معرفی
Ankur Jain is a Professor in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department at The University of Texas at Arlington, with a joint appointment in Bioengineering. His research focuses on heat transfer in Li-ion batteries, microscale thermal transport, bioheat transfer, and additive manufacturing. He holds leadership roles, including serving as Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technologies and Secretary of the ASME Heat Transfer Division's K16 Committee.
Education: Ph.D. (2007) and M.S. (2003) in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University; B.Tech. (2001) in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Delhi with top honors.
Research interests span energy conversion/storage, thermal management of electronics, and biomedical heat transfer applications. Notable achievements include the NSF CAREER Award (2016), ASME Fellow status (2022), and UTA President's Award for Excellence in Teaching (2022). His work has been supported by NSF, DOE, ONR, and Indo-US Science & Technology Forum.
Advancing thermal runaway prevention in Li-ion batteries and improving additive manufacturing processes are key current focuses. Collaborations include industry partners like Underwriters Laboratories and Cuberg, Inc.
