Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2021

Bachir joined the DRL in April 2021 after receiving his Ph.D. from Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech). His doctoral research investigated waste heat harvesting, adsorbent-based thermal storage and heat pumping for space conditioning and drying applications. At the DRL, Bachir is primarily working on high performance atmospheric water harvesting and sorption-based thermal batteries.