Student Spotlight

Amun and Mohammad attended the convocation 2019

May 11, 2019


Taufiq passed his Ph.D. qualification exams

April 20, 2019

Taufiq has passed his Ph.D. qualification exams. To be officially considered as admitted to candidacy in the Ph.D. program, applicants must pass a qualifying exam. The qualification exams are the first of three major steps in the Mechanical Engineering Ph.D. program at the University of Utah. Students select two subject areas which support their Ph.D. research. The topics […]


Amun passed his PhD dissertation defense

April 12, 2019

Amun passed his doctoral dissertation defense titled: “Thermal Transport across Nanoscale Vacuum Gaps and the Transition to Phonon Heat Conduction” The investigation of thermal transport across extremely small vacuum gap distances is of both practical and fundamental significance. Previous theoretical studies have predicted that in the near-field, or when the emitter-receiver separation is less than […]


Amun is going to Sandia National Labs!

April 1, 2019

Amun is going to Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, NM as a postdoctoral researcher after his graduation. Congratulations, Amun!


Devon has started his career at Advanced Cooling Technologies!

April 1, 2019

Devon has started his career at Advanced Cooling Technologies as a researcher. Big congratulations, Devon!


Mohammad joins the University of Nebraska, Lincoln!

April 1, 2019

Mohammad starts his academic career in the Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln as an assistant professor from this fall. Big congratulations, Mohammad!


Mohammad passed his PhD dissertation defense

April 1, 2019

Mohammad passed his doctoral dissertation defense entitled “Experimental Investigation of nanoscale Radiative Transfer for Energy Applications.”


Devon passed his PhD Dissertation Defense

February 1, 2019

Devon passed his doctoral dissertation defense titled: “Fundamental Studies of Engineered Electron Interactions in Micro/Nanoscale Optical and Thermionic Devices” Photon interactions with electrons have led to devices engineered to improve industries in communication, energy, and sensing. Among the different types of devices, nanoantennas are particularly useful in these industries due to their spectral versatility achieved […]


Ghashami receives a U Graduate Research Fellowship

July 23, 2018

The Department of Mechanical Engineering is excited to announce that Ph.D. student, Mohammad Ghashami received a University of Utah Graduate Research Fellowship from the Graduate School. Advised by mechanical engineering associate professor Keunhan “Kay” Park, Ghashami is a member of the Utah Nano-Energy Laboratory. A Graduate Research Fellowship (GRF) is a one-year, non-renewable award of which full-time […]


Cedric passes his PhD qualification exams

May 1, 2018

Cedric has passed his PhD qualification exams. To be officially considered as admitted to candidacy in the Ph.D. program, applicants must pass a qualifying exam. The qualification exams are the first of three major steps in the Mechanical Engineering PhD program at the University of Utah. Students select two subject areas which support their Ph.D. research. The topics […]