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Welcome to the Device Research Lab (DRL) under the direction of Dr. Evelyn N. Wang in the Mechanical Engineering Department at MIT. The DRL aims to address energy and water challenges facing our world. We probe fundamental heat and mass transport processes, leverage novel materials engineering, and build high-performance prototypes and devices to realize impactful technologies. Specifically, our research areas comprises phase-change, solar, thermal, and water.
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News
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Congratulations to Prof. Evelyn Wang for being inducted into the National Academy of Engineering!
Prof. Evelyn Wang was inducted into the National Academy of Engineering for contributions to clean energy, water technology, and nanostructure-based…
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Congratulations to Adela Li for receiving the J-WAFS fellowships for Water Solutions for 2025-2026!
Adela’s research is focused on advancing a sorption-based atmospheric water harvesting (SAWH) technology that captures water from the air for…
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Prof. Evelyn Wang was appointed as the Institute’s inaugural vice president for climate (VPC) and will lead the Climate Project at MIT!
Prof. Evelyn Wang will lead the Climate Project at MIT when she returns to campus.
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Prof. Evelyn Wang returns back to MIT from ARPA-E
Prof. Evelyn Wang returns back to MIT from her two-year leave, serving as Director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency…
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Congratulations to Yang Zhong for being named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 in Energy & Green Tech 2025!
Congratulations to Yang Zhong for being named Forbes 30 Under 30 in Energy & Green Tech for 2025! Learn more…
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Congratulations to Lenan Zhang, Ryuichi Iwata, Zhengmao Lu, Xuanjie Wang, Carlos Díaz-Marín, and Yang Zhong for a new review paper published in Chemical Reviews!
Bubbles play a ubiquitous role in electrochemical gas evolution reactions. However, a mechanistic understanding of how bubbles affect the energy…