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Massoud Kaviany

Massoud Kaviany

Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Professor, Applied Physics

Heat Transfer Physics

Address

3444 GGB
2350 Hayward, Ann Arbor, MI 48109

Email: kaviany@umich.edu
Phone: (734) 936-0402

Degrees

Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of California-Berkeley, 1979
M.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois-Chicago, 1974
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois-Chicago, 1973

Research Interests

Heat Transfer Physics: efficient and innovative energy transport and conversion (transformation) through atomic tailoring of the principal energy carriers (phonon, electron, fluid particle, and photon). Current energy-related projects include thermoelectricity, phonoelectricity, thermal switch, and multidimensional wicks for record conductance and heat flux.

Research Areas

Energy, Thermal Sciences

Honors & Awards

  • Monroe-Brown Foundation Research Excellence Award, College of Engineering, University of Michigan, 2018-19
  • ASME Heat Transfer Division 75th Anniversary Medal, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2013
  • Fellow, American Physical Society, 2011
  • James Harry Potter Gold Medal, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2010
  • Hawkins Memorial Lecture Series (Heat Transfer), Purdue University, 2005
  • Education Excellence Award, College of Engineering, University of Michigan, 2003
  • Heat Transfer Memorial Award (Science), American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2002
  • Teaching Incentive Program Award, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, 1999, 2000
  • Research Excellence Award, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, 1994
  • Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1992

Faculty Type

Tenured and Tenure-Track

Related News

Kaviany Receives ASME Gold Medal
05/27/2010
This award recognizes distinguished achievement and service in the science of thermodynamics in mechanical engineering.

UM Chapter of Pi Tau Sigma Recognized for Excellence
12/06/2007