Objective Education Experience Research Teaching Awards/Honors Skills Publications References		Ashok Gidwani University of Minnesota Department of Mechanical Engineering 111 Church St. SE Minneapolis, MN 55455 (612) 624-4036 1000 8th St SE, Apt. 110 Minneapolis, MN 55414 (612) 378-5294 agidwani@me.umn.edu
Objective		Mechanical/Chemical Engineering specializing in plasma processing, nanoparticle/thin film technology and/or fluid dynamics of multiphase reacting flows
Education		Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, (March, 2003) University of Minnesota [UMN], Minneapolis Dissertation: Hypersonic plasma particle deposition of composite nanostructured films Adviser: Dr. Steven L. Girshick
		MS in Mechanical Engineering, (1998) University of Maryland [UMD], College Park Thesis: EHD-enhanced In-tube Condensation Heat Transfer of Refrigerants/ Refrigerant Mixtures Adviser: Dr. M. M. Ohadi
		BS in Mechanical Engineering, (1996) Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay, India Emphasis: Fluid and Thermal Sciences
Research Experience		High Temperature and Plasma Lab, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis (1998 - 2002) Graduate Research Assistant Plasma-aided deposition of nanostructured ceramic, metallic and composite thin films and micropatterns; used a thermal plasma reactor to produce and deposit nanoparticles as thin films Performed fluid dynamic design of an aerodynamic focusing system to collimate nanoparticles into a narrow beam in the compressible flow regime Improved the fluid dynamic design of particle nucleation nozzle through experimental and numerical studies, eliminated macroparticles affecting the film quality Performed two-dimensional axi-symmetric simulations of supersonic impingement of high temperature reacting gas mixture using CFD-ACE Performed Eulerian simulation of multiphase fluid flow and Lagrangian tracking of nanoparticles impacting on a substrate by solving the Basset-Boussinesq-Oseen (BBO) equation Extensive experience with thermal systems, vacuum systems and chemical and gas handling
		Groupe de Recherches sur l'Energétique des Milieux Ionisés (GREMI), Orléans, France (04/2001 - 05/2001) Assisted a local graduate student with experiments on silane-argon radiofrequency plasmas; Determination of onset of particle nucleation and growth by coagulation through measurements of plasma impedance and laser scattering technique
		Smart and Small Thermal Systems Lab, University of Maryland, College Park, MD (08/96 - 08/98) Graduate Research Assistant Experimentally studied the heat transfer performance of alternate refrigerants undergoing convective condensation in various tube geometries in the presence of electrohydrodynamic force Developed semi-empirical correlations to predict electrohydrodynamically enhanced in-tube condensation heat transfer performance of alternate refrigerants
		Undergraduate Research, IITB Bombay, India Performed numerical simulations using spectral methods to study stability of stagnation point flow Performed heat transfer measurements in a rib roughened rotating channel
Teaching Experience		Department of Mechanical Engineering, UMN Served as teaching assistant for graduate level class on Aerosol Technology Guided the summer research of an undergraduate intern at the Minnesota Supercomputing Institute
		Department of Mechanical Engineering, UMD Served as teaching assistant for two junior level undergraduate classes Taught classes of as many as 30 students during recitations
Awards/Honors		Invited student speaker at international meeting 'From the Atomic to the Nano Scale' (2002) Best paper presentation at the 55th Annual Gaseous Electronics Conference (2002) University of Minnesota Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship (2001 - 2002) ASHRAE Grant-in-Aid Award (1997 - 1998) American Association for Aerosol Research student travel award for AAAR conference (2001) Institute Merit Scholarship for outstanding performance in the junior year (1994 - 1995) Award from the State Government of Madhya Pradesh, India, for securing 2nd rank in the state-wide entrance examination for admission to engineering schools (1992) Topped the State level Mathematics Olympiad (1990-1991)
Skills		Computer Skills Finite volume, finite difference and finite element methods in engineering; Experience with Monte Carlo simulations Unix/Linux, DOS/Windows and supercomputing environments on IBM SP and SGI Origin 2000 Fluent, CFD-ACE, Chemkin, Ansys, Algor application packages FORTRAN and C programming languages Tecplot, Matlab, ProEngineer, EES, Mathematica, Word, Excel, Power Point softwares
		Nanoparticle Measurements Particle size distribution measuring instruments: Differential Mobility Analyzer (DMA), Condensation Nucleus Counter (CNC) and Particle Beam Mass Spectrometer (PBMS)
		Materials Property and Structural Characterization Scanning Electron Microscopy, Rutherford Backscattering, X-ray Diffraction
		Language Skills English, Hindi and French.
Publications		Gidwani A., Molki M., Ohadi M. M., "EHD-enhanced Condensation of Alternative Refrigerants in Smooth and Corrugated tubes," HVAC&R Research, 8(3), 219-237 (2002) S. L. Girshick, J. V. R. Heberlein, P. H. McMurry, W. W. Gerberich, D. I. Iordanoglou, N. P. Rao, A. Gidwani, N. Tymiak, F. Di Fonzo, M. H. Fan and D. Neumann, "Hypersonic Plasma Particle Deposition of Nanocrystalline Coatings," pp. 165-191 in Innovative Processing of Films and Nanocrystalline Powders, edited by K. L. Choy (London, Imperial College Press, in press for publication in summer 2002). Heberlein J., Postel O., Girshick S., McMurry P., Gerberich W., Iordanoglou D., Di Fonzo F., Neumann D., Gidwani A., Fan M., Tymiak N., "Thermal Plasma Deposition of Nanophase Hard Coatings," Surface & Coatings Technology, 142, 265-271 (2001) F. Di Fonzo, A. Gidwani, M. H. Fan, D. Neumann, D. I. Iordanoglou, J. V. R. Heberlein, P. H. McMurry, S. L. Girshick, N. Tymiak, W. W. Gerberich and N. P. Rao, "Focused Nanoparticle-Beam Deposition of Patterned Microstructures," Applied Physics Letters 77, 910-912 (2000). N. Tymiak, D. I. Iordanoglou, D. Neumann, A. Gidwani, F. Di Fonzo, M. H. Fan, N. P. Rao, W. W. Gerberich, P. H. McMurry, J. V. R. Heberlein and S. L. Girshick, "Hypersonic Plasma Particle Deposition of Nanostructured Silicon Carbide Films," Proceedings of the 14th International Symposium on Plasma Chemistry, Prague, v.4, pp.1989-1994, (1999). Gidwani, A., Ohadi, M.M., and, Salehi, M., "In-tube Condensation of Refrigerant and Refrigerant-Oil Mixtures-A Review of Most Recent Work," ASHRAE Transactions, Vol. 104, Pt. 1B, pp. 1322-1332 (1998). S. Mishra, A. Gidwani, M.M. Ohadi, and S.Dessiatoun, An Overview of "Basic Models on Frost Formation Phenomenon and Recent Progress on the Use of an Applied Electric Field in Suppressing or Promoting Frost," Heat Transfer, AICHE Symposium Series, Published by American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Vol. 93, pp. 197-210 (1997).
References		References are available upon request.