PROFESSOR LI SHI
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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
- 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
- American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
- American Physical Society (APS)
- American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
- Materials Research Society (MRS)
TEACHING
- ME 139L Experimental Heat Laboratory
- ME 339 Heat Transfer
- ME 381R 3 Radiative Heat Transfer
- ME 381R 7 Nanoscale Energy Transport and Conversion