Members of the STSL
Current Ph.D. Students
Ph.D. student (Fall 2006-Present)
Thermally Driven Absorption Systems with Binary Fluid Heat and Mass Transfer Phenomena at the Microscales
B. Tech. Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, 2006
Ph.D. student (Spring 2007-Present)
Passive thermal management of spirally-wound lithium-ion batteries using in situ microchannel phase change
Modine Manufacturing Company (09/2002-03/2005), Product Development Engineer, Fuel Cell Products Group
Modine Manufacturing Company (03/2005-11/2006), Sr. Research Engineer, Advanced Products Research, Responsible for design, fabrication, and testing of advanced concept heat exchangers and associated systems for the fuel cell, hydrogen production, HVAC, electronics cooling, automotive, truck, and off-highway industries
M.S. Mechanical Engineering, Iowa State University, 2002
Heat transfer in microchannel geometries during condensation of R134a
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Iowa State University, 1999
Ph.D. student (Fall 2007-Present)
Void Fraction, Pressure Drop and Heat Transfer During High Single- and Multi-Component Refrigerant Phase-Change
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Union College, 2007
Ph.D. student (Fall 2008-Present)
Two-Phase Flow in Ejectors for Refrigeration Technology
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of California Berkeley, 2008
Ph.D. student (Fall 2008-Present)
Falling-Film Evaporation Hydrodynamics and Heat transfer for MW-Scale Energy Systems
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Marquette University, 2008
Ph.D. student (Fall 2008-Present)
Desorption and Rectification of Binary Fluid Mixtures in Microscale Geometries
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2008
Ph.D. student (Fall 2008-Present)
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Dayton, 2008
Ph.D. student (Fall 2008-Present)
Miniaturized Passive Adsorption Heat Pumps
M.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Dayton, 2008
Quasi-One-Dimensional Materials for Thermoelectrics Applications
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Dayton, 2007
Ph.D. student (Winter 2009-Present)
Heat transfer and pressure drop during condensation of carbon dioxide at the Microscales
Carrier Corporation (08/2007-12/2008), Supported new product development through component design and development, coordination and execution of performance and reliability qualification tests
M.S. Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2007
Modeling and Testing of Water-Coupled Microchannel Gas Coolers for Natural Refrigerant Heat Pumps
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Penn State, 2005
Ph.D. student (Fall 2009-Present)
Miniaturized, Passive, Low-Grade Thermal-Energy-Driven Cooling Systems
B.S.E. Mechanical Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, 2009
Ph.D. student (Fall 2009-Present)
Engine Waste-Heat-Driven Compact Cooling, Heating, and Power Systems
B.S.E. Mechanical Engineering, Union College, 2009