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JORGE L. ALVARADO, Ph.D, P.E. E-mail: Jorge.alvarado@tamu.edu Website: http://etidweb.tamu.edu/faculty/alvarado/Index.htm

EDUCATION Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL, 2004. M.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL, 1999. B.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez, 1991. PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS:

Associate Professor, Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution at Texas A&M University; September 2010 – Present (joint-appointment in Department of Mechanical Engineering, starting April 2007)

o Technical Director of R.C. Womack-Bosch-Rexroth Fluid Power Lab (2007-Present) o Technical Director of DXP Pump Lab (2008-Present)

Assistant Professor, Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution at Texas A&M University; August 2004 – August 2010

Research Assistant, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Construction Engineering Research Lab (CERL) and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Jan 2000-Aug 2004.

Research Assistant, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, General Engineering and Mechanical Engineering Departments, Aug 1996-Dec 1999.

Naval Officer, Civil Engineer Corps, U. S. Navy, Aug 1991-Aug 1996. RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS Dr. Alvarado has been teaching courses in the areas of thermal sciences and fluid mechanics for the last 9 years. Dr. Alvarado’s research interests are in the areas of micro-scale and nano-scale heat transfer with specific emphasis on electronic cooling, thermal energy storage, heat transfer fluids, condensation, and phase change materials. He has also done substantial research work in the areas of microexplosion and combustion of biofuels. He has worked and collaborated with the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Office of Naval Research (ONR), and the University of Wisconsin at Madison, among others. Recent work involves enhanced condensation using hybrid surfaces with hydrophobic and hydrophilic properties, characterization of microencapsulated phase change material slurry and nanoparticles as heat transfer fluids, as well as the study of spray and droplet impingement cooling using nanostructured surfaces. He and his research team have recently designed, built, and characterized computationally and experimentally a thermal energy storage system. He has also formulated and characterized liquid biofuels and analyzed their combustion emissions. According to Google Scholar, Dr. Alvarado’s papers have been cited more than 774 times. His publications have an h-index of 10. JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS Soriano, G.E., T. Zhang, J.L. Alvarado, “Study of the effects of single and multiple periodic droplet impingements on liquid film heat transfer,” International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 77 (2014) 449-463. Enright, R., N. Miljkovic, J.L. Alvarado, K. Kim, J.W. Rose, “Dropwise Condensation on Micro- and Nanostructured Surfaces,” Nanoscale and Microscale Thermophysical Engineering, 18: 223-250, 2014.

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Li, Q., (PhD student), J. Alvarado, “Thermal Performance of Microchannels with Patterned Superhydrophobic Surfaces under Laminar Flow,” Numerical Heat Transfer Part A, 2014, accepted for publication. Zhang, T. (PhD student), H.M. Tsai (Master student), J.L. Alvarado “Effects of Single and Double Streams of Droplet Impingements on Surface Cooling,” Atomization and Sprays, 2014, in print. Taherian, H., J.L. Alvarado, K. Tumuluri, C. Thies, C.H. Park, “Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer Characteristics of Microencapsulated Phase Change Material Slurry in Turbulent Flow,” Journal of Heat Transfer 136 (2014), 061704 (1-7). Yao, C.W, (PhD student), J.L. Alvarado, C. P. Marsh, B.G. Jones, T.P. Garvin, M.K. Collins, “Wetting Processes during Condensation on Hybrid Surfaces with Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Properties,” Applied Surface Science, 290 (2014) 59-65. Yao, C.W. (PhD student), T.P. Garvin (MS student), J.L. Alvarado, C.P. Marsh, D. Garrett, “Fluid Dynamics of Condensed Droplets on Microscale Hybrid Surfaces,” Journal of Heat Transfer, 135 (080905-1). Bhimani, S. (MS student), J.L. Alvarado, K. Annamalai, C. Marsh, “Emission Characteristics of Methanol-in-Canola Oil Emulsions in a Combustion Chamber,” Fuel 113 (2013) 97-106. Acharya, S., J. Alvarado, and many others, “Report of Carbon Nano Material Workshop: Challenges and Opportunities,” Nanoscale and Microscale Thermophysical Engineering 17: 10-24-24, 2013. Yao, C.W. (PhD student), T.P. Garvin (MS student), J.L. Alvarado, A.M. Jacobi, B.G. Jones, C.P. Marsh, “Droplet contact angle behavior on a hybrid surface with hydrophobic and hydrophilic properties,” Applied Physics Letters 101, 111605 (2012). Languri, E.M. (Post-Doctoral Researcher), C. O. Aigbotsua (Master Student), J.L. Alvarado, “Latent thermal energy storage system using phase change material in corrugated enclosures,” Applied Thermal Engineering 50 (2013), 1008-1014. Kondle, S. (MS student), J.L. Alvarado, C. Marsh, “Laminar Flow Forced Convection Heat Transfer Behavior of a Phase Change Material Fluid in Microchannels,” Journal of Heat Transfer, 135 (5), 052801. Tumuluri, K. (MS student), J. L. Alvarado, H. Taherian, C. Marsh (2011) “Thermal performance of a novel heat transfer fluid containing multiwalled carbon nanotubes and microencapsulated phase change materials,” International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 54 (2011) 5554-5567. Trujillo, M.F., J. Alvarado, E. Gehring, and G.S. Soriano (2011) “Numerical Simulations and Experimental Characterization of Heat Transfer from a Periodic Impingement of Droplets” Journal of Heat Transfer, 133, 122201 (1-10). Taherian, H. (Post-Doctoral Researcher), J. L. Alvarado, “System Analysis of MPCM Slurry Enhanced with Carbon Nanotubes as Heat Transfer Fluid,” ASHRAE Transactions, Vol. 116, Part 2, 2010.

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Gehring, E. (MS student), Soriano, G. (MS Student), J. Alvarado, M. Trujillo,"Film dynamics relevant to spray cooling," Advanced Computational Methods and Experiments in Heat Transfer, WIT Transactions on Engineering Sciences, Vol.68, 313-324, 2010. Ravi, Gurunarayana (MS Student), J.L. Alvarado, Charles Marsh, David A. Kessler, “Laminar flow forced convection heat transfer behavior of a phase change material fluid in finned tubes,” Numerical Heat Transfer Part A, Part A, 55: 721–738, 2009. Buongiorno, J., many authors including J. Alvarado, “A Benchmark Study on the Thermal Conductivity of Nanofluids,” Journal of Applied Physics, 106 (2009), 094312. Alvarado, J. L., W. Terrell, Jr., M. D. Johnson, “Passive cooling systems for cement-based roofs,” Buildings and Environment, 44 (2009) 1869-1875. Alvarado, J., J. Mireles, G. Soriano, “Development and Characterization of a Capacitance-Based Micro-Scale Flow Meter,” Journal of Flow Measurement and Instrumentation, 20 (2009) 81-84. Garg, P. (MS student), Jorge L. Alvarado, Charles Marsh, Thomas A. Carlson, David A. Kessler, Kalyan Annamalai, “An experimental study on the effect of ultrasonication on viscosity and heat transfer performance of multi-wall carbon nanotube-based aqueous nanofluids,” International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 52 (2009) 5090-5101. Franks, R., S. Morefield, S., J. Wen, J., D. Liao, J. Alvarado, M. Strano, C. Marsh, “A Study of Nanomaterial Dispersion in Solution by Wet-Cell Transmission Electron Microscopy,” Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 8 (1-4) (2008). Alvarado, J. L., E. Martinez, “Passive Cooling of Concrete Roofs in Tropical Climates,” Energy and Buildings, 40 (2008) 358-364. Alvarado, J., C. Marsh, C. Sohn, T. A. Newell, “Thermal performance of microencapsulated phase change material slurry in turbulent flow and under constant heat flux,” International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 50 (9-10) (2007) 1938-1952. Alvarado, J., C. Marsh, C. Sohn, V. Hock, G. Phetteplace, M. Vilceus, T. A. Newell, “Characterization of Supercooling Suppression of Microencapsulated Phase Change Material by Using Differential Scanning Calorimetry,” Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 86 (2) (2006) 505-509. Thurston, D.L.; J. Alvarado, D. Mangun, W. F. Hoffman, “Cost, quality, and environmental tradeoffs for printed circuit board assembly,” Engineering Economist, Vol. 45(3), pp. 206-231, 2000. JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS UNDER REVIEW Li, Q., J.L. Alvarado, “Thermal performance of microchannels with patterned super-hydrophobic surfaces under laminar flow” Numerical Heat Transfer A, 2014. PEER-REVIEWED CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS Saber, O., F. Chester, J.L. Alvarado, “Dynamic Analysis of A High Load, High-Speed Actuator for Rock Deformation Experimentation,” ASME 2014 International Design and Engineering

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Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (IDETC/CIE 2014), Buffalo, NY, Aug 2014. Yao, C.W., J.L. Alvarado, C.P. Marsh, B.G. Jones, M.K. Collins, “Flow Condensation Heat Transfer on Engineered Surfaces,” Proceedings of the 15th International Heat Transfer Conference, IHTC-15, August 10-15, 2014, Kyoto, Japan. Kong, M, J.L. Alvarado, E. Languri, “An Experimental Study of Heat Transfer Characteristics of Microencapsulated Phase Change Material Slurry in a Coil Heat Exchanger,” Proceedings of 2013 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (IMECE-2013), November 2013, San Diego, California. Savant, G., J.L. Alvarado, K. Annamalai, S. Capareda, “Characterization and Combustion Performance of Corn Oil-Based Biofuel Blends,” Proceedings of 2012 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (IMECE-2012), November 2012, Houston, Texas. Zhao, J., J.L. Avarado, “Numerical Simulation of Thermal Performance of a High Aspect Ratio Thermal Energy Storage Device,” Proceedings of 2012 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (IMECE-2012), November 2012, Houston, Texas. Alvarado, J.L., H. Taherian, E.M. Languri, C. Thies, “Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow Behavior of An Economical Microencapsulated Phase Change Material Slurry in Turbulent Flow,” 10th IIR Conference on Phase-Change Materials and Slurries for Refrigeration and Air Conditioning, July 29-August1, 2012, Kobe, Japan. Alvarado, J.L., H. Nam, “Experimental Investigation of Microexplosion Phenomena in Emulsified Vegetable Oil-Methanol Blends,” Proceedings of the ASME 2012 Summer Heat Transfer Conference, July 8-12, 2012, Puerto Rico, USA. Park, C.H., J.L. Alvarado, “Thermal Performance of Poly Alpha Olefin Nanofluid with Spherical and Non-Spherical Nanoparticles,” Proceedings of the ASME 2012 Summer Heat Transfer Conference, July 8-12, 2012, Puerto Rico, USA. Yao, C.W., T.P. Garvin, J. L. Alvarado, A.M. Jacobi, C.P. Marsh, B.G. Jones, “Enhanced Condensation Using Hybrid Surfaces,” ECI 8th International Conference on Boiling and Condensation Heat Transfer, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, 3-7 June 2012 Lausanne, Switzerland. Nam, H., J.L. Alvarado, “Microexplosion Detection in Hexadecane and Vegetable Oil Blends,” Spring Technical Meeting, Central States Section of the Combustion Institute, 22-24 April 2012, Dayton, Ohio. Alvarado, J.L., Y.P. Lin, “Multiple Droplet Impingements on Nanostructured Surfaces for Enhanced Spray Cooling,” Proceedings of the ASME/JSME 2011 8th Thermal Engineering Joint Conference, March 2011 Alvarado, J., Y. P. Lin, “Nanostructured Surfaces for Enhanced Spray Cooling,” 27th Army Science Conference, Orlando, Florida, Nov 2010.

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Soriano, G., J. L. Alvarado, Y.P. Lin, “Experimental Characterization of Single and Multiple Droplet Impingement on Surfaces Subject to Constant Heat Flux Conditions,” Proceedings of 2010 American Society of Mechanical Engineers, International Heat Transfer Conference, August 2010. Kondle, S., J. L. Alvarado, C. Marsh, G. Ravi, “Laminar Flow Forced Convection Heat Transfer Behavior of Phase Change Material Fluid in Microchannels With Staggered Pins,” Proceedings of 2010 American Society of Mechanical Engineers, International Heat Transfer Conference, August 2010. Alvarado, J., “Development of a Thermal Systems Course for a Power Engineering Technology Program,” Proceedings of the 2010 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, June 2010. Kondle, S., J. L. Alvarado, C. Marsh, D. Kessler, P. Stynoski, “Laminar flow forced convection heat transfer behavior of a phase change material fluid in microchannels,” Proceedings of 2009 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, November 2009. Alvarado, J., M. Golla, “A successful collaboration model for educators and industry partners for laboratory development and enhancement,” Proceedings of the 2009 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, June 2009. Alvarado, J., M. Johnson, A. Price, “Design, Build and Test: A new approach for a capstone design course in engineering technology,” Proceedings of the 2008 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, June 2008. Porter, J., J. Alvarado, “Power engineering technology: a new program targeted at the nuclear power industry,” Proceedings of the 2008 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, June 2008. Alvarado, J., “Design and Construction of a Lab-Scale Ground Source Heat Pump,” Proceedings of the 2007 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, June 2007. Alvarado, J., C. Thies, C. Marsh, G. Soriano, P.Garg, “Characterization of thermal properties and heat transfer behavior of microencapsulated phase change material slurry and multiwall carbon nanotubes in aqueous suspension,” Proceedings of 2007 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, November 2007. A. Hays, C. Marsh, J. Alvarado, R. Franks, “The effect of nanoparticle agglomeration on enhanced nanofluidic thermal conductivity,” Proceedings of the International Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Conference at Purdue University, July 2006. Alvarado, J., “Design your own thermodynamics experiment, a problem-based learning approach in engineering technology,” Proceedings of the 2006 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, June 2006. Alvarado, J., “Successful undergraduate summer research experience for minority students,” Proceedings of the 2006 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, June 2006. Passamai, V. J., J. Alvarado, “Application of sustainable renewable energy in developing countries: Food Drying and Solar Cookers usage in Northern Argentina,” J. Proceedings of the International Conference on Renewable Energy for Developing Countries, April 2006.

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Alvarado, J., C. Marsh, C. Sohn, T. A. Newell, J. S. Johar “Use of differential scanning calorimetry and x-ray diffraction as experimental tools to understand how nucleating agent concentration affects supercooling in microencapsulated phase change materials,” Proceedings of 2005 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, November 2005. Alvarado, J., C. Marsh, C. Sohn, V. Hock, G. Phetteplace, T. A. Newell, “Thermal Performance of Microencapsulated Phase Change Material Slurry,” Proceedings of the Tenth International Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Conference at Purdue, July 2004. Gerlach, D. W., J. L. Alvarado, E. M. Mina, and T. A. Newell. “Analysis of Elastomer Refrigeration Cycles,” Proceedings of the Ninth International Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Conference at Purdue, July 2002. Alvarado, J., D. Thurston, A. Locascio, “A Practical Decision Tool for Multiobjective Quality,” Proceedings of the Seventh Industrial Engineering Research Conference, May 1998. Alvarado, J., D. Thurston, “Microelectronics design for pollution prevention: A decision tradeoff tool,” Proceedings of the 1998 IEEE International Symposium on Electronics and the Environment, May 1998. PRESENTATIONS Alvarado, J.L., “Synchronized and coherent multiple droplet impingements for enhanced spray cooling,” 2nd International Seminar on Heat transfer and Fluid Flow, Heat Transfer Society of Japan, August 16th, 2014, Kyoto, Japan. Alvarado, J.L., “Recent Developments in the Study of Convective Heat Transfer Processes for Various Engineering Applications,” Interface Science Colloquium, August 18th, 2014, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan. Alvarado, J.L., “Study of the Effects of Induced Acoustic Vibration of Droplet Shedding on Hybrid Surfaces,” Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE), Indianapolis, Indiana, November 2013. Yao, C.W., J.L. Alvarado, C. Marsh, B. Jones, T. Garvin, M. Collins, “Condensation Heat Transfer on Microscale Hybrid Surfaces,” ASME 2013 Summer Heat Transfer Conference, July 14-19, 2013, Minneapolis, MN. Alvarado, J.L., H.M. Tsai, “Study of the Effects of Single and Double Droplets Impingement on Surface Cooling,” ASME 2013 Summer Heat Transfer Conference, July 14-19, 2013, Minneapolis, MN. Alvarado, J.L., H. Nam, “An Experimental Investigation of Microexplosion Phenomena in Emulsified Biofuels,” SEC Symposium, Atlanta, Georgia, February 10-12, 2013. Yao, C.W., J.L. Alvarado, C. Marsh, A. Jacobi, “Fluid Dynamics of Condensed Droplets on Hybrid Surfaces,” 65th Annual Meeting of American Physical Society (APS) Division of Fluid Dynamics (DFD), November 2012, San Diego, California (Abstract ID: BAPS.2012.DFD.A4.3). Yao, C.W., J.L. Alvarado, “Dropwise and Filmwise Condensation on Microscale Hybrid Surfaces,” Micro Nano Forum Poster Presentation, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (IMECE-2012), November 2012, Houston, Texas.

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Alvarado, J.L., “Enhanced Condensation Using Micro-Scale Hybrid Surfaces,” Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE), Fort Worth, Texas, October 2012. Alvarado, J.L. “The Future of Convective Heat Transfer, An Experimentalist’s Perspective,” Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE), Anaheim, California, October 2011. Alvarado, J.L., C.H. Park, “Enhancement of thermal properties of PAO nanofluid using multiwalled carbon nanotubes and alumina nanoparticles,” Nanofluids – Fundamentals and Applications II Conference, Montreal, Canada, August 2010. Alvarado, J.L., “Microencapsulated phase change material-carbon nanotube slurry as novel heat transfer fluid,” 4th International Renewable Energy Storage Conference (IRES 2009), Berlin, Germany, 2009. Alvarado, J.L., E. Gehring, G. Soriano, J. Alvarado, M. Trujillo,"Film dynamics relevant to spray cooling" , 5th International Conference on Multiphase Flow 2009, 15-17 June 2009, The New Forest UK, Wessex Institute of Technology. Alvarado, J., C. Thies, C. Marsh, G. Soriano, P. Garg, “Thermal properties and heat transfer behavior of microencapsulated phase change material slurry containing multiwall carbon nanotubes,” Nanofluids – Fundamentals and Applications Conference, Copper Mountain, Colorado, September 2007. Alvarado, J., Thurston, D., Locascio, M., “A Practical Decision Tool for Multiobjective Quality,” presentation at the Seventh Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Banff, Canada, May 1998. Alvarado, J., D.Thurston, “Structuring Design Optimization for Multiple Stakeholders Over Product Lifecycle,” poster presentation at the Eleventh Conference on Engineering Design, Tampere, Finland, August 1997. PATENT United States Patent Application Publication, Fluid Viscosity and Heat Transfer Via Optimized Energizing of Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotube-Based Fluids, Pub. No. US 2011/0220840 A1. REPORTS Report on Carbon Nano Material Workshop: Challenges and Opportunities, Achaya S, J. Alvarado, D. Bannerjee, H. Hong, and many more authors; July 2012. Workshop was held a South Dakota School of Mines in November 2011, sponsored by NSF. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Research and Development Center, Construction Engineering Research Laboratory, Technical Report ERDC/CERL TR-08-4, “Thermal Performance of Microencapsulated Phase Change Material Slurry,” J. L. Alvarado, B. G. Jones, C. P. Marsh,D. Kessler, C. W. Sohn, C. A. Feickert, G. E. Phetteplace, E. D. Crowley, R. J. Franks, and T. A. Carlson, March 2008 2005 Texas A&M University-CONACyT: Collaborative Research Grant Program Report “Development, Calibration and Implementation of a Micro-Scale Flow Meter,” Alvarado, J. L., J. Mireles, October 2006.

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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Research and Development Center, Construction Engineering Research Laboratory, Technical Report ERDC/CERL TR-02-15, “Natural Gas-Electric Hybrid Cooling System for Army Facilities – A Decision Tool,” Sohn, C.W., J. L. Alvarado, July 2002. COURSES TAUGHT Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power (ENTC 303), overall evaluations score: 4.3/5.0 Thermodynamics (ENTC 370), overall evaluations score: 4.2/5.0 Thermal Systems (ENTC 489), overall evaluations score: 4.7/5.0 Technical advisor for ENTC 422 (Senior Design Course) for several groups Directed Studies (MEEN 685), several students in the last 4 years. GRADUATE STUDENT ADVISING Current Students (5 PhD, 3 MS) Qibo Li, PhD., Mechanical Engineering Research Topic: Computational Study of Combustion of Biofuels Minsuk Kong, PhD., Mechanical Engineering Research Topic: Microencapsulated Phase Change Material Slurries in Co-axial Heat Exchangers Omid Saber, PhD., Mechanical Engineering Research Topic: Development of a high pressure and temperature, biaxial deformation apparatus for earthquake and landslide studies (co-advised with Prof. Fred Chester of Geophysics) Taolue Zhang, PhD., Mechanical Engineering Research Topic: Characterization of synchronized coherent multiple droplet impingements for enhanced spray cooling Jeongmoon Park, Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering Research Topic: Enhanced convective heat transfer in a vertical flow structure Junfeng Men, M.S., Mechanical Engineering Research Topic: Characterization of Irrigation Runoff Sensor Hao-En Lee, M.S., Mechanical Engineering Research Topic: Vacuum-assisted confined pool boiling Past Students (2 PhD, 24 MS) Guillermo Soriano, Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Dissertation: Study of the Physics of Droplet Impingement Cooling, Jan 2011. Chun-Wei Yao, PhD., Mechanical Engineering Dissertation: Study of the Effects Of Surface Morphology And Droplet Growth Dynamics On Condensation Heat Transfer, May 2014. Paritosh Garg, M. S., Mechanical Engineering, Thesis: An experimental study on the effect of ultrasonication on viscosity and heat transfer performance of aqueous suspensions of multi-walled carbon nanotubes, February 2008.

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Gautam Das, M. E., Mechanical Engineering, Project: Evaluation of metal and cellulose fibers as reinforcing agents for asphalt pavements, August 2008. Husain Mohammed, M.E., Mechanical Engineering, Project: A feasibility study on power harvesting by cooling electronic equipment using two-phase flow, Aug 2008 Gurunarayana Ravi, M. S., Mechanical Engineering, Thesis: Study of Laminar Flow Forced Convection Heat Transfer Behavior of a Phase Change Material Fluid, October 2008. Kalpana Tumuluri, M. S., Mechanical Engineering, Thesis: Thermal Performance of a Novel Heat Transfer Fluid Containing Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes and Microencapsulated Phase Change Materials, December 2009. Yen-Po Lin, M. S., Mechanical Engineering, Thesis: Droplet Impingement Cooling Experiments on Nano-structured Surfaces, August 2010. Satyanarayana Kondle, M. S., Mechanical Engineering, Thesis: Laminar Flow Forced Convection Heat Transfer Behavior of a Phase Change Material Fluid in Straight and Staggered Pin Microchannels, August 2010. Aravind Kamath, M. S., Mechanical Engineering, Thesis: Glass Forming Ability and Relaxation Behavior of Zr-based alloys, Dec 2010. Srivaths Sambath, M. S., Mechanical Engineering, Thesis: Study of Adsorption of Methanol in an Activated Carbon and Carbon Nanotube Matrix for use in a Solar Based Refrigeration Cycle, December 2010. Clifford Okhumeode Aigbotsua, M. S., Mechanical Engineering, Thesis: Thermal Energy Storage Using Phase Change Materials in Corrugated Copper Panels, Jan 2011. Chan Hyun Park, M. S., Mechanical Engineering, Thesis: Thermal Performance of Poly Alpha Olefin Nanofluid with spherical and non-spherical nanoparticles, January 2011. Shreyas Bhimani, M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Thesis: Experimental Characterization of Canola Oil Emulsion Combustion in a Modified Furnace, May 2011. Hsin-Min Tsai, M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Thesis: Study of the Effects of Single and Double Droplets Impingement on Surface Cooling, August 2011. Travis Gaskill, M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Thesis: Heat Transfer of a Multiple Helical Coil Heat Exchanger Using a Microencapsulated Phase Change Material Slurry, August 2011. Hyungseok Nam, M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Thesis: An Experimental Investigation of Microexplosion in Emulsified Vegetable-Methanol Blend, May 2012. Gautam Sandesh Savant, M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Thesis: Characterization and Combustion Performance of Corn Oil-Based Biofuel Blends, May 2012. Ghazal Moraghebi, M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Project: 3D Simulation of a Droplet above Microstructures, Dec 2013.

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Chia-Hsiang Hsu, M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Thesis: Enhancement of Pool Boiling Heat Transfer in Confined Space, May 2014. Yuxuan Yang, M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Thesis: Suppression and Enhancement of Pool Boiling Associated with Multiple Droplet Impingement, May 2014. Chen-Ling Lai, M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Thesis: Effects of Induced Acoustic Vibrations on Droplet Shedding on Hybrid Micro-Structured Surfaces, May 2014. Mei Li, M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Project: Study of Laminar Forced Flow Thermal Performance in a Microtube with Patterned Super-Hydrohobic Surfaces, May 2014. Nian Wang, M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Project: Numerical Simulation of High Aspect Ratio Thermal Energy Storage Device, May 2014. Yao Huang, M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Thesis: Heat transfer study of polymer solution with different rigidities, May 2014. Kun Yu, M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Thesis: Thermal Performance of Microencapsulated Phase Material (MPCM) Slurry in a Coaxial Heat Exchanger, May 2014. Ge Yi Fan, M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Thesis: Characterization of Microexplosion Phenomena of Methanol-Glycerol Mixtures, Aug 2014. POST-DOCTORAL RESEARCHERS Dr. Reza Raymond Karimi, PhD, Aerospace Engineering, Texas A&M University (2012-2013) Dr. Ehsan Mohseni Languri, PhD, Mechanical Engineering, University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee (2011-2012), currently working as Senior Engineer at Applied Research Associates. Dr. Hessam Taherian, PhD, Mechanical Engineering, Dalhousie University (2008-2010), currently working as assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Alabama at Birmingham VISITING SCHOLARS Dr. Numan Yüksel, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechatronics Engineering, Bursa Technical University, Bursa, Turkey (2014-2015) Dr. Ali Can Daloglu, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kardeniz Teknik Universitesi, Turkey (2012) Dr. Jingde Zhao, Associate Professor, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Donghua University (DHU), Shanghai, P.R. China (2011-2012) HONORS AND AWARDS

Association of Former Students (AFS) College Level Distinguished Achievement Award 2009-2010

TEES Select Young Faculty Award 2008-2009

Chevron Faculty Fellow Award 2007-2008

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Distinguished Achievement Award for Research by the Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution 2012

Distinguished Achievement Award for Teaching, Research and Service by the Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution 2008

COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY SERVICE

Faculty Senate (Senator: 2010-2013) o Member of the Academic Affairs and Research Committees of the Faculty

Senate o Member of Executive Committee of Faculty Senate (2012-2013)

Departmental representative at the TAMU Energy Institute (EI)

Advisor of local chapter of ASME-TECH

Faculty representative at the Engineering Faculty Advisory Council (EFAC: 2007-2010) OTHER SERVICE Moderated technical sessions:

ASME 2010 International Heat Transfer Conference

ASME/JSME 2011 8th Thermal Engineering Joint Conference

ASEE Conferences 2007-2010

ASME Heat Transfer Conference 2012 & 2013

SHPE Engineering Research Symposium 2012 & 2013 Participated in several NSF and DOE Review Panels PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS Engineering Honor Society Tau Beta Pi Honor Society Phi Kappa Phi American Society of Mechanical Engineers (active member of K-11 and K-20 committees) American Society of Engineering Education American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) American Physical Society (APS) Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) REVIEWER FOR: Atomization and Sprays Chemical Engineering Journal Energy and Fuels International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer International Journal of Thermal Sciences Energy Journal of Energy and Buildings Journal of Heat Transfer Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer Materials Letters Nanoscale and Microscale Thermophysical Engineering Nanoscale Research Letters Nuclear Engineering and Design Thermochimica Acta

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LICENSES Professional engineering license in mechanical engineering in Puerto Rico (USA)