Solar thermal energy storage, thermal energy harvesting, thermal control of nanoscale manufacturing, thermomechanical behavior of shape memory alloys, thermal aspects of manufacturing processes including machining and plasma thermal spray.

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UC Berkeley, 1984

• Fellow, ASME
• UCLA Academic Senate Chair
• UCLA Faculty–Staff Partnership Award
• Henry and Susan Samueli Teaching Award
• Presidential Young Investigator Award
• Best Superconductivity Paper Award, ASME Superconductivity Committee
• F.W. Taylor Medal, CIRP
• Recognition of Exemplary Service, Journal of Heat Transfer
• Outstanding Reviewer Award, Journal of Engineering for Industry
• Keynote Speaker, Japan National Heat Transfer Symposium