Monday, November 30, 2009

2009 Auburn University Faculty Awards - Sushil Bhavnani

November 3, 2009. Auburn, Alabama.
Sushil Bhavnani, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Samuel Ginn College of Engineering has received The Gerald and Emily Leischuck Endowed Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching.

A winner of at least eight Auburn University awards for outstanding teaching, Sushil H. Bhavnani received his doctorate at Iowa State in 1987.

His research interests include the cooling of microelectronics and development of sustainable energy systems. He is the recipient of the 2008 Clock Award from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Committee on Heat Transfer in Electronics Equipment for sustained contributions to the area of electronics packaging. An associate editor of the IEEE Transactions on Components and Packaging Technologies since 2001, Bhavnani is a Fellow of the ASME and a member of Sigma Xi and Pi Tau Sigma honor societies. He has earned an Auburn University Alumni Professorship, the College of Engineering William F. Walker Merit Teaching Award for Excellence, the Mechanical Engineering Outstanding Faculty Member Award, the College of Engineering William F. Walker Superior Teaching Award for Excellence, the College of Engineering Fred H. Pumphrey Teaching Award, the College of Engineering Birdsong Merit Teaching Award, and the Auburn University Mortar Board Favorite Educator Award. Bhavnani directs Auburn University’s student teams in solar-electric vehicle and solar-powered house competitions. The Sol of Auburn team is currently building TIGER - Transportation Integrating Green Energy Resources - a two-person biofuel/solar hybrid commuter vehicle. The Auburn University Student Government Association has also recognized him as Faculty Member of the Year.