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Srikanth Rangarajan

Assistant Professor

School of Systems Science and Industrial Engineering

Chief Thermal Technologist

Center for Energy- Smart Electronic Systems (ES2)

Biography

Srikanth Rangarajan joined the School of System Science and Industrial Engineering in fall 2024. He received his MS and PhD in mechanical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras in 2017. He obtained his bachelor of engineering in 2011 from Anna University Chennai. 

His research interests include energy storage management systems, electronics packaging, digital twinning for electronics and batteries, thermal energy storage, thermal management of electronics and data center cooling. Srikanth is also the author of the book “Phase Change Material Heat Sinks: A Multi-Objective Perspective.”

Prior to joining the SSIE School, Srikanth worked as an associate research professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Binghamton with Distinguished Professor Bahgat Sammakia.

Google Scholar:
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=JFZIyHwA...

Education

  • BE Mechanical Engineering – Anna University (Chennai), 2011
  • MS Thermal Engineering – Indian Institute of Technology Madras, 2017
  • PhD Heat transfer - Indian Institute of Technology Madras, 2017

Research Interests

  • Digital twinning and optimization of battery systems
  • Thermal energy storage - design and optimization
  • Thermal management, optimization and sustainability of electronic systems
  • Advanced packaging and heterogeneous integration of electronic systems
  • Data center cooling

Teaching Interests

  • Rangarajan has taught the following courses at Binghamton University:

    • Introduction to basics of optimization
    • Modelling and optimization of cold plates with multi-chip modules
    • Fundamentals of phase change material based heat sink
    • Artificial Neural Network - fundamentals and application
    • Cooling of portable electronics using PCMs embedded on to the chip
    Teaching interests also include:
    • Heat and mass transfer
    • Thermodynamics

Research Profile

Curriculum Vitae