Arun Majumdar
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Arun Majumdar is a materials scientist
, engineer, and Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay graduate who is presently President
Barack Obama's
nominee for the Under Secretary of Energy
. He formerly ran the Environmental Energy Technologies Division at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
, where he was also deputy director of LBNL as well as professor of mechanical engineering
at the University of California, Berkeley
. He was nominated to be the first director of the U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy
(ARPA-E) and appointed to that position in September 2009. This position has been dubbed America's "Green Czar."
Arun is a leading scientist is the fields of thermoelectric materials, heat
and mass
transfer, thermal management, and waste heat
recovery. He has published several hundred papers, patents, and conference proceedings, and is a member of the National Academy of Engineering
.
Materials science
Materials science is an interdisciplinary field applying the properties of matter to various areas of science and engineering. This scientific field investigates the relationship between the structure of materials at atomic or molecular scales and their macroscopic properties. It incorporates...
, engineer, and Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay graduate who is presently President
President of the United States
The President of the United States of America is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces....
Barack Obama's
Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in...
nominee for the Under Secretary of Energy
Under Secretary of Energy for Energy and Environment
The Under Secretary for Energy and Environment, also known as the Under Secretary of Energy, is a position within the United States Department of Energy...
. He formerly ran the Environmental Energy Technologies Division at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
The Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , is a U.S. Department of Energy national laboratory conducting unclassified scientific research. It is located on the grounds of the University of California, Berkeley, in the Berkeley Hills above the central campus...
, where he was also deputy director of LBNL as well as professor of mechanical engineering
Mechanical engineering
Mechanical engineering is a discipline of engineering that applies the principles of physics and materials science for analysis, design, manufacturing, and maintenance of mechanical systems. It is the branch of engineering that involves the production and usage of heat and mechanical power for the...
at the University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...
. He was nominated to be the first director of the U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy
ARPA-E
ARPA-E, or Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy is a United States government agency to promote and fund research and development of advanced energy technologies...
(ARPA-E) and appointed to that position in September 2009. This position has been dubbed America's "Green Czar."
Arun is a leading scientist is the fields of thermoelectric materials, heat
Heat transfer
Heat transfer is a discipline of thermal engineering that concerns the exchange of thermal energy from one physical system to another. Heat transfer is classified into various mechanisms, such as heat conduction, convection, thermal radiation, and phase-change transfer...
and mass
Mass transfer
Mass transfer is the net movement of mass from one location, usually meaning a stream, phase, fraction or component, to another. Mass transfer occurs in many processes, such as absorption, evaporation, adsorption, drying, precipitation, membrane filtration, and distillation. Mass transfer is used...
transfer, thermal management, and waste heat
Waste heat
Waste heat sometimes called Secondary heat or Low-grade heat refers to heat produced by machines, electrical equipment and industrial processes for which no useful application is found. Energy is often produced by a heat engine, running on a source of high-temperature heat...
recovery. He has published several hundred papers, patents, and conference proceedings, and is a member of the National Academy of Engineering
National Academy of Engineering
The National Academy of Engineering is a government-created non-profit institution in the United States, that was founded in 1964 under the same congressional act that led to the founding of the National Academy of Sciences...
.