George A. Adebiyi
Professor
Mechanical Engineering Department
Mail Stop 9552, 210 Carpenter Building
Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, MS 39762
Telephone: (601) 325-7314
Fax: (601) 325-7223
E-mail: ga1@me.msstate.edu

EDUCATION          EXPERIENCE               SPECIALTY
RESEARCH            PUBLICATIONS

Education and Professional Distinctions

• Ph.D University of Manchester, England, March 1973.
• B.Sc (1st Class Hons.) University of Manchester, 1969.
• Dip. in Further Ed. (Leeds University Award) Huddersfield Polytechnic, 1977.
• Recipient of the Ashbury Scholarship (1967), the A. H. Gibson Prize (1968), the Fairbairn Engineering Prize (1969) for the best result in each year of undergraduate Mechanical Engineering class, University of Manchester.
• Designated a Hearin-Hess Distinguished Professor for 1992-93.
• Recipient of the 1991 Outstanding Research Paper Award of the College of Engineering.
• Was presented the Purple Shaft Trophy (for 1993/94) by the Pi Tau Sigma Honor Society.

Experience Record

Mississippi State University

• 1991 - Professor of Mechanical Engineering (with tenure)
• 1985 - 1991 Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Other Institutions

• 1984 - 1985 Visiting Professor of Physics and Engineering, Rust College, Holly Springs, Mississippi (Sabbatical Leave)
• 1979 - 1985 Rector (College President), The Federal Polytechnic, Bida, Nigeria
• 1975 - 1979 Faculty/Head of Department/Director of School, Kwara State College of Technology, Ilorin, Nigeria
• 1973 - 1975 Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering, Univ. of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria
• 1973 Trainee Field Engineer, Shell-BP (Nig.) Ltd., Lagos, Nigeria
• 1969 - 1970 Research Associate, Central Electricity Research Lab., Leatherhead, England

Specialty Areas

        Heat Transfer, Thermodynamics, Advanced Energy Systems, Solar Energy Applications.

Research Summary

Current research is in the area of mathematical modeling of the high-temperature packed bed thermal storage systems. His contributions include participation as a co-Principal Investigator in a USDOE sponsored research contract (worth a little over $600,000) which covered the mathematical modeling and the experimental testing phases on the characterization of a high-temperature thermal energy storage system utilizing phase-change materials. Most recently, research on characterization of a pebble bed heater was carried out at the NASA John C. Stennis Space Center. Research interest is in the following general areas:

• Mathematical modeling of Advanced Energy Systems including Thermal Regenerators (such as Packed Bed Storage Systems utilizing Phase-Change Materials), Heat and Mass Transfer Regenerators (such as Desiccant Dehumidifiers, Crop Dryers).
• Computer-Aided Thermodynamic Analysis and Evaluation of Thermal Systems.
• Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer Applications in systems design and analysis.
• Piping networks system design.
• Solar energy applications.

Dr. Adebiyi has worked with the Central Electricity Research Laboratory (CERL) in England and the Shell Petroleum Company in Nigeria. These have afforded him a unique and international perspective on some of the research problems of interest to the power generation and the oil production industries. He is a Chartered Engineer and a member of the British Institution of Mechanical Engineers. He is currently serving a second term as the Associate Technical Editor (Energy Storage) for the ASME Journal of Solar Energy Engineering. He has authored/co-authored 3 books on Thermodynamics, 11 journal articles and over 20 conference papers and presentations.

Selected Recent Publications

Russell, L. D. and Adebiyi, G. A., 1993, Classical Thermodynamics, Saunders College Publishing, Philadelphia, PA (Now Oxford University Press)ISBN:0-03-032417-3.

Adebiyi, G. A., Hodge, B.K., Steele, W.G., Jalalzadeh, A., and Nsofor, E.C., 1996, "Computer Simulation of a High Temperature Thermal Energy Storage System Employing Multiple Families of Phase-Change Storage Materials," ASME Journal of Energy Resources Technology, Vol.118, pp.102-111.

Adebiyi, G. A., and Chenevert, D. J., 1996, "An Appraisal of One-Dimensional Analytical Models for the Packed Bed Thermal Storage Systems Utilizing Sensible Heat Storage Materials," ASME Journal of Energy Resources Technology, Vol. 118, No. 1, pp. 44-49

Adebiyi, G. S., 1995, "A Single Expression for the Solution of the One-Dimensional Transient Conduction Equation for the Simple Regular-Shaped Solids," ASME Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Vol. 117, No. 2, pp. 158-160.

Adebiyi, G. A., 1991, "A Second Law Study on Packed Bed Energy Storage Systems Utilizing Phase-Change Materials," ASME Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Vol.113, No.3, pp.146-156.

Adebiyi, G. A., 1991, "Thermodynamic Analysis of Refrigeration Systems Using Refrigerant-22," Mechanical Engineering Systems, Vol.1, No.6, pp.22-36.

Some Earlier Publications

Adebiyi, G. A., 1982, "Design, Construction and Testing of a Solar Steam Unit," Nigerian Journal of Solar Energy, Vol. 2, pp. 69-73.

Adebiyi, G. A. and Hall, W. B., 1976, "Experimental Investigation of Heat Transfer to Supercritical Pressure Carbon Dioxide in a Horizontal Pipe," International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 19, pp. 715-720.

Gardner, G. C. and Adebiyi, G. A., 1974, "The Liquid Film Left Behind by a Large Bubble in a Sloping Channel," Chemical Engineering Science, Vol. 29, pp. 461-473.