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

Congratulations to DRL’s 4 Papers Selected for Transducers 2013

Feb 15, 2013

Congratulations to Yangying, Rong, Hank, and Youngsuk for leading papers selected to be presented at Transducers 2013 in Barcelona, Spain.

Nenad and co-authors’ work on jumping droplets on MIT webpage today

Jan 4, 2013

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Congrats to Hank for successfully defending his PhD thesis

Jan 2, 2013

Congrats to Hank for successfully defending his PhD thesis on Micro and Nanostructured Surfaces for Enhanced Phase Change Heat Transfer.

Evelyn Wang receives ASME Bergles-Rohsenow Young Investigator Award in Heat Transfer

Nov 13, 2012

Evelyn Wang Receives ASME Bergles-Rohsenow Young Investigator Award in Heat Transfer for the fabrication of patterned micro/nano structure surfaces that provide fundamental and mechanistic insights...

Congrats to Rong for successfully defending his PhD thesis

Oct 30, 2012

Congrats to Rong for successfully defending his PhD thesis on wetting and phase-change phenomena on micro/nanostructures for enhanced heat transfer.

Congratulations to Teresa and the PHUMP team for a publication in IEEE Transactions on Components, Packaging, and Manufacturing Technology

Oct 1, 2012

Congratulations to Teresa and the PHUMP team for their work on Design of an Integrated Loop Heat Pipe Air-Cooled Heat Exchanger for High Performance Electronics link.