Assistant Professor
Ingram School of Engineering
Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas
Physics-based, data-enabled research integrating thermal-fluid transport, multiphysics computation, artificial intelligence, and digital twins for advanced energy and thermal-management systems.
Dr. Aung Myat is an Assistant Professor in the Ingram School of Engineering at Texas State University. His research focuses on thermal-fluid transport, heat and mass transfer, advanced energy systems, thermal management, and energy storage.
His work integrates first-principles modeling, computational multiphysics, and AI-enabled digital twins to improve the efficiency, reliability, safety, and resilience of modern energy systems.
Physics-based. Data-enabled. Application-driven.
Built on a shared foundation of transport physics, multiphysics computation, and application-driven engineering.
Advancing thermal control for batteries, electronics, and high-heat-flux systems through high-fidelity transport modeling and thermal buffering.
Integrating thermal storage, HVAC, and energy systems to improve flexibility, efficiency, resilience, and low-carbon operation.
Connecting physics, data, prediction, and optimization to enable intelligent operation of complex thermal-energy systems.
ITES Lab develops physics-based and data-enabled solutions for complex energy systems.
Developing predictive thermal-energy control frameworks that integrate operational data, weather, occupancy, load prediction, state estimation, optimization, and intelligent control.
Advancing packed-bed thermal energy storage using nano-enhanced phase-change materials to improve thermal transport, charging/discharging response, and system performance.
Developing high-fidelity models to resolve thermal gradients, hotspot behavior, transient heat transfer, and thermal buffering in battery systems.
Current ITES Lab members are organized by role, with dedicated sections for graduate researchers, undergraduate researchers, and alumni as the group grows.
Assistant Professor, Ingram School of Engineering, Texas State University.
Computational thermal-fluid modeling, battery thermal management, and phase change materials.
Myat, A., Kondath, N., Soh, Y. L., & Hui, A.
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Dr. Aung Myat joins the Ingram School of Engineering and establishes ITES Lab to advance intelligent thermal-fluid and energy systems.
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High-fidelity transport modeling is being advanced to resolve thermal gradients, hotspot behavior, and PCM-based thermal buffering in battery systems.
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Ongoing work couples heat transfer, phase change, fluid flow, and multiphysics modeling to improve thermal-storage performance and thermal buffering.
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When contacting the lab, briefly describe your academic background, research interests, relevant technical experience, and the ITES Lab research area that most interests you.
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