FIRST Associate Member Edalatpour Awarded NSF CAREER Award
NSF CAREER Award
Through a $520,000 CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation, Dr. Sheila Edalatpour and her team will establish a theoretical framework for modeling radiative heat transfer in quantum materials and in presence of electron tunneling for the first time. They plan to develop experimental techniques to demonstrate quantum size effects on the magnitude and spectrum of thermal radiation. Radiative heat transfer across quantum-sized gaps can play a significant role in thermal management of devices such as transistors and ultra-compact electronics.
“The Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program is a Foundation-wide activity that offers the National Science Foundation’s most prestigious awards in support of early-career faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education and to lead advances in the mission of their department or organization. ”