Steve Hostler, PhD

Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Case School of Engineering

Teaching Information

Teaching Interests

Fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, and heat transfer

Courses Taught

EMAE 355 | Design of Fluid and Thermal Elements
EMAE 353 | Heat Tranfer
EMAE 459 | Advanced Heat Transfer
EMAE 252 | Fluid Mechanics
ECHE 225 | Thermal and Fluids Sciences
EMAE 251 | Thermodynamics

Research Information

Research Interests

Thermal management, granular materials, CO2 power and refrigeration cycles

Professional Memberships

American Society of Mechanical Engineers
American Society for Engineering Education

Publications

Google Scholar

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.

Education

PhD
Mechanical Engineering
California Institute of Technology
2005
Master of Science
Mechanical Engineering
California Institute of Technology
2001
Bachelor of Science
Mechanical Engineering
Case Western Reserve University
2000