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Dr. Yildiz Bayazitoglu

H. S. Cameron Professor in Mechanical Engineering

Office: 237 MEB

Phone: 713-348-6291

Email: bayaz@rice.edu


Dr. Bayazitoglu joined Rice University, Houston, in 1977 and, since 1996, has been Harry S. Cameron Chair professor of mechanical engineering in the department of mechanical engineering and materials science.  Previously, she was assistant professor at the Middle East Technical University in Turkey (1973-74) and was a visiting assistant professor at the University of Houston (1975-76). She received her bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering at Middle East Technical University (Ankara, Turkey) in 1967.  She earned her master's and doctoral degrees in mechanical engineering at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, in 1969 and 1974, respectively and she was a Barbour fellow.

She has made contributions to radiation and convective heat transfer, phase-change heat transfer, thermophysical property determination, and solar collector design and analysis.  Her current research interests include containerless processing of materials, solution to electromagnetic radiation equation, molecular dynamics studies for nano heat transfer, micro-channel fluid and heat transfer, and bio heat transfer.

Laurie Carrillo (PhD student)

Near-field Radiative Heat Exchange in Nanospheres

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Email: lycarr@rice.edu


LAURIE CARRILLO is a Mechanical Engineering Ph.D. candidate at Rice University researching near field radiative heat transfer.  Since 1994, Carrillo has worked for NASA Johnson Space Center (JSC) and currently is a Spacecraft Thermal Design Engineer for the Engineering Directorate's Thermal Design Branch.  In 2009, she received NASA-JSC's Group Achievement Award for exemplary teamwork and outstanding technical contribution to the Orion vehicle design. Carrillo received her BA in Mathematics/Computational and Applied Mathematics and BS in Materials Science Engineering from Rice University.  She received her Masters Degree in Aerospace Engineering with emphasis in Space Operations from University of Colorado.  Laurie is a licensed Texas professional engineer.  She actively speaks at numerous educational outreach programs promoting engineering education.  Hispanic Business Magazine chose her as one of the top 25 Women of Vision for 2009.  Carrillo has received PhD support from HENAAC, Society of Women Engineers, Zonta International, and NASA JSC. 

Jerry Vera (PhD student)

Nanoshell Heat Transfer to water using Molecular Dynamics

Office: Ryon Lab 234

Phone: 713-348-2242

Email: jvera@rice.edu


JERRY VERA is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science.  Vera’s area of expertise is in nanoscale heat transfer, and his thesis project involves modeling via molecular dynamics the surface to liquid heat transfer of gold nanoparticles in an aqueous solution.  His areas of interest include photothermal cancer therapy, solar radiation absorption for energy production, radiation shielding for long-duration space flight, and the generation of nanofluids for enhanced heat transfer.  He obtained his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Rice University in 2004 and he has written two publications in the International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer.  Jerry is a part of Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP).

Pedro Lopez (PhD student)

Email: plopez@rice.edu


PEDRO LOPEZ is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science.  Lopez’s thesis project involves modeling via the Lattice Boltzmann method the flow dynamics through micro- and nano-channels.  He obtained his B.S. and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from The University of Texas – Pan American in 2000 and 2003, respectively.  Pedro has been working as an engineer since 2003, and currently works for NASA JSC as the Technical Manager for the Space Shuttle Program Integrated Aerodynamics and Thermal Disciplines. 

Matt Roode (PhD student)

Nanostructure Self-Assembly

Office: Ryon Lab 234

Phone: 713-348-2242

Email: matthew.j.roode@rice.edu


MATT ROODE is a doctoral student in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science at Rice University.  His areas of interest include high-speed convection and aerodynamic heating, ablation, multi-phase fluid flow and heat transfer, and radiation.  Roode obtained his B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from Iowa State University in 2005 and his Masters of Mechanical Engineering from Rice University in 2009. 

Sukesh Shenoy (PhD student)

Office: Ryon Lab 234

Phone: 713-348-2242

Email: ss14@rice.edu

"SUKESH SHENOY is a doctoral student in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Rice University. His research interests includes the application of 3 omega thermal conductivity measurement method to thin films and biological tissues, and experimental work for CNT arrays for enhanced heat transfer for electronics applications. Sukesh has obtained his Bachelor of Engineering degree in Industrial Production from Manipal Institute of Technology in India and his Master of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Texas A&M University at college station. "

Jami Tullius (PhD student)


Office: Ryon Lab 234

Phone: 713-348-2242

Email: jt8@rice.edu


JAMI TULLIUS is a PhD candidate in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Material Science at Rice University. She is currently working on a review of the enhancement of microchannels in a single phase, laminar flow system. She is also investigating the affects of microstructures made of carbon nanotubes as they are coated on the walls of microchannels using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) based on the Navier Stokes Equations. In 2008, Jami received her Bachelor’s of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Texas at El Paso. Tullius received such honors as the GEM Fellowship, the Texas Space Grant Fellowship, NASA’s Harriett G. Jenkins Pre-Doctoral Fellowship Project (JPFP), and HENAAC’s Graduate Student Leadership Award and is a part of Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP).

Kasim Toprak (Masters student)

Thermal Conductivity of Carbon Nanotubes using Molecular Dynamics

Office: Ryon Lab 234

Phone: 713-348-2242

Email: kt4@rice.edu


KASIM TOPRAK is a M.S. candidate in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science at Rice University. Toprak’s area of expertise is in nanoscale heat transfer and his thesis project involves modeling carbon nanotube via molecular dynamics simulation package GROMACS. He is focusing on the thermal conductivity of carbon nanotubes as it varies with dimensions. He obtained his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Zonguldak Karaelmas University in Turkey in 2006.He was awarded The Republic of Turkey Ministry of National Education scholarship in 2006.

Xiao Xi (PhD student)

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Email: xx1@rice.edu


Xiao Xu is working toward her PH.D degree in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Material Science, Rice University. Her current research work is about numerical modeling nanoparticle assisted photo-thermal therapy for purpose of better experiment designs and treatment plans. Before joined Rice University in 2006, she obtained a master degree from engineering thermal physics department in the university of science and technology of china.

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