Device Research Lab | Research Group led by Professor Evelyn N. Wang, MIT

We study energy, transport, water, and make...

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Silica Aerogel

More insulating than air, clearer than glass

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Radiative Cooling

Passive cooling with no electricity

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Water Desalination

Ultrahigh-efficiency desalination via a thermally-localized multistage solar still

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Our Mission

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.

Research Area

Phase-Change

Solar

Thermal

Water

News

Water harvesting from air selected as 1 of top 10 emerging technologies in 2017 by Scientific American and World Economic Forum

Aug 8, 2017

Congratulations to Hyunho, Sungwoo, Sameer, Shankar and Ari! Their work on water harvesting from air with metal-organic frameworks was selected as one of the top 10 emerging technologies in 2017 by...

Congratulations to David and Veronika for winning the DOE Office of Science Student and Postdoc Team Science Competition!

Jul 25, 2017

Congratulations to Dr. David Bierman and Dr. Veronika Stelmakh for winning the DOE Office of Science Student and Postdoc Team Science Competition. This competition was part of the...

Listen to the new awesome song “Stop the Phonons”!

Jul 3, 2017

Listen to Stop the Phonons, an excellent original song by Elise Strobach, Daniel Preston, Jean Sack, Joseph Sandt, David Bierman and Evelyn Wang about stopping phonons in thermoelectric...

Congratulations to our recent graduates Dr. Heena Mutha, Dr. Yangying Zhu, Dr. Daniel Preston, Dr. Kevin Bagnall and Dr. Jeremy Cho!

Jun 9, 2017

Congratulations to all our recent graduates!

Congratulations to David Bierman for successfully defending his PhD

Jun 2, 2017

Congratulations to David Bierman for successfully defending his PhD on Full Spectrum Utilization for High-Efficiency Solar Energy Conversion.

Congratulations to Dan Preston for successfully defending his PhD

May 11, 2017

Congratulations to Dan Preston for successfully defending his PhD on Enhanced Condensation Heat Transfer for Water and Low Surface Tension Fluids. Read more about Dan and his research on his website.