Alex Rattner
Associate Professor
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAlex Rattner is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Penn State and leads the Multiscale Thermal Fluids and Energy Lab, bringing a decade of focused academic and applied research experience. He specializes in high-heat-flux thermal management, spacecraft power and thermal control systems, refrigeration technologies, and topology-optimized heat exchangers, blending experimental and computational multiphase flow expertise. His work spans practical engineering for space applications and advanced materials-enabled heat transfer solutions, including additive manufacturing and supercritical fluid transport. Rattner combines rigorous PhD training from Georgia Tech with a lab-led approach that translates fundamental multiphase flow insights into deployable thermal control systems. He is known for integrating topology optimization with manufacturing-aware design, yielding heat exchangers that are both high-performance and producible. Based in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, he balances teaching, mentorship, and translational research that frequently intersects aerospace and energy sectors.
10 years of coding experience
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Mechanical Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology
Github Skills (15)
openfoam9
climate-science8
azerothcore8
thermodynamics8
mercury8
chemical-engineering8
simulation8
modeling-tool8
electrical-engineering8
modelica7
liquid7
hydrodynamics7
snl-applications6
vapor6
julia6
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
arattner1/XNH3H2O
May 2017 - Apr 2019
Contributions:11 commits, 9 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 10 months
arattner1/SchlierenView
Jul 2017 - May 2018
Contributions:11 pushes, 1 branch in 10 months
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