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Prof. Vijay Modi
Professor
Mechanical Engineering

Earth Institute Affiliate:
Earth Engineering Center (EEC)

work: 212-854-2956
fax: 212-854-3304
e-mail1: modi@columbia.edu
Address:
240 Seeley W. Mudd
Mail Code: 4711
New York, NY 10027
Keywords: Energy Systems , Thermodynamics , Transport Modeling , Windpower
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User ID: 561
Last Modified: 02-03-2006
Projects:
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Sensors for Energy and Environment
Prof. Vijay Modi
Earth Institute Contact: Prof. Vijay Modi
Organization: Earth Engineering Center (EEC)
Locations: Earth

Sensors for Energy and Environment
Alan West

Earth Institute Contact: Prof. Vijay Modi
Organization: Earth Engineering Center (EEC)
Locations: Earth

Resource Recovery from solid wastes
Dr. Nickolas Themelis
Earth Institute Contact: Dr. Nickolas Themelis
Organization: Earth Engineering Center (EEC)
Locations: United States of America

The Millennium Villages Project
Dr. Pedro Sanchez
Earth Institute Contact: Dr. Pedro Sanchez
Organization: Tropical Agriculture Program
Locations: Africa, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Rwanda, Senegal, Tanzania, Uganda

Sensors for Energy and Environment
Alan West

Earth Institute Contact: Prof. Vijay Modi
Organization: Earth Engineering Center (EEC)
Locations: Earth

Scaling up Services in Rural India
Dr. Nirupam Bajpai
Earth Institute Contact: Prof. Jeffrey Sachs
Organization: Center on Globalization and Sustainable Development (CGSD)
Locations: India
Publications:
- "High Schmidt Mass Transfer Using Chapman-KuhnÕs Near Wall Coherent Structure Model,,"by Modi, V. , with Chen, M., Chen,Q. and Zhe, J., to appear in International Journal of Heat And Mass Transfer, 2001
- "High Schmidt Mass Transfer in a Turbulent Impinging Slot Jet Flow,,"by Modi, V. , with Chalupa R., Chen,M. and West, A., to appear in International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer,
- "Shear Measurements in Semi-confined Turbulent Impinging Slot Jet,,"by Modi, V. , with Zhe, J., , ASME Journal of Fluids Engineering, 2001
- "Testing institutional biomass cookstoves in rural Kenyan schools for the Millennium Villages Project,"by Modi, V. , with Adkins, J. , Peter Koinei, Jiehua Chen, Energy for Sustainable Development, in press, Winter 2010[Abstract]
- "Energy Services for the Millennium Development Goals,"by Modi, V. , with Susan McDade, Dominique Lallement,Jamal Saghir, The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/The World Bank and the United Nations Deve, 2005
- "The Impact of Geography on Energy Infrastructure Costs,"by Modi, V. , with AlexZvoleff, AyseSelin, Kocaman,Woonghee TimHuh , Energy Policy, 37(2009)4066–4078, 11 June 2009[Abstract]
- "National electricity planning in settingswithlowpre-existinggridcoverage: DevelopmentofaspatialmodelandcasestudyofKenya,"by Modi, V. , with Lily Parshall, Dana Palai, Shashank Mohan, Aly Sanoh, Energy Policy, in press, Winter 2010
- "Penetration of Solar Power without Storage,"by Modi, V. , with Nathan Stodola, Winter 2010[Abstract]
- "Off-grid energy services for the poor: Introducing LED lighting in the Millennium Villages Project in Malawi,"by Modi, V. , with Adkins, J. , SandyEapen, Flora Kaluwile Gautam Nair, Energy Policy, in press, Winter 2010
- "Field testing and survey evaluation of household biomass cookstoves in rural sub-Saharan Africa,"by Modi, V. , with Adkins, J. , Jin Wang, Erika Tyler, David Siriri, Energy for Sustainable Development, 14: 172–185, 2010[Abstract]
- "Costing for National Electricity Interventions to Increase Access to Energy, Health Services, and Education:A Report to the World Bank by the Agence Sénégalaise d’Electrification Rurale (ASER) and the Energy Group, Columbia Earth Institute,"by Modi, V. , August 15, 2007
- "Improving Electricity Services in Rural India,"by Modi, V. , The Earth Institute, Center on Globalization and Sustainable Development, CGSD Working Paper No. 30, December 2005[Abstract]
- "The African Millennium Villages,"by Teklehaimanot, A. , with Denning, G. L., Modi, V. , Niang, A. , Palm, C. , Sachs, J. D., Sachs, S. E., Sanchez, P. , National Academy of Sciences, vol. 104 , no. 49 , pps. 19655–19656, December 4, 2007[Abstract]
- "Durability testing modified compressoin ignition engines fueled with straight plant oil,"by Lackner, K. S., with Modi, V. , T. Reding, F.S. Rodriguez-Sanchez, Energy, Volume 35, Issue 8, Pages 3204-3220, August 2010


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