Book Chapters
Trade Journals
Journal Publications
Conference Publications and Presentations
Other Presentations

Book Chapters:

(2) R.S. Miller, ``Fundamentals of High Pressure Combustion,'' Chapter in High Pressure Processes in Chemical Engineering, Edited by Maximillian Lackner, ProcessEng Engineering GmbH, In Press, 2009.

(1) F.A. Jaberi, R.S. Miller, and P. Givi, ``Conditional Expected Dissipation and Diffusion in Turbulent Scalar Mixing and Reaction,'' chapter in Transport Phenomena in Combustion, Edited by S.H. Chan, Taylor & Francis, Washington, D.C., pp. 885-896, 1996.

Trade Journals:

(2) R.S. Miller and D.E. Beasley, ``On Elevator Shaft Pressurization System Standards and Codes for Smoke Control in Tall Buildings,'' Fire Protection Engineering (Accepted), 2009

(1) R.S. Miller and D.E. Beasley, `` Smoke Control by Pressurisation in Stairwells and Elevator Shafts,'' The Singapore Engineer, 6-11, February, 2009.

Journal Publications:

K. Ammigan, R.S. Miller, and H.L. Clack, ``Vaporization of Bicomponent Droplets Exposed to Asymmetric Radiant Heating,'' Combustion Science and Technology, Submitted, 2009.

(33) R.S. Miller and D.E. Beasley, `` On Stairwell and Elevator Shaft Pressurization for Smoke Control in Tall Buildings,'' Building and Environment, 44, 1306-1317, 2009.

(32) K. Acampora, R.S. Miller, E.M. Langan and M. LaBerge, ``Development of a Novel Vascular Simulator and Injury Model to Evaluate Smooth Muscle Cell Response Following Balloon Angioplasty,'' The Annals of Vascular Surgery, 21(6), 734-741, 2007.

(31) S. Palle and R.S. Miller, `` Analysis of High Pressure Hydrogen, Methane, and Heptane Laminar Diffusion Flames: Thermal Diffusion Factor Modeling,'' Combustion and Flame, 151, 581-600, 2007.

(30) S. Srinivasan and R.S. Miller, `` On Parallel Nonequilibrium Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Heat Conduction in Heterogenous Materials with Three Body Potentials: Si/Ge Superlattice,'' Numerical Heat Transfer, Part B: Fundamentals, 52, 297-321, 2007.

(29) M. Grujicic, C. Zhao, E. Dusel, E. Morgan, R.S. Miller and D.E. Beasley, `` Computational Analysis of the Thermal Conductivity of the Carbon-Carbon Composite Materials,'' Journal of Materials Science, 41(24), 8244-8256, 2006.

(28) S. Palle, C. Nolan and R.S. Miller, `` Molecular Transport Effects on Real Gas Laminar Diffusion Flames at Large Pressure,'' Physics of Fluids, 17, 103601-1 - 103601-19, 2005.

(27) K.K. Varanasi, H.L. Clack and R.S. Miller, ``On Preferential Diffusion of Binary Component Liquid Droplets Evaporating in a Two-Phase Mixing Layer,'' International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 30(10), 1235-1257, 2004.

(26) S. Srinivasan, E. Marotta, and R.S. Miller, ``Parallel Computation of the Boltzmann Transport Equation for Microscale Heat Transfer in Multilayered Thin Films,'' Numerical Heat Transfer Part B: Fundamentals, 46(1), 31-58, 2004.

(25) H. Lou and R.S. Miller, `` On Ternary Species Mixing and Combustion in Isotropic Turbulence at Supercritical Pressure,'' Physics of Fluids, 16(5), 1423-1438, 2004.

(24) V.C. Khatumria and R.S. Miller, `` Numerical Simulation of a Fuel Droplet Laden Exothermic Reacting Mixing Layer ,'' International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 29, 771-794, 2003.

(23) M. Grujicic, G. Cao, and R.S. Miller, `` Computer Modeling of the Evolution of Dendrite Microstructure in Binary Alloys During Non-Isothermal Solidification ,'' Journal of Materials Synthesis and Processing, 10(4), 191-203, 2002.

(22) R.S. Miller, G. Cao and M. Grujicic, `` Monte Carlo Simulation of Three-Dimensional Non-Isothermal Grain-Microstructure Evolution: Application to LENS Rapid Fabrication ,'' Journal of Materials Synthesis and Processing, 9(6), 329-345, 2001.

(21) H. Lou and R.S. Miller, `` On the Scalar Probability Density Function Transport Equation for Binary Mixing in Isotropic Turbulence at Supercritical Pressure,'' Physics of Fluids, 13(11), 3386-3399, 2001.

(20) R.S. Miller, `` Effects of Non-Reacting Solid Particle and Liquid Droplet Loading on an Exothermic Reacting Mixing Layer,'' Physics of Fluids, 13(11) 3303-3320, 2001.

(19) R.S. Miller, K.G. Harstad and J. Bellan, `` Direct Numerical Simulations of Supercritical Fluid Mixing Layers Applied to Heptane-Nitrogen ,'' Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 436, 1-39, 2001.

(18) R.S. Miller, `` Long Time Mass Fraction Statistics in Stationary Compressible Isotropic Turbulence at Supercritical Pressure ,'' Physics of Fluids, 12(8), 2020-2032, 2000.

(17) R.S. Miller and J. Bellan, `` Direct Numerical Simulation and Subgrid Analysis of a Transitional Droplet Laden Mixing Layer ,'' Physics of Fluids, 12(3), 650-671, 2000.

(16) R.S. Miller and J. Bellan, `` Direct Numerical Simulation of a Confined Three-Dimensional Gas Mixing Layer with One Stream Laden with Evaporating Hydrocarbon Droplets ,'' Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 384, 293-338, 1999.

(15) R.S. Miller, K. Harstad and J. Bellan, `` Evaluation of Equilibrium and Non-Equilibrium Evaporation Models for Many-Droplet Gas-Liquid Flow Simulations,'' International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 24 (6), 1025-1055, 1998.

(14) R.S. Miller and J. Bellan, ``Numerical Simulation of Vortex Pyrolysis Reactors for Condensable Tar Production from Biomass,'' Energy and Fuels, 12(1), 25-40, 1998.

(13) R.S. Miller and J. Bellan, ``Tar Yield and Collection from the Pyrolysis of Large Biomass Particles,'' Combustion Science and Technology, 127(1-6), 97-118, 1997.

(12) R.S. Miller and J. Bellan, ``A Generalized Biomass Pyrolysis Model Based on Superimposed Cellulose, Hemicellulose and Lignin Kinetics,'' Combustion Science and Technology, 126(1-6), 97-138, 1997.

(11) K.G. Harstad, R.S. Miller and J. Bellan, ``Efficient High Pressure State Equations,'' AIChE Journal, 43(6), 1605-1610, 1997.

(10) F.A. Jaberi, R.S. Miller, F. Mashayek and P. Givi, `` Differential Diffusion in Binary Scalar Mixing and Reaction,'' Combustion and Flame, 109(4), 561-577, 1997.

(9) F. Mashayek, F.A. Jaberi, R.S. Miller and P. Givi, `` Dispersion and Polydispersity of Droplets in Stationary Isotropic Turbulence,'' International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 23(2), 337-355, 1997.

(8) R.S. Miller and J. Bellan, ``Analysis of Reaction Products and Conversion Time in the Pyrolysis of Cellulose and Wood Particles,'' Combustion Science and Technology, 119, 331-373, 1996.

(7) F.A. Jaberi, R.S. Miller, C.K. Madnia and P. Givi, ``Non-Gaussian Scalar Statistics in Homogeneous Turbulence,'' Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 313, 241-282, 1996.

(6) R.S. Miller, F. Mashayek, V. Adumitroaie and P. Givi, `` Structure of Homogeneous Non-Helical Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence ,'' Physics of Plasmas, 3(9), 1-14, 1996.

(5) F.A. Jaberi, R.S. Miller, and P. Givi, ``Conditional Statistics in Turbulent Scalar Mixing and Reaction,'' AIChE Journal, 42 (4), 1149-1152, 1996.

(4) R.S. Miller, F.A. Jaberi, C.K. Madnia and P. Givi, ``The Structure and the Small-Scale Intermittency of Passive Scalars in Homogeneous Turbulence,'' Journal of Scientific Computing, 10(1), 151-180, 1995.

(3) R.S. Miller, C.K. Madnia and P. Givi, `` Numerical Simulation of Non-Circular Jets,'' Computers & Fluids, 24(1), 1-25, 1995.

(2) R.S. Miller, C.K. Madnia and P. Givi, ``Structure of a Turbulent Reacting Mixing Layer,'' Combustion Science and Technology, 99 (1-3), 1-36, 1994.

(1) R.S. Miller, S.H. Frankel, C.K. Madnia, and P. Givi, `` Johnson-Edgeworth Translation for Probability Modeling of Binary Scalar Mixing in Turbulent Flows,'' Combustion Science and Technology, 91(1-3), 21-53, 1993.

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Conference Publications and Presentations:

Beasely, D.E., and Miller, R.S., ``Modeling Smoke Control with Stairwell and Elevator Shaft Pressurization,'' To be presented at the National Fire Protection Association's 2010 Conference and Exposition, Las Vega, Nevada, June 7-10, 2010 (Submitted).

Bowers, D., Ellison, J. Beasely, D.E., and Miller, R.S., ``Numerical Study of Elevator and Stairwell Shaft Pressurization Systems Using Detailed Building Models,'' To be presented at the Society of Fire Protection Engineers Eighth International Conference on Performance-Based Codes and Fire Safety Design Methods, Lund, Sweden, June 16-18, 2010 (Accepted).

Miller, R.S., and Beasley, D.E., ``On Elevator Shaft Pressurization for Smoke Control in Tall Buildings,'' Presented at the Society of Fire Protection Engineers Professional Development Conference and Exposition: The Annual Meeting, Charlotte, North Carolina, October 13-14, 2008.

R. Sass, W.V. Kritikos, A.G. Schmidt, P. Beeravolu, K. Datta, D. Andrews, R.S. Miller, and D. Stanzione, ``Reconfigurable Computing Cluster (RCC) Project: Investigating the Feasibility of FPGA-Based Petascale Computing,'' In FCCM '07: Proceedings of the 13th Annual IEEE Symposium on Symposium on Field-Programmable Custom Computing Machines (April 23-25, Napa Valley, CA, 2007), pp. 127-140 (IEEE Computer Society, Washington, DC, 2007).

Acampora, K.B., Langan, E.M., Miller, R.S., and LaBerge, M., ``Development of a Novel Vascular Simulator and Injury Model to Evaluate Smooth Muscle Cell Response Following Balloon Angioplasty,'' Proceedings of the 17th Annual Winter Meeting of the Peripheral Vascular Surgery Society, Steamboat Springs, Colorado, January 26-28, 2007.

Acampora, K.B., Yao, H., Miller, R.S., Langan, E., and LaBerge, M., ``2D CFD Characterization of a Concurrent Force in Vitro Vascular Simulator,'' Proceedings of the 2006 Biomedical Engineering Society Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, October 11-14, 2006.

F.J. Molz, T.J. Kozubowski, and R.S. Miller, ``The Mathematical Statistics of a Second-Order Stationary Process, With Potential Applications to Permeability (k) of Heterogeneous Sediments and Velocity (v) in Turbulent Flows,'' Proceedings of the International Symposium on Fractional Calculus, Otaga, New Zealand, January 9-13, 2006.

F.J. Molz, T.J. Kozubowski, R.S. Miller and K. Podgorski, ``Scaling of Ln(Permeability) in Sediments and Velocity Distributions in Turbulence: The Possibility of an Analogy,'' Proceedings of the 2005 Fall Annual Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, California, December 5-9, 2005.

H.J. Rack, G. Fadel, R.S. Miller, J. Wood, P. Brown and I. Luzinov, ``Ultrasonic Consolidation of Advanced Materials and Composites,'' Proceedings of the 2005 Design, Service and Manufacturing Research and Grantees Conference, Scottsdale, Arizona, January 3-6, 2005.

S. Srinivasan and R.S. Miller, ``Parallel Computation of Microscale Heat Conduction in Thin Films,'' American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 42th Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Reno, Nevada, January 14-17, AIAA paper # 2004-0498, 2004.

R.S. Miller, S. Palle and C. Nolan, ``Effects of Soret and Dufour Diffusion on Laminar Diffusion Flames at Large Pressures,'' Bulletin of the American Physical Society, 56th Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics of the American Physical Society, Meadowlands, New Jersey, November 23-25, 2003.

H. Lou and R.S. Miller, ``Ternary Species Mixing and Reaction in Compressible Isotropic Turbulence at Supercritical Pressure,'' Proceedings of the Third Joint Meeting of the U.S. Sections of the Combustion Institute, Chicago, Illinois, March 16-19, 2003.

V.C. Khatumria and R.S. Miller, ``Effects of Liquid Fuel Droplet Loading on an Exothermic Reacting Mixing Layer,'' Bulletin of the American Physical Society, 55th Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics of the American Physical Society, Dallas, Texas, November 24-26, 2002.

S. Srinivasan, E. Marotta, J.M. Ochterbeck, R.W. Schwartz, and R.S. Miller, ``On Microscale Heat Transfer in Thin Film Pyroelectric Sensors,'' American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Paper # 2002-0498, 40th Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Reno, Nevada, January, 2002.

V.C. Khatumria and R.S. Miller, ``On the Effects of Reacting Liquid Numerical Simulation of a Liquid Fuel Droplet Laden Exothermic Reacting Mixing Layer,'' Proceedings of the Eastern States Section of the Combustion Institute, Fall 2001 Technical Meeting, December 3-5, Hilton Head, South Carolina, 2001.

R.S. Miller and H. Lou, `` Effects of Soret and Dufour Diffusion on Ternary Mixing and Reaction in Isotropic Turbulence at Supercritical Pressure, '' Bulletin of the American Physical Society, 54th Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics of the American Physical Society, San Diego, California, November 20-22, 2001.

R.S. Miller, `` Turbulence-Flame Modification in Particle Laden Reacting Shear Flow,'' American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Paper # 2001-0193, 39th Aerospace Science Meeting, Reno, Nevada, January 8-11, 2001.

R.S. Miller and H. Lou, ``Effects of Soret and Dufour Diffusion on Conditional Expectations in Isotropic Turbulent Mixing at Supercritical Pressure,'' Bulletin of the American Physical Society, 53th Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics of the American Physical Society, Washington, D.C., November 19-21, 2000.

H. Lou and R.S. Miller, ``Direct Numerical Simulation of Isotropic Turbulent Mixing at Supercritical Pressure,'' Proceedings of the 37th Annual Technical Meeting of the Society of Engineering Science, Inc., Columbia, South Carolina, October 23-25, 2000.

R.S. Miller, K. Harstad, and J. Bellan, ``Direct Numerical Simulation of a Supercritical Mixing Layer,'' American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Paper # 2000-0195, 38th Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Reno, Nevada, January 10-13, 2000.

R.S. Miller, ``Concentration Fluctuations in Compressible Turbulent Nitrogen-Hydrocarbon Mixing at Supercritical Pressure,'' Bulletin of the American Physical Society, 52th Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics of the American Physical Society, New Orleans, Louisiana, November 21-23, 1999.

R.S. Miller, ``Direct Numerical Simulation of Forced Isotropic Turbulence at Supercritical Pressure: Nitrogen-Hydrocarbon Mixtures,'' Proceedings of the Eastern States Section of the Combustion Institute, Fall 1999 Technical Meeting, October 11-13, Raleigh, North Carolina, 1999.

R.S. Miller, K.G. Harstad and J. Bellan, ``Direct Numerical Simulations of Supercritical Mixing Layers: Heptane-Nitrogen Mixing,'' Proceedings of the 12th Annual Conference on Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems, Indianapolis, Indiana, May 16-19, 1999.

R.S. Miller and J. Bellan, ``Evolution of Single-Phase and Droplet Laden Transitional Mixing Layers,'' Proceedings of the 12th Annual Conference on Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems, Indianapolis, Indiana, May 16-19, 1999.

R.S. Miller and J. Bellan, ``Evolution of Single-Phase and Droplet Laden Transitional Mixing Layers,'' Poster presented at the Joint Meeting of the United States Sections: The Combustion Institute, March 15-17, 1999.

R.S. Miller and J. Bellan, ``Direct Numerical Simulation of a Confined Three-Dimensional Gas Mixing Layer with One Evaporating Hydrocarbon Droplet Laden Stream,'' Proceedings of the 11th Annual Conference on Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems, Sacramento, California, May 17-20, 1998.

R.S. Miller and J. Bellan, ``On the Validity of the Assumed PDF Method for Modeling Binary Mixing/Reaction of Evaporated Vapor in Gas/Liquid-Droplet Turbulent Shear Flow,'' Proceedings of the 27th International Symposium on Combustion, pp. 1065-1072, 1998.

R.S. Miller and J. Bellan, ``On the Validity of the Assumed PDF Method for Modeling Binary Mixing/Reaction of Evaporated Vapor in Gas/Liquid-Droplet Turbulent Shear Flow,'' Proceedings of the 1998 Spring Technical Meeting of the Western States Section of the Combustion Institute, Berkeley, California, March 23-24, 1998.

R.S. Miller and J. Bellan, ``Numerical Simulation of Vortex Pyrolysis Reactors for Condensable Tar Production from Biomass,'' Proceedings of the 1997 Fall Technical Meeting of the Western States Section of the Combustion Institute, Diamond Bar, California, October 23-24, 1997.

R.S. Miller, K. Harstad and J. Bellan, ``Evaluation of Equilibrium and Non-Equilibrium Evaporation Models for Many-Droplet Gas-Liquid Flow Simulations,'' Proceedings of the 1997 Technical Meeting of the Western States Section of the Combustion Institute, Diamond Bar, California, October 23-24, 1997.

R.S. Miller and J. Bellan, ``An Idealized Direct-Contact Biomass Pyrolysis Reactor Model,'' Proceedings of the 1997 Technical Meeting of the Western States Section of the Combustion Institute, Sandia National Laboratories, California, April 14-15, 1997.

R.S. Miller and J. Bellan, ``A Generalized Biomass Pyrolysis Model Based on Superimposed Cellulose, Hemicellulose and Lignin Kinetics,'' Proceedings of the 1996 Technical Meeting of the Western States Section of the Combustion Institute, Los Angeles, California, October 28-29, 1996.

R.S. Miller and J. Bellan, ``Analysis of Reaction Products and Conversion Time in the Pyrolysis of Cellulose and Wood Particles,'' Poster session of the 26th International Symposium on Combustion, Napoli, Italy, July 28 - August 2, 1996.

R.S. Miller, F. Mashayek, V. Adumitroaie and P. Givi, ``Structure of Isotropic and Homogeneous Shear Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence,'' Bulletin of the American Physical Society, 48th Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics of the American Physical Society, Irvine, California, November 19-21, 1995.

F.A. Jaberi, R.S. Miller and P. Givi, ``Modeling and Simulation of Conditional Scalar Statistics in Turbulent Mixing and Reaction,'' in Tenth Symposium on Turbulent Shear Flows, University Park, Pennsylvania, August 14-16, Vol. 2, 1995.

F.A. Jaberi, R.S. Miller, C.K. Madnia and P. Givi, ``Non-Gaussian Scalar Statistics in Homogeneous Turbulence,'' in Tenth Symposium on Turbulent Shear Flows, University Park, Pennsylvania, August 14-16, Vol. 3, 1995.

R.S. Miller, F.A. Jaberi and P. Givi, ``Conditional Expectations in Turbulent Scalar Mixing and Reaction,'' Proceedings of the 28th Fall Technical Meeting of the Combustion Institute, Eastern States Section, in Chemical and Physical Processes in Combustion, Clearwater Beach, Florida, December 4-7, 1994.

S.C. Garrick, R.S. Miller, and P. Givi, ``Large Eddy Simulation of Reacting Turbulent Flows,'' Proceedings of the 28th Fall Technical Meeting of the Combustion Institute, Eastern States Section, in Chemical and Physical Processes in Combustion, Clearwater Beach, Florida, December 4-7, 1994.

F.A. Jaberi, R.S. Miller and P. Givi, `` Conditional Statistics in Turbulent Scalar Mixing and Reaction,'' Bulletin of the American Physical Society, 47th Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics of the American Physical Society, Atlanta, Georgia, November 20-22, 1994.

R.S. Miller, ``The Manifestation of Eddy Shocklets and Laminar Diffusion Flamelets in a Shear Layer,'' ICAS paper 94-10.1.4. In The Proceedings of the 19th Congress of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences (received 1st prize, ICAS/McCarthy Award), Anaheim, California, September 19-23, 1994.

R.S. Miller, ``The Manifestation of Eddy Shocklets and Laminar Diffusion Flamelets in a Shear Layer,'' AIAA Student Journal, 31(4), 12-22, 1994. (published as recipient of the Abe M. Zarem Award).

R.S. Miller, C.K. Madnia and P. Givi, ``Near Field Entrainment and Mixing in Non-Circular Jets,'' Bulletin of the American Physical Society, 38(12) p. 2281, 46th Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics of the American Physical Society, Albuquerque, New Mexico, November 21-23, 1993.

R.S. Miller, ``The Manifestation of Eddy Shocklets and Laminar Diffusion Flamelets in a Shear Layer,'' AIAA Paper 93-0011, AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Reno, Nevada, January 8-11, 1993 (by invitation as winner of northeast regional student competition).

R.S. Miller, C.K. Madnia and P. Givi, ``Laminar Diffusion Flamelet Modeling for Turbulent Reacting Flows,'' Bulletin of the American Physical Society, 37(8) p. 1755, 45th Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics of the American Physical Society, Tallahassee, Florida, November 22-24, 1992.

C.K. Madnia, R.S. Miller, S.H. Frankel and P. Givi, ``Method of Translation for Stochastic Modeling of Binary Scalar Mixing in Isotropic Turbulence,'' Bulletin of the American Physical Society, 37 (8) p. 1756, 45th Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics of the American Physical Society, Tallahassee, Florida, November 22-24, 1992.

R.S. Miller, ``The Manifestation of Eddy Shocklets and Laminar Diffusion Flamelets in a Shear Layer,'' Presented at the AIAA Northeast Regional Student Conference, Buffalo, New York, April 1992 (received 1st prize).

R.S. Miller, and S.H. Frankel, ``On Mathematical Modeling of Isotropic Reacting Turbulence: Stochastic Distributions and Conditional Dissipation,'' Presented at the AIAA Northeast Regional Student Conference, Buffalo, New York, April 1992.

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Other Presentations:

(4) R.S. Miller and J. Bellan, ``Hydrogen Production from Biomass Pyrolysis: Generalized Kinetics and Idealized Reactor Model,'' Presented at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado, January 23, 1997.

(3) R.S. Miller and J. Bellan, ``Hydrogen Production from Biomass Pyrolysis: Particle Model and Kinetics Assessment,'' Presented at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado, April 2, 1996.

(2) R.S. Miller and J. Bellan, ``A Model of Biomass Pyrolysis in a Vortex Reactor,'' Presented at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado, December 19, 1995.

(1) R.S. Miller, ``Computer Applications in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering,'' Presented at the 12th Annual Science Exploration Day for Western New York High School Students, Buffalo, New York, May 23, 1995.