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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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Solar-powered system offers a route to inexpensive desalination
Congratulations to Lenan Zhang, Xiangyu Li, Yang Zhong, Arny Leroy, Zhenyuan Xu, and Lin Zhao for their recent work on…
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Controlling how “odd couple” surfaces and liquids interact
Congratulations to Kyle L. Wilke, Zhengmao Lu, and Youngsup Song for their recent work on turning traditionally nonwetting surfaces wetting…
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Congratulations to Lenan Zhang for winning the Best Student Presentation Award at the MRS 2021 Fall meeting
Congratulations to Lenan Zhang for winning the Best Student Presentation Award at the MRS 2021 Fall meeting for his presentation…
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Congratulations to the AeroShield Materials team led by DRL alumni Elise Strobach and Kyle Wilke!
Congratulations to the AeroShield Materials team (left) led by DRL alumni Elise Strobach and Kyle Wilke and others for winning…
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Congratulations to Youngsup Song for successfully defending his PhD
Congratulations to Youngsup Song for successfully defending his PhD on Mechanistic understanding and enhancing pool boiling heat transfer via surface…
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Congratulations to Arny Leroy for successfully defending his PhD
Congratulations to Arny Leroy for successfully defending his PhD on Subambient Passive Cooling Enabled by Polyethylene Aerogels. During his PhD,…