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Yogi Goswami

Yogi Goswami

Professor, Chemical Engineering, University of South Florida

Phone: (813) 974-0956

Fax: (813) 974-2050

Clean Energy Research Center
College of Engineering
4202 East Fowler Avenue
ENB118
Tampa, FL 33620

http://cerc.eng.usf.edu/

Education:

Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, Auburn University, 1975

Research Interests:

Novel Thermodynamic Cycle for Combined Power and Cooling, Antenna, Solar Energy to Electricity Conversion, Hybrid Solar Liquid and Solid Desiccant Air Conditioning, Solar Photocatalytic Disinfection of Indoor Air, Thermochemical Hydrogen Production, Biomass Hydrogen Production, PEM Fuel Cells.

Publications List:

  • Dr. D. Yogi Goswami is the John and Naida Ramil Professor in the Chemical Engineering Department and Co-Director of the Clean Energy Research Center at the University of South Florida. He conducts fundamental and applied research on Solar Thermal Energy, Thermodynamics, Heat Transfer, HVAC, Photovoltaics, Hydrogen, and Fuel Cells.
  • Dr. Goswami has served as an advisor and given testimonies on energy policy and the transition to renewable energy to the US Congress and the Government of India, as well as providing consultant expertise to the US Department of Energy, USAID, World Bank, NIST, among others.
  • Professor Goswami is the Editor-in-Chief of the Solar Energy journal, and Advances in Solar Energy: Annual Review of Research and Development. Within the field of Renewable Energy he has published as an author or editor 8 books, 12 book chapters, 4 conference proceedings and more than 170 refereed technical papers. He has delivered 30 Keynote and Plenary lectures at major international conferences. He also holds 6 US patents and 1 world-wide patent.
  • A recognized leader in professional scientific and technical societies, Prof. Goswami is presently a Governor of ASME-International (2003-2006), and the immediate past President of the International Solar Energy Society. Previously he has served as a Senior Vice President of ASME, Vice President of ISES and President of the International Association for Solar Energy Education (IASEE, 2000-2002). Dr. Goswami is a Fellow of the ASME International, and the American Solar Energy Society. He is a recipient of the John Yellott Award for Solar Energy from ASME and the Charles Greely Abbott award of the ASES, and more than 50 awards and certificates from major engineering and scientific societies for his work in renewable energy.