Lectures and Seminars
LECTURES AND SEMINAR PRESENTATIONS:
“Microgravity Opposed Flow Flame Spread in Polyvinyl Chloride Tubes” by Sidebotham, GW and Sandra Olson (NASA-Glenn). Paper presented at the 2006 Spring Technical Meeting of the Central States Section of the Combustion Institute. Cleveland, OH. May 21-23, 2006.
“Opposed Flow Flame Spread in EndoTracheal Tubes (OFFSETT)”, Professional Development Seminar presented at ATK-GASL, Lake Ronkonkoma, NY May 20, 2004.
“Opposed Flow Flame Spread in EndoTracheal Tubes: Final Results”, Lecture presented to the Microgravity Science Division of the NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland ,Ohio. August 8, 2003.
“OFFSETT: Background to Endotracheal Tube Fire Problem”, Lecture presented to the Microgravity Science Division of the NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland ,Ohio. July 11, 2003.
“Creating a Learning Environment for Entrepreneurship”, Invited Lecture given to the Faculty and Staff of the Cooper Union, February 18, 2003.
“Physics Applied to Anesthesia, Part 2.” Invited lecture at the Long Island College Hospital, Brooklyn, NY, January 2000.
“Physics Applied to Anesthesia.” Invited Lecture at the SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, October 28, 1999.
“Combustion Science for Anesthesiologists.”Panel Discussion at the1999 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, Dallas, October 13, 1999.
"Explosion Hazard during Nitrous Oxide Anesthesia in Intraabdominal Surgery." Fried, E., Wolf, G.L., Sidebotham, G.W., Cohen, D., Cantelmi, F., poster session presented at the 1995 annual meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, Atlanta, October 21-25, 1995.
"Nitrous Oxide Anesthesia Creates Flammable Intestinal Gases." Sidebotham, G.W., Cantelmi, F., Stoffa, D., Wolf, G.L., Fried, E., presented at the 1995 Fall Technical Meeting of the Eastern States Section of the Combustion Institute, Worcester, Mass., October 16-18, 1995.
"A Test Method for Measuring the Minimum Oxygen Concentration to Support an Intraluminal Flame." Presented at the Sixth International Symposium on Flammability and Sensitivity of Materials in Oxygen-Enriched Atmospheres, Noordwijk, The Netherlands, May 11, 1993.
"Combustion Science Related to Airway Fires." Panel Discussion, presented at the 1992 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, New Orleans, October 21, 1992.
"Tracheal Tube Fires during Surgery: The Flashback Model of Opposed Flow Flame Spread." Combustion and Fire Research Series, University of Kentucky, August 21, 1991.
"Pyrolysis Zone Structure of Allene, 1,3 Butadiene and Benzene Laminar Co-Flowing Diffusion Flames." G.W. Sidebotham, K. Saito and I. Glassman. Presented at the Second International Congress on Toxic Combustion By-Products: Formation and Control, March 1991.
"Endotracheal Tube Fires; a Flame Spread Phenomena." G.W. Sidebotham, G.L. Wolf, J. Stern and R. Aftel. Flammability and Sensitivity of Materials in Oxygen-Enriched Atmospheres: Fifth Volume, ASTM STP 1111, Joel M. Stoltzfus, editor, American Society for Testing and Materials, Philadelphia, 1991.
"Operating Room Fire Hazards during Laser Surgery." Invited lecture for the Society of Physics Students, New York University. November 14, 1990.
"Combustion Mechanisms in Endotracheal Tube Fires." Presented at the ASTM F-29 Laser Tracheal Tubes Subcommittee Workshop, Fire hazards related to Airway Devices for Laser Surgery, ASTM Headquarters, Philadelphia, PA, June 7, 1990.
"A Preliminary Investigation of Flame Spread in Endotracheal Tubes." G.W. Sidebotham and G.L. Wolf, M.D., Presented at the 1989 Fall Technical Meeting of the Eastern States Section of the Combustion Institute.
"Thermal NOx Reduction in Gas Turbines; Where Will the Technology Go?" Presentation at CEES for visitors from Institute for High Temperatures, Moscow. March, 1988.
"Preliminary Report on NOx and Cogeneration in New Jersey." Presentation to fellow members of the New Jersey Energy Conservation Laboratory; Princeton University. October, 1988.
"An Inverse Co-Flow Approach to Sooting Laminar Diffusion Flames." Final Public Oral Examination; Princeton University, February, 1988.
"Soot Formation in Laminar Diffusion Flames." seminar presented at the Exxon Research Center; Linden, NJ. July, 1988.
"An Experimental Investigation of Benzene, Allene and 1,3 Butadiene Co-Flowing Laminar Diffusion Flames." presented at the 1987 Spring Technical Meeting of the Central States Section of the Combustion Institute; Chicago, Illinois. March, 1987.
"Pollutant Formation Fundamentals" Invited lecture for MAE 221 (Thermodynamics); Princeton University. November, 1987.
"Soot Formation from Mobile Sources." Invited lecture for MAE 427 (Mobile Power Plants); Princeton University. November, 1987.
"Structure of Near and Slightly Sooting Inverse Diffusion Flames." presented at the 1986 Fall Technical Meeting of the Eastern States Section of the Combustion Institute; San Juan, Puerto Rico. December, 1986.
"Soot Formation from Mobile Sources." Invited lecture for MAE 427 (Mobile Power Plants); Princeton University. November, 1986.
"Soot Formation in Laminar Diffusion Flames." seminar presented at the University of Ohio; Athens, Ohio. June, 1986.
"Sooting Behavior of Benzene and 1-Hexene Mixtures in Laminar Diffusion Flames." presented at the 1984 Fall Technical Meeting of the Eastern States Section of the Combustion Institute; Clearwater Beach, Florida. December, 1984.
"Sooting Behavior of Cyclic Hydrocarbons in Laminar Diffusion Flames." presented at the 1983 Fall Technical Meeting of the Eastern States Section of the Combustion Institute; Providence, RI. November, 1983.