POST-CONFERENCE REPORT


The 3rd IASME/WSEAS International Conference
on HEAT TRANSFER, THERMAL ENGINEERING and ENVIRONMENT

The 3rd IASME/WSEAS International Conference on FLUID DYNAMICS and AERODYNAMICS

were held in the Island of Corfu, Greece from August 20 till August 22, 2005

 

A very successful International Symposium on Mathematical Fluid Dynamics and Related Concepts,
dedicated to the memory of Prof. Jindrich Necas took place within the FLUID DYNAMICS and AERODYNAMICS conference and was supported by Northern Illinois University and Charles University.
 

Over than 170 participants from all over the world attended these conferences. The Municipality of the town of Corfu, www.corfu.gr was the official Sponsor. The Mayor of the town of Corfu, Mr. Yannis Trepeklis who is also Architectural Engineer himself addressed a Welcome Speech.

Photo from the Keynote Presentation

 

Photos in front of the Hotel


High Quality Parallel Sessions with important Invited Speakers and  big international participation were the main features of this gathering. There existed Student Competition and the Prizes for the Best Students' papers were given during the conference.  

On the other hand, the authors of the best of the accepted papers received an invitation for sending an extended version to the WSEAS and IASME reputable International Journals.

The conferences were held in the 5-Star Sea Resort Hotel CORFU HOLIDAY PALACE (former member of HILTON chain of hotels) well-known for its international reputation. WSEAS participants had discount rates in the room prices (52 EUR). Corfu is undoubtedly the most beautiful of the Ionian islands if not all the islands in Greece. Corfu, the Island of Phaeakon as it is called in Odyssey by Homer,  is lush, green and covered with lemon and orange groves, the last stop of Ulysseus in his long trip to Ithaca. A "magic" island with old imperial palaces, historical treasures, castles, venetian fortresses, orthodox churches, picturesque alleys ("cantounia"), historical and natural museums, traditional tavernas, all with a wonderful local color; not to mention the natural beauty (ong beaches and blue waters) and night life.


The Conferences offered 2 Banquets.  The first Banquet was the Banquet that the Mayor Mr. Yannis Trepeklis offered to the participants of the Conference in an excellent place inside the town of Corfu, in the so called "Bosceto" Garden also with food and beverages for the participants and their accompanied persons. The second Banquet was the Official Banquet of the Conference (August 21, 2005) around the Swimming pool of the Hotel (Corfu Holiday Palace), with live Greek and International Music and a variety of greek folklore dances  with live greek and international orchester, singers, and a great ballet of 8 dancers. See Details below.



SCIENTIFIC PART:
Conference Statistics:
Submitted papers: 317
Accepted papers: 170
from these 170 papers, the WSEAS Committee approved additional Journal Publication for the best papers of the conferences.

Review Process: Each paper was reviewed at least by 3 independent reviewers. The WSEAS Secretariat sent each paper to 5 reviewers. Some papers received review from 5 different referees. The WSEAS Secretariat had forwarded to the responsible for the correspondence author these comments by personalized emails. The full list of the reviewers will be available in the web page: http://www.worldses.org/reviewers.htm

Only authors of those papers, which are found to have very positive response from 3 referees and which are modified satisfactorily to take into account all the comments of (at least 3)  referees of the conference are invited to send an extended version in the WSEAS Journals (WSEAS Transactions). The extended version is checked again by two additional referees and a rejection or acceptance is notified to the authors. WSEAS Organizing Committee therefore congratulates those, who have been able to get the distinction of having their paper published in the Transactions.

WSEAS sent a full report of the whole review process and the whole correspondence
to the following international indexes that have recognized officially the Validity and the Reputation
of the WSEAS Conferences:

* INSPEC (IEE),
* AMS (American Mathematical Soceity),
* Mathematical Reviews,
* ZENTRABLATT,
* ISI (ISINET),
* ELSEVIER,
* CSA,
* ELP,
* NLG,
* Engineering Index,
* Directory of Published Proceedings,
* British Library,
* Swets Information Services

 

KEYNOTE SPEECH in the 3rd IASME/WSEAS International Conference
on HEAT TRANSFER, THERMAL ENGINEERING and ENVIRONMENT
and  3rd IASME/WSEAS International Conference on FLUID DYNAMICS and AERODYNAMICS

Professor Ibrahim Hassan
Concordia University
Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd. W.
Montreal, Quebec, H3G 1M, Canada
hassan@me.concordia.ca

Abstract: The field of microfluidic heat transfer is an emerging area of research due to the development of thermal microdevices. The use of thermal microdevices is highly desirable in various engineering fields, especially for electronics cooling and biomedical applications. This paper reviews the latest research conducted in the field of microfluidic heat transfer, which includes devices such as microchannels, micropumps, microturbines, microengines, as well as integrated microfluidic devices (or labs-on-chips). Recent experimental and numerical techniques relevant to the thermal MEMS field have also been emphasized. The mass implementation of thermal microdevices in future technology is still quite far, and in years to come, vast amounts of research need to be conducted before this becomes possible. Hence, potential future directions of research have been provided.

Photo from the Keynote Speech

BEST STUDENT PAPERS:

Best Student Paper Award for the 3rd IASME/WSEAS International Conference on FLUID DYNAMICS and AERODYNAMICS
was given to Mr. Theoharris Koftis for his paper:
A Numerical Study on the Performance of a Catamaran-Shaped Floating Breakwater

Best Student Paper Award for  the 3rd IASME/WSEAS International Conference
on HEAT TRANSFER, THERMAL ENGINEERING and ENVIRONMENT
was given to  Mr. J.H. Moon for his paper:
Buoyancy-Driven Convection in a Horizontal Fluid Layer Subjected to Isothermal Cooling from above

In the Photo, Professor Sarca Necasova grants the best student paper for Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics

to Mr. Theoharris Koftis for his paper:
A Numerical Study on the Performance of a Catamaran-Shaped Floating Breakwater

In the Photo, the Director of Technology and R&D of IQ Technologies Inc,  Akron, Ohio 44311, USA,
Dr. Nikolai Kobasko
grants the best student paper for Heat Transfer, Thermal Engineering and Environment
to Mr. J.H. Moon for his paper:
Buoyancy-Driven Convection in a Horizontal Fluid Layer Subjected to Isothermal Cooling from above

Mr. J.H. Moon with his award

Below other Photos from the Various Parallel Sessions:

SOCIAL PART:

Coffee-Breaks: The WSEAS Organizing Committee offered 6 very rich coffee-breaks. Each coffee-breaks were composed by filter coffee, tea,  juices, cakes, biscuits, sweets and 3 different fruit tarts for the WSEAS Guests. The Coffee-Breaks took place in a big balcony over the swimming pool and the participants had many opportunities to interchange ideas and proposal for common projects and collaboration.

Each Conference offered 2 Banquets.
The first Banquet was the Banquet that the Mayor Mr. Yannis Trepeklis offered to the participants of the Conference in an excellent place inside the town of Corfu, in the so called "Bosceto" Garden also with food and beverages for the participants and their accompanied persons.
 

The Picture in the left is from the Dance in Banquet of August 21.

 

The second Banquet was the Official Banquet of the Conference (August 18, 2005) around the Swimming pool of the Hotel (Corfu Holiday Palace), with live Greek and International Music and a variety of greek folklore dances  with live greek and international orchester, singers, and a great ballet of 8 dancers.The Picture in the left is from the Dance in Banquet of August 21.

The Picture in the left is from the Dance in Banquet of August 21