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ALEXIS R.ABRAMSON
Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering

 
 
Alexis Abramson
Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering


Office: Glennan 615B
Phone: (216) 368-4191
E-mail: alexis.abramson@case.edu



Publications


Books & Journals

P. Hegedus and A. R. Abramson, "A molecular dynamics study of interfacial thermal transport in heterogeneous system," to be published in International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer (2006).

U. Singh, V. Prakash and A. R. Abramson, "A Mechanical Characterization Device for in situ Measurement of Nanomechanical Properties of Micro/Nanostructures," to be published in Applied Physics Letters (2006).

A. R. Abramson, S. T. Huxtable, W. C. Kim, H. Yan, Y. Wu, A. Majumdar, C. L. Tien, P. Yang, "Fabrication and Characterization of a Nanowire/Polymer-based Nanocomposite for a Prototype Thermoelectric Device," Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, Vol. 13, pp. 505 - 513  (2004).

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Invited Seminars and Other Presentations

"Novel Approaches for Designing High Performance Thermoelectric Materials," Invited Speaker, Georgia Tech University, January 2006.

"Nanotechnology for the Future," Invited Speaker, Zonta International of Cleveland, Cleveland, OH, January 2006

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Research Topics

Thermoelectrics

Nanoscale Energy Transport in Unique Materials

Bio-Inspired Polyelectrolytes

Molecular Dynamics Computational Simulations

Novel Characterization Methods

 
Research Interests

Nanocomposites (Nanostructured) Materials for Thermoelectrics

Characterization of One-dimensional Nanostructures

Synthetic Shark Gel for Thermoelectrics,

Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Nanoscale Thermal Phenomena

Thermal Characterization Techniques