The School of Aeronautics and Astronautics congratulates Ming Gan for winning the prestigious Bilsland Dissertation Fellowships for the 2012-13 academic year.

Ming Gan is a Graduate Research Assistant in the School of Aeronautics and Astronautics Engineering at Purdue. He received his B. E. and M. E. degrees from University of Science and Technology of China in 2004 and 2007, respectively.

Ming is working with Prof. Vikas Tomar towards his PhD degree. His current research is on correlations of mechanical and thermal properties in semiconductors at micro-scale. They performed the first ever experimental investigation of stress/stain effect on thermal conductivity in silicon. They were issued a US patent for their innovative experimental setup and testing technique. As the scale of current semiconductor structures reduces down to nanometer range, the effect of scale, heat generation and internal stress becomes significant. Therefore, this research has great impact in the area of performance optimization and thermal control of semiconductor devices.

Besides his research work, Ming serves Purdue community as a Tau Beta Pi member. He also volunteered in the Purdue Space Day event.

The Bilsland Dissertation Fellowship was established to provide support to outstanding Ph.D. candidates in their final year of writing. It is expected that the doctoral degree will be received at the conclusion of the fellowship year.