Diana Borca Tasciuc

Diana received her B.S. in Physics from the University of Bucharest in 1996 and her M.S. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles, in 2001 and 2005, respectively. After completing her Ph.D., she joined RPI as adjunct faculty in 2005 and became an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering in 2006. She was promoted to Associate Professor in 2011 and to Professor in 2020. On October 1, 2026 Diana was named Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies in RPI's School of Engineering.

Diana is active in the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and currently serves as Vice-Chair of the ASME Heat Transfer Division Executive Committee and as an Associate Editor of the ASME Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. Her honors include the Northeastern Association of Graduate Schools Faculty Teaching Award at the Ph.D. level, the RPI School of Engineering Classroom Excellence Award, a Fulbright Scholar Award, the RPI School of Engineering Research Excellence Award, and the NSF Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award. Her research spans thermal transport, energy conversion, microsystems, and nanoengineering, with current interests in solar and building-integrated energy harvesting and kinetic-to-electric energy conversion.