Bahl among seven MechSe faculty honored with named appointments

4/6/2020 Maddie Yang, MechSe

Holonyak Lab's Gaurav Bahl was one of seven MechSe faculty recently honored with named appointments.

Written by Maddie Yang, MechSe

Holonyak Lab Associate Professor Gaurav Bahl was one of seven Mechanical Science and Engineering (MechSe) faculty recently honored with named appointments. He is now a Kritzer Faculty Scholar.  

Gaurav Bahl
Gaurav Bahl

Bahl’s research involves optical and mechanical systems, particularly the mechanisms by which light interacts mechanically with photonic microdevices and how mechanical devices can affect and manipulate light. Applications of this research include inertial sensors, microfluidic bio-chemical devices, microwave frequency references, and harsh-environment physical sensors.

The benefactor of his appointment is Richard W. Kritzer. Kritzer earned a degree in commerce from the University of Illinois in 1916. After World War I, he joined the Peerless Ice Machine Company in Chicago, founded in 1912 by his father, Charles Conrad Kritzer. There, he expanded the company when he became president in 1933, and it was renamed Peerless of America, Inc in 1937. Extruded aluminum tubing for heat exchangers, condenser and evaporator heat exchanges, oil coolers, coils for vending machines, dehumidifier coils, and special application heat exchangers were the company’s main products until Kritzer’s death in 1984. A prolific inventor, he held 75 U.S. patents.

To read about all the honorees find the full story from MechSe.


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This story was published April 6, 2020.