Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Professor, Applied Physics
Address
3444 GGB
2350 Hayward, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
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
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
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