Background

Kemerli is a Research Engineer II in the Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering. His research focuses on novel materials for thermal management, including metal foams and cellular structures, as well as electronics cooling, data center thermal management, and molecular dynamics simulations. His current research focuses on electronics cooling and data center thermal management. 

Kemerli holds a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Trakya University (2020), where he specialized in flow and heat transfer in porous media. His background includes both computational and experimental thermal sciences, with experience in ANSYS, COMSOL, and LAMMPS, as well as extensive teaching and mentoring roles.

Publications

  • Kemerli, U., & Joshi, Y. (2025). Thermal Performance of Liquid-Cooled Metal Foams Attached Using Different Thermal Interface Materials. IEEE Transactions on Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology, 15(6), 1179–1188. https://doi.org/10.1109/TCPMT.2025.3561801
  • Kemerli, U., Günay, M. G., & Joshi, Y. (2025). CFD/HT Simulations and DNN Modelling of Conjugate Heat Transfer in Metal Foams. In Artificial Intelligence in Heat Transfer (pp. 63–107). CRC Press.
  • Günay, M. G., Kemerli, U., et al. (2023). Review of functionalized nanoporous membranes for desalination and water purification: MD simulations perspective. Environmental Research, 217, 114785.
  • Kemerli, U., & Kahveci, K. (2021). Forced convection in finned metal foams: The effects of porosity and effective thermal conductivity. International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 161, 106756.
  • Kemerli, U., & Kahveci, K. (2020). Conjugate forced convective heat transfer in a sandwich panel with a Kagome truss core: The effects of strut length and diameter. Applied Thermal Engineering, 167, 114794.