Invited Talks Before 2015

2014

156. Nano/Microscale Heat Conduction and Thermal Radiation – A Series of Lectures, School of Energy Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China, December 24-26, 2014.

155. Spectral Radiative Properties of Metamaterials Including Graphene, College of Energy and Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai University of Electric Power, China, December 22, 2014.

154. Nanoscale Radiative Heat Transfer with Metamaterials and Graphene, the University of Michigan – Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute (UM-SJTU JI), Shanghai, China, December 19, 2014.

153. Controlling Thermal Radiative Properties with Plasmonic Metamaterials and Graphene, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China, December 18, 2014.

152. Nanoscale Radiative Transfer and Properties with Metamaterials and Graphene, Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology (CNST), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, October 15, 2014.

151. Micro/Nanoscale Thermal Radiation, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, September 16, 2014.

150. Near-Field Radiative Transfer Enhanced by Graphene Covered Nanostructures (with X.L. Liu and R.Z. Zhang), Keynote at the 8th US-Japan Joint Seminar on Nanoscale Transport Phenomena – Science and Engineering, Santa Cruz, CA, July 13-16, 2014.

149. Nanoscale Heat Conduction Lectures, Micro/Nanoscale Heat Transfer Short Course, Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey, July 7-11, 2014.

148. (1) History and Advances in Micro/Nanoscale Heat Transfer; (2) Recent Developments in Nanoscale Thermal Radiation, China University of Petroleum (Huadong), June 10-11, 2014.

147. Near-Field Radiative Transfer I. Theory and Foundamentas; II. Experiments and Applications, NanoRad 2014 – Introduction to Micro/Nano Thermal Radiation Short Course, June 5-6, 2014.

146. Near-Field Radiative Heat Transfer Enhancement with Metamaterials, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China, June 4, 2014.

145. Photon Tunneling Between Micro/Nanostructured Metamaterials, the 2nd International Conference on Phononics and Thermal Energy Science, Tong Ji University, Shanghai, China, May 29-June 1, 2014.

144. Nanoscale Heat Transfer Between Micro/Nanostructured Metamaterials, Department of Thermal Science and Energy Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China, May 27, 2014.

Before 2014

143. Advances in Nano/Microscale Heat Transfer, College of Aerospace Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, China, December 18, 2013.

142. Nanoscale Thermal Radiation Between Hyperbolic Metamaterials, School of Energy and Power Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, China, December 17, 2013.

141. Nanoscale Thermal Radiation and Its Applications, Keynote at the 4th ASME Micro/Nanoscale Heat & Mass Transfer International Conference (MNHMT 2013), Hong Kong, China, December 11-14, 2013.

140. Some Opportunities in Energy Research, College of Energy and Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai University of Electric Power, Shanghai, China, December 10, 2013.

139. Nanoscale Thermal Radiation, Panel on Nanoscale Heat Transfer: Recent Advances and Emerging Challenges, ASME 2013 Summer Heat Transfer Conference, Minneapolis, MN, July 14-19, 2013.

138. Vacuum Thermal Rectifiers Based on Near-Field Radiation Between Dissimilar Materials (with Liping Wang), ASME 2013 Summer Heat Transfer Conference (HT2013-17138), Minneapolis, MN, July 14-19, 2013.

137. Introduction to Nanoscale Thermal Radiation, College of Energy and Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai University of Electric Power, Shanghai, China, June 26, 2013.

136. Tailoring Radiative Properties with Micro/Nanostructures for Energy Harvesting, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China, June 25, 2013.

135. Nano/Microscale Heat Transfer – A Series of Lectures, School of Energy and Power Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China, June 20-21, 2013.

134. Near-Field Thermal Radiation: Fundamentals and Applications, Department of Thermal Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, June 17, 2013.

133. Recent Development in Nanoscale Radiative Heat Transfer, Department of Thermal Science and Energy Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China, June 13, 2013.

132. Applications of Magnetic Polaritons in Micro/Nanostructures for Tailoring Radiative Properties, Nanoscale Radiative Heat Transfer Physics School, Les Houches, France, May 12-17, 2013.

131. Thermal Radiative Properties of Micro/Nanostructures for Energy Harvesting, Department of Mechanics and Engineering Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China, March 11, 2013.

130. Controlling Surface Radiative Properties with Solid Micro/Nanostructures, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Houston, TX, January 31, 2013.

129. Nanoscale Thermal Radiation: Recent Advances and Future Challenges, Workshop on Micro-Nanoscale Fabrication and Energy Transport in Nanostructures, Southeast University, Nanjing, China, January 3-4, 2013.

128. Radiative Properties of High-Aspect-Ratio Nanostructures, Department of Thermal Science and Energy Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China, December 25, 2012.

127. Controlling Thermal Radiation with Magnetic Polaritons, School of Power Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, China, December 21, 2012.

126. Use of Metamaterials and Magnetic Poloritons for Energy Harvesting, School of Power Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, China, December 21, 2012.

125. A Frontier in Thermal Radiation Research: Controlling Radiative Properties with Micro/Nanostructures, College of Energy and Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai University of Electric Power, Shanghai, China, December 20, 2012.

124. Tailoring Thermal Radiative Properties with Solid Micro/Nanostructures, ASME 2012 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE 2012), Abstract No. IMECE2011-88740, Houston, TX, Nov. 9-15.

123. Thermal Radiation Control with Micro/Nanostructured Surfaces, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, October 14, 2011.

122. Application of Thermal Radiation to Temperature Measurements, School of Mechatronics Engineering, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, China, July 5, 2011.

121. Historic Development and Current Understanding of Thermal Radiation, School of Mechatronics Engineering, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, China, July 4, 2011.

120. Fundamentals of Thermal Radiation: from the Nanoscale to the Macroscale, School of Engineering Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China, June 22, 2011.

119. Thermal Radiative Properties of Micro/Nanostructured Materials, NanoEngineering Department, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, May 3, 2011.

118. Study of the Thermal Radiative Properties of Nano/Microstructures, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, March 23, 2011.

117. Near-Field Thermal Radiation at the Nanoscales, Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, January 31, 2011.

116. Radiative Properties of Micro/Nanostructures, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China, December 27, 2010.

115. Nanoscale Thermal Radiation, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China, December 24, 2010.

114. Introduction to Micro/Nanoscale Heat Transfer, Energy and Environment Engineering Institute, Shanghai University of Electric Power, Shanghai, China, December 21, 2010.

113. Recent Progress in Nanoscale Thermal Radiative Transfer and Properties for Energy Harvesting, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ, November 3, 2010.

112. Micro/Nanoscale Heat Transfer: Research, Education and Applications, School of Mechatronics Engineering, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, China, October 25, 2010.

111. Nanoscale Thermal Radiation for Energy Harvesting, Department of Building Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, October 22, 2010.

110. Measurements and Modeling of the Spectral and Directional Radiative Properties of Micro/Nanostructured Materials, Keynote Speech, Ninth Asian Thermophysical Properties Conference (ATPC2010), Beijing, China, October 19-22, 2010.

109. Spectral and Directional Control of Thermal Radiative Properties Using Micro/Nanostructured Materials, Department of Mechanics and Aerospace Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China, October 19, 2010.

108. Micro/Nanoscale Thermal Engineering – Research and Education, Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport (CBET) Systems, National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA, June 23, 2010.

107. Tailoring Thermal Radiative Properties with Metamaterials, Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Air Force Research Lab – WPAFB, Dayton, OH, May 25, 2010.

106. Dilemma in Deriving Cattaneo’s Equation from the Boltzmann Transport Equation, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, May 27, 2010.

105. Research in Nanoscale Thermal Radiation and Administrative Philosophy, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, May 3, 2010.

104. From Carbon Black to Blacker Carbon Nanotubes, with X.J. Wang and L.P. Wang, DSRC Special Topic Workshop on Physics and Applications of Black Materials, Arlington, VA, March 31-April 1, 2010.

103. Engineering Education in a Challenging Time, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, March 29, 2010.

102. Use of Metamaterials and Magnetic Poloritons for Energy Harvesting, School of Power Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, China, March 26, 2010.

101. A Series of Lectures on Micro/Nanoscale Heat Transfer (9 hours), School of Energy & Power Engineering, Xi’an JiaoTong University, Xi’an, China, March 22-24, 2010.

100. Nanoscale Thermal Radiation and Radiative Properties of Nanostructured Materials for Energy Harvesting, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Duke University, March 3, 2010.

99. Tailoring the Thermal Radiative Properties with Micro/Nanostructured Materials Including Metamaterials, Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences (CNMS), Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN, March 1, 2010.

98. A Series of Lectures on Nano/Microscale Heat Transfer (8 hours), Department of Thermal Science and Energy Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China, December 26-27, 2009.

97. Twenty-Five Years of Experience in Thermal Radiation Research, Department of Thermal Science and Energy Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China, December 24, 2009.

96. Frontiers in Nanoscale Thermal Radiative Transfer and Properties, Energy and Environment Engineering Institute, Shanghai University of Electric Power, Shanghai, China, December 14, 2009.

95. Metrology and Applications of Optical and Radiative Properties, Invited panelist in the session on Highlights of 17th Symposium on Thermophysical Properties & the 3rd IIR Conference on Refrigerant, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE’2009), Orlando, FL, November 13-19.

94. Surface Polaritons and Magnetic Polaritons in Nanoscale Periodic Gratings, Department of Micro and Nanosciences, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland, September 18, 2009.

93.Nanoscale Thermal Radiation for Advanced Energy Conversion, Department of Applied Physics, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland, September 18, 2009.

92. Introduction of Micro/Nanoscale Heat Transfer and Its Applications(4-hour lecture), Department of Energy Technology, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland, September 17, 2009.

91. Has There Been any Proofs of the Cattaneo-Vernotte Equation? with T.J. Bright, invited presentation, 30th International Thermal Conductivity Conference/18th International Thermal Expansion Symposium, Pittsburgh, PA, August 29 – September 2, 2009.

90. Negative Refractive Index, Metamaterials, and Magnetic Poloritons for Energy Harvesting, School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Systems Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, Korea, July 30, 2009.

89. Quantum Size Effects on the Specific Heat of Solid Nanostructures, School of Mechanical Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea, July 29, 2009.

88. Nanoscale Radiative Transfer and Radiative Properties of Nanostructures (Lecture #3), School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, July 29, 2009.

87.Microscale Heat Conduction: Non-Fourier Heat Equations (Lecture #2), School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, July 28, 2009.

86. Introduction to Nano/Microscale Heat Transfer (Lecture #1), School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, July 28, 2009.

85.Quantum Size Effects of Lattice Specific Heat of Nanostructures at Low Temperatures, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, May 16, 2009.

84. Entropy Generation in Nonequilibrium Heat Conduction, Department of Thermal Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, May 15, 2009.

83. Applications of Surface Waves and Metamaterials for Energy Harvesting, Department of Mechanics, Peking University, Beijing, China, May 14, 2009.

82. Radiation Entropy – A Unified Approach to Heat Conduction and Radiation (Seminar #2), School of Energy Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China, May 13, 2009.

81. Current Research on Nanoscale Thermal Radiation (Seminar #1), School of Energy Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China, May 12, 2009.

80. Magnetic Polaritons on the Optical Properties of Multilayered Gratings and Films, with L.P. Wang, Invited talk at the International Conference on Nanophotonics 2009, Harbin, China, May 11-14.

79. Recent Development in Nanoscale Thermal Radiation, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, April 17, 2009.

78. Fourier vs. Non-Fourier Heat Conduction: the Local Equilibrium Condition Revisited, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, March 19, 2009.

77. Nanoscale Heat Transfer Education and Nanoscale Thermal Radiation, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, November 25, 2008.

76. Recent Progress in Radiative Heat Transfer, Keynote Speech, Chinese Society of Engineering Thermophysics – Heat and Mass Transfer Annual Meeting, Zhengzhou, China, November 1-4, 2008.

75. Light Scattering of Semitransparent Sintered Polytetrafluoroethylene Films, Optical Technology Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, October 27, 2008.

74. Education in Nanoscale Thermal Engineering, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Missouri – Columbia, MO, October 9, 2008.

73. Tailoring Spectral and Directional Thermal Radiative Properties with Micro/Nanostructures, Distinguished Seminar, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, September 23, 2008.

72. The Influence of Hsue-Shen Tsien on the Microfluidics and Micro/Nanoscale Heat Transfer, School of Engineering Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China, July 17, 2008.

71. Metamaterials, Negative Refractive Index, and Plasmonics, Department of Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China, July 17, 2008.

70. Optical and Thermal Radiative Properties of Periodic Gratings and Slit Arrays (Seminar #3), School of Power Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, China, July 15, 2008.

69. Introduction of a Graduate Course on Nano/Microscale Heat Transfer (Seminar #2), School of Power Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, China, July 14, 2008.

68. Nanoscale and Microscale Thermal Radiation: A Cross-Disciplinary Frontier (Seminar #1), School of Power Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, China, July 13, 2008.

67. Educational Experience in Nano/Microscale Thermophysical Engineering, School of Aerospace, Tsinghua University, Beijing China, July 9, 2008.

66. Nonequilibrium Heat Transfer, Institute of Engineering Thermophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, July 7, 2008.

65. Nanophotonics and Near-Field Thermal Radiation in Advanced Energy Systems, College of Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China, July 4, 2008.

64. Current Trends in Thermal Radiation Research and Heat Transfer Education, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, June 2, 2008.

63. Teaching and Research in Nanoscale Heat Transfer, the Georgia Tech Savannah Colloquium, Savannah, GA, April 7, 2008.

62. Nanoscale Radiative Transfer for Near-Field Thermophotovoltaic Devices, Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, January 10, 2008.

61. Nanoscale Heat Transfer: Education and Research, Institute of NanoEngineering and MicroSystems, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, January 9, 2008.

60. Experimental Demonstration of Surface Wave Excitation between a Truncated Photonic Crystal and a Metal, with B.J. Lee and Y.-B. Chen, invited paper at Metamaterials’2007 – First International Congress on Advanced Electromagnetic Materials in Microwaves and Optics, Rome, Italy, October 22-26, 2007.

59. Radiation Entropy and Near-Field Thermophotovoltaics, Panelist, Meeting the Entropy Challenge – An International Symposium in Honor and Memory of Professor Joseph Henry Keenan, MIT, Cambridge, MA, October 4-5, 2007.

58. Novel Multilayer Structures or Coherent Thermal Emission and Near-Field Radiative Heat Transfer, Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Air Force Research Lab – WPAFB, Dayton, OH, September 18, 2007.

57. Coherent Thermal Emission by Excitation of Surface Waves in Truncated Photonic Crystals, Quantum Electrical Metrology Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, CO, June 28, 2007.

56. Applications of Near-Field Thermal Radiation in Energy Conversion and Manufacturing, Invited Panelist, NSF Workshop on Frontiers in Transport Phenomena Research and Education: Energy Systems, Biological Systems, Security, Information Technology, and Nanotechnology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CO, May 17-18, 2007.

55. Near-Field Radiative Energy Transfer and Applications, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, April 6, 2007.

54. Nanoscale Radiation Heat Transfer and Radiative Properties of Nanostructures, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, December 4, 2006.

53. Fundamentals of Spectrophotometry, invited lecture in Spectrophotometry Short Course, Optical Technology Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, October 30-November 3, 2006.

52. Radiative Properties and Radiometric Techniques for Property Measurements, Invited panelist in the session on Highlights of the 16th Symposium on Thermophysical Properties, International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Chicago, IL, November 5-10, 2006.

51. Nano-optics and Nano-thermal Radiative Transfer, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, July 31, 2006.

50. Radiative Properties of Microrough and Nanostructured Surfaces – An Overview, Session on Radiative Properties of Microstructured Surfaces, 16th Symposium on Thermophysical Properties, Boulder, CO, July 30 – August 4, 2006.

49. Radiative Properties of Nanomaterials and Radiative Heat Transfer at the Nanoscale, Optical Technology Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, February 23, 2006.

48. Nanoscale Thermal Radiation and Energy Conversion, Seminar in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL, January 27, 2006.

47. Radiative Properties of Nanomaterials and Radiation Heat Transfer at the Nanoscale, invited panelist in the Panel Session: Role of Nanotechnology in Thermal Management, 44th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting & Exhibits, Reno, NV, Jan. 9-12, 2006.

46. From Planck to Quantum Optics and Nanotechnology, invited panelist, International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Orlando, FL, November 9, 2005.

45. Nano/microscale Thermal Radiation: Recent Advances and Future Trends, joint Nanoscale Engineering Certificate Program (NECP) Seminar and William Maxwell Reed Mechanical Engineering Seminar, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, September 29, 2005.

44. Coherent Thermal Emission in Modified One-Dimensional Photonic Crystals, Mechanical System Innovation Seminar, University of Tokyo, Japan, July 8, 2005.

43. Nanoscale Heat Transfer and Applications, Special Seminar, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto, Canada, June 6, 2005.

42. A New Frontier in Heat Transfer: Nanoscale Thermal Radiation, Mechanical Engineering Seminar, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, April 26, 2005.

41. Optical Properties of Negative Index Materials, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Georgia at Athens, Athens, GA, March 8, 2005.

40. Surface Polariton Resonance on Optical Properties of Multilayer Structures, Optical Technology Division Seminar, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, February 22, 2005.

39. Micro/Nanoscale Radiative Transfer and Applications, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Colloquium, Rutgers – the State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ, December 8, 2004.

38. Radiative Properties of Micro/Nanostructured Surfaces, Mechanical Engineering Seminar, SUNY at Stony Brook, NY, October 19, 2004.

37. Near-Field Radiative Energy Transfer and Applications, Mechanical Engineering Seminar, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, October 8, 2004.

36. Introduction to Micro-/Nanoscale Radiation Heat Transfer, invited lecturer in the special session on Tutorial on Micro and Nanoscale Heat Transfer, International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE’2003), Washington D.C., Nov. 16-21.

35. Current Trends in Optical Properties and Radiation Heat Transfer in Nanostructures, Optical Technology Division Colloquium, National Institute of Standards and Technology, June 17, 2003.

34. Nanoscale Radiation Heat Transfer, Seminar in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, May 15, 2003.

33. Fundamentals and Applications of Near-Field Radiation Heat Transfer, Thermal-Fluids Seminar, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, March 3, 2003.

32. Thermometry and Thermal Transport Processes at Micro/Nanoscales, Materials Nanotechnology Forum, Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), Hsinchu, Taiwan, Dec.11-13, 2002.

31. Teaching Graduate and Undergraduate Students Micro/nanoscale Heat Transfer, invited panelist, International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE’2002), New Orleans, LA, November 17-22.

30. Micro to Nanoscale Heat Transfer in Contemporary Technology, G. W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA, November 27, 2001.

29. Micro/nanoscale Thermophysical Engineering: Opportunities and Challenges, Mechanical Engineering Seminar, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, September 27, 2001.

28. Advanced Temperature Measurement, Agere Systems, Orlando, FL, August 3, 2001.

27. Micro/Nanoscale Heat Transfer in Emerging Technologies, Department of Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, July 4, 2001.

26. Radiative Heat Transfer in Thin Solid Films, School of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, April 19, 2001.

25. Far-Infrared Properties and Applications of High-Temperature Superconducting Films, Sigma Xi Spring Lecture Series, University of Florida, February 16, 2000.

24. Thermal Radiation Modeling and Measurement in Rapid Thermal Processing, Thermal Science Seminar, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, September 2, 1999.

23. Emissivity Modeling of RTP Furnaces for Radiation Thermometry, Lucent Technologies, Orlando, FL, August 26, 1999.

22. Radiative Modeling for NIST RTP Test Bed, STEAG RTP Systems, San Jose, CA, Aug. 10, 1999.

21. Far-Infrared Radiative Properties of YBa2Cu3O7-d High-Temperature Superconducting Films, Thermal Science Seminar, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, March 26, 1998.

20. Spectral Radiative Properties of Solid Films, Thermal Science and Engineering Seminar, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, April 10, 1997.

19. Infrared Applications of High-Tc Superconducting Thin Films, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, December 3, 1996.

18. Development of Neutral-Density Infrared Filters Based on Metal and Alloy Films, Quantum Electronics Group, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA, June 14, 1995.

17. Development of Broadband Infrared Filters, Surface Science Lunch Bunch, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, June 5, 1995.

16. Microscale Heat Transfer in Thin Solid Films, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, June 2, 1995.

15. Applications of Microscale Radiation Heat Transfer in Thin-Film Devices, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, The University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, April 26, 1995.

14. Microscale Radiation Heat Transfer in Thin Solid Films, Department of Mechanical Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, February 9, 1995.

13. Radiometric Characterization of Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectrometers Advanced Fuel Research, Inc. East Hartford, CT, November 29, 1994.

12. Microscale Radiation Heat Transfer and Its Applications, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland at Baltimore County, MD, November 11, 1994.

11. Analysis, Design and Characterization of Spectroradiometric Devices, Cambridge Research and Instrumentation, Inc., Cambridge, MA, October 14, 1994.

10. Thermal Modeling of Cryogenic Radiometers and Development of Neutral-Density Filters, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, June 2, 1994.

9. Radiative Properties of Thin Solid Films Including High-Temperature Superconductors, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, January 31, 1994.

8. Radiative Properties of Thin Solid Films Including High-Temperature Superconductors, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California at Berkeley, CA, January 27, 1994.

7. Radiative Properties of Thin Solid Films Including High-Temperature Superconductors, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, December 3, 1993.

6. Optical Properties of High Tc Superconducting Thin Films, Physics Department, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, November 15, 1993.

5. Optical Properties of High Tc Superconducting Thin Films for Infrared Detectors, Cryoelectronic Metrology Group, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, CO, November 4, 1993.

4. Thermal Modeling of Absolute Cryogenic Radiometer, Optical Electronic Metrology Group, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, CO, November 2, 1993.

3. Spectroscopy of High-Tc Superconducting Thin Films for Infrared Detectors, Wellman Laboratories of Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, May 12, 1992.

2. Spectroscopy of High-Tc Superconducting Thin Films for Infrared Detectors, Radiometric Physics Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, March 19, 1992.

1. Spectroscopy of High-Tc Superconducting Thin Films for Infrared Detectors, Thermal Science Seminar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, October 2, 1991.