IEEE semi-therm XXI short courses and tutorials

Abstract

Dr. Kaveh Azar is the President and CEO of Advanced Thermal Solutions, Inc. (ATS). Prior to this new appointment, Dr. Azar was the founder and manager of Lucent Technologies thermal management center, responsible for developing the next generation of cooling systems. In addition, Dr. Azar has authored Lucent’s thermal roadmap and served as the corporate thermal consultant. While at Lucent, he developed a state-of-theart thermal/fluids laboratory for simulation of components, boards and systems. Since 1985, Dr. Azar has been an active participant in electronics thermal community and has served as the organizer, general chair and the keynote speaker at international conferences sponsored by ASME, IEEE and AIAA. He has also been an invitee to national bodies such as NSF, NIST and NEMI for organizing government and industry research goals in electronics cooling. Dr. Azar has been an adjunct professor at a number of universities, and lecturers worldwide in analytical and experimental methods in electronics cooling. He holds more than 31 national and international patents, has published more than 71 articles, 3 book chapters and a book entitled, “Thermal Measurements in Electronics Cooling.” In addition, he serves as the Editor-in-Chief of the Electronics Cooling Magazine, and was awarded IEEE SEMITHERM Significant Contributor Award in the thermal management of electronics systems.