BIOGRAPHY

Dr. Jeff Darabi is an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of South Carolina. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Maryland, College Park in 1997 and 2000, respectively. Prior to joining the University of South Carolina, he was a member of research faculty in the department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Maryland. His active research interests are in the areas of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), microfluidics, BioMEMS, and chip-integrated micro cooling systems. Dr. Darabi has pioneered several novel micropumps and microcooling devices for high heat flux electronic cooling applications. He is currently active in the development of chip-integrated micro cooling systems where he holds a related patent, micropumps for cooling spatially separate electronic components, dielectrophoretic manipulation of DNA and biological agents, electrospray ionization, microfluidic devices for proteomics analysis, and multiphysics modeling.

Dr. Darabi is a member of ASME, IEEE, and ASHRAE. He is the recipient of the ASHRAE New Investigator Award (2005-2006), Outstanding Research Team at the 2004 SCAMP Summer Undergraduate Research Conference,  Pi Tau Sigma Mechanical Engineering Professor of the Year Award (2001-2002), the Homer Addams Award (1999), the University of Maryland Outstanding Student Award (1999), and ASHRAE Grant-in-aid Fellowship (1995 - 1996, and 1998 - 1999).