Miller, Franklin

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Franklin Miller

Franklin Miller
Assistant Professor

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Contact Information

Room 1341 Engineering Research Center
1500 Engineering Drive
Madison, WI 53706

Tel: 608/263-2479
Fax: 608/262-8464
E-mail: fkmiller@wisc.edu

Program Affiliations

Mechanical Engineering

Courses

ME 361: Thermodynamics

Education

Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005, Thesis: The Development of a Superfluid Joule-Thomson Refrigerator for Cooling below 1 Kelvin
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, West Virginia University
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, West Virginia University

Fields of Interest

Cryogenics
Thermodynamics of Superfluid 3He-4He mixtures
Sub-Kelvin cooling for space science
Energy Systems

Publications

Franklin K. Miller and J.G. Brisson, Development of a low-dissipation valve for use in a cold-cycle dilution refrigerator, Cryogenics 39 (10) (1999) pp. 859-863.
F.K. Miller and J.G. Brisson, A simple method for the analysis of sub-Kelvin refrigerators that use a dilute superfluid 3He-4He mixture as a working fluid, Cryogenics 41 (5-6) (2001) pp. 311-318.
F.K. Miller and J.G. Brisson, The Design and Performance of a Superfluid 3He- 4He Compressor, Advances in Cryogenic Engineering, Proceedings of the Cryogenic Engineering Conference 47A (2001) pp.312-322.
F.K. Miller and J.G. Brisson, The Preliminary Performance of a Superfluid 3He-4He Compressor,Cryocoolers 12, Proceedings of the 12th International Cryocooler Conference (2003)
F.K. Miller and J.G. Brisson, The Experimental Evaluation of a Proof of Principle Superfluid Joule-Thomson Refrigerator, Advances in Cryogenic Engineering, Proceedings of the Cryogenic Engineering Conference 51A (2005)
F.K. Miller and J. G. Brisson, Proof-of-Principle Measurements of the Superfluid Joule-Thomson Refrigerator Concept, Journal of Low Temperature Physics, 141(3-4) (2005) pp.179-190.
F.K. Miller and J. G. Brisson, Development of a Low-Temperature 3He Compressor for Superfluid 3He-4He Mixtures, Cryogenics, 147(2) (2007) pp.67-80
F.K. Miller and J. G. Brisson, Measurements of the Superfluid Joule-Thomson Refrigerator Operating with High 3He Concentration Mixture, Journal of Low Temperature Physics, 147(5-6) (2007) pp.559-578
E.R Canavan and F.K. Miller, Optimized Heat Interception for Cryogen Tank Support Structure, Accepted for publication in Advances in Cryogenic Engineering, Proceedings of the Cryogenic Engineering Conference (2007)

Selected Awards, Honors and Societies

2007 Paper of the year for the journal Cryogenics

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