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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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Charged Jumping Droplets highlighted in APS
Nenad, Dan, Alex, and Ryan’s work on charged jumping droplets was selected as one of the most outstanding entries in…
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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…
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Jumping Charged Droplets featured in NY Times
Research on electrically charged jumping droplets was featured in the New York Times.
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DRL work highlighted in Materials Processing Center and MIT news!
MPC (link) and MIT News (link) highlight research at DRL on ways to control changes in phase of gases and…
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Jumping Charged Droplets featured on MIT News
Link to MIT news Also featured as a Research Highlight in Nature.
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Congratulations to Solomon, Rishi, and Ryan for a publication in Nature Communications
This work shows that droplets can be non-wetting on superhydrophilic microstructured surfaces when the surfaces are slightly heated above the…