Meet our Team
Faculty & Staff
Dr. Ohadi is a CEEE founding faculty member and founder of the Advanced Heat Exchangers and Process Intensification Consortium. He is internationally recognized for his research in heat and mass transfer and smart energy systems . He is the inventor/co-inventor of eight issued U.S. patents and has published more than 150 refereed technical publications. Dr. Ohadi has actively participated in promoting the support for fostering technological innovation and entrepreneurship. In 2002, he was featured in Washington Post for his efforts involving innovation and technology transfer. From 2003 to 2010 he was on leave assignment to the Petroleum Institute (Abu Dhabi) where served as Director of Mechanical Engineering (2003-2006) and Provost and Acting President (2006 to 2010). He is a fellow member of both ASME and ASHRAE and has won numerous awards from both societies.
Dr. Ratnesh Tiwari earned his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Maryland in 2015 and his undergraduate degree from IIT Kanpur in 2006. With over six years of industry experience in heat exchanger design and process development, he specializes in thermo-fluidic systems, microchannel heat exchangers, and building energy modeling. Currently, he focuses on developing low-cost microchannel heat exchangers and conducting techno-economic and market analyses for research projects.
Shwe Htet Htet Aung is a faculty assistant in the Smart and Small Thermal System (S2TS) lab at the University of Maryland. She earned her master’s degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Maryland in December 2024. She holds a Bachelor of Engineering and a Bachelor of Technology in Electronic and Communication Engineering from Technological University (Kalay) in Myanmar. While involved in numerous projects, her responsibilities include managing the lab, assisting faculty in various capacities, and liaising with the AHXPI consortium. She also contributes to the current software the lab is developing, called the Rapid Energy Auditor (REA) software.