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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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
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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 |
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Name: Wenming Li Email: wli327@gatech.edu Role: Postdoctoral Fellow, since May of 2019 Background: Dr. Wenming Li’s research mainly focuses on the thermal management of high power density electronics and microfluidics. Dr. Li has extensive research experience, especially in microchannel flow boiling. Dr. Li got his Master’s degree from the Huazhong University of Science and Technology in 2011. He then began his Ph.D. study at the University of South Carolina in the fall of 2013. He defended his Ph.D. thesis in June 2017. Before he joined METTL, he was a postdoc at Washington University in St. Louis, working on microfluidics. Research topics and involved projects: Dr. Li is currently working on the project titled “High power density compact drive integrated motor for electric transportation”, which is funded by ARPA-E. |
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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 |
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Doctoral Students
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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 |
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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://scholar.google.com/citations?user=4s2IeRsAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao |
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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 |
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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.
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MS Students
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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. |
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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). |
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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: |
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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 |
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Name: Tomás Moreno Email: tomas.moreno@gatech.edu Role: Graduate research intern, May of 2019 |
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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. |
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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/ |
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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. |
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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/ |
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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/ |
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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
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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 Yunhyeok Im – Visiting Scholar – Fall 2009 Qihong Nie – Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering – Fall 2008 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 Graham Nelson – M.S. in Mechanical Engineering – Summer 2007 Adam Whelan – M.S. in Mechanical Engineering – Summer 2007 David Gerlach – Postdoctoral Fellow – Summer 2007 Lee Coggins – M.S. in Mechanical Engineering – Spring 2007 Camil Ghiu – Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering – Spring 2007 Aniruddha Pal – Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering – Spring 2007 Prajesh Bhattacharya – Postdoctoral Fellow – Fall 2006 Jeff Rambo – Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering – Spring 2006 Siva Gurrum – Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering – Fall 2005 Nathan Rolander – M.S. in Mechanical Engineering – Fall 2005 Robert Wadell – M.S. in Mechanical Engineering – Summer 2005 Xiaojin Wei – Postdoctoral Fellow – Summer 2005 Scott Wilson – M.S. in Mechanical Engineering – Spring 2005 Cherif Ould Lahoucine – Postdoctoral Fellow – Fall 2004 Stephane Launay – Postdoctoral Fellow – Fall 2004 Qinghua Wang – Postdoctoral Fellow – Fall 2004 Juan Carlos Jakaboski – M.S. in Mechanical Engineering – Summer 2004 Blake Jakaboski – M.S. in Mechanical Engineering – Summer 2004 Jason Cook – M.S. in Mechanical Engineering – Summer 2004 Adya Ali – M.S. in Mechanical Engineering – Summer 2004 Sunil Murthy – Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering – Fall 2003 Przemyslaw Robert Kaczorowski – M.S. in Mechanical Engineering – Fall 2002 Dong Won Yoo – M.S. in Mechanical Engineering – Summer 2001 Lang Yuan – M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Spring 2001 Srikaran Kalahasti – M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Fall 2000 Deepak Gopinath – M.S. in Mechanical Engineering – Fall 2000 Chandrashekhar (Shekhar) Ramaswamy – Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering – Fall 1999 Lan Tang – Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering – Fall 1998 Vance Adams – Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering – Spring 1998 Enchao Yu – Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering – Fall 1996 Debabrata Pal – Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering – Spring 1996 Vikram Sheshadri – M.S. in Mechanical Engineering – Spring 1996 |