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A portrait of Professor Mydlarski.

Professor Mydlarski received his Bachelor of Applied Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Waterloo (Waterloo, ON, Canada). He then obtained his doctorate in Mechanical Engineering from Cornell University (Ithaca, NY, USA). He has since been a professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at McGill University in Montréal, Canada, where he carries out fundamental turbulence research, with a particular focus on scalar mixing in turbulent flows. Professor Mydlarski also undertakes applied research, including investigations of the cooling of both microelectronics and hydroelectric generators, in collaboration with industrial partners. He teaches courses in Fluid Mechanics, Heat Transfer, Thermodynamics, and Turbulence. Professor Mydlarski served as Associate Dean (Academic Programs) in the Faculty of Engineering from 2014-2020, during which he was responsible for academic, curricular, accreditation and pedagogical matters. Since 2011, Professor Mydlarski has also served as Associate Editor of Fluid Dynamics Research (published by the Institute of Physics). He is a member of the Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec

Postdocs:

  • Dr. Alaïs Hewes (PhD, McGill University)
    Dr. Hewes studies microelectronics cooling as part of her postdoctoral research.

Current Ph.D. students:

  • Michael Hinton
    Michael investigates microelectronics cooling as part of his doctoral research.
  • James Medvescek
    James's doctoral research focuses on novel improvements to micro-vapor-chamber spreaders (co-supervised with B.R. Baliga)

Current Master's students:

  • Christian Ivanov
    Christian is studying the mixing of scalars in wakes and jets for his Masters research.
  • Giovanna Schembre
    Giovanna is studying the effect of free-stream turbulence on the turbulent mixing in the wake of a heated cylinder.
  • Peter Li
    Peter Li is investigating improvements of microelectronics cooling by way of microgap-enhanced pin fins