Rate My Professor David Cahill

Cahill's research advances understanding of thermal transport at the nanoscale, extremes of low and high thermal conductivity in hard and soft materials, thermal science of magnetic materials, and coupled transport of heat and mass in battery materials, utilizing techniques like time-domain thermoreflectance. Key publications include 'Nanoscale thermal transport' (Journal of Applied Physics, 2003), 'Nanoscale thermal transport II: 2003–2012' (Applied Physics Reviews, 2014), and 'Ultrahigh thermal conductivity in cubic boron arsenide crystals' (Science, 2018). His innovations have shaped nanoscale thermal metrology worldwide. Major awards encompass the Paul G. Klemens Award (2023), election to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2023), Innovation in Materials Characterization Award from the Materials Research Society (2018), Yeram S. Touloukian Award from ASME (2015), Tau Beta Pi Daniel C. Drucker Eminent Faculty Award (2020), and fellowships from AAAS (2020), MRS (2012), APS (2005), and AVS (1998). Cahill chaired the APS Division of Materials Physics (2011-2014), served on editorial boards of Journal of Applied Physics (2010-2020) and Applied Physics Letters (2010-2014), and chaired the 2003 Gordon Research Conference on Thin Film and Crystal Growth Mechanisms.