Holland, B, Ozman, N and Wirtz, R.A. (2008) "Flow boiling of FC-72 from a screen laminate extended surface matrix", Microelectronics Journal, Vol. 38, pp. 1001 - 1007. See also THERMES 2007, Thermal Challanges in Next Generation Electronic Systems, S.V. Garimella and A.S. Fleisher, eds, pp. 197 - 206, Millpress, Rotterdam, 2007.

Sarde, Deepti, C. Herald and R.A. Wirtz (2006) “Thermal/Fluid Characteristics of Elliptic Cross Section Filament Box Lattice Matrices as Heat Exchanger Surfaces” Paper #3810, AIAA Thermophysics and Heat Transfer Conference, San Francisco, CA, June 6 – 8, 2006

Xu, J., and Wirtz, R. A. (2005) “In-Plane Effective Thermal Conductivity of Symmetric Diamond-Weave Screen Laminates”, ASME J. Electronic Packaging, Vol. 127, pp. 353 – 356.

Gullbrand, J. and R.A. Wirtz (2005) “Comparison of LES and RANS Simulations of Turbulent Convection in a Structured Porous Media”, paper HT2005-72148, ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference, San Francisco, July 17 - 22 .

Balantrapu, K., D. Sarde, C. M. Herald and R.A. Wirtz (2005) "Porosity, Specific Surface Area and Effective Thermal Conductivity of Anisotropic Open Cell Lattice Structures", paper IPACK2005-73191, Proc. InterPack 2005, July 17 – 22.

Chen Li and R.A. Wirtz, (2005) "Development of a High-Performance Heat Sink Based on Screen-Fin Technology", IEEE Trans, CPT, Vol. 28, pp. 80 - 87.  See also Proc 19-th Semiconductor Thermal Measurement and Management Symposium, IEEE 02CH37437, pp. 53 - 60, March 6 - 10, 2003.

R.A. Wirtz, Jun Xu, Ji-Wook Park and Dan Ruch (2003) "Thermal/Fluid Characteristics of 3-D Woven Mesh Structures as Heat Exchanger Surfaces", IEEE Trans Components and Packaging Technology, Vol. 26, pp 40 - 47, 2003. See also: paper 1372, Eighth Intersociety Conference on Thermal Phenomena in Electronic Systems", San Diego, CA .

Ji-Wook Park, Dan Ruch and R.A. Wirtz (2002) "Thermal/Fluid Characteristics of Isotropic Plain-Weave Screen Laminates as Heat Exchanger Surfaces", AIAA paper 2002-0208, Proc. AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Reno, January 2002.

R.A. Wirtz (1997) "A Semi-Empirical Model for Porous Media Heat Exchanger Design", Proc. 32nd National Heat Transfer Conf., ASME, HTD-Vol. 349, pp 155-162, Baltimore, August 8-12, 1997.

R.A. Wirtz, Tianwen Zhou and Yanyao Jiang (2004) "Thermal and Mechanical Characteristics of a Multi-Functional Thermal Energy Storage Structure", Proc. 2004 Itherm 2004, pp. 549 - 556.

Ning Zheng and R.A. Wirtz (2004) "A Hybrid Thermal Energy Storage Device, Part 1: Design Methodology", Trans. ASME: J. Electronic Packaging, Vol. 126, #1, pp. 1 - 7.

Ning Zheng and R.A. Wirtz (2004) "A Hybrid Thermal Energy Storage Device, Part 2: Thermal Performance Figures of Merit", Trans. ASME: J. Electronic Packaging, Vol. 126, #1, pp. 8 - 13.

Peng, S, Fuchs, A. and Wirtz, R.A. (2004) "Polymeric Phase Change Composites for Thermal Energy Stroage", J. Applied Polymer Sci, Vol. 93, pp. 1240 - 1251.

R.A. Wirtz, Venkat Narla, Tianwen Zhao and Yanyao Jiang (2004) "Non-Metallic and Structurally Efficient Thermal Energy Storage Composites for Avionics Temperature Control, Part I: Thermal Characterization", Paper AIAA-2004-0343, 42nd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, Reno, January 5 - 8, 2004

Tianwen Zhao, Yanyao Jiang, Venkat Narla, and R.A. Wirtz,  (2004) "Non-Metallic and Structurally Efficient Thermal Energy Storage Composites for Avionics Temperature Control, Part II: Mechanical Characterization", Paper AIAA-2004-0344, 42nd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, Reno, January 5 - 8, 2004

R.A. Wirtz, Shuo Peng and A. Fuchs, (2003) "A Polymer-Based Thermal Energy Storage Composite For Temperature Control of Sensors and Electronics", Paper TED-AJ03-359, 6-th ASME-JSME Thermal Engineering Joint Conference, Hawaii, March 16 - 20, 2003.

R. A. Wirtz, A. Fuchs, V. Narla, Y. Shen, T. Zhao and Y. Jiang (2003) “A Multi-Functional Graphite/Epoxy-Based Thermal Energy Storage Composite For Temperature Control Of Sensors And Electronics”, Paper AIAA-2002-0513, AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Reno

Ning Zheng and R.A. Wirtz (2001) "Figures of Merit for Hybrid Thermal Energy Storage Units", Paper T3-20027, ASME National Heat Transfer Conference, Anaheim, June 10 - 13, 2001

Candice A. Bauer and R.A. Wirtz (2000) "Thermal Characteristics of a Compact, Passive Thermal Energy Storage Device", Paper 2-e-2-1, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Conference and Exposition, Orlando, Nov. 6, 2000

Ning Zheng and R.A. Wirtz (2000)  "Methodology for Designing a Hybrid Thermal Energy Storage Heat Sink", Paper 2-16-2-10, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Conference and Exposition, Orlando, Nov. 6, 2000

R.A. Wirtz, Ning Zheng and Dhanesh Chandra (1999) "Thermal Management Using Dry Phase Change Materials", Proceedings IEEE Semiconductor Thermal Measurement and Management Symposium, pp. 74-82

Heat Sinks

R.A. Wirtz (2002) "Quick and Easy Fan/Sink Characterization", Electronics Cooling, Vol. 8, No. 3, pp 34 - 40

Ning Zheng and R.A. Wirtz (2002)  "Cylindrical Pin-Fin Fan-Sink Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop Correlations", IEEE Trans. Components and Packaging Technology, Vol. 25, pp. 15 - 22; also ASME/JSME Thermal Engineering Joint Conference Proceedings, paper AJTE99-6197, 1999.

R.A. Wirtz and Ning Zheng (1998) "Methodology for Predicting Pin-Fin Fan-Sink Performance", Proc. Sixth Intersociety Conference on Thermomechanical Phenomena in Electronic Systems, pps 303 – 309.

R.A. Wirtz, R. Sohal and H. Wang (1997)"Thermal Performance of Pin-Fin Fan-Sinks", ASME Journal Electronic Packaging, Vol. 119, pp. 26 – 31.

Misc. Topics

V.V. Ivanov, P.J. Laca, B.S. Bauer, R. Presuna, V.I. Sotnikov, A.L. Astanovitskiy, B. LeGalloudec, J. Glassman and R.A. Wirtz (2004) "Investigation of Plasma Evolution in a Coaxial Small-Gap Magnetically Insulated Transmission Line", IEEE Trans. on Plasma Sci, Vol. 32, #5, pp 1843 - 1848.

M. Greiner, P.F. Fischer, H. Tufo and R.A. Wirtz (2002) "Three-Dimensional Simulations of Enhanced Heat Transfer in a Flat Passage Downstream from a Grooved Channel" , ASME J. Heat Transfer, Vol. 124, pp. 169 - 176; also Paper NHTC2000-12083, ASME National Heat Transfer Conference, Pittsbourgh, August 19, 2000.

R.A. Wirtz, Feng Huang and Miles Greiner, (1999) "Correlations of Fully-Developed Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop in a Symmetrically Grooved Channel", ASME Journal of Heat Transfer, Vol. 121, pp. 236 - 239.

M. Greiner, S. Shin, R.J. Faulkner and R. A. Wirtz (1998) "Transport Package Response to Severe Thermal Events, Part I: Rail Package", RAMTRANS, Vol. 9, pp. 187 – 192

E. Wang, R. A. Wirtz and M. Greiner (1998) "Simulating Corporate Project Engineering for Freshmen", Proc. Frontiers in Education Conf., Nov. 1998

R.A. Wirtz, Feng Huang and Miles Greiner, (1997) "Measurements of Fully-Developed Augmented Convection in a Symmetrically Grooved Channel", Proc. ASME Heat Transfer Division, Vol. 3, pp. 29 – 35, .