Technology, AI, and the Environment: A Talk w. Dr. Srikanth Rangarajan & Dr. Bahgat G. Sammakia

Srikanth Rangarajan

Assistant Professor & Chief Thermal Technologist

Chief Thermal Technologist School of Systems Science and Industrial Engineering (SSIE) & Center for Energy- Smart Electronic Systems (ES2)

https://www.linkedin.com/in/srikanth-rangarajan-5878b068/

Srikanth Rangarajan currently works as an Assistant Professor in the School of System Science and Industrial Engineering at Binghamton University. He also serves as the Chief Thermal technologist of the Energy Smart Electronic Systems (ES2) Center at Binghamton University.  He received his M.S & Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras 2017. His research interests include electronics packaging, Digital twinning for electronics and batteries, Thermal energy storage, Thermal Management of electronics, and Data center cooling. Srikanth leads the thermal section of the IEEE Electronics Co-Design chapter. Srikanth has published 40 international journal articles so far. Srikanth is also the author of the book “Phase Change Material Heat Sinks: A multi-objective Perspective.” Srikanth has received competitive research funding from a broad range of federal and industry-aligned agencies, including ARPA-E, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and the Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC), in support of work on advanced thermal management, and AI-assisted optimization of thermal systems.

Bahgat G. Sammakia

Distinguished Professor, Center Director of ES2 & Founding Director of S3IP

Mechanical Engineering, Center for Energy- Smart Electronic Systems(ES2), S3IP– Small Scale Systems Integration and Packaging,& School of Systems Science and Industrial Engineering

https://www.linkedin.com/in/bahgat-sammakia-64266915/

Prof. Bahgat Sammakia, a SUNY distinguished professor of mechanical engineering, and is the founding director of S3IP, a New York State Center of Excellence at Binghamton University, the center director of the Energy Smart Electronic Systems (ES2) Center, an NSF IUCRC founded in 2011 with a focus on reducing the energy consumed by data centers around the world and the director of the Center for Heterogeneous Integration Research in Packaging (CHIRP) at Binghamton University. Prof. Sammakia served as the interim president of SUNY Polytechnic Institute from December 2016 to June 2018. He is a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the National Academy of Inventors, and the IEEE. Prof. Sammakia Received the 2020 Heat Transfer Memorial Art Award from The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).