Amy Marconnet

Amy Marconnet is a Professor at the School of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, leading the Marconnet Thermal & Energy Conversion (MTEC) Lab. Her research focuses on multi-scale thermal transport in heterogeneous materials, with applications in electronics cooling, battery thermal management, phase change materials, and wearable devices.

Research Highlights:

• Transport Phenomena in particle-filled composites using XRCT imaging and DEM simulations
• Nanoscale Phonon Transport studies in porous silicon for thermoelectrics
• Flexible Fabrics with in-plane thermal conductivity (~10 W/mK) for wearables
• PCM Integration in semiconductors for passive thermal solutions
• Membrane Distillation systems utilizing low-grade heat for desalination

Scientific Awards:

• ASME Bergles-Rohsenow Young Investigator Award, 2020
• Outstanding Graduate Student Mentor, OMEGA, 2020
• Woman Engineer of the Year, ASME EPPD, 2017
• Outstanding Paper Awards at ITherm 2012, InterPACK 2017, ITherm 2019

Labs & Collaborations: The MTEC Lab develops IR microscopy and multi-physics metrology tools, collaborating with the REID Lab on interdisciplinary projects like thermal hair damage modeling.