Ridvan Yakut is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Kafkas University, Kars, Turkey. He received a B.Sc. degree in Mechanical Engineering and Chemical Engineering from Ataturk University, Turkey. He received M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from Ataturk University, Turkey. He spent 8 months at West Virginia University, the USA for his doctoral studies. His main areas of research interest are in thermal management and cooling of electronics. He has expertise in electrospray and impingement jet cooling. He is currently researching novel microscale cooling solutions for the electronics industry.