Dr. Bravo is an expert in industrial heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC), heat transfer and thermal systems design. His current research focus is in micro-scale cooling of electronics. He is also the student section advisor for TSU’s chapter of the Society of Automotive Engineers, and is frequently involved in the Mini-Baja car project in which students design and build a small dune-buggy to compete in an annual nationwide competition. He primarily teaches courses in the thermal-fluid sciences. Dr. Bravo is a Registered Professional Engineer in the state of Indiana.

Internal Accomplishments (service)

• Assistant Dean for Graduate Studies. Marketing the Master of Engineering program using a new original technique for distant online education
• Member of Academic Standards Committee. Chair of this committee until the beginning of this semester
• Chair of the committee to review of the mechanical engineering curriculum. The new curriculum was approved by the department and the school.
• Developed architectural engineering minor with Dr. Doug Schmucker from Civil Engineering Department. Approved by the ME and CE departments
• Designed and built laboratory equipment in the senior design class for the HVAC laboratory with funds provided by ASHRAE
• Developing an electronics cooling laboratory using funds from 21st Century Grant

External Accomplishments/Activities

• Presented the paper “Using Equation Solver Programs to Teach Design of Pipe Networks” during the 2006 summer ASEE meeting
• Abstract accepted for the paper “Design of a Micro-Scale Cooling System for High Power Electronics, Industry-University Partnership”
based on the 21st Century Grant
• Member of the ASHRAE and ASEE professional organizations
• Received grant from ASHRAE for the senior design course
• Meet with visiting prospective students
• Advisor of the SAE student organization
• Renewed a grant from Intergraph for the SmartSketch software
• Regular summer consulting job in HVAC
• Sponsored students for the ASHRAE undergraduate scholarship. A senior in mechanical engineering received a $3,000 scholarship last summer.
• Worked with Purdue, Delphi, and other companies in 21st Century Grant