Contact

Office: Powerhouse 211
Phone: 970-491-7357
Email: todd.bandhauer@colostate.edu
Website: reachcolab.com

Dr. Todd Bandhauer

Director of Research, End Market, and Commercialization Hub CoLab

Professor

Dr. Bandhauer has been a member of the Department of Mechanical Engineering since August 2013.

He has ~6 years of experience in industry (Modine Manufacutring Co.) and at a national laboratory (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory) developing components for energy systems, and his work has resulted in 8 refereed conference and journal papers and 21 issued and pending patents.

He is the Director of the Research, End Market, and Commercialization Hub CoLab housed at the EECL, which currently includes 12 graduate and undergraduate students.

Education

Ph.D. 2011, Georgia Institute of Technology – Mechanical Engineering
M.S. 2002, Iowa State University – Mechanical Engineering
B.S. 1999, Iowa State University – Mechanical Engineering

Resources

Research Interests

Thermal Energy Systems
Coupled Electrochemical Thermal Phenomena in Energy Storage and Conversion Systems
Microscale Phase Change Heat Transfer
High Flux Thermal Management of Electronics and Lasers
Thermal Activated Cooling Systems
Waste Heat Recovery
Nuclear Fuel Processing Systems

Honors and Awards

2012 – LLNL Computational Engineering Division Award, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
2011,2010,2009,2008,2007 – Sandia Graduate Research Fellowship, Sandia National Laboratories
2011 – Achievement Rewards for College Scientists Scholar, ARCS Foundation
2001 – Department of Defense Fellowship Finalist, Department of Defense
2000 – ASHRAE Grant-in-Aid Award, American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Engineers
2000 – PACE Award, Iowa State University