Santa Clara University

Hohyun Lee	Title:	Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
	Office:	EC 234
	Phone:	408-554-5283
	Fax:	408-554-5474
	Email:	hlee@scu.edu
	Education:	Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009 S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005 B.S., Seoul National University, 2003

 

• Biography
• Current Research Interests
• Recent Publications
• Courses Taught

 

Biography

Dr. Hohyun Lee has joined the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Santa Clara University in 2009.  Dr. Lee received his Ph.D. degree in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at MIT in 2009.  He is interested in heat transfer mechanisms in nanoscale, and therefore engineering thermal properties of nanomaterials for the purpose of energy harvest.

Current Research Interests

Nanoscale Transport Phenomena, Nanoscale Materials Characterization & Instrumentation, Renewable/Sustainalbe Energy System Design, Waste Heat Recovery, Thermoelectrics, Water Purification

 

Recent Publications

-H. Lee, D. Vashaee, D. Z. Wang, M. S. Dresselhaus, Z. F. Ren, and G. Chen, “Effects of Nanoscale Porosity on Thermoelectric Properties of SiGe”, submitted to JAP, 2009

-G. Zhu, H. Lee, Y. Lan, X. Wang, G. Joshi, D. Wang, J. Yang, D. Vashaee, H. Guilbert, A. Pillitteri, M. S. Dresselhaus, G. Chen, and Z. Ren, “Increased Phonon Scattering by Nanograins and Point Defects in Nanostructured Silicon with a Low Concentration of Germanium”, Physical Review Letters, 102, 196803, 2008

-X. Wang, H.Lee, Y.C. Lan, G. H. Zhu, G. Joshi, D. Z. Wang, J. Yang, A. J. Muto, M. Y. Tang, J. Klatsky, S. Song, M. S. Dresselhaus, G. Chen, and Z. Ren, “Enhanced thermoelectric figure of merit in nanostructured n-type silicon germanium bulk alloy”, Applied Physics Letters, 93, 193121, 2008

-G. Joshi, H. Lee, Y. Lan, X. Wang, G. Zhu, D. Wang, R. W. Giould, D. C. Cuff, M. Y. Tang, M. S. Dresselhaus, G. Chen and Z. Ren, “Enhanced Thermoelectric Figure-of-Merit in Nanostructured p-type Silicon Germanium Bulk Alloys”, Nano Letters, 8(12), 4670-4674, 2008

-M. S. Dresselhaus, G. Chen, M. Y. Tang, R. G. Yang, H. Lee, D. Wang, Z. Ren, J-P. Fleurial, and P. Gogna, “New Directions for Low-Dimensional Thermoelectric Materials”, Advanced Material, 19, 1-12, 2007

-H. Xie, H. Lee, W. Youn, and M. Choi, “Nanofluids Containing Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes and Their Enhanced Thermal Conductivities”, Journal of Applied Physics, 94, 4967-4971, 2003

Courses Taught

Undergraduate 

• MECH 123 Heat Transfer
  
• MECH 125 Thermal System Design
  
• MECH 160 Instrumentation
  

Graduate

•  MECH 236 Conductive Heat Transfer
  
• MECH 237Convective Heat Transfer