Center for Environmental Energy Engineering

Vikrant C. Aute Faculty Research Assistant Integrated Systems Optimization Consortium (ISOC) Center for Environmental Energy Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Maryland College Park Education M.S., Mechanical Engineering, 2001, University of Maryland Research Interests Energy systems modeling, simulation and optimization Refrigerant properties Application of genetic algorithms to thermal systems optimization	ISOC Team David Rafkind, Karthik Ravirajan, Eric Xuan, Jonathan Winkler, Jon Fogle Andy Schwentker, Ersin Gercek, Vikrant Aute
Publications Paper Accepted - 2005, Li M., Azarm S., Aute V., 'A Multiobjective Genetic Algorithm for Robust Design Optimization', GECCO June 2005, Washington DC Paper Accepted – 2004, Schwentker A., Aute V., Radermacher R., Mercer K., ‘Simulation and Design Tool for Microchannel Heat Exchangers’, Fifth International Conference on Compact, Ultra-compact Heat Exchangers’, British Columbia, Canada, 2005. 2004, Aute V., Radermacher R., Valiya Naduvath M., ‘Constrained Multiobjective Optimization of an Air Cooled Condenser’, 10^th International Refrigeration & Air Conditioning Conference at Purdue, July 2004. 2004, Richardson D., Aute V., Winkler J., Radermacher R., ‘Numerical Challenges in Simulation of a Generalized Vapor Compression Refrigeration System’, 10^th International Refrigeration & Air Conditioning Conference at Purdue, July 2004. 2003, Vikrant Aute, David Richardson, Reinhard Radermacher, Josef Hager, ‘Vehicle Cooling System Optimization using Genetic Optimization Algorithms’ , VTMS-6 Conference, Brighton, UK. 2002, Haobo Jiang, Vikrant Aute, Reinhard Radermacher , ‘A USER-FRIENDLY SIMULATION AND OPTIMIZATION TOOL FOR DESIGN OF COILS’, 2002 Purdue Conference

Contact Information Vikrant C. Aute 3151 Glenn Martin Hall Engineering Building University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742 Email: vikrant@wam.umd.edu

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