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Jayathi Y. Murthy and Dipali Pradhan

Caption: Jayathi Y. Murthy (standing), a professor in Purdue's School of Mechanical Engineering, works with graduate student Dipali Pradhan on a computer simulation to analyze how heat is transferred through a silicon nanowire. Murthy will lead a new center based at Purdue's Discovery Park to develop advanced simulations of microelectromechanical systems for commercial and defense applications.

Credit: Purdue News Service photo/David Umberger

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