Beomjin Kwon, Ph.D. (kwon at asu dot edu)

Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

His research interest is on the optimization of the energy conversion and transfer systems by exploiting advanced theoretical and experimental methods. He received his Ph.D. (2013) and M.S. (2009) from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). Afterward he joined Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), and worked as a research scientist (2013 - 2014) and senior research scientist (2015 - 2016). Prior to his appointment at ASU, he was a postdoctoral research associate at UIUC (2017-2018).

Faizan Ejaz (fejaz1 at asu dot edu)

PhD in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Faizan earned his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Arizona State University in 2023. His primary research focus is on designing, modeling and optimizing thermal systems (e.g., heat sinks, microchannels, thermoelectric generators, metal-based composites etc.). He is also interested in utilizing machine learning tools to model complex thermal problems. Currently, he is collaborating with industrial partners on ‘SWAB Hub’ project as a Postdoctoral Research Scholar to develop computational models for immersion cooling systems.

Phuong Nam Nguyen (pnguye61 at asu dot edu)

PhD student in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Phuong Nam is a PhD student in mechanical engineering. He received his BS in mechanical engineering in 2016 from Ho Chi Minh city University of Technology and Education, Vietnam and MS degree in mechanical engineering in 2018 from National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan. Afterward, he worked at Foxconn Group as a mechanical product design engineer for wireless networking products. His research focuses on additive manufacturing and thermal optimization.

Nagahiro Ohashi (nohashi at asu dot edu)

PhD student in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Nagahiro is a PhD student in mechanical and aerospace engineering. He received his BS in 2021 and MS in 2023 in mechanical engineering from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. His research interest focuses on using deep learning techniques to derive temperature distributions via a network trained with experimental data.

Ji Yeon Kim (jkim761 at asu dot edu)

MS student in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Ji Yeon is a MS student in mechanical and Aerospace engineering. She received her BS in mechanical and aerospace engineering in 2021 from Sejong University, Korea. Her research focuses on Genetic Algorithm and Machine Learning for optimal design of pin fin array and heat transfer systems.

Constantino Meza (czmeza at asu dot edu)

MS student in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Constantino is an undergraduate senior student in mechanical engineering. His research focuses on developing optimal pin fin geometry for heat sinks to operate electronics under harsh environments.