Principal Investigator
Ankur Jain
Dr. Ankur Jain directs the microscale thermophysics laboratory at UT Arlington. He is a recipient of the NSF CAREER Award (2016), Lockheed Martin Excellence in Teaching Award (2018) and UTA College of Engineering Outstanding Early Career Award (2017). His research interests include microscale thermal transport, electrochemical energy conversion and bioheat transfer. His research has received funding support from NSF, ONR, DoE and other non-federal sources. He received his Ph.D. (2007) and M.S. (2003) from Stanford University, and B.S. (2001) with highest honors from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi.
Visiting Scholar
Dr. Long Zhou
Dr. Long Zhou is a visiting scholar from Henan Polytechnic University, China. He received his Ph.D (2011) from Dalian University of Technology, China. His research interests include heat transfer, lubrication and friction in internal combustion engines, theoretical heat transfer and thermal management of Li-ion batteries.
Current Students
Amirhossein Mostafavi
PhD Student
Amirhossein received his M.S. and B.S. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Iran University of Science and Technology and Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran, respectively. His research interests are Li-ion batteries, phase change materials and nanofluids.
Mohammad Parhizi
PhD Student
Mohammad received his B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Guilan University, Iran. He completed his M.S. in Mechanical Engineering at UT Arlington. He is currently a Ph.D. student and his research interests include heat transfer, safety issues and thermal property measurement of Li-ion batteries.
Swapnil Salvi
PhD Student
Swapnil received his B.Eng. in Mechanical Engineering from University of Mumbai, India in 2016 and M.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Ropar, India in 2018. His research interests include thermal measurements and thermal management techniques for Li-Ion cells.
Dhananjay Mishra
Ph.D. Student
Dhananjay completed his B.Tech. in Aerospace Engineering from University of Petroleum and Energy Studies in India. His research interests include thermal management techniques in Li-ion batteries.
Vishnu Ganesan
MS Student
Vishnu is a MS student in the lab. He received his B.E. degree from Anna University, India. In his Master’s degree research, he works on simulation modeling of large Li-ion battery packs.
Alumni
| Student | Degree | Present Position |
|---|---|---|
| Hardik Prajapati | Ph.D. (2020) | Intel Corporation |
| Darshan Ravoori | Ph.D. (2020) | Intel Corporation |
| Dhananjay Mishra | M.S. (2019) | University of Texas at Arlington (Ph.D. student) |
| Abhijeet Dhakane | M.S. (2019) | University of Tennessee (Ph.D. student) |
| Aditya Ganesh Ram | M.S. (2019) | |
| Abhinav Prasad | M.S. (2018) | Byton, Inc. |
| Divya Chalise | B.S. Honors (2018) | University of California, Berkeley (Ph.D. student) |
| Iretomiwa Esho | B.S. Honors (2018) | California Institute of Technology (Ph.D. student) |
| Vivek Vishwakarma | Ph.D. (2017) | Intel Corporation |
| Krishna Shah | Ph.D. (2017) | Univ. of Texas at Austin (Postdoc) |
| Ratnesh Raj | M.S. (2017) | SidRichardson Carbon & Energy Company |
| Salwa Shaik | M.S. (2017) | Delta Steel Technologies |
| Swapnil Luhar | M.S. (2017) | Geometric Americas, Inc. |
| Dean Anthony | M.S. (2017) | Amazon Lab126 |
| Daipayan Sarkar | Ph.D. (2016) | Purdue University (Postdoc) |
| Mohammad Parhizi | M.S. (2015) | University of Texas at Arlington (Ph.D. student) |
| Stephen Drake | Ph.D. (2014) | Thermon, Inc. |
| Leila Choobineh | Ph.D. (2014) | SUNY Polytechnic Institute (Assistant Professor) |
| Arya Banait | B.S. Honors (2014) | Tesla (after M.S. from Stanford University) |
| Bhavik Patel | M.S. (2013) | Siemens |
| Annas Javed | M.S. (2012) | Apple |