Adjunct Professor of Mechanical Engineering

PhD 1979, University of California, Davis

 

 

 

Contact Information

 

Research Interests

  • Rocket Propulsion
  • Mixed Convection Heat Transfer
  • Turbulence Modeling
  • Solar Energy

 

Selected Publications

  • R.F. Richards, M.F. Young, and J.C. Haiad, “Turbulent forced convection heat transfer from a bottom heated open surface cavity”, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 30, Issue 11, 1987, pp. 2281-2287.
  • M.F. Young and T. Ozel, “Mixed free and forced convection from a short vertical cylinder placed in a laminar horizontal flow”, Journal of Heat Transfer, Vol. 107, Issue 1, 1985, pp. 250-254.
  • M.F. Young, “Effect of free-stream velocity vector and aspect ratio on the output of a free-standing circular disk heat flux gage”, Journal of Heat Transfer, 1984, Vol. 106, pp. 228-233.
  • M.F. Young, “The calculated performance of a solar hot water system for a range of collector flow rates”, Solar Energy, 1984, Vol. 32, pp. 303-305.
  • M.F. Young and J.B. Bergquam, “The performance of a thermosyphon solar domestic hot water system with hot-water withdrawal”, Solar Energy, Vol. 3, 1984, pp. 655-658.
  • M.F. Young and T.R. Ulrich, “Mixed convection heat transfer from a vertical heated cylinder in a crossflow”, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 26, Issue 12, 1983, pp. 1889-1892.
  • V.W. Goldschmidt, M.F. Young, and E.S. Ott, “Turbulent Convective Velocities (Broadband and Wavenumber Dependent) in a Plane Jet”, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 105, 1981, pp. 327-345.
  • M.F Young and J.W. Baughn, “An investigation of thermal stratification in horizontal storage tanks”, Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Vol. 103, Issue 4, 1981, pp. 286-290.
  • M.F. Young and J.B. Bergquam, “Performance Characteristics of a Thermosyphon Solar Domestic Hot Water System”, Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Vol. 103, Issue 3, 1981, pp. 193-200.

 

Patent

  • Injector for Supercritical Water Oxidation Reactor, Patent Number 5804066, September 8, 1998.
  • Field Dressing for Control of Exsanguination, Patent Number 5800372, September 1, 1998.
  • Discrete Pore Platelet Filter Manufactured by Electropolishing, Patent Number 5614093, March 25, 1997.
  • Supercritical Water Oxidation Reactor with Wall Conduits for Boundary Flow Control, Patent Number 5387398, February 7, 1995.

 

Courses Offered

  • ME 491 Systems Engineering
  • ME 491 Pearl Harbor Internship
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