1月5日，美国伦斯勒理工学院Keblinski教授作客机械与动力工程学院，并在四楼报告厅做学术报告。报告由机械学院院长凌祥教授主持，学院相关老师与学生80多人参加了本次学术报告会。

上午，Keblinski教授为机械学院师生做了题为 “Molecular-Level Modeling of Phase Change Dynamics at Nanoscale”的学术报告。报告中，Keblinski教授通过举例形象地展示了自己的研究成果及研究方法，拓展了广大师生的视野，并积极解答疑难困惑，提供研究工作的新思路、新方法。报告中，Keblinski教授通过模拟与实验的对比来进一步展示绝热蒸汽的形成和连续介质模型的预测。

下午，Keblinski教授与机械学院的各位老师进行了教师座谈，与相关课题组的老师进行了深入的学术交流，了解学院微通道传热的研究方向及进展，对一些难题进行了详细的分析，并对机械学院的研究工作给予了高度肯定和赞赏。（图文：机械学院；校对：李兴坤）

附Keblinski授简介：

Professor Keblinski is using atomic-level computational methods, including classical molecular dynamics and Monte-Carlo simulations, and atomic vibration analysis, to study structureproperty relationships, most notably in interfacial materials. His work to date led to over 90 invited presentations and over 170 publications in peer-reviewed journals. It was cited over 8000 times and has an associated hindex of 44 (Web of Science). His work (Mechanism of Heat flow in Suspensions Containing Nano-sized Particles (Nanofluids), International Journal of Heat & Mass Transfer 45, 855-863 (2002), (758 citations)) has been the predictions (of mostly dismal prospects for nanofluids) stand after 10 + years despite multiple efforts to the contrary. He is a recipient of a National Science Foundation Career Award, a Humboldt Fellowship, 3 RPI School of Engineering Research Awards, and he is an APS Fellow. He is the organizer of the first two MRS symposia on Nanoscale Thermal Transport: From Fundamentals to Devices, 2003 and in 2005, now a regular feature of the MRS Spring Meeting with the symposia held every other year.