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This introduction to heat transfer theory on a graduate level links the experimental with theory, so as to highlight the connections between these two approaches. Divided into three parts on heat transport in electronic devices and materials, materials for solid-state heat conduction, and active cooling technology, this monograph also treats the Boltzmann transport equation and atomic-level simulation. It also takes a look at possible future technologies, including novel materials and composites, thermoelectrics, and microrefrigerators.

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Patrick Schelling received his Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Minnesota in 1999. From 1999 to 2003, he held a postdoctoral position at Argonne National Laboratory, where the principle focus of his work was to study thermal transport using atomic-scale simulation. A key contribution of his work was to develop new methods that reveal detailed phonon scattering processes in the course of a molecular-dynamics simulation. In 2003, he joined the faculty as an assistant professor in the Advanced Materials Processing and Analysis Center (AMPAC) and the Department of Physics at the University of Central Florida. His research interests are quite diverse but share a common theme of atomic-scale modeling. The main focus of his research is to elucidate thermal transport in semiconductor materials in new regimes and length scales where bulk Fourier-Law behavior breaks down. He also maintains an active research program in the application of electronic-structure methods to problems in catalysis and electrochemistry.

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