Teaching Information
Teaching Interests
Fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, and heat transfer
Courses Taught
Research Information
Research Interests
Thermal management, granular materials, CO2 power and refrigeration cycles
Professional Memberships
Publications
Hostler, S., Nayagam, V., & Williams, F.A. (2024). Melt-front instabilities during the combustion of a spinning polymer disk. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 997, A66.
Hostler, S., Peswani, M., Yang, S., Paul, H., Rowan, S. J., & Abramson, A. (2020). Stretching-Induced Thermal Conductivity Change in Shape-Memory Polymer Composites. Journal of Heat Transfer-Transactions of the ASME, 142 (8).
Shoffstall, A., Paiz, J., Miller, D., Rial, G., Willis, M., Menendez, D., ... Capadona, J. R. (2018). Potential for thermal damage to the blood-brain barrier during craniotomy: implications for intracortical recording microelectrodes.. Journal of neural engineering, 15 (3), 034001.
Hostler, S., Iyengar, A., Mahanta, N., & Abramson, A. R. (2018). Thermal conductivity of cold compacted bismuth nanowires. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 117 (), 951-957.