Overview Welcome to our group's home page. We work on a broad range of problems, primarily involving transport processes by electrons, phonons, photons, and fluids. We seek to solve problems with high importance to applications in energy transport, conversion, and storage, that are relevant to major industrial segments (aerospace, micro/nanoelectronics, sensors).Some topics and methods of our research are summarized in the following graphic. - Tim Fisher   James G. Dwyer Professor in Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University   (Google Scholar Profile)

Research & News PhD student Kim Saviers ... has been awarded the Mickey Leland Energy Fellowship from the US Department of Energy. Posted Jun 14, 2013, 11:13 AM by Timothy Fisher MS student Kwesi Adarkwa ... has been selected to receive the 2013 Estus H. and Vashti L. Magoon Award for Excellence in Teaching from the Purdue School of Mechanical Engineering. He was also selected to ... Posted Jun 14, 2013, 11:13 AM by Timothy Fisher PhD graduate Dr. David Go ... has received the NSF CAREER Award for early-career researchers. The web site for his group at the University of Notre Dame is here. Posted Jun 14, 2013, 11:13 AM by Timothy Fisher PhD graduate Dr. Matt Maschmann ... has accepted a position on the faculty of his (other) alma mater, the University of Missouri-Columbia, starting in Fall 2013. Posted Jun 14, 2013, 11:14 AM by Timothy Fisher PhD graduate Dr. Aaron Franklin ... and his team at IBM recently reported a breakthrough in self-assembled CNT devices, featured by CNET News among others. Also, see this ASME podcast. Posted Jun 14, 2013, 11:14 AM by Timothy Fisher PhD student Anurag Kumar and PhD graduate Dr. Jonathan Claussen ... authored a paper on biosensing with graphene petal arrays, featured on the cover of the journal Advanced Functional Materials. The work was also profiled here. Posted Jun 14, 2013, 11:20 AM by Timothy Fisher Postdoc Dr. Chandra Sekhar Rout ... received the Ramanujan Fellowship for early-career researchers in India and has joined the faculty of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bhubaneswar. Posted Jun 14, 2013, 11:14 AM by Timothy Fisher Showing posts 1 - 7 of 10. View more » Centers & Groups Online Courses & Lectures Lectures on nanoHUB   Understanding Phonon Dynamics via 1D Atomic ChainsPhonons are the principal carriers of thermal energy in semiconductors and insulators, and they servApr 04, 2006  14:06pmhttp://nanohub.org/resources/3985Tutorial 1: Thermal Transport Across Interfaces - PhononsJul 30, 2011  00:45amTutorial 2: Thermal Transport Across Interfaces - ElectronsAug 15, 2011  17:53pmView all my contributions → Powered by HUBzero Tools on nanoHUB The Thermal Measurements DatabaseExperimental data for thermal materials is obtained using various test methods under a set of condiSep 13, 2011 14:10pmAtomistic Green's Function Method 1-D Atomic Chain SimulationCalculation of Thermal Conductance of an Atomic ChainApr 16, 2007 15:03pmhotSPICELinear thermal circuit simulation tool for both steady-state and transient problemsSep 01, 2011 17:30pmThermoelectric Generator Module with Convective Heat TransferElectrical power density and efficiency of a thermoelectric generator with convective heat transferJun 14, 2010 12:45pmIsotropic random fracture model for metal hydride powderMetal hydrides can be used to store hydrogen on-board fuel cell vehicles, but the process of fracturOct 03, 2011 13:50pmView all my contributions → Powered by HUBzero

Information for Prospective Students

Our research group is characterized by a passion for discovering, explaining, and developing new knowledge through persistent effort intelligently applied. Students seeking a research position with us are encouraged to review the admission guidelines provided by Purdue’s Mechanical Engineering Graduate Program. Qualified students should then review the other pages of this website to identify specific research topics of mutual interest. These topics should be highlighted in any correspondence and in application materials. Interested students would also benefit from studying the materials contained in my online nanoHUB-U course, Thermal Energy at the Nanoscale, which will soon transition into a self-paced mode without a registration fee (i.e., free).

All students who make specific inquiries based on the information above should expect to receive a reply, but responses during peak times might be delayed because of the high volume of inquiries.

India-US Joint Networked Centre

I also serve as an Adjunct Professor at the International Centre for Materials Science (ICMS), a companion organization to the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR) in Bangalore, India. A new Joint Networked Centre on Nanomaterials for Energy established among partners JNCASR, Purdue, and GE Global Research (Bangalore) fosters ongoing collaborative research and exchanges of students and postdocs between ICMS/JNCASR, GE and the Birck Nanotechnology Center. The Joint Centre is sponsored by the Indo-US Science and Technology Forum. This effort seeks to harness the promising potential ofnanomaterials to address global energy challenges. For examples of the types of activities involved, please refer to a recent review paper, a workshop report posted on nanoHUB, and the Joint Centre's website. To become an exchange participant, please complete the online application.