Faculty - Mechanical Engineering
Michael Boyle
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Research interests
Convection and Radiation Performance of a Ship Deck Light Shroud, Supported by Bath Iron Works, December 1999, $20,000.
Superheated Steam Drying, Supported by Merrill Air Technology, 1995-1996, $13,000.
A Study of the Interactions between Fiber Types and Dryer Design Parameters on the Quality of Molded Products Which are Dried in Superheated Steam, Supported by Tenneco Packaging, 1995-1996, $17,000.
Performance Prediction For a Hydro-Pneumatic Power Plant, Supported by Central Maine Power, 1994-1995, $13,000.
Establishment of a Research Focus in Wood Based Composites Utilizing Northern Species, with Bob Rice and Steve Shaler, Supported by USDA – CSRS, Awarded Spring 1995, $227,961.
Consulting - Some recent consulting contracts include those with Valmet/Honeycomb Corporation, Kady International, Merrill Air Engineers, Tenneco Packaging, Central Maine Power and Columbia Forest Products. Recent training courses have been offered at Georgia Pacific Corporation, Bath Iron Works and at a National Electronics Cooling Conference.
Publications
- Boyle, MT., Simonds, M., and Poon, K., "A Comparison of Secondary Flow in a Vane Cascade and a Curved Duct," ASME Journal of Turbomachinery, October 1989 (also presented at 1988 ASME Winter Annual Meeting, see above).
- Boyle, MT. and Langston, LS., "Asymmetrical Boundary Layer Separation at the Base of a Two-Cylinder Geometry," ASME Journal of Fluids Engineering, May 1989 (also presented at 1988 ASME/AIAA First National Fluid Dynamics Congress, see above).
- Langston, LS. And Boyle, MT. "A New Surface-Streamline Flow-Visualization Technique," Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 125, 1982.
- Presentations and Peer Reviewed Conference Proceedings Papers Boyle, MT. and Leclair, SE. "The Effects of Secondary Flows on the Convective Heat Transfer from a Heated Block in an Airstream." Presented at the 1997 ASME National Heat Transfer Conference and published in the proceedings.
- Boyle, MT. and Wardwell, SE. "The Three Dimensional Vortex System Near The Cover of a Rectangular Package Shape Mounted in a Duct," Presented at the 1995 ASME National Heat Transfer Conference and published in the proceedings.
- Boyle, MT. and Hoose, KV. "Endwall Heat Transfer in a Vane Cascade Passage and in a Curved Duct," Presented at the 34th ASME International Gas Turbine Aeroengine Congress and Exposition, Published in Proceedings, Toronto, Canada, June 1989.
- Boyle, MT., Simonds, M., and Poon, K., "A Comparison of Secondary Flow in a Vane Cascade and a Curved Duct," Presented at the 1988 ASME Winter Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, November 1988.
- Boyle, MT. and Langston, LS., "Three-Dimensional Flow Past Two Cylinders Mounted Side-By-Side on an Endwall," Presented at the ASME/AIAA First National Fluid Dynamics Congress, Cinncinnati, July 1988.
- Weinstein, S., Bowley, W., Ho, T. and Boyle, MT., "Extensibility Characteristics of the Human Cheek: A Pilot Study," Journal of Dental Research, 62(3), March 1983.
- Boyle, MT. and Knaub, C., "Low Speed Wind Tunnel Testing," Presented at 1988 IEEE Semiconductor Thermal and Temperature Measurement Symposium and published in Proceedings, San Diego, February 1988.
- Boyle, MT. and Asante, KA., "Detailed Film Coefficient Measurement on a Simple Large Scale Semiconductor Package Geometry." Presented at the 1990 IEEE Semiconductor Thermal and Temperature Measurement Symposium, February 1990, published in proceedings.
- Boyle, MT., "Similitude in Electronics Cooling – Scaling and Design of Experiments," a 2 hour tutorial presented at the 1990 IEEE Semiconductor Thermal and Temperature Measurement Symposium, Phoenix, AZ, February 1990.
- Books Boyle, MT. author of a chapter entitled "Similitude in Electronics Cooling," for the CRC handbook, Handbook of Experimental Methods in Electronics Cooling, CRC Press LLC, 1997.
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