Johns Hopkins University Whiting School of Engineering

Cila Herman


Professor
Mechanical Engineering

Latrobe  102 (office)
410-516-4467 ()
cherman@jhu.edu (primary)
cherman.jhu@gmail.com (other)

Education

Dr.-Ing. 1992, University of Hannover, Germany
M.S. 1988, University of Novi Sad, Yugoslavia
B.S. 1982, University of Novi Sad, Yugoslavia

Experience

2002: Professor
1998-2002: Associate Professor
1992-1998: Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University
1987-1992: Research Fellow, Lehrstuhl A fuer Thermodynamik, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
1983-1987: Research Assistant, Institute of Energy and Chemical Engineering, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Yugoslavia

Research Areas

electrohydodynamics
bioheat transfer
melanoma diagnostics

cancer diagnostics

infrared thermography
thermoacoustic refrigeration
optical tomography
influence of electric fields on boiling in terrestrial conditions and microgravity
holographic interferometry
heat transfer in boiling
heat exchangers
experimental heat transfer and fluid mechanics, optical measurement techniques, image processing
digital image processing, heat transfer augmentation
cooling of electronic equipment

Journal Articles

Herman, C., Iacona, E. (2011). Selection of working fluids for electrohydrodynamic experiments in terrestrial conditions and microgravity. Heat and Mass Transfer. 47(8). 973-979.
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Herman, C., Cetingul, M.P. (2011). IN-VIVO DETECTION OF SKIN CANCER USING THE DYNAMIC INFRARED IMAGING TECHNIQUE. Journal of Heat Transfer-Transactions of the Asme. 133(8).
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Cetinguel, M.P., Cetinguel, H.E., Herman, C., Summers, R., Vanginneken, B. (2011). Analysis of Transient Thermal Images to Distinguish Melanoma from Dysplastic Nevi. Medical Imaging 2011: Computer-Aided Diagnosis. 7963.
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Cetinguel, M.P., Herman, C. (2011). Quantification of the thermal signature of a melanoma lesion. International Journal of Thermal Sciences. 50(4). 421-431.
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Cetinguel, M.P., Alani, R.M., Herman, C., Asme, . (2010). DETECTION OF SKIN CANCER USING TRANSIENT/THERMAL IMAGING. Proceedings of the Asme Summer Bioengineering Conference, 2010. 601-602.
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Conference Proceedings

Herman, C., Liu, Z., Iacona, E. "Bubble formation and detachment under the influence of electric fields and the role of gravity", 2005, p.72798.
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Awards & Honors

2004: Fellow, Wessex Institute of Technology, United Kingdom, 2004
1998: 2. Chief of Naval Research Visiting Scientists Program: fellowship for the Jamie L. Whitten National Center for Physical Acoustics
1997: 1. Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers: PECASE
1997: 2. National Science Foundation (NSF) - CAREER Award
1993: Research Initiation Award by the National Science Foundation for the Experimental Investigation of Convective Single-Phase and Flow Boiling Heat Transfer Augmentation: Applied to the Thermal Control of Electronic Equipment
1996: Distinguished Faculty Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research awarded by the Student Council of the Johns Hopkins University
1995: Kenan Award for Innovative Projects in Undergradute Education, The Johns Hopkins University
1993 - 1993: NATO Grant for Participation in the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Cooling of Electronic Systems, Cesme/Izmir, Turkey
1989 - 1989: BMFT Research Grant of the German Ministry of Research and Technology through the International Office of the Juelich Nuclear Research Institute at Lehrstuhl A fur Thermodynamik, Technical University of Munich, Germany
1987 - 1988: DAAD research grant from the German Academic Exchange Organization at Lehrstuhl A fuer Thermodynamik, Technical University of Munich, Germany

Presentations

, December 31, 1969
Optimization of skin cooling for thermographic imaging of near-surface lesions, IMECE 2011, Denver, CO, November 15, 2011
Optimization of skin cooling for thermographic imaging of near-surface lesions, IMECE 2011, Denver, CO, November 15, 2011
Optimization of skin cooling for thermographic imaging of near-surface lesions, IMECE 2011, Denver, CO, November 15, 2011
Ifrared imaging for the detaction of skin cancer, Wellman Center fpr Photomedicine, Massachussetts General Hospital (invited), August 9, 2011
Analysis of Transient Thermal Images to Distinguish Melanoma from Dysplastic Nevi, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, USA, February 16, 2011
Infrared imaging for early skin cancer detection, Hopkins Alliance meeting, Baltimore, MD, Nov. 12-13, 2009 (invited), November 13, 2009
Skin imaging with infrared thermography and confocal microscopy, ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference, HT2009, July 19-23, 2009, San Francisco, California, USA.  , July 22, 2009
NA_00016040, Using High Resolution Functional Infrared Imaging to Detect Melanoma and Dysplastic Nevi, J0868 CRC Review, Baltimore, MD., February 5, 2009
Visualization of the transient thermal response of skin tissue Departmental Seminar. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Northeastern University. 2008-11-07. (Invited), November 7, 2008
Visualization of the thermoacoustic effect ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, ASME IMECE2008, October 31 - November 6, 2008 . Boston, MA. 2008-11-04., November 4, 2008
Visualization of the transient thermal response of skin tissue ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, ASME IMECE2008, October 31 - November 6, 2008 . Boston, MA. 2008-11-03., November 3, 2008
Design and limitations of conduction based heat exchangers for thermoacoustic systems ASME 2008 Summer Heat Transfer Conference, ASME HT2008, 10-14 August, 2008. Jacksonville, FL. 2008-08-13., August 13, 2008
Performance of thermoacoustic refrigerators: cooling load and coefficient of performance ASME 2008 Summer Heat Transfer Conference, ASME HT2008, 10-14 August, 2008. Jacksonville, FL. 2008-08-13., August 13, 2008
Transient thermal response of skin tissue ASME 2008 Summer Heat Transfer Conference ASME HT2008, 10-14 August, 2008. Jacksonville, FL. 2008-08-12., August 12, 2008
Cooling load and coefficient of performance of thermoacoustic refrigerators: the role of the working fluid Acoustics '08 Conference. Paris, France. 2008-07-03. (Invited), July 3, 2008
Effects of a nonuniform Electric Field on Bubble Detachment and Heat Transfer in nucleate Pool Boiling Seminar, Ecole Centrale Paris. Paris, France. 2008-07-02. (Invited), July 2, 2008
Identification of subsurface structures from the transient thermal response and surface temperature measurements 5th European Thermal-Sciences Conference, 2008 . Eindhoven, Netherlands. 2008-05-19., May 19, 2008
Identification of skin lesions from the transient thermal response using infrared imaging technique 5th IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: From Nano to Macro. Paris, France. 2008-05-17., May 17, 2008
Quantitative Visualization of Oscillatory and Pulsatile Flows Using Temperature 4th Annual Symposium of the Burgers Program for Fluid Dynamics. University of Maryland, College Park. 2007-11-15. (Invited), November 15, 2007
Pool boiling on a downward facing microheater array under the influence of electric fields 2007 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. Nov. 11-15, Seattle, Washington. 2007-11-13., November 13, 2007
Heat transfer and bubble detachment in subcooled pool boiling from a downward facing micoheater array in a nonuniform electric field ITP2007, Interdisciplinary Transport Phenomena V: Fluid, Thermal, Biological, Materials and Space Sciences, . October 14-19, 2007, Bansko, Bulgaria (2007). 2007-10-18. (Invited), October 18, 2007
Thermal Transport Pproperties of Carbons Derived from Microcrystalline Cellulose 2007 Carbon Conference, . July 16-20, 2007, Seattle, Washington . 2007-07-19., July 19, 2007
Modeling the Carbonization Process using AC and DC Conductivity Methods 2007 Carbon Conference, . July 61-20, 2007, Seattle, Washington. 2007-07-18., July 18, 2007
Boiling on Microheater Arrays under the Influence of Electric Fields 2007 ASME-JSME Thermal Engineering Summer Heat Transfer Conference, . July 8-12, 2007, Vancouver, Canada . 2007-07-10., July 10, 2007
Thermal Properties of Microcristalline Cellulose Derived Carbons 2007 ASME-JSME Thermal Engineering Summer Heat Transfer Conference, July 8-12, 2007, . Vancouver, Canada . 2007-07-09., July 9, 2007
Design optimization of miniature thermoacoustic refrigerators for the cooling of electronic equipment 2005 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition. Orlando, FL. 2005-11-11., November 11, 2005
Visualization of heat transfer in grooved channels with curved vanes 2005 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition. Orlando, FL. 2005-11-10., November 10, 2005
Bubble formation, detachment and coalescence under the influence of electric fields and the role of gravity Gordon Research Conference: Engineering Sciences for Space Exploration. Les Diablerets, Switzerland. 2005-08-23. (Invited), August 23, 2005
Bubble formation and detachment under the influence of electric fields and the role of gravity ASME Heat Transfer Summer Conference, Symposium in Honor of Bora Mikic. San Francisco, CA. 2005-07-18. (Invited), July 18, 2005
Quantitative visualization of oscillatory and pulsatile flows and heat transfer using temperature as tracer 2005 ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference, Symposium in Honor of Bora Mikic . San Francisco, CA. 2005-07-18. (Invited), July 18, 2005
Digital learning tools for heat transfer Technology Fellowship Symposium. Johns Hopkins University. 2005-05-09. (Invited), May 9, 2005
Experimental study of bubble formation and coalescence under the influence of electric fields 6th World Conference on Experimental Heat. Transfer, Fluid Mechanics, and Thermodynamics. Matsushima, Miyagi, Japan . 2005-04-18., April 18, 2005
Bubble formation and detachment in variable gravity environment under the influence of electric fields 2004 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition - IMECE. Anaheim, CA. 2004-11-15., November 15, 2004
Cool sound: the future of refrigeration? Thermodynamic and heat transfer issues in thermoacoustic refrigeration ASME – ZSIS International Thermal Science Seminar II . Bled, Slovenia. 2004-06-16. (Invited), June 16, 2004
6. Bubble detachment and coalescence under the influence of electric fields ASME – ZSIS International Thermal Science Seminar II. Bled, Slovenia. 2004-06-15., June 15, 2004
Electric field effect on bubble detachment in reduced gravity environement ASME – ZSIS International Thermal Science Seminar II Bled, Slovenia. Bled, Slovenia. 2004-06-15., June 15, 2004
Cool sound and the beauty of heat transfer: The quantitative visualization of complex heat transfer phenomena Invited seminar. National Science Foundation, Washington DC. 2004-05-18. (Invited), May 18, 2004
The quantitative visualization of transport processes in oscillatory and pulsatile flows Workshop on Transport Processes in Biomedical Systems. Washington, DC. 2004-05-07. (Invited), May 7, 2004
Cool sound and bubbles behaving badly Invited lecture. University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Yugoslavia. 2004-01-12. (Invited), January 12, 2004
Bubble Detachment and Coalescence under the Influence of Electric Fields ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. Washington, D.C.. 2003-11-20., November 20, 2003
Visualization of temperature fields around heated electronic components ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. Washington, D.C.. 2003-11-20., November 20, 2003
Bubble formation and detachment in microgravity Gordon Conference Series. New Hamshire. 2003-07-15., July 15, 2003
Bubble formation in low gravity under the influence of electric fields ESA Boiling Topical Team Meeting. ESTEC, Netherlands. 2003-03-25. (Invited), March 25, 2003
Cool sound and the beauty of heat transfer: the quantitative visualization of complex, high-speed heat transfer phenomena Don P. Giddens Inaugural Professorial Lecture. Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD. 2003-03-18. (Invited), March 18, 2003
Electric field effect on bubble detachment in variable gravity environment Space Technology & Applications International Forum STAIF 2003 . Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. 2003-02-03., February 3, 2003
Thermoacoustic refrigeration for electronics cooling Navy Electronics Cooling Workshop, US Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD. . 2002-02-26., February 26, 2002
Boiling on Microheater Arrays under the Influence of Electric Fields 2007 ASME-JSME Thermal Engineering Summer Heat Transfer Conference, July 8-12, 2007, . Vancouver, Canada . 0000-00-00., November 30, 1999
Bubble detachment in variable gravity under the influence of a non-uniform electric field The 10th International Symposium on Flow Visualization.. Kyoto, Japan. 0000-00-00., November 30, 1999
Bubble detachment in variable gravity under the influence of electric fields ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. New Orleans, Louisiana. 0000-00-00., November 30, 1999
Bubble formation and detachment in reduced gravity under the influence of electric fields Sixth Microgravity Fluid Physics and Transport Phenomena Conference. Cleveland, OH. 0000-00-00., November 30, 1999
Electric field effects on an injected air bubble at detachment in a low gravity environment 12 th International Heat Transfer Conference. Grenoble, France. 0000-00-00., November 30, 1999
Low-temperature applications of thermoacoustic refrigeration NATO Advanced Study Institute on Low-Temperature and Cryogenic Refrigeration – Fundamentals and Applications. Altin Yunus-Çesme, Izmir, Turkey. 0000-00-00., November 30, 1999
Thermoacoustic refrigeration for the cooling of electronic equipment NATO Advanced Study Institute on Low-Temperature and Cryogenic Refrigeration – Fundamentals and Applications. Altin Yunus-Çesme, Izmir, Turkey. 0000-00-00., November 30, 1999

Committees

2011: WSE Centennial Committee
2011: WSE Graduate Committee
2011 - 2011: Thesis Defense Committee - Joseph Cutrone, March 14, 2011 Thesis Defense Committee - Nick Marshburn, March 15, 2011
2010 - 2011: Deparment of Mechanical Engineering - teaching assistants liason
2010 - 2011: Member - Graduate Recruiting Committee - Mechanical Engineering
2010 - 2010: GBO committee Andrew Whitbeck, Physics and Astronomy, April 20, 2010
2010 - 2010: Seminar organizer for the Department of Mechanical Engineering
2010 - 2010: Thesis defense committee 1. Steven Kleene, Department of Mathematics, March 5, 2010 2. Romie Banerjee, Department of Mathematics, March 23, 2010 3. Muge Pirtini Cetingul, Mechanical Engineering, July 2, 2010 4. Paula Mellado, Physics and Astronomy, July 30, 2010
2009 - 2010: WISE program for mentoring high-school students Hosted the student Isabelle Shin in the Heat Transfer Lab
2002 - 2010: Member: Library Advisory Committee, Whiting School of Engineering
2008 - 2008: Graduate board oral committee, 3 students
2008 - 2008: Departmental representative, tenure promotion committee
2008 - 2008: Thesis defense committee. 3 students
2007 - 2008: Member of the international (USA, France, Italy, Brazil members) committee for the evaluation of Portugese Research Units for the FCT (Portugese Science Foundation. Site visit for evaluation March 1-8, 2008.
2007 - 2007: Member of one ad-hoc tenure/promotion committee
2007 - 2007: Graduate board oral committee (3)
2007 - 2007: Thesis defense committee: 3 students
2005 - 2007: Chair, Graduate Programs committee
2003 - 2007: Member, graduate recruiting, since summer 2003
2005 - 2005: GBO committee, 3 students
2003 - 2003: 3. Chair, Graduate programs, summer 2003 – to date.
2002 - 2003: 1. Chair, graduate recruiting, summer 2002 – summer 2003, trained new academic coordinator Mike Bernard
2002 - 2003: Vice-chair: Engineering Faculty Assembly, academic year 2002/03.
2002 - 2003: Chair: Engineering Faculty Assmbly, academic year 2003/04
2002 - 2002: 1. Graduate recruiting, summer 2002 2. Graduate programs, summer 2002 3. Search committee for Graduate Program Coordinator 4. Faculty advisor for 8 freshmen 5. Member of DQE committee 6. Initiator and faculty advisor of the Student Section of ASHRAE at the Johns Hopkins University.
2002 - 2002: 1. Committee for sabbatical leave evaluation of the Johns Hopkins University APL, June 1999 – May 2002. 2. Committee on Gender Issues of the JHU: Sept. 2001 – to date. 3. Library advisory committee 4. Vice-chair: Faculty Assembly 5. Member of tenure/promotion committee (1) 6. Thesis defense committee (1) 7. Graduate board oral committee (2)