1963-present: The University of Arizona, Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering:
Professor Emeritus, 1985-present
Professor, 1968-85
Associate Professor, 1963-68
Winter 1996: Distinguished Foreign Scientist, Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute, Tokai
1986-91: University of Rhode Island, Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics Department, Adjunct Professor
1984-91: Westinghouse Naval Systems Division (formerly Gould Ocean Systems Division), Hydrothermodynamics Research and Technology, Manager-Director, 1987-9
1982-83 Fall 1984: Senior Fulbright Research Scholar and/or Gastprofessor, Max Planck Institut für Strömungsforschung, Göttingen, Germany. Sabbatical leave with H. Eckelmann
1975-76 Summer 1979: Gastprofessor, Institut für Hydromechanik and Sonderforschungsbereich 80, Universität Karlsruhe, Germany, with F. Durst
Summer 1972: National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado, participant in Colloquium on Dynamics of the Tropical Atmosphere
1969-70: Imperial College of Science and Technology, London, England. Sabbatical leave with D.B. Spalding and P. Bradshaw
Summer 1966: Chemical Rocket Division, NASA Lewis Research Center, Thermal Engineer
Honors and Awards
Selected for ASME Heat Transfer Memorial Award, 2007
Highest honor given for heat transfer by the ASME, for pioneering research contributions toward the fundamental understanding of viscous layer behavior, heated turbulent wall flows, effects of gas property variation and laminarization through key experiments, analysis and computations
Elected Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1985
Selected as Senior Fulbright Research Scholar to West Germany, 1982-3
Selected as Distinguished Foreign Scientist, Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute, 1996
Selected as 2002 Distinguished Scientist by the Idaho Academy of Science, April
Selected as INEEL Scientific Fellow, 2000
Lockheed Martin Corp. NOVA Award, 1998
Charles H. Jennings Memorial Award, American Welding Society, 1992
Letter of Appreciation, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1992
LMITCo Excellence Award Program, 1999, for success in receiving a Department of Energy Nuclear Energy Research Initiative award (~$1.5M)
Award for Excellence, Lockheed Martin Idaho Technologies Company, 1998
1997 Lockheed Martin Idaho Technologies Company Top Performance Award
1983 Associated Students of the University of Arizona Outstanding Professor Award for Excellence in Teaching
Sigma Xi and Tau Beta Pi honorary scientific and engineering societies
U.S. Armed Forces Reserve Medal
Professional Societies
Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Member, American Physical Society
Member, American Society for Engineering Education
Member, American Nuclear Society
Member, International Network for Engineering Education and Research
Member, Idaho Academy of Science Fellow, Yale Science and Engineering Association
Member, U.S. Naval Institute Tau Beta Pi
Archival Journal Publications
Nolan, K. P., E. J. Walsh and D. M. McEligot, 2010. Quadrant analysis of a transitional boundary layer subject to freestream burbulence. J. Fluid Mech., 658, pp. 310-335.
McIlroy, H. M., D. M. McEligot and R. J. Pink, 2010. Measurement of turbulent flow phenomena for the lower plenum of a prismatic gas-cooled reactor. Nuc. Engr. Design, 240, pp. 416-428.
McIlroy, H. M., D. M. McEligot and R. J. Pink, 2010. Measurement of flow phenomena in a lower plenum model of a prismatic gas-cooled reactor. J. Eng. Gas Turbines and Power, 132 (2), pp. 022901-1 to -7.
McEligot, D. M., R. S. Brodkey and H. Eckelmann, 2009. Laterally converging duct flows: Part 4. Temporal behavior in the viscous layer. J. Fluid Mech., 634, pp. 433-461.
Walsh, E. J., and D. M. McEligot, 2009. A new correlation for entropy generation in turbulent shear layers. Int. J. Fluid Mech. Research, 36, pp. 566-572.
Bae, J. H., J. Y. Yoo, H. Choi and D. M. McEligot, 2008. Structure of turbulent boundary layers developing in a heated vertical annular pipe at supercritical pressure. Physics of Fluids, 20, 055108-1 to - 20. Available online as doi:10.1063/1.2927488.
Walsh, E. J., and D. M. McEligot, 2008. Relation of entropy generation to wall "laws" for turbulent flows. Int. J. Comp. Fluid Dynamics, 22, pp. 649-657.
McEligot, D. M., E. J. Walsh, E. Laurien and P. R. Spalart, 2008. Entropy generation in the viscous parts of a turbulent boundary layer. J. Fluids Engr., 130, pp. 061205-1 to -12.
McEligot, D. M., K. P. Nolan, E. J. Walsh and E. Laurien, 2008. Effect of pressure gradients on entropy generation in the viscous layers of turbulent wall flows. Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer, 51, pp. 1104-1114.
McIlroy, H. M, D. M. McEligot and R. J. Pink, 2008. Measurement of turbulent flow phenomena for the lower plenum of a gas-cooled nuclear reactor. Nuc. Engr. Design. Available online as doi:10.1016/j.nucengdes.2008.07.020.
Lee, J. I., P. Hejzlar, P. Saha, M. S. Kazimi and D. M. McEligot, 2008. Deteriorated turbulent heat transfer (DTHT) of gas up-flow in a circular tube: Experimental data. Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer, 51, pp. 3259-3266.
Lee, J. I., P. Hejzlar, P. Saha, M. S. Kazimi and D. M. McEligot, 2008. Deteriorated turbulent heat transfer of gas up-flow in a circular tube: Heat transfer correlations. Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer, 51, pp. 5318-5326.
Hernon, D., E. J. Walsh and D. M. McEligot, 2007. Experimental investigation into the route to bypass transition and the shear sheltering phenomenon. J. Fluid Mech., 591, pp. 461-479.
Smith, B. L., J. Stepan and D. M. McEligot, 2007. Velocity and pressure measurements along a row of confined cylinders. J. Fluids Eng., 129, pp. 1314-1327.
Hernon, D., E. J. Walsh and D. M. McEligot, 2007. Instantaneous fluctuation velocity and skewness distributions upstream of transition onset. Int. J. Heat Fluid Flow, 28, pp. 1272-1279.
Nolan, K. P., E. J. Walsh, D. M. McEligot and R. J. Volino, 2007. Predicting entropy generation rates in transitional boundary layers based on intermittency. J. Turbomachinery, 129, pp. 512-517.
Walsh, E. J., K. P. Nolan, D. M. McEligot, R. J. Volino and A. Bejan, 2007. Conditionally-sampled turbulent and non-turbulent measurements of entropy generation rate in the transition region of boundary layers. J. Fluids Eng., 129, pp. 659-664.
McCreery, G. E., P. Meakin and D. M. McEligot, 2007. Measurements of rivulet flow between parallel vertical plates. Int. J. Multiphase Flow, 33, pp. 432-447.
Bae, J. H., J. Y. Yoo, H. Choi and D. M. McEligot, 2006. Effects of large density variation in strongly-heated internal air flows. Phys. Fluids, 18, pp. 075102-1 to -25.
McEligot, D. M., and H. Eckelmann, 2006. Laterally converging duct flows: Part 3. Mean turbulence structure in the viscous layer. J. Fluid Mech., 549, pp. 25-59.
Spall, R. E., A. H. Richards and D. M. McEligot, 2004. An assessment of the k- and v2-f turbulence models for strongly heated internal gas flows. Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A, 46, pp. 831-849.
Walsh, E. J., M. R. D. Davies and D. M. McEligot, 2004. On the use of entropy to predict boundary layer stability. J. Entropy, 6, pp. 375-387.
McEligot, D. M., and J. D. Jackson, 2004. "Deterioration" criteria for convective heat transfer in gas flow through non-circular ducts. Nuc. Engr. Design, 232, pp. 327-333. Xu, X., J. S. Lee, R. H. Pletcher, A. M. Shehata and D. M. McEligot, 2004. Large eddy simulation of turbulent forced gas flows in vertical pipes with high heat transfer rates. Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer, 47, pp. 4113-4123.
McCreery, G. E., and D. M. McEligot, 2004. Discussion of "Transition to meandering rivulet flow in vertical parallel-plate channels." J. Fluids Engr., 126, pp. 498-499. Mikielewicz, D. P., A. M. Shehata, J. D. Jackson and D. M. McEligot, 2002. Temperature, velocity and mean turbulence structure in strongly-heated internal gas flows. Comparison of numerical predictions with data. Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer, 45, pp. 4333-4352.
Becker, S., C. M. Stoots, K. G. Condie, F. Durst and D. M. McEligot, 2002. LDA-measurements of transitional flows induced by a square rib. J. Fluids Engineering, 124, pp. 108-117.
Stoots, C. M., S. Becker, K. G. Condie, F. Durst and D. M. McEligot, 2001. A large-scale matched-index-of-refraction flow facility for LDA studies of complex geometries. Exp. Fluids, 30, pp. 391-398, 2001.
Satake, S.-i., T. Kunugi, A. M. Shehata and D. M. McEligot, 2000. Direct numerical simulation of laminarization of turbulent forced gas flows in circular tubes with strong heating. Int. J. Heat Fluid Flow, 21, pp. 526-534.
Nishimura, M., S. Fujii, A. M. Shehata, T. Kunugi and D. M. McEligot, 2000. Prediction of forced gas flows in circular tubes at high heat fluxes. J. Nuclear Science and Technology (Atomic Energy Society of Japan), 37, pp. 581-594.
Ezato, K., A. M. Shehata, T. Kunugi and D. M. McEligot, 1999. Numerical predictions of transitional features of turbulent gas flows in circular tubes with strong heating. J. Heat Transfer, 121, pp. 546-555.
Shehata, A. M., and D. M. McEligot, 1998. Mean turbulence structure in the viscous layer of strongly-heated internal gas flows. Measurements. Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer, 41, pp. 4297-4313.
McEligot, D. M., and M. F. Taylor, 1996. The turbulent Prandtl number in the near-wall region for low-Prandtl-number gas mixtures. Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer, 39, pp. 1287-1295.
McEligot, D. M., J. E. O'Brien, C. M. Stoots, T. K. Larson, W. A. Christenson, D. C. Mecham and W. G. Lussie, 1994. Natural convection between a vertical cylinder and a surrounding array. Nuc. Engr. Design, 146, pp. 267-276.
McEligot, D. M., C. M. Stoots, W. A. Christenson, D. C. Mecham and W. G. Lussie, 1993. Turbulent natural convection from a vertical cylinder to an array of cooled tubes. J. Heat Transfer, 115, pp. 928-937.
Y.-S. Kim, Y.-S., D. M. McEligot and T. W. Eagar, 1991. Approximate analyses of electrode heat transfer in Gas Metal Arc Welding. Welding Journal, 70, pp. 20s-31s.
Taylor, M. F., K. E. Bauer and D. M. McEligot, 1988. Internal convective heat transfer to gas mixtures. Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer, 31, pp. 13-25.
Habib, M. A., A. E. Attya and D. M. McEligot, 1988. Calculation of turbulent flow and heat transfer in channels with streamwise periodic flow. J. Turbomachinery, 110, pp. 405-411.
Coxon, M., C. F. Kerschner and D. M. McEligot, 1986. Transient current capacities of bond wires in hybrid microcircuits. IEEE Trans., CHMT-9, No. 3, pp. 279-285.
McEligot, D. M., 1985. Measurement of wall shear stress in favorable pressure gradients. Lec. Notes Physics, 235, pp. 292-303.
Berner, C., F. Durst and D. M. McEligot, 1984. Flow around baffles. J. Heat Transfer, 106, pp. 743-749.
Murphy, H. D., F. W. Chambers and D. M. McEligot, 1983. Laterally converging flow. I: Mean flow. J. Fluid Mech., 127, pp. 379-401.
Chambers, F. W., H. D. Murphy and D. M. McEligot, 1983. Laterally converging flow. II: Temporal wall shear stress. J. Fluid Mech., 127, pp. 403-428.
Pickett, P. E., M. F. Taylor and D. M. McEligot, 1979. Heated turbulent flow of helium-argon mixtures in tubes. Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer, 22, pp. 705-719.
Murphy, H. D., M. Coxon and D. M. McEligot, 1978. Symmetric sink flow between parallel plates. J. Fluids Engr., 100, pp. 477-484.
McEligot, D. M., M. F. Taylor and F. Durst, 1977. Internal forced convection to mixtures of inert gases. Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer, 20, pp. 475-486.
McEligot, D. M., P. E. Pickett and M. F. Taylor, 1976. Measurement of wall region turbulent Prandtl numbers in small tubes. Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer, 19, pp. 799-803.
Perkins, K. R., and D. M. McEligot, 1975. Mean temperature profiles in heated laminarizing air flows. J. Heat Transfer, 97, pp. 589-593.
Bradshaw, P., R. B. Dean and McEligot, 1973. Calculations of interacting turbulent shear layers: Duct flow. J. Fluids Eng., 95, pp. 214-220.
Perkins, K. R., and D. M. McEligot, 1973. Roughness of heat transfer surfaces. Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer, 16, pp. 679-681.
Perkins, K. R., K. W. Schade and D. M. McEligot, 1973. Heated laminarizing gas flow in a square duct. Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer, 16, pp. 897-916.
Schade, K. W., and D. M. McEligot, 1971. Cartesian Graetz problems with air property variation. Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer, 14, pp. 653-666.
Swearingen, T. B., and D. M. McEligot, 1971. Internal laminar heat transfer with gas property variation. J. Heat Transfer, 93, pp. 432-440.
Shumway, R. W., and D. M. McEligot, 1971. Laminar gas flow in annuli with property variation. Nuc. Sci.Eng., 46, pp. 394-407.
Greif, R., and D. M. McEligot, 1971. Heat transfer in thermally developing laminar flows with optically thin radiation. J. Heat Transfer, 93, pp. 473-475.
McEligot, D. M., and R. Greif, 1971. Thermally developing laminar flows with radiative interaction using the band absorptance model. Appl. Sci. Research, 25, pp. 234-244.
Bankston, C. A., and D. M. McEligot, 1970. Turbulent and laminar heat transfer to gases with varying properties in the entry region of circular ducts. Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer, 13, pp. 319-344.
McEligot, D. M., C. W. Coon and H. C. Perkins, 1970. Relaminarization in tubes. Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer, 13, pp. 431-433.
McEligot, D. M., S. B. Smith and C. A. Bankston, 1970. Quasi-developed turbulent pipe flow with heat transfer. J. Heat Transfer, 92, pp. 641-650.
White, W. D., and D. M. McEligot, 1970. Transition of dilute aqueous polymer mixtures in small tubes. J. Basic Eng., 92, pp. 411-418.
Reynolds, H. C., T. B. Swearingen and D. M. McEligot, 1969. Thermal entry for low Reynolds number turbulent flow. J. Basic Eng., 91, pp. 87-94.
Bankston, C. A., and D. M. McEligot, 1969. Prediction of tube temperatures with axial variation of heating rate and gas property variation. Nuc. Sci. Eng., 37, pp. 157-162.
Magee, P. M., and D. M. McEligot, 1968. Effect of property variation on the turbulent flow of gases in tubes: The thermal entry. Nuc. Sci. Eng., 31, pp. 337-341.
McEligot, D. M., 1967. Internal gas flow heat transfer with slight property variation. Bull., Mech. Engr. Ed., 6, pp. 251-263.
McEligot, D. M., and T. B. Swearingen, 1966. Prediction of wall temperatures for internal laminar heat transfer. Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer, 9, pp. 1145-1146.
McEligot, D. M., L. W. Ormand and H. C. Perkins, 1966. Internal low Reynolds number turbulent and transitional gas flow with heat transfer. J. Heat Transfer, 88, pp. 239-245.
McEligot, D. M., P. M. Magee and G. Leppert, 1965. Effect of large temperature gradients on convective heat transfer: The downstream region. J. Heat Transfer, 87, pp. 67-76.
McEligot, D. M., 1964. Generalized peak heat flux for dilute binary mixtures. AIChE Journal, 10, pp. 130-131.
Articles in Archival Books
McIlroy, H. M., S. Becker and D. M. McEligot, 2011. Large Matched-Index-of-Refraction (MIR) Flow Systems for Thermal Engineering Education. Innovations 2011, (Ed.: W. Aung et al.), Potomac, MD.: International Network for Engineering Education and Research, in press.
Rehill, B., E. J. Walsh, K. Nolan, D. M. McEligot, L. Brandt, P. Schlatter and D. S. Henningson, 2010. Entropy generation rate in turbulent spots in a boundary layer subject to freestream turbulence. Seventh IUTAM Symposium on Laminar-Turbulent Transition (Ed.: P. Schlatter and D. S. Henningson), Dordrecht: Springer, pp. 557-560.
McEligot, D. M., E. J. Walsh and E. Laurien, 2006. Entropy generation in the viscous layer of a turbulent channel flow. Turbulence, Heat and Mass Transfer 5 (Ed.: K. Hanjalic, Y. Nagano and S. Jakirlic) New York: Begell House, pp. 167-170.
Hernon, D., E. J. Walsh and D. M. McEligot, 2006. Instantaneous fluctuation velocity and skewness distributions upstream of transition onset. Turbulence, Heat and Mass Transfer 5 (Ed.: K. Hanjalic, Y. Nagano and S. Jakirlic) New York: Begell House, pp. 189-192.
McCreery, G. E., K. G. Condie, R. L. Clarksean and D. M. McEligot, 2002. Convective processes in spent nuclear fuel canisters. Heat Transfer 2002 (Twelfth International Heat Transfer Conference, Grenoble, August), Vol. 4, pp. 663-668.
Becker, S., K. G. Condie, C. M. Stoots and D. M. McEligot, 2000. Reynolds stress development in the viscous layer of a transitional boundary layer. Laminar-Turbulent Transition (Ed: H. F. Fasel and W. S. Saric). Berlin: Springer, pp. 327-332.
McEligot, D. M., 1999. Maximum allowable heat flux for a submerged horizontal tube bundle. Convective Flow and Pool Boiling (Ed.: F. Mayinger and M. Lehner), pp. 413-417, Philadelphia: Taylor and Francis.
Park, J. S., M. F. Taylor and D. M. McEligot, 1982. Heat transfer to pulsating turbulent gas flow. Heat Transfer 1982 (7th Intl. Heat Transfer Conf., München), Vol. 3, pp. 105-110. Habib, M. A., and D. M. McEligot, 1982. Turbulent heat transfer in a swirl flow downstream of an abrupt pipe expansion. Heat Transfer 1982 (7th Intl. Heat Transfer Conf., München), Vol. 3, pp. 159-164.
McEligot, D. M., S. B. Smith and R. L. Verity, 1982. Wake interference for a heated oscillating cylinder. Heat Transfer 1982 (7th Intl. Heat Transfer Conf., München), Vol. 3, pp. 459-4
Serksnis, A. W., M. F. Taylor and D. M. McEligot, 1978. Turbulent flow of hydrogen-carbon dioxide mixtures in heated tubes. Heat Transfer 1978 (Sixth Int. Heat Transfer Conf., Toronto), Vol. 2, pp. 163-168.
Bates, J. A., R. A. Schmall, G. A. Hasen and D. M. McEligot, 1974. Effects of buoyant body forces on forced convection in heated laminarizing flows. Heat Transfer 1974 (Fifth Int. Heat Transfer Conf., Tokyo), Vol. II, pp. 141-145.
Research Grants
Air Force Office of Scientific Research
Army Research Office - Durham
Bechtel Corporate Funded R&D program
Bundesministierium für Forschung und Technologie
Department of Energy:
Basic Energy Sciences EPSCoR program
Environmental Management Science program
Gas-Cooled Fast Reactor program
International Nuclear Energy Research Initiative - Korea and France
Nuclear Energy Research Initiative
Nuclear Energy University program
Savannah River Reactor Re-Start program
Supercritical Water Reactor program
Very High Temperature Reactor program
INEEL:
Long Term Research Initiative
Laboratory-Directed Research and Development program
Max Planck Gesellschaft
National Science Foundation
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Office of Naval Research: Applied Hydrodynamics program Heat Transfer program Materials Science program
U.S. Naval Underwater Systems Center
U.S.-Deutschland Fulbright Commission
University of Arizona
Westinghouse Independent Research and Development Program
Consulting
1994: External Examiner, PhD examination of D.P. Mikielewicz, Univ. Manchester (UK)
1967-90: Los Alamos National Laboratory, Solar Energy, Geothermal Energy and Nuclear Rocket Propulsion Groups
