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Yogendra Joshi

Program Manager

Microsystems Technology Office

Yogendra Joshi, PhD, joined DARPA in July 2022 as a program manager in the Microsystems Technology Office (MTO). 

He is a professor and the John M. McKenney and Warren D. Shiver Distinguished Chair at Georgia Institute of Technology’s G.W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering. In addition, he has a courtesy appointment at Georgia Tech’s School of Electrical and Computer Engineering. His research interests are in multi-scale thermal management.

Joshi is the author or co-author of more than 450 publications in this area, including more than 225 journal articles. He has served as the principal investigator for multiple DARPA programs and for the Office of Naval Research-led Consortium for Optimally Resource-Secure Outposts. He also previously was site director for the National Science Foundation Industry/University Cooperative Research Center on Energy Efficient Electronic Systems.

Joshi is an elected fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and IEEE. He’s been recognized for his contributions through several awards, including the Inventor Recognition Award from the Semiconductor Research Corporation (2001), the IBM Faculty Award (2008), the IIT Kanpur Distinguished Alumnus Award (2011), the AIChE Donald Q. Kern Award (2018), and multiple honors from IEEE and ASME.

Education

  • PhD, Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, University of Pennsylvania
  • Master of Science, Mechanical Engineering, State University of New York at Buffalo
  • Bachelor of Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (Kanpur)

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