Dr. Selin Arslan

Assistant Professor

Engineering Building E36
Phone (248) 204-2585
sarslan@ltu.edu

Education
Career History
Current Research Interest
Research Involvement
Professional Activities
Selected Publications
Courses Taught


Education

Ph.D., Columbia University, Mechanical Engineering
M.Phil., Columbia University, Mechanical Engineering
M.S., Rutgers University, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
B.S., Middle East Technical University, Mechanical Engineering

Career History

2010– Present Assistant Professor,  Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, MI,
2008 – 2009    Research Associate, Universite de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
2003 – 2008    Graduate Research Assistant, Columbia University, New York, NY
2002 – 2003    Teaching Assistant, Columbia University, New York, NY
2002 – 2000    Graduate Research Assistant, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ

Current Research Interest

- Thermal sciences and energy systems
- Microfluidics, Power MEMS

Research Involvement

- Design, analytical modeling and experimental study of flow boiling in non-uniform microchannels, demonstrating the ability to provide a stable flow of evaporated fluid
- Research and design in low Reynolds number micro-turbomachinery
- Research in microfluidics, micropower systems and heat transfer
- Development of microfabrication process flows and techniques including: deep reactive ion etching (DRIE), photolithography with infrared aligner, thermal evaporation, sputtering, anodic bonding and scanning electron microscopy (SEM)

Professional Activities

Membership: American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Society of Women Engineers (SWE)
Reviewer: International Joint Power Generation Conference

Selected Publications

Selin Arslan, Luc G. Fréchette, “Flow Boiling and Two-phase Flow in Complex Microchannels,” in preparation for submission to Applied Physics Letters.

 Selin Arslan, Luc G. Fréchette, “Controlled Flow Evaporation in Complex Microchannels with Non-Uniform Wall Temperatures,” Proc. 2009 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (IMECE’09), Orlando, FL, USA, November 13-14, 2009.

Changgu Lee, Selin Arslan, Luc G. Fréchette, “Design Principles and Measured Performance of Multi-Stage Radial Flow Microturbomachinery at Low Reynolds Number”, Journal of Fluids Engineering, vol. 130, 111103 (November 2008) (11 pages).

Luc G. Fréchette, Changgu Lee, Selin Arslan, “Development of a MEMS-based Rankine Cycle Steam Turbine for Power Generation: Project Status”, Proc. 4th Int’l Workshop on Micro and Nano Technology for Power Generation and Energy Conversion Applications (PowerMEMS ’04), Kyoto, Japan, pp. 92-95, November 28-30, 2004.

Changgu Lee, Selin Arslan, Luc G. Fréchette, “Design Principles and Correlations for Low Reynolds Number Multi-Stage Microturbomachinery”, Proc. ASME Int’l Mech. Eng. Congress and Expo. (IMECE’04), Anaheim, CA, USA, November 13-19, 2004.

Luc G. Fréchette, Changgu Lee, Selin Arslan, Yuan-Chun Liu, “Preliminary Design of a MEMS Steam Turbine Power Plant-on-a-Chip”, Proc. 3rd Int’l Workshop on Micro & Nano Tech. for Power Generation & Energy Conversion Applications (PowerMEMS’03), Makuhari, Japan, December 4-5, 2003.

Luc G. Fréchette, Changgu Lee, Selin Arslan, Yuan-Chun Liu, “Design of a Microfabricated Rankine Cycle Steam Turbine for Power Generation”, Proc. ASME Int’l Mech. Eng. Congress and Expo. (IMECE’03), Washington, D.C., USA, November 16-21, 2003.

Selin Arslan, Bojan Mitrovic, Michael R. Muller, “Vortex Tube Applications in   Micropower Generation”, Proceedings of IJPGC’02 2002 International Joint Power Generation Conference, Phoenix, AZ, USA, June 2002.

Courses Taught

Graduate Courses
EME5173 Transport Phenomena
EME5153 Applied Thermodynamics

Undergraduate Courses
EME 4013 Heat Transfer
EME 3003 Thermodynamics