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Yogendra Joshi grew up in the Himalayan foothills and graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur with a B. Tech in Mechanical Engineering in 1979. He joined Professor Benjamin Gebhart's group for graduate studies, receiving an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the State University of New York, Buffalo in 1981, and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering with a focus on Applied Mechanics from the University of Pennsylvania in 1984. Prior to joining the faculty at Georgia Tech in August 2001, he held academic positions at the University of Maryland, College Park from 1993 to 2001 and the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California from 1986 to 1993. Joshi worked in the semiconductor assembly industry from 1984 to 1985, focusing on process and thermal model development. His research involves thermal fluid flow issues associated with electronic devices and systems, and he has authored or co-authored fifty journal articles as well as numerous conference papers. Joshi is involved in developing internet-based distance learning programs for thermal management in electronics and holds joint appointments at Georgia Tech in both the School of Mechanical Engineering and the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
Georgia Institute of Technology • Atlanta, GA
Teaching and research in the fields of thermal management and mechanical engineering.
University of Maryland, College Park • College Park, MD
Involved in teaching and research in mechanical engineering.
Naval Postgraduate School • Monterey, CA
Focused on research related to mechanical engineering and electronic systems.
Department of Computer Science: GRE scores are optional for Fall 2026.