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METTL

Georgia Tech - Mechanical Engineering

People

Principal Investigator

Prof. Yogendra Joshi

John M. McKenney and Warren D. Shiver Distinguished Chair in Building Mechanical Systems

Contact Information:
Love Manufacturing Building, Room 338
Email: yogendra.joshi@me.gatech.edu
T: 404.385.2810
F: 404.894.8496

Research Areas: Heat Transfer, Combustion, and Energy Systems and Micro and Nano Engineering; Thermofluid issues in emerging technologies and microthermal systems

Background

Prior to joining the Georgia Tech faculty in 2001 as a Professor, Dr. Joshi held academic positions at the University of Maryland, College Park, and the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California. He also worked in the semiconductor assembly industry on process thermal model development. He was named to the McKenney/Shiver Chair in 2004.

    Research Engineers

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    Daniel Lorenzini

    lorenzini@gatech.edu | Resume/CV | Research

    Daniel Lorenzini received his BS and MS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Guanajuato, Mexico (Summa Cum Laude Honors). He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 2019. He has been a research intern at the University of Texas at Dallas and Rochester Institute of Technology. His interests include applied research, product thermal/structural design, simulation, manufacturing, testing, and optimization. Experienced in the analysis and design of cooling solutions (single-phase and phase-change), with a focus on microfluidic systems for thermal management of high-power electronics.

    Postdoctoral Fellows

    Name: Ubade Kemerli

    Email: ubade.kemerli@me.gatech.edu

    Role: Postdoctoral Researcher, since August of 2021

    Background: Dr. Kemerli’s research focuses on periodic cellular metals and metal foams’ fluid flow and heat transfer characteristics. He has received a Ph.D. and Master of Science, and a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Trakya University, Türkiye. His research interests are convective heat transfer, electronics cooling, and molecular dynamics simulations.

    Resume and Google Citation link/LinkedIn:

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/ubade-kemerli-a263a376/

    https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=04XQksQAAAAJ&hl=tr&oi=ao

    https://personel-en.trakya.edu.tr/ubadekemerli

    Name: Arash Nayebzadeh

    Email: anayebzadeh3@gatech.edu

    Role: Postdoctoral Fellow, since December 2019.

    Background: Dr. Arash Nayebzadeh’s research focus is on the thermal management of electric/hybrid vehicle power electronics. He received a Ph.D. and a Master degree in Mechanical Engineering from University of Central Florida. Prior to that, he obtained his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from Amirkabir University of Technology and Sharif University of Technology, respectively.  His research interests are single/two-phase fluid flow and heat transfer at conventional and diminishing length scales.

    Resume and Google Citation link/LinkedIn

    https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=-JYWlj4AAAAJ&hl=en

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/arash-nayebzadeh/

      Name: Smreeti Dahariya
    Email: smreetid@ksu.edu
    Role: Postdoctoral Fellow, since Feb. of 2020Background: N/A

    Doctoral Students

     

    Name: Justin Broughton

    Email: justin.d.broughton@gatech.edu

    Role: Graduate research assistant (Fall 2016 – present)

    Background: Justin Broughton’s current research is the thermal management of next-gen automotive power electronics using additively manufactured foam-type structures with both single-phase and boiling flows.  He got his BS from Vanderbilt University in the spring of 2016, where he graduated magna cum laude with a minor in materials science.

    Research topics and involved projects:

    Justin Broughton is currently working on the project “High power density compact drive integrated motor for electric transportation” (funded by ARPA-E).

    Resume and Google Citation link/LinkedIn

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/justindbroughton/

    Name: Shuv Dey

    Email: sdey37@gatech.edu

    Role: Graduate Research Assistant (since January 2018)

    Background: Shuv received his BS in Mechanical Engineering in 2018 from Georgia Tech, where he graduated magna cum laude. He joined METTL in the spring of 2018 as an undergraduate, and matriculated into the graduate program where his current research is in the modeling and measurement of urban thermal environments.

    Resume and Google Citation link/LinkedIn:

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/shuv-dey-015957b6/

    https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=4s2IeRsAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

    Name: Ahmet Mete Muslu

    Email: metemuslu@gatech.edu

    Role: Ph.D. Student Since January 2020

    Background: Ahmet Mete Muslu’s research mainly focuses on integrated thermal management in SiC-based drive inverters for next-gen electric vehicles. Mete has received a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering in January 2020 and a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering in June 2018 from Ozyegin University, Turkey. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering.

    Resume and Google Citation link/LinkedIn:

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/mete-muslu-b63541a0/

    https://scholar.google.com.tr/citations?user=2j45TKIAAAAJ&hl=tr

    Name: Ammar Osman
     
    Email: aosman30@gatech.edu
     
    Role: Graduate Research Assistant since Fall 2019
     
    Background: Ammar received his B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from Menoufia University in Egypt. He was awarded the Fulbright Scholarship to continue his graduate studies at Georgia Tech in 2019. He completed his Master’s degree in Spring 2021 and then started his Ph.D. in Fall 2021. The focus of his Master’s was the study of single-phase jet impingement for the cooling of high-heat-flux power electronics. During his Ph.D., he will focus on understanding two-phase boiling at different length scales through experimental and numerical studies.
     
    LinkedIn:
    www.linkedin.com/in/ammar-osman30
     

    MS Students

    Name: Jeho Kim

    Email: jkim784@gatech.edu

    Role: Master’s degree candidate, since Jan of 2018

    Background: Jeho Kim is a second-year graduate student at Georgia Institute of Technology where he is pursuing in the Master of Science degree in mechanical engineering. He has been a part of collaborative research between Georgia Institute of Technology and Manufacturing Resources International (MRI) since January of 2018 which focuses on the use of Computational Fluid Dynamics software on MRI’s product. Jeho has published two conference papers regarding the work done on the thermal modeling of outdoor digital displays and plans to conclude his work with a cumulative thesis by the end of 2019.

    Research topics and involved projects: Currently, Jeho is involved in collaborative research between Georgia Institute of Technology and Manufacturing Resources International. The progress so far has been on creating a thermal model of outdoor digital displays using computational fluid dynamics and heat transfer program. Jeho is working towards setting up a thermo-mechanical model for the same product for a more realistic simulation.

    Name: Joon Woo Kim

    Email: jkim3375@gatech.edu

    Role: MS Student Since 2018

    Background: Joon’s researches mainly focus on thermal management of high power density of electronics and microfluidics. His research interests include multi-scale two-phase heat transfer systems. Prior to joining Professor Joshi’s lab, Microelectronics & Emerging Technologies Thermal Laboratory (METTL) at Georgia Tech, Joon received his Undergraduate degree from the University of Missouri – Columbia and a Master’s Degree from University of California-Berkeley.

    Research topics and involved projects:

    Currently, Joon is working in a project titled “High power density compact drive integrated motor for electric transportation”, which is funded by the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E).

    Name:  Lydia Mele

    Email: lmele3@gatech.edu

    Role: Graduate Research Assistant

    Background:  Lydia graduated in May 2019 with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Tech. She is now pursuing her master’s degree in ME and will be focusing on heat transfer and manufacturing. During her undergrad, she worked with ASDL to research thermal models for resilient space habitats.  Lydia is from Sugar Hill, GA and is Vice President of the Georgia Tech Barbell Club.

    Research topics and involved projects: Currently, Lydia will be working on researching manufacturing vapor chambers.

    Resume and Linkedin:

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/lydia-mele/

    Name:  Nikhil Damle

    Email: npdamle@gatech.edu

    Role: Master’s Student, since August of 2018

    Background: Nikhil is working on the designing and testing of polymeric wicks with active and passive pumping for electronics and electric machines. He received his Bachelor’s in Manufacturing Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur in 2018 where he received the Institute Silver Medal was graduating top his class. He has prior research experience in the domain of Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer from his projects and internships at IIT Kharagpur, the Indian Institute of Science and the National University of Singapore.

    Research topics and involved projects:

    Nikhil is working on the project titled “High power density compact drive integrated motor for electric transportation”, which is funded by ARPA-E.

    Resume and Google Citation link/LinkedIn

    www.linkedin.com/in/nikhildamle

    Name: Tomás Moreno

    Email: tomas.moreno@gatech.edu

    Role: Graduate research intern,  May of 2019

    Name:  Dhaval Patel

    Email: dpatel421@gatech.edu

    Role: Graduate Research Assistant

    Dhaval Patel is currently studying the thermal management of data centers.  His current research is looking into experimental validation of data-driven modeling of temperature in data centers and the deployment of autonomous drones for temperature measurement in data centers.  Dhaval obtained his Bachelor of Science in Nuclear Engineering at the University of Florida and subsequently came to the Georgia Institute of Technology to pursue a Master’s of Science in the Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering.

    Research topics and involved topics:

    Dhaval is working on experimentally validating data-driven modeling in the CEETHERM lab at Georgia Tech.

    Name:  Sebastien Sequeira

    Email: ssequeira9@gatech.edu

    Role: Graduate Research Assistant

    Background:  Sebastien is a graduate student pursuing a master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Tech. He started studying at Georgia Tech in August 2018 after pursuing a Master’s degree in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at Arts et Metiers ParisTech, a French Engineering School.

    Research topics and involved projects: Currently, Sebastien will be working on Electric Motor Modeling regarding Thermal Management Optimization for Performance Benefits.

    Resume and Linkedin

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/s%C3%A9bastien-sequeira-839445133/

    Name: Ryan Reinhold Smith

    Email: rsmith475@gatech.edu

    Role: Graduate Research Assistant

    Background: Ryan graduated summa cum laude from Auburn University in 2020 with a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering and is currently an MSME student at Georgia Tech.

    Research topics and involved projects: Ryan Smith studies heat transfer and energy systems, as well as electric motors with high power density for e-aviation. His work is involved in developing evaporative-cooled motors with microfluidic wicking slot liner material.

    Name:  Amol Paranjape

    Email: aparanjape7@gatech.edu

    Role: Graduate Research Assistant

    Background:  Amol is a graduate student pursuing a Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Tech. He started studying at Georgia Tech in August 2021 after pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY. Amol is from Singapore, and served in the Singapore Armed Forces (2015-2017), achieving the rank of Corporal.

    Research topics and involved projects: Amol is working on direct and end-winding cooling solutions for thermal management of electric vehicle motors in collaboration with DOE and NREL.

    Resume and Linkedin:

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/amol-paranjape/

    Name:  Akshith Narayanan

    Email: anarayanan40@gatech.edu

    Role: Graduate Research Assistant

    Background: Akshith is a graduate student pursuing a Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Tech. He started studying at Georgia Tech in August 2021 after completing a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering at Manipal Institute of Technology, India.

    Research topics and involved projects: Akshith is working on development of a full-fledged solution for thermal management of electric vehicle inverters in collaboration with DOE and NREL.

    Resume and Linkedin:

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/akshith-narayanan/

    Name:  Michael Ayers

     

    E-mail: mayers33@gatech.edu

    Role: Graduate Research Assistant

    Background: Michael is a graduate student pursing a master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Tech, starting in the fall of 2021. He received his Bachelor’s in Mechanical Engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology in 2015. After graduating he worked in the nuclear power industry, where he performed safety analyses and penned regulatory compliance reports. He then worked in a research and development lab in defense, where he primarily focused on the design and manufacture of test equipment.

    Research topics and involved projects: Michael is currently working on developing correlations for gasket sealing effectiveness for low ambient pressure compartments of electronics packages.

    Resume and LinkedIn:

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/mayers7/

    Outdoor activities

    Spring term lunch of 2022

    Christmas lunch of 2019

    Alumni

    Xuefei Han – Ph.D. – Fall 2016

    Daniel Gaddes – M.S. – Summer 2016

    Rehan Khalid – M.S. – Summer 2016

    Seungho Mok – M.S. – Summer 2016

    Zhimin Wan – Ph.D. – Spring 2016

    Thomas Sherer II – M.S. – Spring 2015

    Yunji Gu – M.S. – Spring 2015

    Ashish Sinha – Ph.D.

    Ethan Cruz – Ph.D

    Banafsheh Barabadi – Ph.D.

    Aravind Sathyanarayana – Ph.D.

    Rhajat Ghosh  – Ph.D.

    Andrew McNamara – Ph.D.

    Steven Isaacs – M.S.

    Ludovic Burton – M.S.

    Carter Dietz – M.S.

    Daniel Gempesaw – Ph.D.

    Craig Green – Ph.D.

    Reza Khiabani – Ph.D.

    Shankar Narayanan – Ph.D

    Vivek Sahu – Ph.D

    Joshua Sharp – M.S.

    Jason Liang Gong – Visiting Scholar – Spring 2010

    Krishna Kota– Postdoctoral Fellow – Summer 2010
    [Employed by Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs, Murray Hill, NJ]

    Yunhyeok Im – Visiting Scholar – Fall 2009
    [Employed by Samsung Electronics, South Korea]

    Qihong Nie – Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering – Fall 2008
    [Employed by Intel Corporation]

    Ankit Somani – M.S. in Mechanical Engineering – Fall 2008

    Shawn Shields – M.S. in Mechanical Engineering – Fall 2008

    Richard Renqiang Xiong – Postdoctoral Fellow – Spring 2008
    [Employed by Microfluidics Corporation, Newton, MA]

    Graham Nelson – M.S. in Mechanical Engineering – Summer 2007

    Adam Whelan – M.S. in Mechanical Engineering – Summer 2007
    [Employed by Raytheon Defense Systems in Albuquerque, NM]

    David Gerlach – Postdoctoral Fellow – Summer 2007
    [Employed by United Technologies Research Center, East Hartford, CT]

    Lee Coggins – M.S. in Mechanical Engineering – Spring 2007
    [Employed by GE Energy, Atlanta, GA]

    Camil Ghiu – Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering – Spring 2007

    Aniruddha Pal – Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering – Spring 2007
    [Employed by Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA]

    Prajesh Bhattacharya – Postdoctoral Fellow – Fall 2006
    [Employed by OSIsoft, San Leandro, CA]

    Jeff Rambo – Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering – Spring 2006
    [Employed by Shell, Houston, TX]

    Siva Gurrum – Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering – Fall 2005
    [Employed by Texas Instruments, Dallas, TX]

    Nathan Rolander – M.S. in Mechanical Engineering – Fall 2005
    [Employed by The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD]

    Robert Wadell – M.S. in Mechanical Engineering – Summer 2005
    [Employed by Intel Corporation, Folsom, CA]

    Xiaojin Wei – Postdoctoral Fellow – Summer 2005
    [Employed by IBM, Fishkill, NY]

    Scott Wilson – M.S. in Mechanical Engineering – Spring 2005
    [Employed by Delphi]

    Cherif Ould Lahoucine – Postdoctoral Fellow – Fall 2004

    Stephane Launay – Postdoctoral Fellow – Fall 2004
    [Employed by the Energetic Laboratory at Paul Sabatier University, Toulouse, France]

    Qinghua Wang – Postdoctoral Fellow – Fall 2004

    Juan Carlos Jakaboski – M.S. in Mechanical Engineering – Summer 2004
    [Employed by Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM]

    Blake Jakaboski – M.S. in Mechanical Engineering – Summer 2004
    [Employed by Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM]

    Jason Cook – M.S. in Mechanical Engineering – Summer 2004
    [Employed by Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM]

    Adya Ali – M.S. in Mechanical Engineering – Summer 2004
    [Employed by Florida Power and Light]

    Sunil Murthy – Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering – Fall 2003
    [Employed by General Electric Welsh Center, Bangalore, India]

    Przemyslaw Robert Kaczorowski – M.S. in Mechanical Engineering – Fall 2002
    [Employed by US Navy Reserve]

    Dong Won Yoo – M.S. in Mechanical Engineering – Summer 2001
    [Employed by L.G. Electronics, Korea]

    Lang Yuan – M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Spring 2001
    [Employed by Fujitsu, USA]

    Srikaran Kalahasti – M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Fall 2000
    [Employed by General Motors, Detroit, MI]

    Deepak Gopinath – M.S. in Mechanical Engineering – Fall 2000
    [Employed by General Motors, Detroit, MI]

    Chandrashekhar (Shekhar) Ramaswamy – Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering – Fall 1999
    [Employed by IBM, Fishkill, NY]

    Lan Tang – Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering – Fall 1998
    [Employed by Fore Systems Corp., PA]

    Vance Adams – Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering – Spring 1998
    [Employed by Motorola Inc., TX]

    Enchao Yu – Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering – Fall 1996
    [Employed by CFD Research Corp., Huntsville, AL]

    Debabrata Pal – Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering – Spring 1996
    [Employed by Motorola Inc., IL]

    Vikram Sheshadri – M.S. in Mechanical Engineering – Spring 1996
    [Employed by National Semiconductor, CA]

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