Category: Thesis/Semester Project
Hydrogel Overlayer on Metal Scaffold (HOMeS)
We demonstrate that evaporative texturing provides significant cooling performance improvement only when thermal coupling to the interface is preserved.
Collective bubble behavior in boiling
Understand and control collective bubble behavior to explore boiling physics and improve nucleation reliability
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
Modeling energy savings of passive cooling panels
Quantifying annual building-level energy savings of passive cooling panels across diverse climates and integration pathways, and comparing the net benefit of these panels against PV cells to guide optimal technology selection.
Controlled vapor sorption and smart water release
Hygroscopic metal organic framework (MOF)-based materials are promising for energy-efficient cooling and water harvesting.
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.
Kinetics of moisture transport in hydrogels
Hygroscopic hydrogel is a promising material, highly relevant for off-grid passive cooling and clean water production.
Probing contamination in microscale porous evaporator
Investigate accumulation of impurities non-invasively with advanced metrology and spectroscopy