Dr. Jay P. Gore is the Reilly University Chair Professor in the School of Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University. He has been the Associate Head of Graduate Studies within the School of Mechanical Engineering, the Director of the campuswide Discovery Park Energy Center, and the Associate Dean of Engineering for Research and Entrepreneurship in the College of Engineering.

Professor Gore received the U. S. Presidential Young Investigator Award in 1991, the ASME Best Paper in Heat Transfer Literature Award in 1986 and the AIAA Best Paper Award in 1987. His honors include the 2021 Advisor to Sustainable Development and Campus Cloud Networks award, and the 2012 Purdue College of Engineering Outstanding Team Award for the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships (SURF). Jay received his B. E. from College of Engineering, Pune, India, his M.S. and Ph.D. from Penn State and his Post-Doctoral certificate from the University of Michigan. He is a Fellow of the AIAA, the International Combustion Institute and the ASME and has served as an Associate Editor of the AIAA Journal, the ASME Journal of Heat Transfer, and the 26th International Combustion Symposium. Dr. Gore has authored/co-authored over 300 publications and directed the work of over 50 researchers. His research team utilizes advanced laser diagnostics, machine learning, and artificial intelligence to address the grand challenge problems of energy, climate, human health and the environment.