CHARACTERISTICS OF BUBBLE BEHAVIOR IN MICROGRAVITY CONDITIONS Thilanka Munasinghe Thesis submitted to the College of Engineering at West Virginia University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering Dr. John Kuhlman, PhD, Committee Chair Dr. Patrick Browning, PhD Dr. Christopher Griffin, PhD Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Morgantown, West Virginia Spring 2016 Keywords: Microgravity, Pool Boiling Copyright 2016 West Virginia University