• Professor, Mechanical Engineering
  • Phone: 979-458-2264
  • FAX: 979-845-3081
  • Email: mpate@tamu.edu
  • Office: MEOB 317
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Michael Pate

Educational Background

  • Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University – 1982
  • M.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Arkansas – 1978
  • B.S., Naval Engineering, United States Naval Academy – 1970

Research Interests

    • Alternative energy: photovoltaics, passive and active solar, wind systems, geothermal, biomass, nuclear energy
    • Energy conversion and efficiency
    • Green building technology and sustainability
    • Heat transfer and heat exchangers 
    • Thermal processes
    • Refrigeration properties

Awards & Honors

  • ASHRAE Life Member
  • ASME Life Member
  • ASHRAE Distinguished Service Award - 2022
  • ME Professor of the Year Award, ISU - 2007
  • ISU's Louis Thompson Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching Award (Highest teaching award offered at ISU), University - 2006
  • Superior Engineering College Teacher Award, ISU - 2005
  • Engineer's Week Outstanding Professor Award, ISU - 2004
  • Outstanding Professor Award, Engineering Leadership Council - 2004

Selected Publications

  • Alvarez, A., & Pate, M. B. "Design Optimization of Solar-Collector Tilt Angle for Annual-Maximum and Seasonal-Balanced Energy Received", Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, 2025, Vol. 147, pp. 021009-1 - 021009-12
  • Yokukaitis, E., Pate, M., and Sweeney, J. "An Investigation on the effects of Tracer-Gas Injection Rates on Residential Range-Hood Capture Efficiency Measurements" Science and Technology for the Built Environment, 2025, STBE-0298-2024.R2 (accepted for publication)
  • Alvarez, A., Pate, M. B., Paniagua, I. L., Romero, B., & Hayes, C. D. "Thermo-economic Investigation of Transcritical Carbon Dioxide Solar thermal Power Plants, Part 2: Sensitivity Analysis and Comparison of Alternative Designs", Thermal Science and Engineering Progress, 2025, Vol. 59, pp.1-23
  • Sadr, R., Das, D., Karim, M. and Pate, M. “Optimal Hydrocarbon Based Working Fluid Selection for a Simple Super Critical Organic Rankine Cycle”, Energy Conversion and Management, 2021, Vol. 243, pp. 114-124
  • Claridge, D., Culp, C., Liu, W., Pate, M., Haberl, J., Bynum, J., Tanskya, O., and Schaff, F., “A Performance Analysis of the Claridge-Culp-Liu Dehumidification Process; A Novel Approach for Drying Moist Air Based on Membrane Separation, Vacuum Compression and Sub-atmospheric Condensation”, International Journal of Refrigeration, 2021, Vol.122, pp. 192-200
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