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Bladimir Ramos-Alvarado

Associate Professor

Affiliation(s):

  • Mechanical Engineering

301D Reber Building

bzr52@psu.edu

814-865-7557

Personal or Departmental Website

Research Areas:

Computational and Experimental Fluid Dynamics; Interfaces and Surfaces; Multiscale and Multiphysics Modeling, Computational Analysis; Thermal/Fluid Sciences

Interest Areas:

Solid-liquid interfacial phenomena at the nanoscale (atomistic modeling of wettability, friction, and heat transfer), transport phenomena and electrochemistry in PEM fuel cells, active-liquid cooling of electronics, thermal characterization of microelectronics, CFD modeling.

 
 

 

Education

  • BS, Mechanical Engineering, University of Guanajuato, 2009
  • MS, Mechanical Engineering, University of Guanajuato, 2011
  • MS, Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2016
  • Ph D, Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2016

Publications

Journal Articles

  • Abdul Aziz Shuvo, Luis E. Paniagua-Guerra, Xiang Yang and Bladimir Ramos-Alvarado, 2024, "Hydrodynamic slip characteristics in shear-driven flow of nanoconfined water in carbon slits", The Journal of Chemical Physics, 160, pp. 194704
  • Zongguo Xue, Yunfei Yan, Chenghua Zhang, Yinxiang You and Bladimir Ramos-Alvarado, 2024, "Multi-objective optimization of a porous diverter plate for a liquid-cooled micro-jet heat sink via surrogate modeling", Case Studies in Thermal Emgineering, 56, (1)
  • Juan P Murrieta-Cortes, Luis E Paniagua-Guerra, Carlos Ulises Gonzalez-Valle, Alexander Rattner and Bladimir Ramos-Alvarado, 2024, "Liquid-cooled heat sink design methodology with technical and commercial viability considerations: case study of a partially 3-D printed prototype", Applied Thermal Engineering, 247, pp. 122933
  • Devon Eichfeld, Rinu Maniyara, Joshua Robinson, Brian Foley and Bladimir Ramos-Alvarado, 2023, "A novel approach to measuring local mechanical properties via photothermal excitation of an atomic force microscope probe using an optical pump-probe inspired design", AIP Advances, 13, (10), pp. 105035
  • Inseok Chae, Luis E. Paniagua-Guerra, Mica L. Pitcher, Roya Koshani, Mengxue Yuan, Yen-Ting Lin, Jongcheol Lee, Steven E. Perini, Amir Sheikhi, Bladimir Ramos-Alvarado, Michael T. Lanagan and Seong H. Kim, 2023, "Relaxation dynamics of water in the vicinity of cellulose nanocrystals", Cellulose
  • Zongguo Xue, Yunfei Yan, Chenghua Zhang, Yinxiang You and Bladimir Ramos-Alvarado, 2023, "Thermal-hydraulic performance analysis of a liquid-jet-cooled heat sink with a macroscopic porous flow diverter", Applied Thermal Engineering, 230, pp. 120654
  • Luis E. Paniagua-Guerra and Bladimir Ramos-Alvarado, 2023, "Thermal transport across flat and curved gold-water interfaces: assessing the effects of the interfacial modelling parameters", The Journal of Chemical Physics, 158, (1), pp. 134717
  • Carlos Perez, Daniel Talreja, Jeremy Kirch, Sean Zhang, Venkat Gopalan, Daniel Botez, Brian M Foley, Bladimir Ramos-Alvarado and Luke Mawst, 2023, "Time domain thermoreflectance measurements and phonon gas modeling of the thermal conductivity of silicon doped indium phosphide pertinent to quantum cascade lasers", APL Materials, 11, (1), pp. 041107
  • Devon Eichfeld, Weinan Chen, Ismaila Dabbo, Brian Foley and Bladimir Ramos-Alvarado, 2023, "Thermal rectification in thin film meta-lattice structures: a computational study", Journal of Applied Physics, 133, (1), pp. 115101
  • Abhijith Anandakrishnan, Bladimir Ramos-Alvarado, Sridhar Kumar Kannam and Sarith Sathian, 2023, "Effects of interfacial molecular mobility on thermal boundary conductance at solid-liquid interface", The Journal of Chemical Physics, 158, pp. 094710
  • Carlos Perez, Laleh Avazpour, M Eryilmaz, Venkat Gopalan, D Botez, Irena Knezevic, Bladimir Ramos-Alvarado, Brian Foley and Luke Mawst, 2022, "Incoherent-to-coherent crossover in thermal transport through II-V alloy superlatices", Applied Physics Letters, 121, pp. 232201
  • Luis E. Paniagua-Guerra, Mauricio Terrones and Bladimir Ramos-Alvarado, 2022, "Effects of moisture and synthesis-derived contaminants on the mechanical properties of graphene oxide: a molecular dynamics investigation", ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 14, (49), pp. 54924–54935
  • Joshua Aviles, Luis E. Paniagua-Guerra and Bladimir Ramos-Alvarado, 2022, "Liquid-cooled heat sink for multilevel inverters with considerations for heat spreading and manufacturability", Applied Thermal Engineering, 219, pp. 119588
  • Joshua Morse, Luis Enrique Paniagua-Guerra and Bladimir Ramos-Alvarado, 2022, "Technical and commercial viability assessment of liquid-cooled heat sinks for a circuit board with discrete heat loads", Applied Thermal Engineering, 210, pp. 118352
  • Carlos Ulises Gonzalez-Valle and Bladimir Ramos-Alvarado, 2021, "A molecular dynamics investigation on the effects of electrostatic forces on nanoscale thin film evaporation", International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 182, pp. 121981
  • Yiwen Song, Daniel Shoemaker, Jacob H Leach, Craig McGray, Hsien-Lien Huang, Arkka Bhattacharyya, Yingying Zhang, Carlos Ulises Gonzalez-Valle, Tina Hess, Sarit Zhukovsky, Bladimir Ramos-Alvarado, Brian Foley and Sukwon Choi, 2021, "Ga2O3-on-SiC composite wafer for thermal management of ultrawide bandgap electronics", ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 13, (34), pp. 40817–40829
  • Yiwen Song, Praneeth Ranga, Yingying Zhang, Zixuan Feng, Hsien-Lien Huang, Marco D Santia, Stefan C Badescu, Carlos Ulises Gonzalez-Valle, Carlos Perez, Kevin Ferri, Bladimir Ramos-Alvarado, Brian Foley and Sukwon Choi, 2021, "Thermal conductivity of $\beta$-phase Ga2O3 and (Al x Ga1--x) 2o3 heteroepitaxial thin films", ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 13, (32), pp. 38477–38490
  • Carlos Ulises Gonzalez-Valle and Bladimir Ramos-Alvarado, 2021, "Molecular dynamics simulations of wettability, thermal transport, and interfacial liquid structuring at the nanoscale in polar solid-liquid interfaces", ACS Applied Nano Materials, 4, (4), pp. 3831-3832
  • Luis Enrique Paniagua-Guerra, Carlos U Gonzalez-Valle and Bladimir Ramos-Alvarado, 2020, "Effects of the interfacial modeling approach on equilibrium calculations of slip length for nanoconfined water in carbon slits", Langmuir, 36, (48), pp. 14772–14781
  • Carlos Ulises Gonzalez-Valle, Seung Ho Hang, Murali Gopal Muraleedharan, Qiming Zhang, Adri van Duin and Bladimir Ramos-Alvarado, 2020, "Investigation into the atomistic scale mechanisms responsible for the enhanced dielectric response in the interfacial region of polymer nanocomposites", The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 124, (21), pp. 11558–11563
  • Luis E Paniagua-Guerra and Bladimir Ramos-Alvarado, 2020, "Efficient hybrid microjet liquid cooled heat sinks made of photopolymer resin: thermo-fluid characteristics and entropy generation analysis", International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 146, pp. 118844
  • Carlos Ulises Gonzalez-Valle, Saurabh Samir and Bladimir Ramos-Alvarado, 2020, "Experimental investigation of the cooling performance of 3-D printed hybrid water-cooled heat sinks", Applied Thermal Engineering, 168, pp. 114823
  • Bladimir Ramos-Alvarado, 2019, "Water wettability of graphene and graphite, calibration of solid-liquid interaction force fields, and insights from mean-field modelling", The Journal of Chemical Physics, 151, (11), pp. 114701
  • Carlos Ulises Gonzalez-Valle, Luis Enrique Paniagua-Guerra and Bladimir Ramos-Alvarado, 2019, "Implications of the interface modelling approach on the heat transfer across graphite-water interfaces", The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 123, (36), pp. 22311-22323
  • Luis E Paniagua-Guerra, Carlos U Gonzalez-Valle, Shitiz Sehgal and Bladimir Ramos-Alvarado, 2019, "Fractal channel manifolds for microjet liquid-cooled heat sinks", International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 138, pp. 257-266
  • Carlos Ulises Gonzalez-Valle and Bladimir Ramos-Alvarado, 2019, "Spectral mapping of thermal transport across SiC-water interfaces", International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 131, pp. 645-653
  • Carlos Ulises Gonzalez-Valle, Satish Kumar and Bladimir Ramos-Alvarado, 2018, "Heat transfer across SiC-water interfaces", ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 10, (34), pp. 29179-29186
  • Carlos Ulises Gonzalez-Valle, Satish Kumar and Bladimir Ramos-Alvarado, 2018, "Investigation on the wetting behavior of 3C-SiC surfaces: theory and modelling", The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 122, (13), pp. 7179-7186
  • Bladimir Ramos-Alvarado and Satish Kumar, 2017, "Spectral analysis of the heat flow across crystalline and amorphous Si-water interfaces", Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 121, (21), pp. 11380-11389
  • Bladimir Ramos-Alvarado, Satish Kumar and G. P. Peterson, 2016, "Hydrodynamic slip in silicon nanochannels", Physical Review E, 93, (3), pp. 033117
  • Bladimir Ramos-Alvarado, Satish Kumar and G. P. Peterson, 2016, "Hydrodynamic slip length as a surface property", Physical Review E, 93, (2), pp. 023101
  • Bladimir Ramos-Alvarado, Satish Kumar and G. P. Peterson, 2016, "On the wettability transparency of graphene-coated silicon surfaces", Journal of Chemical Physics, 144, (1), pp. 014701
  • Bladimir Ramos-Alvarado, Satish Kumar and G. P. Peterson, 2016, "Solid-liquid thermal transport and its relationship with wettability and the interfacial liquid structure", Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 7, (17), pp. 3497-3501
  • Bladimir Ramos-Alvarado, Satish Kumar and G. P. Peterson, 2016, "Wettability transparency and the quasiuniversal relationship between hydrodynamic slip and contact angle", Applied Physics Letters, 108, (7), pp. 074105
  • Bladimir Ramos-Alvarado, Satish Kumar and G. P. Peterson, 2015, "Wettability of graphitic-carbon and silicon surfaces: MD modeling and theoretical analysis", Journal of Chemical Physics, 143, (4), pp. 044703
  • Benjamin Giron-Palomares, Xin Fu, Abel Hernandez-Guerrero and Bladimir Ramos-Alvarado, 2014, "Evaluation of nonintrusive active infrared thermography technique to detect hidden solder ball defects on plastic ball grid array components", Journal of Electronic Packaging, 136, (3), pp. 8
  • Bladimir Ramos-Alvarado, Bo Feng and G. P. Peterson, 2013, "Comparison and optimization of single-phase liquid cooling devices for the heat dissipation of high-power LED arrays", Applied Thermal Engineering, 59, (1-2), pp. 648-659
  • Bladimir Ramos-Alvarado, Abel Hernandez-Guerrero and Michael W. Ellis, 2013, "Non-equilibrium two-phase model of the air-cathode of a PEM fuel cell based on GDL experimental water transport characteristics", Journal of Power Sources, 232, pp. 376-388
  • Bladimir Ramos-Alvarado, David Brown, Xiuping Chen, Bo Feng and G. P. Peterson, 2013, "On the assessment of voids in the thermal interface material on the thermal performance of a silicon chip package", Microelectronics Reliability, 53, (12), pp. 1987-1995
  • Daniel Lorenzini-Gutierrez, Abel Hernandez-Guerrero, Bladimir Ramos-Alvarado, Isaac Perez-Raya and Alejandro Alatorre-Ordaz, 2013, "Performance analysis of a proton exchange membrane fuel cell using tree-shaped designs for flow distribution", International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 38, (34), pp. 14750-14763
  • Bladimir Ramos-Alvarado, Joshua D. Sole, Abel Hernandez-Guerrero and Michael W. Ellis, 2012, "Experimental characterization of the water transport properties of PEM fuel cells diffusion media", Journal of Power Sources, 218, pp. 221-232
  • Bladimir Ramos-Alvarado, Abel Hernandez-Guerrero and V. H. Rangel-Hernandez, 2012, "Irreversibilities reduction of a flow distribution system by means of the EGM methodology", International Journal of Exergy, 10, (1), pp. 94-109
  • Bladimir Ramos-Alvarado, Abel Hernandez-Guerrero, Daniel Juarez-Robles and Peiwen Li, 2012, "Numerical investigation of the performance of symmetric flow distributors as flow channels for PEM fuel cells", International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 37, (1), pp. 436-448
  • Bladimir Ramos-Alvarado, Peiwen Li, Hong Liu and Abel Hernandez-Guerrero, 2011, "CFD study of liquid-cooled heat sinks with microchannel flow field configurations for electronics, fuel cells, and concentrated solar cells", Applied Thermal Engineering, 31, (14-15), pp. 2494-2507
  • Bladimir Ramos-Alvarado, Abel Hernandez-Guerrero, Francisco Elizalde-Blancas and Michael W. Ellis, 2011, "Constructal flow distributor as a bipolar plate for proton exchange membrane fuel cells", International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 36, (20), pp. 12965-12976
  • Daniel Juarez-Robles, Abel Hernandez-Guerrero, Bladimir Ramos-Alvarado, Francisco Elizalde-Blancas and Cesar E. Damian-Ascencio, 2011, "Multiple concentric spirals for the flow field of a proton exchange membrane fuel cell", Journal of Power Sources, 196, (19), pp. 8019-8030

Conference Proceedings

  • Luis Enrique Paniagua-Guerra and Bladimir Ramos-Alvarado, 2022, "Hydrodynamic slip length for water flow in carbon nanochannels", 2nd Conference on Micro Flow and Interfacial Phenomena (µFIP), Irvine, California, June 20–23, 2022, United States
  • Luis Enrique Paniagua-Guerra, Carlos Ulises Gonzalez-Valle and Bladimir Ramos-Alvarado, 2018, "Heat transfer across crystalline and amorphous silicon surfaces in contact with water and the effects of the interfacial liquid structuring", Proceedings of the International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, November 9-15, 2018., United States
  • Carlos Ulises Gonzalez-Valle and Bladimir Ramos-Alvarado, 2018, "Interfacial liquid layering at SiC-water interfaces and its effect on heat transfer", Proceedings of The Intersociety Conference on Thermal and Thermomechanical Phenomena in Electronic Systems, San Diego, California, May 29 – June 1, 2018, United States
  • Isaac Perez-Raya, Abel Hernandez-Guerrero, Francisco Elizalde-Blancas, Bladimir Ramos-Alvarado and Daniel Lorenzini-Gutierrez, 2012, "Combined flow fields (serpentine-interdigitated) for improvement of a PEMFC performance", Proceedings of the 11th Biennial Conference on Engineering Systems Design and Analysis ESDA 2012, Nantes, France, July 2-4, 2012, France
  • Daniel Lorenzini-Gutierrez, Abel Hernandez-Guerrero, Bladimir Ramos-Alvarado and Cuauhtemoc Rubio-Arana, 2011, "Numerical analysis of a PEM fuel cell performance using a tree-shaped vascular design for flow distribution", Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Efficiency, Cost, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems, Novi Sad, Serbia, July 4-7, 2011, Serbia
  • Bladimir Ramos-Alvarado, Peiwen Li, Abel Hernandez-Guerrero and Francisco Elizalde-Blancas, 2010, "CFD analysis of the heat dissipation of plates with novel flow fields for the cooling of electronic devices", Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Efficiency, Cost, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems, Lausanne, Switzerland, June 14-17, 2010, Switzerland
  • Daniel Juarez-Robles, Abel Hernandez-Guerrero, V.H. Rangel-Hernandez and Bladimir Ramos-Alvarado, 2010, "Multiple concentric spirals for the flow field of the PEMFC part 1: Performance comparison", Proceedings of the 5th International EGE Energy Symposium and Exhibition, Pamukkale University, Denizli, Turkey, June 27-30, 2010.
  • Bladimir Ramos-Alvarado, V.H. Ranger-Hernandez and Abel Hernandez-Guerrero, 2010, "Entropy generation analysis of a symmetric flow distributor", Ankara, Turkey, July 4-7, 2010
  • Daniel Juarez-Robles, Abel Hernandez-Guerrero, Bladimir Ramos-Alvarado and Cuauhtemoc Rubio-Arana, 2010, "Performance of a PEMFC with a variable cross section area flow field", Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Nuclear and Renewable Energy Resources, Ankara, Turkey, July 4-7, 2010
  • Bladimir Ramos-Alvarado, Peiwen Li, Hong Liu and Abel Hernandez-Guerrero, 2010, "CFD analysis of flow and heat transfer in a novel heat sink for electronic devices", Proceedings of the International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition - 2010, Vol 7, PTS A AND B, Vancouver, British Columbia, November 12-18, 2010, Canada, pp. 1589-1596
  • Bladimir Ramos-Alvarado, Abel Hernandez-Guerrero, Francisco Elizalde-Blancas and Cuauhtemoc Rubio-Arana, 2010, "Improving the performance of a PEMFC by means of achieving uniform flow distribution", Proceedings of the International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition - 2010, Vol 5, PTS A AND B, Vancouver, British Columbia, November 12-18, 2010., Canada, pp. 883-891
  • Bladimir Ramos-Alvarado, Abel Hernandez-Guerrero, Daniel Juarez-Robles and Cuauhtemoc Rubio-Arana, 2009, "Analysis of flow distribution in a symmetric bipolar plate for PEMFC", Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Efficiency, Cost, Optimization Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems, Parana, Brazil, August 31 - September 3, 2009, Brazil
  • Bladimir Ramos-Alvarado, Abel Hernandez-Guerrero, Daniel Juarez-Robles, Peiwen Li and J. C. Rubio-Arana, 2009, "Parametric study of a symmetric flow distributor", Proceedings of the International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition - 2009, Vol 9, PTS A-C, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, November 13-19, 2009, United States, pp. 883-889
  • Bladimir Ramos-Alvarado, Abel Hernandez-Guerrero, Daniel Juarez-Robles, Cuauhtemoc Rubio-Arana and Francisco Vital-Flores, 2009, "CFD analysis of a constructal flow distributor as a bipolar plate for PEMFCs", Proceedings of the International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition - 2009, VOL 6, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, November 13-19, 2009, United States, pp. 641-649

Abstracts

  • Bladimir Ramos-Alvarado, 2019, "Nanoscale wetting of carbon surfaces, insights of mean-field models, and the effects of interfacial modeling on heat transfer across solid-liquid interfaces", International Materials Research Congress, Materials Research Society
  • Bladimir Ramos-Alvarado, 2019, "Modeling interfacial affinity via wetting behavior and the implications on heat transfer across solid-liquid interfaces", 6th International Conference of Micro/Nanoscale Heat and Mass Transfer, American Society of Mechanical Engineers
  • Bladimir Ramos-Alvarado and Carlos Ulises Gonzalez-Valle, 2019, "Implications of the interface modelling approach on the heat transfer across solid-liquid interfaces", Summer Heat Transfer Conference, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
  • Carlos Ulises Gonzalez-Valle and Bladimir Ramos-Alvarado, 2018, "Heat transfer across 3C-SiC-water interfaces: interfacial affinity, liquid layering, and spectral properties"
  • Bladimir Ramos-Alvarado, 2018, "Interfacial liquid ordering dictates the behavior of energy and momentum transport at solid-liquid interface", 256th ACS Annual Meeting, American Chemical Society (ACS)

Research Projects

  • March 2023 - February 2026, "Solid-liquid Interactions and Interfacial Water Structuring Determine Slip and Drag in Turbulent Boundary Layer Flows," (Sponsor: National Science Foundation).
  • January 2024 - June 2025, "Spatiotemporal temperature control of nanoparticles via engineering of interfacial heat transfer and interfacial water properties," (Sponsor: Materials Research Institute at Penn State).
  • January 2022 - November 2024, "PPG-PSU Solid Lubricant Film Testing (NCMS Consortium, DoD Prime Award)," (Sponsor: PPG Industries [MP]).
  • May 2019 - October 2023, "REU Site: Scalable Nanomanufacturing of Complex Materials," (Sponsor: National Science Foundation).
  • August 2019 - July 2020, "Novel dielectric polymer nanocomposites with high energy storage capabilities," (Sponsor: Materials for Enhancing Energy and Environmental Stewardship at Penn State).
  • May 2018 - May 2019, "Theoretical study of novel dielectric nanocomposites," (Sponsor: The Institute for Cyber Science Seed Grant Program).

Honors and Awards

  • National Researcher Level 1, National Council on Science and Technology, Mexico, January 2022 - December 2024
  • ASME Top Instructor Award, ASME Student Chapter at Penn State, December 2022
  • National Researcher Level 1, National Council on Science and Technology, Mexico, January 2017 - December 2020
  • Sigma Xi Best PhD Dissertation Award at Georgia Tech, Sigma Xi, 2017
  • The Goizueta Foundation Fellowship, The Goizueta Foundation at Georgia Tech, 2014 - 2016
  • Scholarship for Outstanding Graduate Students Abroad, Mexican International Affairs Secretary, 2015 - 2016
  • Scholarship for the Formation of Young Researchers, University of Guanajuato, October 2010 - June 2011
  • National Graduate Studies Scholarship, National Council on Science and Technology, Mexico, 2009 - 2011
  • Scholarship for International Internships, University of Guanajuato, 2011
  • Mixed Scholarship for Graduate Studies, National Council on Science and Technology, Mexico, 2011
  • Youth Award, State Government of Guanajuato, 2011
  • Bicentennial Award, the Best of our Youth, State Government of Guanajuato, 2010
  • 1st place in the 5th Contest for Creativity and Innovation, University of Guanajuato and the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property, 2010
  • 1st place in the 12th District Contest of Technological Innovation, National Association of Universities and Institutes of Higher Education, 2010
  • Best Academic Trajectory Award, University of Guanajuato, December 2009
  • Undergraduate Research Scholarship, State Council on Science and Technology, Guanajuato, Mexico, 2009
  • National Award for Outstanding Engineering Graduates, National Association of Schools and Colleges of Engineering, Mexico, 2009
  • Academic Merit Award, University of Guanajuato, December 2008
  • Professional Service Scholarship, Mexican Education Secretary, 2008
  • National Undergraduate Scholarship PRONABES, Mexican Education Secretary, July 2004 - December 2008
  • Academic Merit Award, University of Guanajuato, December 2006
  • Academic Merit Award, University of Guanajuato, December 2005
  • Lucy and Charles Clarke W. E. Scholarship, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2005
  • Outstanding Academic Performance Scholarship, University of Guanajuato, 2005

Service

Service to Penn State:

  • Committee Work, Committee Member, Fostering respect for inclusion, equity, and non-discriminatory systems in mechanical engineering, January 2021 - August 2021
  • Committee Work, Committee Member, COE Research Computing Committee, June 2019
  • Committee Work, Chairperson, Penn State University, Heat Transfer Caucus, August 2017 - August 2023

Service to External Organizations:

  • Organizing Conferences and Service on Conference Committees, Organizer, Organizer, Engineering thermal transport in nanoscale materials: recent advances in nanoscale metrology and computationally-informed material development, January 2023 - August 2023
  • Organizing Conferences and Service on Conference Committees, Other, Session Chair, Session Chair, International Technical Conference on Packaging and Integration of Electronic and Photonic Microsystems Conference and Exhibition, InterPACK, May 2022 - October 2022
  • Organizing Conferences and Service on Conference Committees, Other, Organizer, Organizer, International Symposium on Interfacial Heat Transfer in Small Scale Systems: Solids, Liquids, Gases and their Interfaces, January 2021 - August 2021
  • Service to Governmental Agencies, Reviewer, Reviewer for the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program, National Science Foundation, December 2020 - January 2022
  • Organizing Conferences and Service on Conference Committees, Other, Session Co-Organizer, Session Co-Organizer, International Technical Conference on Packaging and Integration of Electronic and Photonic Microsystems Conference and Exhibition, InterPACK, October 2020 - October 2020
  • Organizing Conferences and Service on Conference Committees, Other, Session Chair, Session Chair, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Intersociety Thermal and Thermomechanical Conference (ITHERM) 2021, December 2020 - June 2021
  • Participation in or Service to Professional and Learned Societies, Reviewer, Reviewer for Fulbright-Nehru Postdoctoral Fellowships, United States-India Educational Foundation in India (USIEF), August 2019 - September 2019
  • Organizing Conferences and Service on Conference Committees, Other, Session Chair, Session Chair, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Intersociety Thermal and Thermomechanical Conference (ITHERM) 2017, June 2017
  • Organizing Conferences and Service on Conference Committees, Other, Session Chair, Session Chair, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Intersociety Thermal and Thermomechanical Conference (ITHERM) 2018, June 2018
  • Organizing Conferences and Service on Conference Committees, Other, Session Co-Organizer, Session Co-Organizer, International Technical Conference on Packaging and Integration of Electronic and Photonic Microsystems Conference and Exhibition, InterPACK, October 2019
  • Organizing Conferences and Service on Conference Committees, Other, Session Co-Organizer, Session Co-Organizer, 6th ASME International Conference of Micro/Nanoscale Heat and Mass Transfer, July 2019
 


 

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