02/13/2017: Heeena's work on characterizing nanostructures featured on nanotechweb
Nanotech.org featured
Heena's work on characterizing nanostructures non-destructively
using impedance spectroscopy. This work has been published in
Nanotechnology.
01/05/2017: STPV named one of the Biggest Clean Energy Advances in 2016
Congratulations to David Bierman and Andrej Lenert!
MIT Technology Review has named STPV one of the "Biggest
Clean Energy Advances in 2016". Earlier in 2016, a demonstration of
enhanced STPV device performance through the suppression of 80% of
unconvertible photons by pairing a one-dimensional photonic crystal
selective emitter with a tandem plasma-interference optical filter
was published in Nature Energy. A
solar-to-electrical conversion rate of 6.8%, exceeding the
performance of the photovoltaic cell alone was measured. Read more
at: MIT
Newsand Solar
Thermophotovoltaic
05/24/2016: David’s work on solar thermophotovoltaic devices featured in MIT News
Demonstration of
enhanced STPV device performance through the suppression of 80% of
unconvertible photons by pairing a one-dimensional photonic crystal
selective emitter with a tandem plasma-interference optical filter.
A solar-to-electrical conversion rate of 6.8%, exceeding the
performance of the photovoltaic cell alone was measured.
MIT News
article link
Article
link
10/27/15: Jeremy's work on controllable boiling featured on MIT News
Boiling
controlled both spatially and temporally via surfactants and
electric fields. Heat transfer can be adjusted tenfold.
Article link
Paper link
Video of
boiling set to Ode to Joy
3/10/15: Nenad, Dan and Ryan's work on harvesting energy from jumping droplets featured in Frontiers in Energy Research
Devices utilizing superhydrophobic
surfaces and water in the air could power small, remote devices.
Read the article
here.
10/13/14: Yangying, Dion and Rong's work featured on the front cover of Advanced Materials
Read the paper
here and news article
here.
10/06/14: DRL researchers have developed a new way of creating surfaces on which droplets of any desired shape can spontaneously form.
The work is described in the
journal Nature Communications by associate professor of mechanical
engineering Evelyn Wang, former postdocs Rishi Raj and Ryan
Enright, and graduate student Solomon Adera. Read the paper
here and news article here.
8/6/14: Congratulations to Yangying, Dion, and Rong for a new published in Advanced Materials.
Their work on creating
magnetically tunable microstructures to manipulate fluids and light
is featured on the MIT homepage. Read the paper
here and news article
here.
7/16/14: Congratulations to Nenad, Dan, Ryan for a new paper published in APL
Their work on getting power from
jumping droplets during condensation was featured on the MIT
homepage. Read the paper
here and news article
here.
1/27/14: Andrej and David's work featured on U.S. DOE Science Homepage
Andrej and David's
work on solar thermovoltaics was featured on the homepage of U.S.
DOE Science ( link).
1/20/14: Congratulations to Andrej, David, and co-authors for a publication in Nature Nanotechnology
The work
shows the potential of harnessing the sun in the form of heat to
generate electricity that can be both dispatchable and efficient
via solar thermophotovoltaics ( link). The work is also highlighted in MIT Newsand featured on the MIT
homepage.
11/21/13: Congratulations to Nenad, Dan, and Ryan for a publication in ACS Nano
This work shows that
electric fields can help further enhance jumping droplet heat
transfer and offer new avenues for improving the performance of
self-cleaning and anti-icing surfaces as well as thermal diodes (
link). The work is also highlighted in MIT News.
11/5/13: Jumping Charged Droplets featured in NY Times
Research on electrically
charged jumping droplets was featured in the New York Times.
11/4/13: DRL work highlighted in Materials Processing Center and MITnews
MPC ( link) and MITnews ( link) highlight research at DRL on ways to
control changes in phase of gases and liquids to reduce power
consumption in heating and cooling systems.
9/3/13: Advanced Thermal Battery featured in Automotive Engineering
The Advanced Thermal
Battery, a thermal energy storage device for climate control of
electric cars, was featured in Automotive Engineering
International.
5/16/13: Nenad's condensation work featured on cover of MRS bulletin
Nenad's
condensation on superhydrophobic surfaces is
featured on the cover of MRS bulletin. The review paper can be
found
here.
4/22/13: DRL work on thermal battery for electric vehicles featured on Technology Review
1/4/13: Nenad and co-authors’ work on jumping droplets on MIT webpage today
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2013/research-update-jumping-droplets-help-heat-transfer-0104.html
6/26/12: Congratulations to Hank and Ryan for their work featured on the MIT homepage June 26th, 2012
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2012/better-heat-transfer-0626.html
2/23/12: Nenad's work on today's MIT homepage
2/23/12: Nenad's work on today's MIT homepage
10/21/11: Nenad Miljkovic's work on today's spotlight!
9/2/11: Our UROP Nicholas Dou highlighted on MIT Energy Initiative website
MIT Energy Initiative home
page
Article
page
6/3/10: Spectrum Highlights DRL Work on Water Desalination
http://spectrum.mit.edu/issue/2010-summer/drinking-seawater/
4/1/09: Matt McCarthy's work highlighted by ASME
Matt McCarthy's prior work on miniature ball bearing with Prof. Reza Ghodssi is highlighted in the April issue of Mechanical Engineering magazine. http://memagazine.asme.org/Articles/2009/April/Rolling.cfm
Also, Matt's work on nanostructured nickel electrodes for
microbattery applications is selected to be part of the Highlights
of 2008 for Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering.
http://www.iop.org/EJ/journal/-page=extra.highlights2008/0960-1317
2/26/09: Andrej Lenert featured by Energy Initiative
Andrej Lenert (2008 MIT Energy Fellow) is on the MIT Energy Initiative Spotlight.
