Smart material for controlled vapor sorption and water release
Hygroscopic metal organic framework (MOF)-based materials are promising for energy-efficient cooling and water harvesting.
Bubble-free water electrolysis
Design and optimize a bubble-free capillarity-driven flow cell for electrolysis. Investigate the effect of utilizing various electrodes and membranes with different geometries and materials
Simulation of evaporation into microchannels
Evaporation plays a critical role in energy transfer processes. Evaporation physics are often much simplified for designing of real systems, but the applicability of these simplifications to small-scale flows is unclear.
ETA-Lab Has Won ERC Starting Grant
This ERC Starting Grant will support our team’s effort to deeply understand interface-molecule interactions in phase change devices under various working conditions in the next 5 years.
MicroFIP 2025: Takehiro and Rameez presented; Zhengmao received Outstanding Early Career Award
ETA-LAB members participating the Microflow and Interfacial Phenomena (MicroFIP) conference held at UCSB in June 2025: an oral talk (Takehiro) , a poster presentation (Rameez), and an outstanding early career award (Zhengmao)
2025 Spring Group Dinner
The event occurred at Maison 66, Lausanne, in April 2025, organized by Mr. Igor Reshetnikov, who kindly arranged with the chef a special tasting menu for ETA-Lab. This includes Baked Pirozhki, Caviar Toasts, Olivier Salad, Borscht, Siberian Pelmeni, Medovik Cake, and Lingonberry Kompot.
Bubble coalescence in boiling
Understand and control bubble coalescence for designing high-performance boilers and evaporators
Passive radiative cooling
Develop durable, weather-resistant passive radiative cooling panel, delivering silent, maintenance‑free cooling that slashes HVAC loads, lowers operating costs, and shrinks your carbon footprint.
Igor Reshetnikov has received STI TA Award. Congrats!
The Teaching Assistant Award is an initiative of the School of Engineering of EPFL to reward extraordinary involvement of PhD students in the lectures given in the
Bachelor and Master programs of the school.
