The National Science Foundation has awarded the 2011 Alexander Schwarzkopf Prize for Technological Innovation to a Purdue University professor for his research to develop advanced cooling technologies for electronics and cars. The prize specifically recognizes Suresh V. Garimella’s work to develop “two-phase microchannel heat sinks” to cool high-power electronics in electric and hybrid cars, computers and telecommunications systems. Indiana’s 21st Century Research and Technology Fund provided $3.8 million to help commercialize the advanced cooling system for hybrid and electric cars.
Photo: Purdue University doctoral student Tannaz Harirchian holds up special chips that she and Professor Suresh Garimella used to simulate what happens in a real chip.
