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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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Simple, solar-powered water desalination featured as Top MIT research stories of 2020 and covered by Scientific American
Congratulations to Zhenyuan Xu, Lenan Zhang, Lin Zhao, Bikram Bhatia, Kyle Wilke, Youngsup Song and their collaborators in China for…
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Nucleation Site Distribution Probed by Phase-Enhanced Environmental Scanning Electron Microscopy
Congratulations to Lenan Zhang, Ryuichi Iwata, Lin Zhao, Shuai Gong, Zhengmao Lu, Zhenyuan Xu, Yang Zhong, Jinlong Zhu, Samuel Cruz,…
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A Passive High-Temperature High-Pressure Solar Steam Generator for Medical Sterilization
Congratulations to Lin Zhao, Bikram Bhatia, Lenan Zhang, Elise Strobach, Arny Leroy, Sungwoo Yang as well as their collaborators for…
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Congratulations to Lenan Zhang for winning the Best Poster Award at 2020 MRS Fall meeting
Congratulations to Lenan Zhang for winning the Best Poster Award at 2020 MRS Fall meeting! Read more about his work…
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Dual-Stage Atmospheric Water Harvesting Device for Scalable Solar-Driven Water Production
Congratulations to Alina LaPotin, Yang Zhong, Lenan Zhang, Lin Zhao, Arny Leroy, Hyunho Kim, Sameer R. Rao for their recent…
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2020 Mechanical Engineering Research Exhibition (MERE)
Congratulations to Youngsup Song, Carlos Díaz, Ryuichi Iwata, and Chad Wilson for their award-winning performance at the 2020 Mechanical Engineering Research…