E-mail: rodolphe.vaillon@utah.edu
Office: 2467 MEK (1495 E. 100 S.)
Media: W.W. Clyde Visiting Chair | Co-Authors Book “Thermal Behavior of Photovoltaic Devices”
Education
- Habilitation in Mechanical Engineering, University of Lyon (INSA Lyon: Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon), France, 2008
- D. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Poitiers (ENSMA: Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Mécanique et d’Aérotechnique), France, 1996
- S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Poitiers (ENSMA), Poitiers, France, 1993
- Engineer diploma in Mechanical Engineering, ENSMA (Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Mécanique et d’Aérotechnique), Poitiers, France, 1993
Research
- Visiting Scholar in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Utah, in the Radiative Energy Transfer Lab of Dr. Mathieu Francoeur (from 01/01/2016 to 12/31/2017)
- W.W. Clyde Visiting Chair in the College of Engineering, University of Utah (from 01/01/2016 to 12/31/2016)
- Member of the “Micro and Nanoscale Heat Transfer” research group at the Centre for Energy and Thermal Sciences of Lyon (CETHIL, CNRS – INSA Lyon – University Lyon 1). Former head of this group (from August 2011 to January 2016).
- Research interests: nanoscale thermal radiation, thermal behavior of photovoltaic devices, and electromagnetic light scattering by complex particles
Teaching
- Thermal radiation in the Department of Energy and Environmental Engineering at INSA Lyon
- Short courses and seminars will be proposed in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Utah in 2016