William P. King is Professor and Andersen Chair in the Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering at the Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He has courtesy appointments in Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. His research focuses on manufacturing and advanced materials, heat transfer, and micro/nanotechnology. Dr. King’s awards include the PECASE award from the White House, the ASME Gustus-Larson Award for accomplishment in Mechanical Engineering, and the ASME Ennor Award for accomplishment in manufacturing. He is a Fellow of ASME, AAAS, APS, IEEE, SME, and the National Academy of Inventors (NAI).
Omar received his B.Sc. with High Honors and M.Sc. from Cairo University in 2019 and 2023, respectively. He is currently a PhD candidate at . His research focuses on additively-manufactured heat exchangers, heat exchanger design automation, and advanced electronics cooling systems.
Vishwanath Ganesan received his M.S. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University in 2018 and 2023. He is currently a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. His research focuses on single-phase and two-phase direct-to-chip liquid cooling solutions for next-generation datacenters.
Woo Young received his B.S. in Mechanical Science and Engineering from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 2019. He is currently a PhD student at UIUC. Previously, he worked at Samsung Electronics. His research focuses on electronics cooling , with a focus on data center cooling architecture and direct-to-chip cold plate integration.
Ilan Pinkus received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 2023. He is currently a PhD candidate at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. His research focuses on single-phase cold plate performance evaluation and design optimization for data center thermal management.
Chirag Hiremath is the Principal Thermal Engineer at ZF with over 12 years of experience in CFD and thermal management in the automotive industry. He has thermal engineering expertise in automotive lighting, EV battery, ADAS products and more. He also has extensive experience in simulation and testing. Chirag holds a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from India and a Master's degree in Thermal Engineering from Wayne State University. Chirag has been recognized for his outstanding work and has also been awarded 3 patents for his innovative ideas in electronics cooling. In his free time, he enjoys running, traveling and spending time with his family.
Saket Karajgikar is a senior engineering leader and ASME Fellow with 15 years of industry experience in thermal management for electronics and data centers. At NVIDIA, he serves as a Senior Engineering Manager, leading a team that enables state-of-the-art cooling technologies and develops reference designs for AI factories. Before his tenure at NVIDIA, he was part of the Strategic Engineering team at Meta, developing advanced thermal management strategies for its data centers.
