Dakotah Thompson Assistant Professor Department Mechanical Engineering Contact ME 2210, Mechanical Engineering Bldg 1513 University Ave Madison, WI 53706 e: drthompson@wisc.edu Featured news New center aims to expand the role of semiconductors June 26, 2023 NSF CAREER Award will help Thompson build a better calorimeter April 14, 2021 Focus on new faculty: Dakotah Thompson, probing thermal transport at the nanoscale December 3, 2019 More Professor Dakotah Thompson, Mechanical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison Close Video Education PhD 2018, University of MichiganPhD 2014, University of MichiganBS 2012, Georgia Institute of Technology Research interests Thermal energy transport and conversionCalorimetryNanofabrication Awards 2021 National Science Foundation (NSF), NSF CAREER Award2018 University of Michigan, ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Award2016 University of Michigan, Robert M. Caddell Memorial Award2013 Georgia Institute of Technology, Educational Partnership Award2013 National Science Foundation (NSF), NSF Graduate Research Fellowship2011 Georgia Institute of Technology, President’s Undergraduate Research Award Courses ME 699 - Advanced Independent Study (Fall 2026)ME 768 - Precision Measurements (Fall 2026)ME 790 - Master's Research and Thesis (Fall 2026)ME 890 - PhD Research and Thesis (Fall 2026)ME 990 - Dissertator Research and Thesis (Fall 2026)ME 790 - Master's Research and Thesis (Summer 2026)ME 890 - PhD Research and Thesis (Summer 2026)ME 990 - Dissertator Research and Thesis (Summer 2026)ME 364 - Elementary Heat Transfer (Spring 2026)ME 491 - Mechanical Engineering Projects I (Spring 2026)ME 699 - Advanced Independent Study (Spring 2026)ME 790 - Master's Research and Thesis (Spring 2026)ME 890 - PhD Research and Thesis (Spring 2026)ME 990 - Dissertator Research and Thesis (Spring 2026)ME 699 - Advanced Independent Study (Fall 2025)ME 768 - Precision Measurements (Fall 2025)ME 790 - Master's Research and Thesis (Fall 2025)ME 890 - PhD Research and Thesis (Fall 2025)ME 990 - Dissertator Research and Thesis (Fall 2025)ME 790 - Master's Research and Thesis (Summer 2025)ME 890 - PhD Research and Thesis (Summer 2025)ME 990 - Dissertator Research and Thesis (Summer 2025)ME 364 - Elementary Heat Transfer (Spring 2025)ME 699 - Advanced Independent Study (Spring 2025)ME 790 - Master's Research and Thesis (Spring 2025)ME 890 - PhD Research and Thesis (Spring 2025)ME 699 - Advanced Independent Study (Fall 2024)ME 768 - Precision Measurements (Fall 2024)ME 790 - Master's Research and Thesis (Fall 2024)ME 890 - PhD Research and Thesis (Fall 2024)