Foreword to Special Issue on Micro/Nanoscale Heat and Mass Transfer

Abstract

The third ASME Micro/Nanoscale Heat and Mass Transfer International Conference (MNHMT2012) was held in Atlanta, GA on March 3–6, 2012 (http://www.asmeconferences.org/MNHMT2012). The conference was cosponsored by the ASME Heat Transfer Division and Georgia Institute of Technology and was organized by G. P. “Budâ€‌ Peterson as the General Chair and Zhuomin Zhang as the Program Chair. This conference series is dedicated to Dr. ChangLin Tien (1935–2002), a world renowned scholar, a leader in higher education, and a close friend and colleague. Professor Tien’s tremendous intellect and unique vision have continued to inspire researchers to expand the frontiers of micro/nanoscale heat and mass transfer. The first two conferences were held in Tainan (January 2008) and Shanghai (December 2009).