Thermal Issues in Emerging Technologies

Abstract

This special issue of the Journal of Heat Transfer contains six papers selected out of the 53 presented at the Second International Conference on Thermal Issues in Emerging Technologies, Theory and Applications (ThETA2) held in Cairo, Egypt in December 17–20, 2008. Emerging technologies in various domains, including microelectronics, nanoscience and engineering, smart materials, microelectromechanical systems, biomedical engineering, and novel energy conversion approaches present many challenging and interesting thermal effects and interactions. In many applications, such effects become a dominant factor in determining the overall performance or response. ThETA2 theme topics included micro- and nanoscale heat transfer, modeling of multiscale heat transfer problems, thermal modeling of electronic systems, temperature aware computer systems design, cooling of electronic systems and data centers, compact thermal models, thermomechanical effects, MEMS—multiphysics problems, new and renewable energies, solid-state energy generation/cooling, fuel cells, energy conservation, energy—buildings—environment, multiphase flow with heat transfer, thermal issues in biomedical engineering, thermal issues in microfabrication technology, thermal issues in new materials, computational methods in heat transfer, and advanced experimental methods in heat transfer.