FIFTEENTH SYMPOSIUM ON THERMOPHYSICAL PROPERTIES Boulder, CO, USA June 22 - 27, 2003 Organized by National Institute of Standards and Technology Committee on Thermophysical Properties Heat Transfer Division American Society of Mechanical Engineers

ABOUT THE CONFERENCE

This is the Fifteenth Symposium of the well-established series of conferences on thermophysical properties. The Symposium is concerned with theoretical, experimental, simulation, and applied aspects of the thermophysical properties of gases, liquids, and solids, including biological systems. Appropriate topics are:

• Thermodynamic Properties, including equation of state, phase equilibria, p-v-T behavior, heat capacity, enthalpy, thermal expansion, sound speed, and critical phenomena.
• Transport Properties, including thermal and electrical conductivity, viscosity, mass diffusion, thermal diffusion, non-Newtonian behavior, and thermal, thermoacoustic, and other diffusion waves.
• Optical and Thermal Radiative Properties, including dielectric constant, refractive index, emissivity, reflectivity, and absorptivity.
• Interfacial Properties, including solid-solid interfaces, surface tension, interfacial profiles, interfacial transport, and wetting.
• Data Correlation, including data evaluation and prediction, standard reference data, databases, and storage and retrieval of thermophysical-property data.

The Fifteenth Symposium will also feature the presentation of the Yeram S. Touloukian Award of the ASME Heat Transfer Division. The award, presented in honor of Professor Yeram S. Touloukian, who established a high standard of excellence in internationally recognized research at Purdue University, is given every three years at the Symposium on Thermophysical Properties sponsored by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and ASME.

SPECIAL FOCUS AREAS TO BE EMPHASIZED AT THE FIFTEENTH SYMPOSIUM:

• Biothermophotonic Diagnostics and Imaging A. Mandelis (U. Toronto) and A. Vitkin (Ontario Cancer Inst.)
• Databases and Data Correlation M.L. Huber (NIST) & R.L. Rowley (Brigham Young U.)
• *Fluid Property Measurements J.D. Olson (Dow Chemical)
• Inverse Problems in Thermophysics R. LiVoti (U. Rome)
• Ionic Liquids and Other Solvents J.W. Magee (NIST)
• Molecular Simulation J.I. Siepmann (U. Minnesota)
• Non-Destructive Evaluation with Thermophysics J. Kleiman (Integrity Testing Laboratory Inc.) & A. Mandelis (U. Toronto)
• Novel Instrumentation and Measurement Techniques T.J. Bruno (NIST)
• Optical and Thermal Radiative Properties of Materials Z.M. Zhang (Georgia Tech) & J. Liu (Taitech, Inc.)
• Phase Transitions/Metastable Fluids/Critical Phenomena M.A. Anisimov (U. Maryland) & J. Thoen (Leuven U.)
• Phenomena at Ultrashort Time/Length Scales P. Norris (U. Virginia) & A.N. Smith (U.S. Naval Acad.)
• Properties for Chemical Process Design T. Autrey (Pacific NW Natl. Lab.) & N.S. Foster-Mills (Pacific NW Natl. Lab.)
• Photothermal and Photoacoustic Techniques for Property Measurements G. Diebold (Brown U.)
• Properties for Environmental Applications A. Anderko (OLI Systems) & W. Faubel (FZK)
• Properties for Metallurgical Process Design I. Egry (German Aerospace Ctr.) & R.A. Overfelt (Auburn U.)
• Properties of Aqueous Systems A.H. Harvey (NIST)
• Properties of Fuels, including Natural Gas Systems W. M. Haynes (NIST) & R.T Jacobsen (INEEL)
• Properties of Polymers and Mesoscopic Systems C.C. Han (NIST), K. Migler (NIST) & F.W. Starr (NIST)
• *Properties of Solids N.T. Wright (Michigan State U.)
• Properties of Working Fluids, including Refrigerants M.O. McLinden (NIST)
• Subsecond Thermophysics G. Pottlacher (TU-Graz)
• *Theory and Modeling of Thermophysical Properties J.C. Rainwater (NIST)
• Thermophysical Properties of Biomaterials J.J. Alvarado-Gil (CINVESTAV IPN) & F.M. Vargas-Luna (IFUG)
• Thin Film Properties P. Norris (U. Virginia) & A.N. Smith (U.S. Naval Acad.)
• Wetting and Interfaces C. J. Boulter (Heriot-Watt U.)

GENERAL INFORMATION

All technical sessions will be held at the University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A. The 15th Symposium is sponsored by the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the K-7 Committee of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers .

The Fifteenth Symposium email address is: symp15@boulder.nist.gov

The co-chairs of the Symposium are:

Dan Friend

Physical and Chemical Properties Division, 838.08

National Institute of Standards and Technology

325 Broadway

Boulder, CO 80305-3328 U.S.A.

Fax: 303-497-5224

Andreas Mandelis

Department of Mechanical Engineering

University of Toronto

5 King's College Road

Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G8 Canada

Manuscript Instructions

Instructions to Authors for Preparation of Manuscripts For the 15th Symposium on Thermophysical Properties

The Symposium Proceedings will be published in special issues of the International Journal of Thermophysics and Fluid Phase Equilibria. The author(s) must identify journal preference and follow the Symposium Instructions, as well as the Journal Instructions for the preferred journal.

The hard-copy version should be prepared in strict accordance with the guidelines for the specific journal to which the paper will be submitted. Note that these journals require double-spaced text and separate pages for each figure and table. In anticipation of subsequent journal publication, three good-quality copies must be submitted in hard-copy form. Hard-copy versions ensure the integrity of special symbols and equations, and facilitate the review process. Only those papers presented at the Symposium by one of the authors will be considered for publication. Manuscripts should be received by 23 May 2003. Please mail these manuscripts to:

15th Symposium on Thermophysical Properties

Jacqueline Gosselin, Symposium Secretary

NIST 838.08

325 Broadway

Boulder, CO 80305-3328, U.S.A.

Manuscripts not adhering to all instructions may be returned to the author(s).

SYMPOSIUM INSTRUCTIONS

Length:

The title page is not included in the page count. For the text material, which includes the abstract, main text, references, tables, and figure captions, a page equivalent may be used. For example, if the abstract, though on a separate page, occupies only a half page, the page equivalent is 0.5. Each figure, although occupying a separate page, counts as 0.5 page.

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International Journal of Thermophysics

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Fluid Phase Equilibria

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