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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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Solar
Thermal
Water
News
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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…
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Congratulations to Yang Zhong for receiving the Activate Fellowship and the Evergreen Graduate Innovation Fellowship to support his entrepreneurial journey!
Congratulations to Yang Zhong for receiving the Activate Fellowship and the Evergreen Graduate Innovation Fellowship to support his entrepreneurial journey! Learn…
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Congratulations to Yang Zhong, Lenan Zhang, Xiangyu Li, Bachir El Fil, Carlos Díaz-Marín, Adela Li, Xinyue Liu, and Alina LaPotin for a new review paper published in Nature Reviews Materials!
In this Review, we provide a multiscale perspective for SAWH technologies that can fill existing knowledge gaps across multiple length…
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Desalination system gains spotlight on CNN for World Water Day
Currently, one of humanity’s most pressing challenges is water scarcity, with 2.2 billion people lacking access to safe drinking water.…