quantification of Model-Form Uncertainty in the Correlated-k Distribution Method For Radiation Heat Transfer

Sun, Yujia

NON-GRAY COMBINED CONDUCTION AND RADIATION HEAT TRANSFER BY USING FVM AND SLW

Ratzel, Arthur

TWO-DIMENSIONAL ENERGY TRANSFER IN RADIATIVELY PARTICIPATING MEDIA WITH CONDUCTION BY THE P-N APPROXIMATION

Daun, Kyle J.

INVERSE DESIGN METHODS FOR RADIATIVE TRANSFER SYSTEMS