Luis E. Paniagua-Guerra earned his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering in 2018 from the University of Guanajuato, Mexico. Through Pennsylvania State University’s Department of Mechanical Engineering, he earned his master’s degree in 2020 and expects to complete his PhD in October 2023. While still a college senior in Mexico, he undertook rigorous training in molecular dynamics modeling, and by the time he arrived at Penn State, he and his adviser had a paper accepted for publication. To sponsor his doctoral education, Paniagua-Guerra wrote a research proposal to secure funding from the Mexican counterpart of the National Science Foundation. His research projects include liquid cooling of electronics, dieletric properties of aqueous organic materials, mechanical properties of 2D materials, and nanoscale fluid dynamics. Going forward, he aims to establish an inclusive research group to bridge nanoscale and macroscale physics, targeting applications in surface wetting control, water filtration, drug delivery, and liquid cooling solutions for high-density power electronics. As a future faculty member, his primary goal is to provide students with the technical knowledge, critical thinking skills, and creativity required to face current challenges of existing and emerging technologies. He will welcome students from all backgrounds and perspectives, promote open communication and constructive feedback, and instill engineering foundations, ethics and sustainability.

Research Interests

Energy Transport Processes across Interfaces