Education:

• Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, University of California Berkeley, 2013
• M.S. Nuclear Engineering, The Ohio State University, 2008
• B.S. Mechanical Engineering, The Ohio State University, 2007

Biography: 

Dr. Shannon Yee is a Professor in the G.W.W. School of Mechanical Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology, where he directs the Scalable Thermal Energy Engineering Laboratory. Dr. Yee joined Georgia Tech in 2014 directly from his PhD at the University of California Berkeley.  In the midst of his studies, he joined the US. Dept. of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency for Energy (ARPA-E) during its inaugural year as the first ARPA-E Fellow.  Dr. Yee completed his MS in Nuclear Engineering in 2008 and his BS in Mechanical Engineering in 2007, both from The Ohio State University. In 2008, he was awarded a prestigious Hertz Fellowship.  In 2015, Dr. Yee was selected for an AFOSR Young Investigator Award to develop polymer thermoelectrics.  Dr. Yee is the recipient of the 2017 American Society of Mechanical Engineering Pi-Tau-Sigma Gold Medal award for “outstanding contributions to the field of Mechanical Engineering in the first decade of one’s career.”  In 2019, Shannon was selected for an ONR Young Investigator Award to develop polymer thermal switches.  Most recently, Dr. Yee has been directing the Generation 2 Reinvent the Toilet (G2RT) program and was recognized as one of Bill Gate’s Heroes in the Field in 2021.  Starting 2024, Dr. Yee serves on the Board of Directors for the Materials Research Society as an elected officer.