Joel Chapman

Joel Chapman is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at California State University, Northridge. He holds a PhD (2022) and MS (2021) in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology, an MS in Engineering Management from Old Dominion University (2014), and a BS in Mechanical Engineering from North Carolina State University (2008).

• Expertise in Thermal and Fluid Sciences
• Focus on thermal management of electronics via nanoelectrosprayed aerosol jet impingement
• Collaborated with NASA Goddard Space Flight Center on pulsating heat pipe technology
• Developed novel Laser Capture Microdissection (LCM) systems

His research integrates experimental thermal sciences with aerospace and biomedical engineering applications. Awards include the NASA Space Technology Research Fellowship, ASME’s K-16 Graduate Student Paper of the Year (2020), and honors for Best Graduate Student Poster (IThERM 2017) and Best Paper (IThERM 2018).

• Member of ASME (Heat Transfer Division, Electronic/Photonic Packaging Division)
• Member of IEEE (Education Society, Electronics Packaging Society)