ILASS-2008 is the 21st Annual Conference on Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems, North and South America. As an organization, we’ve grown and developed since our very first meeting in Madison, Wisconsin in 1987. Like previous ILASS conferences, ILASS-2008 will provide a venue for industrialists, researchers, academics and students engaged in the scientific development and practice of atomization to meet and share recent developments in the field. Topical areas include theory and modeling of the liquid breakup process, and applications ranging from biological and agricultural sprays, to combustion systems and engines, to deposition processes and coating, to industrial sprays.

Topics Include :

• Instrumentation related to sprays for drop size, drop velocity and impact, drop

• concentration, patternation, film thickness, vapor concentration, etc.

• Modeling of flow phenomena inside and outside of atomizers, including CFD.

• Design, operation, and performance of liquid atomizers and spray systems.

• Transfer processes in which liquid sprays are used, such as in spray reactors,

• spray dryers, humidifiers, spray coating, spray combustion, fire suppression

• systems, agricultural applications, pressure back sprays for medical use, and

• atomization for metal powders and spray forming.

Events:

• Technical sessions at which state-of-the-art research and methods are presented

• Manufacturer's exhibits showing the latest instrumentation and hardware in the

• field

• Poster presentations displaying theory and results of work in progress

• Technical committee meetings enabling all participants to engage in specific

• topical discussions in areas of personal interest

• Banquet to be held at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex