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Mihir Sen

• Professor
• Dept. of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
• (574) 631-5975
• FAX (574) 631-8341
• Email: Mihir.Sen.1@nd.edu
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• B.Tech Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India, 1968
• ScD, Aeronautics and Astronautics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1975

Mihir Sen’s research is primarily focused on thermal engineering including heat transfer and fluid mechanics. He has worked in several areas including reacting flows, natural and forced convection, flow in porous media, falling films, boiling, MEMS applications, and heat exchangers. His current interest is in thermal control and applications of intelligent systems. He is collaborating with other researchers in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering as well as in Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering to develop ionic liquid systems for more energy efficient absorption refrigeration. He teaches a graduate course entitled “Intermediate Heat Transfer,” and is a Fellow of the ASME.

Focus area: Energy efficiency

Current Energy Related Research Grants

• Department of Energy, “Ionic Liquids for Utilization of Waste Heat from Distributed Power Generation Systems,” Joan Brennecke, Edward J. Maginn, Mihir Sen, Samuel Paolucci and Mark A. Stadtherr, 8/1/05-7/31/06, $1,431,931.