Professor Dr. Roger Kempers

Biography

Roger Kempers earned a B.Eng. and M.A.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from McMaster University and a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland. Before joining the Lassonde School of Engineering, he was a Distinguished Member of the Technical Staff at Nokia (formerly Alcatel-Lucent), where he led R&D on advanced thermal management technologies for telecommunications hardware. Prior to that, Kempers worked as a Research Engineer at Lucent Technologies and Bell Labs in Ireland, where his activities spanned fundamental research, technology development, and product integration. His research interests primarily lie in the area of thermal-fluid sciences, focusing on advancing heat transport, exchange, and conversion technologies to help address the world’s energy challenges. Kempers is also a thermofluids and heat transfer consultant and is the founding director of the Advanced Thermofluids & Heat Transfer Research Lab (TF-LAB) at the Lassonde School of Engineering, York University.

Research Interests