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Professor
Milivoje M. Kostic of the Department of Mechanical Engineering has been
invited to deliver a Plenary Lecture World Energy and Future at the, EEESD'08-The
4th IASME/WSEAS International Conference on ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT, ECOSYSTEMS
and SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT in Algarve, Portugal, June 11-13,
2008, organized by the World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society
(WSEAS), see at:
http://www.wseas.org/conferences/2008/portugal/eeesd/Plenary2.htm
Kostic’s Plenary Lecture focuses on philosophical and practical aspects
of energy. The difficulties that will face every nation and the world in
meeting energy needs over the next several decades will be more challenging
than what we anticipate now, since the two things are certain in not distant
future: (1) the world population and their living-standard expectations will
substantially increase, and (2) fossil fuels’ economical reserves,
particularly oil and natural gas, will substantially decrease. The
traditional solutions and approaches will not solve the global energy
problem. New knowledge, new technology, and new living habits and
expectations must be developed to address both the quantity of energy needed
to increase the standard of living world-wide and to preserve and enhance the
quality of our environment. However, regardless of imminent shortages of
fossil fuels the outlook for future energy needs is encouraging. There are
many diverse and abundant energy sources with promising future potentials, so
that mankind should be able to enhance its activities, standard and quality
of living, by diversifying energy sources, and by improving energy conversion
and utilization efficiencies, while at the same time increasing safety and
reducing environmental pollution.
Professor Kostic's teaching and research interests are in Thermodynamics (a
science of energy, the Mother of All Sciences), Fluid Mechanics, Heat
Transfer and related fluid-thermal-energy sciences; with emphases on physical
comprehension and creative design, experimental methods with computerized
data acquisition, and CFD simulation; including nanotechnology and
development of new-hybrid, POLY-nanofluids with enhanced properties, as well
as design, analysis and optimization of fluids-thermal-energy components and
systems in power-conversion, utilizations, manufacturing and material
processing.
More at: www.kostic.niu.edu
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