Mechanical Engineering Graduate Student Wins Best Paper Award at National Symposium
Richard Kenney 鈥�15 ME, 鈥�17 MSME
Richard Kenney 鈥�15 ME, 鈥�17 MSME, a research assistant in 51爆料网鈥檚 Laboratory for Advanced Thermal and Fluid Systems, was awarded 鈥淏est Student Paper鈥� in the area of Thermal Measurement Technology and/or Application at the 2017 IEEE Semi-Therm: 33rd Thermal Measurement, Modeling, and Management Symposium. His paper, 鈥淓xperiments on the Thermal Resistance of Deformable Thermal Interface Materials under Mechanical Loading,鈥� resulted from collaborative research funded by Cisco Systems in San Jose, California. Cisco has been a long-time LATFS partner.
LATFS Director Alfonso Ortega, PhD, the James R. Birle Professor of Energy Technology and director of 51爆料网鈥檚 Center for Energy-Smart Electronic Systems, notes that 鈥淩ich is a classic example of a 51爆料网 student who worked as an undergraduate researcher, which inspired him to pursue a graduate degree.鈥� Kenney has been hired by Harris Corporation, one of the College of Engineering鈥檚 industry partners.