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Assistant Professor Zhiting Tian has recently received both the NSF Faculty Early Career Development ( CAREER ) Award , and an Office of Naval Research Young Investigator award . Her NSF project deals with thermal modeling of hierarchical structures spanning the nano- , meso- , and macro-scales . Her ONR research will help enable the design of ultralow thermal interface resistance for efficient cooling of electronics . Read more at VTNews .
Assistant Professor Diana Bairaktarova of engineering education ( PI ) and Associate Professor Scott Huxtable of mechanical engineering ( co-PI ) were recently awarded $ 338,798 to examine the impact of mechanical objects in students ' learning of thermodynamics-related engineering problems .
Assistant Professor Xiaoyu “ Rayne ” Zheng , has been awarded an early-career award from the U . S . Air Force Office of Scientific Research for his work developing ultralight , super-elastic and flexible inorganic metamaterials for future flight structures .
Read more at VTNews .
George R . Goodson Professor |
Performance in Power Plants , |
Ranga Pitchumani has been |
will enhance heat transfer |
awarded more than $ 900,000 |
and could lead to new , industrially |
by the Department of Energy |
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fabrication . |
thermoelectric power plant performance through novel surface designs . |
Major gains in system efficiency , plant performance , energy savings , and reduced |
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