Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar

The heat generated by electronics is a big problem for a variety of exciting products and systems including smartphones, electric vehicles, and satellites.  "Extreme" is a unifying theme, from nanometer features and 10+ kW chips to severe materials heterogeneity.  This seminar will summarize these challenges and our progress on research topics including electron and phonon transport at the transistor level, nanostructured packaging materials, and microfluidic two-phase heat sinks.  This talk will also highlight two decades of collaborations with the semiconductor industry and silicon valley startups.