Editor (Amir Faghri)

From Thermal-FluidsPedia

Dr. Faghri joined the University of Connecticut in 1994 and served as Head of the Mechanical Engineering Department from 1994-1998, and the Dean of the School of Engineering from 1998-2006. Dr. Faghri has authored four books, edited four volumes, more than 300 archival technical publications (including 180 journal papers), and holds eight U.S. patents. Dr. Faghri has served as a principal investigator conducting research in the area of thermal management and multiphase transport phenomena for applications ranging from advanced cooling systems to alternative energy systems including fuel cells, solar energy systems and thermal energy storage devices. Dr. Faghri has received numerous external research contracts and grants from the National Science Foundation, Department of Energy, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Defense, Department of Education and various industries. Dr. Faghri is presently serving on the editorial board of nine scientific journals. Dr. Faghri has received many honors and awards, including the 1998 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Thermophysics Award, the 1998 American Society of Mechanical Engineering (ASME) Heat Transfer Memorial Award and the 2005 ASME James Harry Potter Gold Medal. He has served as a consultant to several major research centers and corporations, including Los Alamos and Oak Ridge national laboratories, Exxon Mobil, and Intel Corporation He presently serves on the boards of directors of both publicly-traded and private companies.

Dr. Faghri received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of California at Berkeley, and a B.S. with highest honors from Oregon State University.