Md Mehrab Hossen Siam Receives Graduate Endowed Fellowship

Congratulations to Center for Environmental Energy Engineering (CEEE) graduate research assistant Md Mehrab Hossen Siam on receiving the Dr. Reinhard Radermacher Distinguished Graduate Endowed Fellowship for Energy Innovation in Mechanical Engineering for 2025-26. The fellowship is awarded annually and supports one CEEE graduate student for an academic year.

Siam is a second year Ph.D. student in mechanical engineering, whose research focuses on innovating energy-efficient heat pumps. His emphasis is on developing an efficient saturation high-temperature heat pump for waste recovery and a cold climate rooftop heat pump that uses a low-global warming potential (GWP) refrigerant. Siam is an active member of the University of Maryland Student Branch of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers.

Prior to joining CEEE, he worked as an R&D engineer for Spectrum Engineering Consortium Ltd. in Bangladesh, where his research focused on developing industrial-grade large platform remotely operated vehicles. After he earns his Ph.D., Siam hopes to work in industry on sustainable energy technologies, aiming to bring R&D work closer to real-world applications.

Former CEEE Director Reinhard Radermacher, who passed away earlier this year, generously founded the fellowship program in 2018 as a way to support students who are committed to innovating sustainable heating and cooling solutions.

The Dr. Reinhard Radermacher Distinguished Graduate Endowed Fellowship for Energy Innovation in Mechanical Engineering continues Professor Radermacher’s legacy of growing the next generation of engineers devoted to sustainable HVAC technologies. Donations can be made here.

Published October 8, 2025