Diana-Andra Borca-Tasciuc
Professor
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Diana-Andra Borca-Tasciuc is a professor in the Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering Department at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, which she joined in 2006. She received her B.S. in Physics from Bucharest University, and M.S. and PhD. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California at Los Angeles. She is a 2008 NSF Career awardee and a 2013 Fulbright scholar. Her research interests are in the area of energy conversion and current projects include power harvesting MEMS, solar power harvesting building envelope and thermal processes at nanoscale. She has co-authored over 100 journal articles and conference proceedings and is a co-inventor on several patents and patent applications. She is serving as the Secretary of ASME Heat Transfer Division.