Suresh V. Garimella

Jefferson Science Fellow, U.S. Department of State

R. Eugene and Susie E. Goodson Distinguished Professor

Director, Cooling TechnologiesResearchCenter, an NSF I/UCRC

School of Mechanical Engineering and BirckNanotechnologyCenter

PurdueUniversity

585 Purdue Mall, West Lafayette, IN 47907   USA

Phone: (765) 494 [email protected]

https://engineering.purdue.edu/~sureshg

Suresh V. Garimella, Ph.D.

Professor Suresh Garimella is the R. Eugene and Susie E. Goodson Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering at PurdueUniversity where he is Director of the NSFCoolingTechnologiesResearch Center. He received his Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley in 1989, his M.S. from The Ohio State University in 1986, and his Bachelor’s degree from IIT Madras, in 1985. His research interests include energy efficiency in computing and electronics, renewable and sustainable energy systems, micro- and nano-scale engineering, and materials processing. Dr. Garimella has worked with over 70 Ph.D. and M.S. students and 32 visiting scholars and post-docs, and has co-authored over 450 refereed journal and conference publications and 13 patents/patent applications, besides editing or contributing to a number of books. Twelve alumni from his research group are now faculty members in prestigious universities around the world. Dr. Garimella is a Fellow of the Center for Smart Interfaces at the Technical University of Darmstadt, and an Honorary Guest Professor at Xi’an JiaoTong University in China, and was Honorary Visiting Fellow at the University of New South Wales in 1995.

 Dr. Garimellaserves in editorial roles with Applied Energy, ASME Thermal Science and Engineering Applications, International Journal of Micro and Nanoscale Transport, and Experimental Heat Transfer, and previously served with ASME Journal of Heat Transfer, Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, and Heat Transfer-Recent Contents.He is a Fellow of the ASME.  His efforts in research and engineering education have been recognized with the 2011 NSF Alexander Schwarzkopf Prize for Technological Innovation, the 2010 ASME Heat Transfer Memorial Award, the 2010 Distinguished Alumnus Award from IIT Madras, the 2009 ASME Allan Kraus Thermal Management Award, the 2009 Harvey Rosten Award for Excellence,the 2004 ASME Gustus L. Larson Memorial Award, the 2011 College of Engineering Mentoring Award, the 2009 Purdue University Distance Teaching Award,the 1995 Graduate School/UWM Foundation Research Award for Outstanding Research and Creative Activity, the 1997 UWM Distinguished Teaching Award, and the 1992 Society of Automotive Engineers' Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award, among others. He is currently serving as a Jefferson Science Fellow at the U.S. State Department, in the International Energy and Commodity Policy office of the Economic Bureau.  This program offers his services as a science advisor to the State Department for a period of six years.