Dr. Hanchak leads the Thermal Management group within the Fuels and Energetic Materials division at UDRI. He joined the university in 2011 as a research engineer in the fluid and thermal sciences. He previously worked in research and development for Eastman Kodak and holds ten U.S. Patents.
Michael Hanchak
Group Leader, Senior Mechanical Engineer
University of Dayton Research Institute:
Materials Sector
Michael Hanchak
Group Leader, Senior Mechanical Engineer
University of Dayton Research Institute:
Materials Sector
Profile
Research
- Hypersonic thermal management
- Thin film fluid dynamics with phase change
- Droplet evaporation
- Microchannel heat exchangers
- Two-phase flow
- Fuel decomposition simulations
Education
- Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Dayton, 2009
- M.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Dayton, 2000
- B.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Dayton, 1998
Honors
- Dayton Area Graduate Studies Institute, Graduate Fellowship award (Ph.D.)
- Dayton Area Graduate Studies Institute, Graduate tuition award (M.S.)
- Graduate Research Award, Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society
Affiliations
- Sigma Xi
- American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Selected Publications
- A.J. Roman, P.J. Kreitzer, J.S. Ervin, M.S. Hanchak, and L.W. Byrd, Flow pattern identification of horizontal two-phase refrigerant flow using neural networks, Int. Comm. Heat Mass Transfer 71 (2016) 254–264
- M.S. Hanchak, M.D. Vangsness, J.S. Ervin, and L.W. Byrd, Transient measurement of thin liquid films using a Shack-Hartmann sensor, Int. Comm. Heat Mass Transfer 77 (2016) 100–103
- M.S. Hanchak, M.D. Vangsness, J.S. Ervin, and L.W. Byrd, Model and experiments of the transient evolution of a thin, evaporating liquid film, Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer 92 (2016) 757–765
- M.S. Hanchak, M.D. Vangsness, L.W. Byrd, and J.S. Ervin, Thin film evaporation of n-octane on silicon: Experiments and theory, Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer 75 (2014) 196–206
- M.S. Hanchak, M.D. Vangsness, L.W. Byrd, J.S. Ervin, and J.G. Jones, Profile measurements of thin liquid films using reflectometry, Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 211607 (2013)
- M.S. Hanchak, A.M. Briones, J.S. Ervin, and L.W. Byrd, One-Dimensional Models of Nanoliter Droplet Evaporation from a Hot Surface in the Transition Regime, Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer, 57 (2013) 473–483
- M.S. Hanchak, L.W. Byrd, A.M. Briones, J.S. Ervin, and S.A. Putnam, Model of Droplet Impingement Based on Least-Squares Solution of Proper Orthogonal Decomposition Basis Matrices, J. Fluids Eng., 134 (2012) 041301