• Professor, Mechanical Engineering
  • Phone: 979-458-2264
  • FAX: 979-845-3081
  • Email: mpate@tamu.edu
  • Office: MEOB 317
Michael Pate

Educational Background

  • Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University – 1982
  • M.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Arkansas – 1978
  • B.S., Naval Engineering, United States Naval Academy – 1970

Research Interests

    • Alternative energy: photovoltaics, passive and active solar, wind systems, geothermal, biomass, nuclear energy
    • Energy conversion and efficiency
    • Green building technology and sustainability
    • Heat transfer and heat exchangers 
    • Thermal processes
    • Refrigeration properties

Awards & Honors

  • 2007 ME Professor of the Year Award, ISU, 2007
  • 2006 ISU's Louis Thompson Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching Award (Highest teaching award offered at ISU), University
  • 2005 Superior Engineering College Teacher Award, ISU
  • 2004 Engineer's Week Outstanding Professor Award, ISU
  • 2004 Outstanding Professor Award, Engineering Leadership Council

Selected Publications

  • Claridge, D., Culp, C., Liu, W., Pate, M., Haberl, J., Bynum, J., Tanskyic, O., and Schaff, F., " A new approach for drying moist air: the ideal Claridge-Culp-Liu dehumidification process with membrane separation, vacuum compression and sub-atmospheric condensation ". International Journal of Refrigeration, 101, 211-217, 2019.
  • Nagy, P., Pate, M.B., " Chronological variations in ASHRAE handbook refrigerant thermodynamic and transport properties from 1981 to 2017 ". ASHRAE Transactions, 25, 597-599, 2019.
  • Yin, P., Pate, M.B., & Battaglia, F., " In-field performance evaluation and economic analysis of residential sound source heat pumps in heating operation. Journal of Building Engineering ", 26, 100932, 2019
  • Choi, W., Pate, M.B., Warren, R.D., and Nelson, R.M, " An economic analysis comparison of stationary and dual-axis tracking grid-connected photovoltaic systems in the US Upper Midwest ". International Journal of Sustainable Energy, 37(5), 455-478, 2018.
  • Choi, W., Pate, M.B., and Sweeney, J.F., " Uncertainty and signal-to-noise ratio for unsteady background noise ". Noise Control Engineering Journal, 66(2), 131-141, 2018.