Suresh Garimella is the R. Eugene and Susie E. Goodson Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University. He received his PhD from the University of California at Berkeley in 1989. He is Director of the NSF Cooling Technologies Research Center. His research interests include thermal microsystems, high-performance compact cooling technologies, electro-thermal co-design and electronics packaging, micro- and nano-scale transport phenomena, and materials processing. Dr. Garimella has co-authored over 300 refereed journal and conference publications, besides editing or contributing to a number of books. Dr. Garimella serves as Associate Editor of ASME Thermal Science and Engineering Applications, and as an Editor of Applied Energy and Experimental Heat Transfer, and has served as Associate Editor of ASME Journal of Heat Transfer and Editor of Heat Transfer-Recent Contents and on the Editorial Board of Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science. He is a Fellow of the ASME.

His efforts in research and engineering education have been recognized with the 2004 ASME Gustus L. Larson Memorial Award; K16 Clock Award from the ASME; Graduate School/UWM Foundation Research Award in recognition of Outstanding Research and Creative Activity, 1995; UWM Distinguished Teaching Award in recognition of Demonstrated Dedication to Excellence in Undergraduate Instruction, 1997; and Society of Automotive Engineers’ Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award, 1992.

1. and materials processing
2. electromechanical microfluidic actuation
3. energy efficiency in computing and electronics
4. high-performance compact cooling technologies
5. micro- and nano-scale transport phenomena
6. Thermal microsystems