Biography

Dr. Bayazitoglu joined Rice University in 1977 and since 1996, has been Harry S. Cameron Chair Professor of Mechanical Engineering. Previously, she was assistant professor at the Middle East Technical University in Turkey (1973-74) and was a visiting assistant professor at the University of Houston (1975-76).She received her bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering at Middle East Technical University (Ankara, Turkey) in 1967 and her master's and doctoral degrees at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, in 1969 and 1974, respectively. she was selected to be an Honorary Member of the ASME and she also received the SWE's Achievement Award which is the highest award given by the SWE. She is one of the 2013 ASME Heat Transfer Division 75th Anniversary Medal recipient and she received the University of Michigan 2013 Engineering Alumni Merit Award. In 2014, she is elected to be a lifetime honorary member of the Turkish Academy of Sciences (TÃœBA).

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Research Interest

Dr. Yildiz Bayazitoglu has made contributions to radiation and convective heat transfer, phase-change heat transfer, thermophysical property determination, and solar collector design and analysis. Her current research interests include container-less processing of materials, solution to electromagnetic radiation equation, molecular dynamics studies for nano heat transfer, micro-channel fluid and heat transfer, and bio heat transfer.