Prof. Yogendra Joshi
Professor, Georgia Institute of TechnologyDr. Yogendra Joshi is a Professor and John M. McKenney and Warren D. Shiver Distinguished Chair G.W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology.
His research interests are in multi-scale thermal management. Joshi is the author or co-author of more than 475 publications, including more than 230 journal articles. He received his Bachelor of Technology in mechanical engineering
from the Indian Institute of Technology (Kanpur) in 1979, Master of Science in mechanical
engineering from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 1981, and doctorate in
mechanical engineering and applied mechanics from the University of Pennsylvania in 1984. He
has served as the principal investigator for multiple DARPA programs, and for the Office of
Naval Research-led Consortium for Optimally Resource-Secure Outposts. He also previously
was Site Director for the National Science Foundation Industry/University Cooperative Research
Center on Energy Efficient Electronic Systems. Joshi is an elected fellow of the American
Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), IEEE, the American Association for the Advancement
of Science, and American Society for Heating, Refrigeration, and Air Conditioning. He serves as
Editor in Chief for the IEEE Transactions on Components, Packaging, and Manufacturing
Technology, and Vice President for IEEE Electronics Packaging Society. Joshi has been
recognized for his contributions through the Inventor Recognition Award from the
Semiconductor Research Corporation (2001), IBM Faculty Award (2008), the IIT Kanpur
Distinguished Alumnus Award (2011), ASME Heat Transfer Memorial Award (2013), the AIChE
Donald Q. Kern Award (2018), and multiple honors from IEEE.