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Congratulations to Emily Lin for being selected for the NSF Graduate Fellows!
Congratulations to Emily Lin for being selected for the NSF Graduate Fellows! At DRL, Emily's current research focuses on the micro-combustor and desorption characterization of the atmospheric water...
Our recent solar evaporation work featured in Editors’ highlights
Congratulations to Lenan Zhang, Xiangyu Li, Yang Zhong, Arny Leroy, Zhenyuan Xu, and Lin Zhao for their recent solar evaporation being featured in a Nature Communications Editors' highlights of...
Solar-powered system offers a route to inexpensive desalination
Congratulations to Lenan Zhang, Xiangyu Li, Yang Zhong, Arny Leroy, Zhenyuan Xu, and Lin Zhao for their recent work on Highly efficient and salt rejecting solar evaporation via a wick-free confined...
Controlling how “odd couple” surfaces and liquids interact
Congratulations to Kyle L. Wilke, Zhengmao Lu, and Youngsup Song for their recent work on turning traditionally nonwetting surfaces wetting for even ultra-high surface energy liquids which was...
Congratulations to Lenan Zhang for winning the Best Student Presentation Award at the MRS 2021 Fall meeting
Congratulations to Lenan Zhang for winning the Best Student Presentation Award at the MRS 2021 Fall meeting for his presentation Enhanced Evaporation via Nanoengineered Materials for Solar Thermal...
Congratulations to the AeroShield Materials team led by DRL alumni Elise Strobach and Kyle Wilke!
Congratulations to the AeroShield Materials team (left) led by DRL alumni Elise Strobach and Kyle Wilke and others for winning the American-Made Solar Prize!AeroShield Materials developed a...