Advances in Heat and Mass Transfer in Biotechnology - 1999

Presents 41 contributions from the November 1999 conference exploring applications of thermal engineering knowledge to fields of medical science, especially the treatment of excessive heat or cold damage.

The papers are organized into sections treating advances in modeling bioheat and mass transfer, bioheat and mass transfer in microgravity conditions, biophysical mechanisms for cellular and subcellular alterations, freezing of tissue and tissue engineered equivalents, thermal therapies, and emerging technologies in thermal management.