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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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Congratulations to Adela Li for receiving the MIT OGE T.S. Lin Fellowship Award!
Adela was selected as one of only three awardees.
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Congratulations to Yang Zhong for receiving the Activate Fellowship and the Evergreen Graduate Innovation Fellowship to support his entrepreneurial journey!
Congratulations to Yang Zhong for receiving the Activate Fellowship and the Evergreen Graduate Innovation Fellowship to support his entrepreneurial journey! Learn…
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Congratulations to Yang Zhong, Lenan Zhang, Xiangyu Li, Bachir El Fil, Carlos Díaz-Marín, Adela Li, Xinyue Liu, and Alina LaPotin for a new review paper published in Nature Reviews Materials!
In this Review, we provide a multiscale perspective for SAWH technologies that can fill existing knowledge gaps across multiple length…
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Desalination system gains spotlight on CNN for World Water Day
Currently, one of humanity’s most pressing challenges is water scarcity, with 2.2 billion people lacking access to safe drinking water.…
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Solar-powered desalination recognized as the Best Inventions of 2023 by Time Magazine and featured as Top MIT research stories of 2023
Congratulations to Lenan Zhang, Yang Zhong, and their collaborators in China, including DRL alumnus Zhenyuan Xu, for their work on…
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Desalination system could produce freshwater that is cheaper than tap water
Congratulations to Lenan Zhang, Yang Zhong, and their collaborators in China, including a DRL alumnus, Zhenyuan Xu, for their recent…