MechSE postdoc named a top advisor in Illinois Grainger Engineering

5/4/2026

Vish Ganesan, a postdoctoral research associate in Founder Professor Nenad Miljkovic’s Energy Transport Research Laboratory (ETRL), was selected as one of the top 10% of advisors in The Grainger College of Engineering.

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Vish GanesanMechSE’s Vishwanath Ganesan has been selected as one of the Engineering Council Outstanding Advisors for the 2025-26 academic year. Recognized as the top 10% of engineering advisors identified by their students, these Grainger Engineering faculty and staff exemplify excellence and dedication in support of students’ efforts.

Ganesan is currently a postdoctoral research associate in Founder Professor Nenad Miljkovic’s Energy Transport Research Laboratory (ETRL), working on high-fidelity experiments and computations of transient two-phase flow for understanding cryogenic propellant tank transfer and on holistic rack-to-processor power and thermal co-design for future servers.

He earned his MS and PhD in mechanical engineering from Purdue University, working in Professor Issam Mudawar’s Boiling and Two-Phase Flow Laboratory. At Purdue, he also held joint appointments with NASA-GRC as a visiting researcher and with the School of Mechanical Engineering as a Ward A. Lambert Graduate Teaching Fellow. Prior to joining Purdue, he worked as a Junior Research Fellow at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay.

In 2025, Ganesan was the faculty advisor to a team of Grainger Engineering undergraduates selected as finalists in the NASA Human Lander Challenge.


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This story was published May 4, 2026.