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School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy
Assistant Dean of Graduate Programs and Professor
Faculty, TEMPE Campus, Mailcode 6106
Sustainability Scientists and Scholars
Senior Sustainability Scientist
Faculty, TEMPE Campus, Mailcode 6106
Biography: 

Patrick “Pat” Phelan is a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, and assistant dean of graduate programs at Arizona State University’s Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering. He recently spent four years in Washington D.C. as the manager of the Emerging Technologies Program at the U.S. Department of Energy, Building Technologies Office. Previously, he served as the manager of the Thermal Transport Processes Program at the National Science Foundation. He researches and teaches in the area of sustainable energy, thermal transport, and energy policy.

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Education: 
  • Postdoctoral Fellow, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan 1990-1992
  • Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley 1990
  • M.S. Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1987
  • B. S. Mechanical Engineering, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 1985 

 

Research Website: 
http://faculty.engineering.asu.edu/pphelan/
Google Scholar: 
Google Scholar Profile
Research Interests: 

Thermal engineering, sustainable energy systems, energy policy.  See http://faculty.engineering.asu.edu/pphelan/ for more details.

Publications: 

Please see my publications at Google Scholar.

Research Activity: 
Summer 2020
Course NumberCourse Title
CSE 584Internship
EGR 584Internship
MAE 584Internship
EEE 584Internship
MAE 595Continuing Registration
MAE 792Research
MAE 799Dissertation
Spring 2020
Course NumberCourse Title
MAE 493Honors Thesis
MAE 589Heat Transfer
MAE 592Research
MAE 595Continuing Registration
MAE 598Special Topics
MAE 599Thesis
EGR 792Research
MAE 792Research
MAE 795Continuing Registration
MAE 799Dissertation
EGR 799Dissertation
Fall 2019
Course NumberCourse Title
ASU 101-MEEThe ASU Experience
MAE 492Honors Directed Study
MAE 493Honors Thesis
MAE 494Special Topics
MAE 576Energy Efficiency
MAE 592Research
BUS 593Applied Project
CEE 593Applied Project
SOS 594Conference and Workshop
MAE 595Continuing Registration
SEC 598Special Topics
FSE 598Special Topics
MAE 598Special Topics
MAE 599Thesis
MAE 792Research
MAE 795Continuing Registration
MAE 799Dissertation
Summer 2019
Course NumberCourse Title
MAE 499Individualized Instruction
MAE 595Continuing Registration
MAE 599Thesis
MAE 792Research
MAE 795Continuing Registration
Spring 2019
Course NumberCourse Title
MAE 493Honors Thesis
MAE 589Heat Transfer
MAE 592Research
MAE 595Continuing Registration
MAE 598Special Topics
MAE 599Thesis
MAE 792Research
MAE 795Continuing Registration
MAE 799Dissertation
Fall 2018
Course NumberCourse Title
ASU 101-MEEThe ASU Experience
MAE 492Honors Directed Study
MAE 493Honors Thesis
MAE 585Solar Thermal Engineering
MAE 592Research
BUS 593Applied Project
CEE 593Applied Project
SOS 594Conference and Workshop
MAE 595Continuing Registration
SEC 598Special Topics
FSE 598Special Topics
MAE 598Special Topics
MAE 599Thesis
MAE 792Research
MAE 795Continuing Registration
MAE 799Dissertation
Summer 2018
Course NumberCourse Title
MAE 595Continuing Registration
MAE 792Research
MAE 795Continuing Registration
Spring 2018
Course NumberCourse Title
MAE 492Honors Directed Study
MAE 589Heat Transfer
MAE 595Continuing Registration
MAE 598Special Topics
MAE 599Thesis
MAE 792Research
MAE 795Continuing Registration
MAE 799Dissertation
Fall 2017
Course NumberCourse Title
ASU 101-MEEThe ASU Experience
MAE 494Special Topics
BUS 593Applied Project
MAE 595Continuing Registration
MAE 598Special Topics
FSE 598Special Topics
MAE 599Thesis
MAE 792Research
MAE 795Continuing Registration
MAE 799Dissertation
Summer 2017
Course NumberCourse Title
SEC 593Applied Project
MAE 595Continuing Registration
MAE 792Research
MAE 795Continuing Registration
Spring 2017
Course NumberCourse Title
MAE 493Honors Thesis
MAE 499Individualized Instruction
MAE 589Heat Transfer
MAE 592Research
MAE 595Continuing Registration
FSE 598Special Topics
MAE 598Special Topics
SOS 598Special Topics
MAE 599Thesis
MAE 792Research
MAE 795Continuing Registration
MAE 799Dissertation
Fall 2016
Course NumberCourse Title
ASU 101-MEEThe ASU Experience
MAE 492Honors Directed Study
MAE 585Solar Thermal Engineering
MAE 593Applied Project
MAE 595Continuing Registration
SOS 598Special Topics
BCH 598Special Topics
MAE 599Thesis
MAE 792Research
MAE 795Continuing Registration
MAE 799Dissertation
Summer 2016
Course NumberCourse Title
SEC 593Applied Project
MAE 595Continuing Registration
MAE 792Research
MAE 795Continuing Registration
MAE 799Dissertation
Spring 2016
Course NumberCourse Title
MAE 499Individualized Instruction
MAE 589Heat Transfer
MAE 592Research
MAE 593Applied Project
MAE 595Continuing Registration
SOS 598Special Topics
BCH 598Special Topics
MAE 599Thesis
MAE 792Research
MAE 795Continuing Registration
MAE 799Dissertation
Fall 2015
Course NumberCourse Title
MAE 585Solar Thermal Engineering
MAE 593Applied Project
MAE 595Continuing Registration
SOS 598Special Topics
MAE 599Thesis
MAE 792Research
MAE 795Continuing Registration
MAE 799Dissertation
Service: 
  • MAE Faculty Search Committee, Member (2005 - Present)
  • FSE Faculty Senate, MAE Representative (2004 - Present)
  • MAE Undergraduate Affairs Committee, Member (2003 - Present)
  • MAE Advising Team, Member (2001 - Present)
  • ASME, Member, Energy Systems Miniaturization Committee (2002 - 2005)
  • ASHRAE, Member (2000 - 2005)
  • ASME, Member, ASME K-18 Low-Temperature Heat Transfer Committee (2000 - 2005)
  • ASME, chaired session on "Meso/Micro/Nanoscale Energy Systems and Conversion Devices" (2005 - 2005)
Expertise Areas: 
Building Technology
Solar Energy Systems
Energy Efficiency Technologies