RAD-25

INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE 

SCHEDULE OF DATES

Full Papers:

Posters:

PRESENTATIONS / PUBLICATIONS

The Symposium will have both oral and poster presentations. 

Research communications are strictly limited to maximum 8 pages and must clearly state the purpose, the findings, and the originality of their contribution. Acceptance for oral presentations will be based on peer review of these communications. Communications accepted for presentation will be published by Begell House, Inc., in a proceedings volume and will be available in the form of flash memory disks to the participants at the registration.

After the conference, authors of contributed papers will have the opportunity to submit an improved/enhanced version of their work, still based on their presentation content. These submissions will be considered for publication in a special issue of the Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, after undergoing a rigorous review process following the guidelines of the Journal.

The Symposium will also include poster sessions to allow researchers to discuss their most recent work in a relaxed atmosphere. Selection for the poster session will be based on one-page abstracts only, and no further text is required for the posters. The abstracts for poster presentations will be included in the proceedings.  

All authors are expected to send their contributed papers or abstracts (for posters) in camera-ready format (in PDF) electronically. The guidelines for preparing camera-ready papers will be available on the Symposium website, http://www.ichmt.org/rad-25.

GUIDE FOR AUTHORS

Communication texts

 Manuscripts must be submitted in electronic form in PDF format, using A4 size (210 ´ 297 mm).  Any word processing utility (e.g. MS Word, OpenOffice, LaTeX) may be used to generate the manuscript provided that it is converted to PDF for submission. The symposium organizing committee has prepared and made available this template in both MS Word and LaTex format.  Those choosing to use other word processing platforms are responsible for generating their manuscript using this template as a model and in the format prescribed in this document.  The text should be single-spaced. If superscripts or subscripts make this a problem, wider spacing may be necessary. Leave double spaces between paragraphs. Begin paragraphs flush at the left margin without indentation.  The typing area of all pages should be 170 x 257 mm with equal margins on left and right, top and bottom (20 mm).  Each page should be completely filled with typing and/or diagrams (except perhaps the last page).  Authors should use Times or Times New Roman, 12-point font for the text. The authors must assure that all symbols and equations will be correctly displayed in the PDF version. The text should be left and right justified. The total length of a paper, including all figures, tables and references, should be no more than 8 pages (and not less than 5 pages). Manuscripts are therefore expected to provide a very concise description of the work being presented. They must, however, clearly state the purpose, the methodology, the main results and the originality of the study.

A signed “Copyright Release Form” must also be submitted with each manuscript.  You can download the "Copyright Release Form" by clicking here.

The complete guidelines for authors are detailed in these two templates:

• MS WORD template
• LaTex package

Posters

Selection for the poster session will be based on one-page abstracts only.

You can download a MS WORD template here. Please use it as model if you choose another word processing tool.

You can download the "Suggestions for Preparing Posters" by clicking here.

CORRESPONDENCE

For full information about the Symposium please write to Fengshan Liu and Kyle Daun (Symposium Co-Chairs) or to İlker Tari (Symposium Secretary).

Conference Co-Chairs

ICHMT Secretary-General

Prof. İlker Tari

Mechanical Engineering Department

Middle East Technical University

06800 Ankara, Turkey

Tel: +90 312-210-2551

E-mail:  ilker@ichmt.org

GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT ICHMT

The International Centre for Heat and Mass Transfer (ICHMT) is an international, professional, non-governmental, non-profit organization. The general objective of the Centre is to promote and to foster international cooperation in the science of heat and mass transfer and its applications. Its secretariat is located at the Mechanical Engineering Department of Middle East Technical University (METU).

The first meeting of the International Centre for Heat and Mass Transfer (ICHMT) was held in Herceg Novi, Yugoslavia, on September 16, 1968, during the International Seminar on Heat and Mass Transfer in Turbulent Boundary Layers, organized by the Boris Kidric at the Institute of Nuclear Sciences in Belgrade. This meeting was the culmination of activities initiated by a group of leading scientists in the field from different countries. These activities resulted from a long felt need to create an international organization in the fast growing field of heat and mass transfer. Some of the most prominent names in the field who were involved in the founding and creation of the Centre were: E.A. Brun, E.R.G. Eckert, U. Grigull, J.P. Hartnett, T.F. Irvine, Jr., S.S. Kutateladze, A.V. Luikov, W.M. Rohsenow, D.B. Spalding, and M.A. Styrikovich. The active participation and efforts of D. Velickovic, Z. Zaric and N. Afgan from the Serbian Academy of Sciences and the Boris Kidric Institute of Nuclear Sciences in Belgrade made the founding of the Centre possible.

The Secretariat of the Centre remained in Belgrade for almost 24 years and traditionally organized one seminar and one symposium a year, usually in Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia, until early 1990s when the start of the political turmoil in former Yugoslavia unavoidably hampered the functioning of the Secretariat. The Executive Committee of the Centre started looking for a new home for the Secretariat of the Centre.

Professor Sadik Kakac, a member of the Scientific Council representing Turkey, with the encouragement of Professor Yasuo Mori, the President of ICHMT, and Professor Franz Mayinger, the Chairman of the Executive Committee, contacted Professor Kemal Guruz, Head of TUBITAK (Scientific and Technical Reaserach Council of Turkey), and Professor Suha Sevuk, President of METU (Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Turkey), and urged them to prepare a joint proposal. These efforts took more than a year. In September 1992, the proposals from institutions in seven countries were examined at an Executive Committee meeting in Rome, and it was decided, with a majority vote, that the joint proposal of METU and TUBITAK, could provide the best financial and administrative support to the Centre. Since January 1993, the Centre has restarted its activities in its new home, the Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Turkey, under the joint auspices of these institutions, METU and TUBITAK.

The Statutes and the By-Laws of the Centre were revised, partly in response to the move to Turkey. At the meetings of the General Assembly and of the Scientific Council in Brighton, England in August, 1994, Professor Faruk Arinç, a faculty member at the Department of Mechanical Engineering of METU, was elected as the new Secretary General of the Centre. He was  re-elected to this office at the succeeding Scientific Council meetings held in every four years during International Heat Tranfer Conferences (IHTC).

The new Secretariat working under the new rules with renewed enthusiasm and support of the Executive Committee as well as the two standing sponsors of the Centre in Turkey, organized highly successful meetings since 1994, and sponsored many others elsewhere. The venues of the meetings in Turkey were chosen to be five-star hotels on the Aegean or Mediterranean coast, providing excellent settings for scientific as well as social gathering of all attendees and spouses. ICHMT also organizes meetings in countries other than Turkey, chaired by prominent researchers in the field. The traditional activity of ICHMT is organization the International Symposia and Seminars. These meetings have been always met with increasing interest by the scientific, technical and industrial communities. The general scope of the meetings has always been designed with the aim of active promotion of interesting scientific work and achievements at high technical levels.

The Centre has published over 80 Proceedings on various specific aspects of heat and mass transfer. Each proceeding is related to a meeting of the Centre. International participation in the meetings is always a major aim. The total number of participants in the meetings of ICHMT since 1968 has been over 5000, coming from over 60 different countries.

In order to promote the international activities of the Centre and reach as many scientists and researchers as possible in the field, the Centre signed a publication agreement with the publisher, Begell House, Inc., in 1994, since when Begell House has been printing and distributing the scientific work of ICHMT. In addition, the Proceedings of the Biotransport-98, Plasma-99, Turbine-2000 and Vim-2001 symposia were published in the Annals of New York Academy of Sciences (NYAS) in accordance with a separate agreement signed between the Centre and the Academy. In June 2006, the agreement between ICHMT and Begell House, Inc. was renewed and expanded to include the creation of an ICHMT Digital Library Online (http://dl.begellhouse.com/references/1bb331655c289a0a.html).

As emphasized in our Mission Statement, the Centre aims not only to provide attractive meeting occasions for all scientists active in the field, but also to foster international exchange of science and engineering in all branches of heat and mass transfer through the promotion of research, education, and the exchange of personnel. With this purpose of existence in mind, the Centre aims to be a reliable and state-of-the-art source of information in all its publications, and to create the means for generating international synergy, enthusiasm, and motivation among the scientists and researchers that will lead to new ideas, procedures, products, and standards to improve productivity and efficiency and to promote living in a cleaner environment.

The membership in the Centre is open to all non-governmental, non-profit, national and international organizations working in the field of heat and mass transfer. The number of member institutions of the Centre is now over 40 from 30 different countries.

One activity initiated by the Secretariat of the Centre in 1994 was the creation of the ICHMT Home Page on the Internet. This site is constantly updated, and has now grown to a significant size. It is being accessed by scientists all over the world.

AWARDS

Call for Nominations: The 2025 Elsevier/JQSRT Poynting Award on Radiative Transfer 

We announce that Elsevier/JQSRT solicits nominations for the 2025 Poynting Award on Radiative Transfer.

The Award is to celebrate the life-time achievements of an individual scientist who has made landmark original contributions to the research field of radiative transfer and its applications. The Award will be administered by the Editorial Board and Publisher of the Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer. Nominations of scientists of all nationalities will be considered. The selection committee will consist of two Editors-in-Chief of JQSRT, four Associate Editors of the Journal, and three distinguished members of the radiative transfer community.

On behalf of the Poynting Award Committee, we invite you to nominate an outstanding candidate for the 2025 Award. Each nomination (in the form of a single pdf file) must consist of a nomination letter, the nominee’s CV and publications list, and three 2-page letters of support.

Nominations should be submitted by March 1, 2025 to Dr. Andrew Lacis at andrew.a.lacis@nasa.gov, Professor M. Pinar Mengüç at pinar.menguc@ozyegin.edu.tr and Professor Ping Yang at pyang@geos.tamu.edu. Self-nominations will not be considered. 

The award will be presented at the forthcoming 11th International Symposium on Radiative Transfer, RAD-25 in Kuşadasi, Türkiye (15 – 20 June 2025).

The announcement and nomination details are available on the Award section of the JQSRT website.

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Call for Nominations: The 2025 Elsevier/JQSRT Raymond Viskanta Young Scientist Award

This Elsevier/JQSRT Young Scientist award in the category of Radiative Transfer is named after Professor Raymond Viskanta of Purdue University (West Lafayette, Indiana, USA) to honor his profound contributions to the field of Radiative Transfer since 1950s.

The 2025 Elsevier/JQSRT Raymond Viskanta Award is open to early-career scientists and engineers who work on the theory and application of radiative transfer. There will be one award to be presented at the 11th International Symposium on Radiative Transfer, RAD-25 in Kuşadasi, Türkiye, between 15-20 June 2025.

A nominee for the award:

• can be an undergraduate, a graduate or a post-graduate student, or in his/her early career path with an outstanding record of scholarship and/or applications;
• may not have received a JQSRT Young Scientist Award previously;
• must have published in JQSRT previously (although this requirement may be relaxed in exceptional cases);
• must be under 37 years of age on June 1, 2025 and must have finished his/her PhD within the 10 years preceding that date;
• must present a paper at RAD-25;
• must attend the award ceremony at RAD-25.

The recipients of the award will receive a monetary prize of USD 750 and an official certificate. The winner will be selected by an extensive committee whose members include two JQSRT Editors-in-Chief and two RAD-2025 Chairs, and several other respected members of the community.

The complete nomination package of a candidate should be e-mailed to M. Pinar Mengüç (pinar.menguc@ozyegin.edu.tr), Fengshan Liu (fengshan.liu@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca), Kyle Daun (kjdaun@uwaterloo.ca) by April 1, 2025. The package, in the form of a single PDF file, should include a cover letter, the curriculum vita, three letters of support, and up to 5 best peer-reviewed journal papers.