Research Team

People

ITES Lab is structured around student-centered research, mentoring, and collaboration in intelligent thermal-fluid and energy systems.

Principal Investigator

Aung Myat
Principal Investigator

Aung Myat, Ph.D., CEng, SCEM

Assistant Professor
Ingram School of Engineering
Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas

Thermal-fluid systems · Energy storage · Thermal management · AI-enabled modeling and digital twins

Academic Background

Education

2012 — Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering · National University of Singapore, Singapore
2006 — M.Sc., Mechanical Engineering · National University of Singapore, Singapore
2004 — B.Eng., Mechanical Engineering · Yangon Technological University, Myanmar

Professional Credentials

Chartered Engineer (CEng) — Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE), UK

Singapore Certified Energy Manager (SCEM)

Career Timeline

Academic & Professional Appointments

2026–Present
Assistant Professor

Ingram School of Engineering, Texas State University, USA

2024–2026
Assistant Professor

Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering, Tennessee State University, USA

2023–2024
Assistant Professor

Engineering, Southeast Missouri State University, USA

2016–2023
Assistant / Associate Professor

Mechanical Engineering, Singapore Institute of Technology, Singapore

2012–2016
Scientist

Experimental Power Grid Centre, Singapore

2009–2012
Research Engineer

National University of Singapore, Singapore

Graduate Researchers

Maher Prova
Ph.D. Student · Graduate Research Assistant

Maher Prova

Maher Prova is a Ph.D. student in Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering at Texas State University. Her research interests include computational modeling of thermal-fluid systems, battery thermal management, and phase change materials.

B.Sc., Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering — Military Institute of Science and Technology, Bangladesh (2022)

Undergraduate Researchers

Current undergraduate researcher profiles will be added as ITES Lab projects and student appointments are finalized.

Alumni

The ITES Lab alumni archive will include each researcher’s role or degree, research area, university or institution, country, period of collaboration, and current position where available.