Dharendra Yogi Goswami

Professor, Clean Energy Research Center, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida; Visiting Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department, ETH, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland; Adjunct Professor, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; Professor at University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida; North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, North Carolina; Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama.

Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME); American Solar Energy Society (ASES); Member, American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE); American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE); International Solar Energy Society (ISES).

Has published 14 Books, such as: “Energy Conversion”; “Handbook of Energy Management and End Use Efficiency”, “Advances in Solar Energy: An Annual Review of Research and Development”. Proceedings of major international conferences published as books (Total: 6, 17 volumes), book chapters (Total: 13); refereed papers in journals (Total: 87); conference proceedings (Total: 112). Editor in Chief, Solar Energy journal, International Solar Energy Society, Editor in Chief, Advances in Solar Energy, American Solar Energy Society, 1998-Present.

Received several awards, honors and distinctions, such as: Frank Kreith Energy Medal, ASME, 2007; Farrington Daniels Award, ISES, 2007(Highest Award of ISES); Hoyt Clark Hottel Award, ASES, 2007; Distinguished Lecturer, ASME, 2000-2003; Charles Greely Abbott Award for Outstanding Scientific, Technical and Human Contributions to the Development and Implementation of Solar Energy (Highest Award of the American Solar Energy Society), 1998; John Yellott Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Field of Solar Energy, ASME; Solar Energy Division, 1995 (Highest Solar Energy Award from ASME); UF Professional Excellence Program Award, 2002; UF Research Foundation Professor, 2001-2004; Clean Energy Personality of the Year, 2000; Solar Hall of Fame, 1993; Best Paper Award, ASME-International Solar Energy Conference, 1998; Best Paper Award, ASME-International Solar Energy Conference, 1993; Outstanding Leadership in the Advancement of Solar Energy Technologies, Florida Solar Energy Industries Association, 1993; Fellow of ASES, 2000.

• B.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Delhi, Delhi, India, 1969.

• M.S. Mechanical Engineering, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, 1971.

• Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, 1975.

Distinguished University Professor & Director, Clean Energy Research Center. University of South Florida