Milivoje M. Kostic
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Email: kostic@niu.edu
Tel: 815-753-9975
Education
- B.S. (1975) and M.S. (1978) in Mechanical Engineering, University of Belgrade
- Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois in Chicago (1984)
Research Interests
Thermodynamics and Energy fundamentals and applications; Nano-fluids, Non-Newtonian flows and heat transfer; Computational and Experimental methods with computerized data acquisition; Design, analysis, and optimization of fluid/thermal/energy components and systems.
Work Experience
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, NIU (1988-present)
- Research Associate, Energy Resources Center, University of Illinois at Chicago (1984-5)
- Chief Researcher, Energy and Thermal Engineering, Center for Research and Development, Copper and Aluminum Rolling Mills Corporation at Sevojno, Yugoslavia (1985-6)
- Assistant (tenure-track faculty member), Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Belgrade, Yugoslavia (1978-81)
- Researcher, The Vinca Institute for Nuclear Sciences at Vinca-Belgrade, Yugoslavia (1976-8)
Special Appointments
- Guest Faculty Research Participation Program at ANL (2004-05)
- Scientist at NIU’s Institute for Nano-Science, Engineering & Technology (InSET, 2004-now)
- Guest Scientist-Sabbatical at Fermilab (Fall 2003)
- NASA Faculty Fellow (Summer 2003)
Professional Associations and Honors
- Professional member of ASME, ASEE, AIP Society of Rheology
- Reviewer of professional articles and books for different publishers and R&D proposals for NSF, AAAS and other state and federal agencies
- Licensed Professional Engineer (P.E.) in Illinois and sited in Marquis Who’s Who publications, etc.
Selected Publications
- Kostic, M., Energy: Global and Historical Background, and Physics of Energy In Encyclopedia of Energy Engineering (B. L. Capehart, Editor), Taylor & Francis/CRC Press, 2007.
- Kostic, M., "Work, Power, and Energy," In Encyclopedia of Energy (C.J. Cleveland, Editor-in-Chief), Volume 6, pp. 527-538, Elsevier, 2004.
- Kostic, M., “Analysis of Enthalpy Approximation for Compressed Liquid Water,” ASME Journal of Heat Transfer, Vol. 128, p.421-426, May 2006.
- Kostic, M., "Data Acquisition And Control for An Innovative Thermal Conductivity Apparatus Using LabVIEW(TM) Virtual Instrument." Laboratory Robotics and Automation Journal, Vol.10, No.2, pp.107-111, Wiley, 1998.
- M. Kostic, "On Turbulent Drag and Heat Transfer Reduction Phenomena and Laminar Heat Transfer Enhancement in Non-Circular Duct Flow of Certain Non-Newtonian Fluids," Int. J. Heat & Mass Transfer, Vol.37, Suppl.1, p.133-147 (1994).
- J.P. Hartnett and M. Kostic, Heat Transfer to Newtonian and Non-Newtonian Fluids in Rectangular Ducts. Advances in Heat Transfer, Vol. 19, p.247-356, Academic Press, 1989.
- M. Kostic and J.P. Hartnett, "Heat transfer to water flowing turbulently through a rectangular duct with asymmetric heating." Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer, Vol. 29, p. 1283-1291 (1986).
Research Projects
A number of research projects in nanofluids, flow and heat transfer area, and CFD computational and experimental methods with computerized data acquisitions.
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