Francoeur
  • Professor, Mechanical Engineering

Professional Service

  • Journal of Applied Physics. Role: Reviewer. Tunable photon heat ampli cation in two-dimensional materials. 04/2017 - 04/2017
  • Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer. Handling Associate Editor. 05/2016 - present
  • ASME Journal of Solar Energy Engineering. Reviewer: Heat Transfer and Collector Efficiency through Direct Absorption Solar Collector with Radiative Heat Flux Effect. 01/2013 - 02/2013
  • Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer. Reviewer: Spectral tuning of radiative heat transfer between metamaterials with arrays of wires and split rings. 01/2013 - 02/2013
  • Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer. Reviewer: Fluctuational electrodynamics calculations of near-field heat transfer in non-planar geometries: a brief overview. 01/2013 - 02/2013
  • ASME Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications. Reviewer: Study on Key Parameters and Energy-Saving Features of Air-Cooled Tuyere. 01/2013 - 02/2013
  • Applied Optics. Reviewer: Effect of pore-level geometry on far-field radiative properties of three-dimensionally ordered macro-porous ceria particle. 01/2013 - 02/2013
  • Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer. Reviewer: Polariton-Enhanced Emittance of Metallic-Dielectric Multilayer Structures for Thermophotovoltaic Emitters. 01/2013 - 02/2013
  • Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer. Reviewer: Thermal Radiative Properties of a Photonic Crystal Structure Sandwiched by SiC Gratings. 01/2013 - 02/2013
  • Progress in Energy and Combustion Science. Reviewer: An overview of micro/nanoscaled thermal radiation and its applications. 01/2013 - 02/2013
  • Optics Express. Reviewer: Near-Field Thermal Radiation between Graphene-Covered Doped Si Plates. 01/2013 - 02/2013
  • Scientific Reports (Nature). Reviewer: Graphene-based photovoltaic cells for near- eld thermal energy conversion. 01/2013 - 02/2013
  • Nano Letters. Reviewer: Ultrahigh contrast and large-bandwidth thermal rectification in near-field electromagnetic thermal transfer between nanoparticles. 01/2013 - 02/2013
  • ASME Micro/Nanoscale Heat and Mass Transfer International Conference. Reviewer: Near-Field Radiation between Doped Silicon Plates with Graphene. 01/2013 - 02/2013
  • Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer. Reviewer: Multi-band super-Planckian thermal emission from fishnet metamaterial. 01/2013 - 02/2013
  • Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer. Reviewer: Study of Magnetic Polaritons in Deep Gratings for Thermal Emission Control. 01/2013 - 02/2013
  • Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer. Reviewer: Computational and Experimental Study of a Multi-Layer Absorptivity Enhanced Thin Film Silicon Solar Cell. 01/2013 - 02/2013
  • Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer. Reviewer: Tip-sample electromagnetic interaction in the infrared: dressed polarizabilities, retarded image dipole model and near-field thermal radiation detection. 01/2013 - 02/2013
  • International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. Reviewer: Thermal rectification based on thermochromic materials. 01/2013 - 02/2013
  • European Physical Journal. Reviewer: Maximal near-eld radiative heat transfer between two plates. 01/2013 - 02/2013
  • ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference. Reviewer: Design and Verification of a PECVD fabricated Multi-Layer Nano-Scale Photovoltaic Device. 01/2013 - 02/2013
  • ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference. Role: Organizer. Organization of a thermal radiation session (sponsored by ASME K-6), ASME 2013 Summer Heat Transfer Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota, July 2013. 01/2013 - 01/2013
  • Czech Science Foundation. Reviewer: Radiative near-field heat transfer at low temperatures. 11/2012 - 11/2012
  • DOE Office of Science Graduate Fellowship program. Reviewer: David Blasing. 02/2012 - 02/2012
  • DOE Office of Science Graduate Fellowship program. Reviewer: Sean Lubner. 02/2012 - 02/2012
  • Ministry of Higher Education (Malaysia). Reviewer: FUNDAMENTAL STUDY AND SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT FOR SIMULATING HEAT DISTRIBUTION INSIDE NANOSTRUCTURES WITH IRREGULAR SHAPES/BOUNDARIES . 02/2012 - 02/2012

Honors & Awards

  • Young Scientist Award (Radiative Transfer). Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 05/2009
  • Dissertation Year Fellowship. University of Kentucky, 09/2008
  • ES D3 Ph.D. Scholarship. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, 09/2005
  • Ph.D. Scholarship (declined). Natural Sciences and Technology Foundation of Quebec, 09/2005
  • Board of Honor of Universite Laval for outstanding Master thesis. Universite Laval, 05/2004
  • Outstanding Teaching Award, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Utah, 2015-2016. Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Utah, 08/2016
  • Listed among the top 15% of instructors in the College of Engineering at the University of Utah for ME EN 3650: Heat Transfer, Spring 2016. College of Engineering, University of Utah, 08/2016
  • Associated Students of the University of Utah (ASUU) Student Choice Award, 2016. ASUU, University of Utah, 04/2016
  • Outstanding Reviewer, Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 2014. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer (Elsevier), 12/2014
  • Outstanding Teaching Award, College of Engineering, University of Utah, 2014. College of Engineering, University of Utah, 08/2014
  • Army Research Office (ARO) Young Investigator Award, 2014-2017. Army Research Office, 06/2014
  • Listed among the top 15% of instructors in the College of Engineering for ME EN 2300: Thermodynamics I, spring 2014. College of Engineering, University of Utah, 06/2014
  • Listed among the top 15% of instructors in the College of Engineering for ME EN 6960: Nanoscale Heat Transfer, University of Utah, fall 2013. College of Engineering, University of Utah, 12/2013
  • Paper "M. Francoeur and M.P. Mengüç, Role of fluctuational electrodynamics in near-field radiative heat transfer, Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer 109(2), 280-293, 2008" listed as one of the most influential articles (between 2008 and 2011) by the editors of the Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 06/2013
  • Listed among the top 15% of instructors in the College of Engineering for ME EN 3650: Heat Transfer, University of Utah, spring 2013. College of Engineering, University of Utah, 05/2013

Internal Service

  • Curriculum Review Committee, Department of Mechanical Engineering. Member, 05/2013 - 08/2013. Department service.
  • Search Committee for open faculty position in micro/nanoscale heat transfer, Department of Mechanical Engineering. Chair, 01/2013 - 04/2013. Department service.
  • Micro/nanoscale heat transfer search committee. Chair, 11/2012 - 03/2013. Department service.
  • TFES Search Committee. Member, 12/2011 - 04/2012. Department service.

Outreach

  • Science Olympiad: Event coordinator ("Keep and the Heat" and "Thermodynamics") and representative of the Department of Mechanical Engineering. 01/2012 - 04/2012