S.M. YOU

you@utdallas.edu
Phone: 972-883-4619
Mailstop: ECW 31
Office: ECSW 4.150B
800 West Campbell Rd.
Richardson, TX 75080-3021

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Education

PhD, Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota , 1990

MS, Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, 1986

BS, Mechanical Engineering, Seoul National University, 1982

Research Interests

Convective Heat Transfer. Nucleate Boiling Heat Transfer and Critical Heat Flux. Flow Boiling in Micro-Channels. Mass Transfer and Evaporative Thermal Transport. Thermal Interface Resistances. Enhancement of Phase-Change Heat Transfer. Thermal Management of High-Heat-Flux Microelectronics. Phase-Change Thermal Transport of Energy Systems.

Five Most Recent Journal Publications, Book Chapters, and Books

• Aqsa Rukhsar, Dani Fadda, S. M. You, and Jungho Lee, 2025, “Boiling Heat Transfer with a Microporous Heating Surface in a Narrow Gap with Cover Plates of Different Wettability,” International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 244, 126956.
• Hootan Rahimi, Dani Fadda, Jungho Lee, and S. M. You, 2025, “Working Principles of Wickless Thermal Ground Planes,” Applied Thermal Engineering, 268, 125922.
• Hyunmuk Lim, Su-Yoon Doh, Junyoung Choi, Jungchan Moc, S. M. You, and Jungho Lee, 2024, “Pool Boiling Heat Transfer Enhancement Using the Micro-Thick Metallic Foam Surface in Saturated Water,” International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 152, 107310.
• Aqsa Rukhsar, Dani Fadda, Xiaomeng Wang, Jungho Lee, and S. M. You, 2024, “Effect of Cover Plate Wettability on Pool Boiling Heat Transfer in a Narrow Gap,” International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 221, 125130.
• Hyunmuk Lim, S. M. You, and Jungho Lee, 2023, “­New thermal packaging with a boiling-driven heat spreader for thermal management of the power electronics,” Applied Thermal Engineering, 219, 119515.

Major Honors and Awards

• Chancellor’s Entrepreneurship and Innovation Award, Office of Research and Technology, The University of Texas System, 2007
• Research Excellence Award, University of Texas at Arlington, 2003
• Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2002
• Best Teacher Award, College of Engineering, Seoul National University, 2000
• Halliburton Outstanding Young Faculty Award, University of Texas at Arlington, 1996