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Professor Allison Mahvi is a faculty member in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She holds a PhD from Georgia Institute of Technology (2018) and a BS from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (2012). Her research focuses on thermal energy storage materials and systems, high-efficiency thermal systems, HVAC systems, two-phase fluid dynamics, and heat transfer. She has received several awards, including the 2017 Serve-Learn-Sustain Teaching Grant and the 2016 ASME Graduate Teaching Fellowship. Mahvi teaches courses such as Elementary Heat Transfer (ME 364) and Interdisciplinary Experiential Design Projects (ME 351/352). Her recent publications emphasize phase change materials, thermal storage optimization, and model-based control strategies. She actively collaborates on projects addressing energy storage scalability and building energy management systems.
Her work spans experimental and computational approaches, with notable contributions to thermal battery cost analysis, HVAC load modulation, and additive manufacturing for thermal storage devices. Mahvi’s research also explores the impact of material properties on phase change device performance and innovative applications of direct contact condensation in thermal systems.
