Musho, Terence
Education
Ph.D., Materials Science, Vanderbilt University, 2012
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, 2006
Terence Musho, P.E., Ph.D., is an Associate Professor for the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at West Virginia University. He received his Ph.D. in Materials Science from Vanderbilt University and his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Penn State. He received his doctorate degree as an NSF IGERT fellow where his thesis research focused on modeling the performance of nanoscale thermoelectrics and thermionic devices. His research group at WVU is focused on the development and application of first principle materials modeling techniques.
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Research Interests
Thermal and Electrical TransportPhotoelectrochemical and Electrochemical Conversion
Direct Energy Conversion (Spin-based Thermoelectrics, Thermionics)
Numerical Analysis
Finite Element Analysis
High-Performance Computing
Teaching Interests
Heat TransferNumerical Analysis
Finite Element Analysis
High-Performance Computing
Special Interests
Density Functional Theory (DFT) material modeling
First principle modeling of electronic and thermal transport
Professional Societies
MRSASME