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Tahmid Mahbub Wins Second Place in the Student Demo Competition at APEC 2026

March 24, 2026 by Dennis Woo

Third-year graduate student Tahmid Mahbub was recently recognized in the student demo competition at APEC 2026 in San Antonio, Texas, winning 2nd place overall. His work, titled “A Novel Multi-Kilowatt Thermal Test Vehicle Utilizing Off-the-Shelf Power Transistors,” demonstrates the generation of localized hot spot patterns for the testing of cooling systems, particularly those destined for data center power delivery systems. His related work from the 2025 ECTC conference can be read at the following link.

Congratulations, Tahmid, on this achievement!

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