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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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Congratulations to Evelyn N. Wang for being named head of the MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering!
Congratulations to Evelyn N. Wang, the Gail E. Kendall (1978) Professor and director of MIT’s Device Research Laboratory, for being…
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Congratulations to our recent graduates Dr. Hyunho Kim, Dr. Zhengmao Lu and Dr. David Bierman!
Congratulations to all our recent graduates!
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Congratulations to Zhengmao Lu for successfully defending his PhD
Congratulations to Zhengmao Lu for successfully defending his PhD on Evaporation from Nanopores: Probing Interfacial Transport. The improved fundamental understanding…
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Demonstration in Arizona (USA) of arid climate and sub-zero dew points water harvesting using metal-organic framework
Congratulations to Hyunho, Sameer, Lin, Sungwoo and their collaborators for publishing their most recent work on water harvesting in Nature Communications!…
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Heena Mutha’s work on carbon nanotube electrodes highlighted in MIT Energy Initiative Energy Futures and MIT News
Congratulations to Heena Mutha for her work on carbon nanotube electrodes highlighted in MIT Energy Initiative Energy Futures and MIT News.
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DRL wins Bose Award to develop Thermal Wires to Transport Heat Across Kilometers
Congratulations to the DRL for winning the 2017 Bose Award, a reward for bold and unconventional research visions. With the…
 








