Andre Benard

About

Dr. André Bénard is an associate professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Michigan State University. Dr. Bénard's research interests include sustainable manufacturing and materials processing, multiphase flow and heat transfer (liquid/liquid and solid/liquid mixtures), and the design and modeling of new separation and processing equipment. He works on developing technology that improves the sustainability of modern society. This includes separation and treatment processes for compromised waters such as oil and water, improved sanitation systems, as well as technology for the identification, sorting, and reuse of products at their end of life (recycling and remanufacturing). All these are rooted in fundamental engineering analysis and computational models. Recently, Dr. Béna

Education

• Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Delaware 1996
• M.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal 1991
• B.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Sherbrooke 1988

Selected publications

• Bandhyopadhay, D. and Benard, A. "Optimization of Solute Transfer in Porous Media Using Homogenization," Proceedings of the International Symposium on Inverse Problems, Design and Optimization (IPDO-2007) Miami Beach, Florida, U.S.A., April 16-18, 2007.
• Koppula, K.S., Benard, A., and Petty, C.A., "Realizable Algebraic Reynolds Stress Model for Single Phase and Multiphase Turbulent Flows," Proceedings of the AICHE 2006 Annual Meeting, San Francisco, November 12-17, 2006.
• Zheng, G., Wichman, I.S., and Benard, A. Energy Balance Analysis of Ignition Over a Melting Polymer Subjected to a High Radiation Heat Flux in a Channel Cross Flow," Fire Safety Journal, 38, 229-256, 2003.