Principal Investigator

PROFESSOR LI SHI

Professor of Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering and Texas Materials Institute
Ernest Cockrell Sr. Chair in Engineering
Cockrell School of Engineering
The University of Texas at Austin
https://www.me.utexas.edu/people/faculty-directory/shi
Email: lishi at mail dot utexas dot edu

EDUCATION

Ph.D.: Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, May 2001
Dissertation: Mesoscopic Thermophysical Measurements of Microstructures and Carbon Nanotubes. Supervisor: Arun Majumdar
M.S.: Mechanical Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, August 1997
Thesis: An Experimental Study of Spray Combustion with Porous Inserts. Supervisor: Robert E. Peck
B.ENG.: Thermal Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, July 1991
Thesis: An Experimental Study of a Large-Capacity, Low-Polution Pulverized Coal Combustor

APPOINTMENTS

September 2011- Present: Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin
September 2006 – August 2011: Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin
January 2002 – August 2006: Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin
March 2001 – January 2002: Research Staff Member, IBM Research Division
July 1991 – August 1995: Assistant Engineer, Guangdong Electrical Power Test and Research Institute, Guangzhou, China

OTHER AFFILIATIONS

Materials Science and Engineering Graduate Studies Committee Member, Texas Materials Institute, The University of Texas at Austin
Biomedical Engineering Graduate Studies Committee Member, Department of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Texas
Faculty Fellow, Center for Nano and Molecular Science and Technology, Texas Materials Institute, The University of Texas at Austin
Member, Microelectronic Research Center, The University of Texas at Austin
Member, Advanced Manufacturing and Design Center, The University of Texas at Austin

HONORS, AWARDS, RECOGNITIONS

Yeram S. Touloukian Award, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024
MRS Distinguished Invited Speaker, Materials Research Society (MRS) Spring Meeting (2024)
Alan Chapman Lectureship, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Rice University, 2024
Ernest Cockrell Sr. Chair in Engineering #2,The University of Texas at Austin, 2020-
Temple Foundation Endowed Professorship #4, The University of Texas at Austin, 2019-2020
Heat Transfer Memorial Award in Science, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2018
Invitation Fellowship for Research in Japan, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), 2016
Elected Fellow, American Physical Society, 2014
BF Goodrich Endowed Professorship in Materials Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, 2014-2021
Edith and Peter O’Donnell Award in Engineering, The Academy of Medicine, Engineering, and Science of Texas, 2013
Elected Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2013
Best Poster Award (together with Michael Pettes), MRS Fall Meeting, 2009
Myron L. Begeman Fellowship in Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, 2007-2014
ASME Transaction Journal of Heat Transfer Outstanding Reviewer, 2005
Office of Naval Research (ONR) Young Investigator Award, 2004
National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award, 2003
IBM First Patent Application Invention Achievement Award, 2002
Guanghua Scholarship, Tsinghua University, 1990

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

Editor-in-Chief: Nanoscale and Microscale Thermophysical Engineering (2013-2021)
Editorial Board Member: Materials Today Physics (2017-present)
Short Course Instruction:
- “Thermal Properties of Materials,” ASME Nano Training Boot Camp, 2004
- “Thermal and Thermoelectric Characterization of Nanostructures,” Tutorial on Micro and Nano Scale Heat Transfer, 2003 ASME Int. Mechanical Eng. Congress & Exposition , November 2003
- “Thermal Properties of Materials,” ASME Nano Training Boot Camp, Northwestern University, July 2003
- “Review of Mesoscopic Thermal Transport Measurements,” Nano Thermal-Fluid Tutorial, 2001 ASME Int. Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, November 2001
Conference, Workshop, Symposium Organizer:
- NSF Workshop on Emerging Opportunities at the Intersection of Quantum and Thermal Sciences, June 28-30, 2021
- APS March Meeting Focus Topic Thermoelectric Phenomena, Materials, Devices, and Applications, March 20-22, 2013
- 7th US-Japan Joint Seminar on Nanoscale Transport Phenomena, December 2011
- MRS Fall Meeting Symposium on Functional Nanotubes and Nanowires, November 29-December 2, 2011
- ASME 3rd International Energy Nanotechnology Conference, August 2008
- Workshop on Nanotechnologies for Solar and Thermal Energy Conversion and Storage, August 2008
- MRS Spring Meeting Symposium on Coupled Mechanical, Electrical, and Thermal Behaviors of Nanomaterials, April 2008
Conference Section Chair:
- Section Chair, MRS Fall Meeting Symposium on Thermal Energy—Transfer, Conversion and Storage, November 27, 2017
- Section Chair, MRS Spring Meeting Symposium on Heat Nanoscale Heat Transport: From Fundamentals to Devices, April 19, 2017
- Section Chair, MRS Fall 2015 Meeting Symposium on Synthesis and Applications of Nanowires and Hybrid 1D-0D/2D/3D Semiconductor Nanostructures, November 30, 2015
- Section Chair, 2015 International Graphene Innovation Conference Symposium B6: Medical Applications, October 30, 2015
- Track Chair, ASME 3rd Micro/Nanoscale Heat & Mass Transfer International Conference, March, 2012
- Section Chair, 29th International Conference on Thermoelectrics, Shanghai, China, May 30-June 3, 2010
- Section Chair, US-Korea Forum on Nanotechnology Convergence in Energy for Green Growth, April 2010
- Section Chair, MRS Fall 2009 Meeting Symposium on Multifunctionality Through Nanowires, December 2009
- Section Chair, 6th US-Japan Seminar on Nanoscale Transport Phenomena, July 2008
- Section Chair, 2008 APS March Meeting Focused Section on Thermoelectricity in Semiconductor Nanostructures, March 2008
- Session Chair, AIAA/ASME 2006 Joint Thermophysics Heat Transfer Conference, San Francisco, June 2006
- Session Chair, ASME 2005 Summer Heat Transfer Conference, San Francisco, July 2005
- Session Chair, IEEE 21th Semiconductor Thermal Measurement, Modeling, and Management (SEMI-THERM) Symposium, San Jose, March 2005
- Session Co-Chair, 4th US-Japan Nanotherm Workshop, Berkeley, June 2002

MEMBERSHIP

TEACHING

ME 139L Experimental Heat Laboratory
ME 339 Heat Transfer
ME 381R 3 Radiative Heat Transfer
ME 381R 7 Nanoscale Energy Transport and Conversion