Biography

Chris Dames received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2006, and his B.S. and M.S. from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1998 and 2001, respectively. From 1998-1999 he worked as a research engineer for Solo Energy Corp., Alameda, CA.

Degree

• Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering 2006 Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Awards

• NSF CAREER Award, NSF, 2011
• Young Faculty Award, DARPA, 2009

Research Areas

Thermal and electrical properties of nanostructures used for energy conversion. Modeling and experiments on individual nanowires, nanotubes, and graphene. Thermal rectification.