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Congratulations to Lenan Zhang for successfully defending his PhD
Congratulations to Lenan Zhang for successfully defending his PhD on understanding heat transport at interfaces for thermal management of electronics! Lenan's thesis performed a systematic study on...
Congratulations to Yajing Zhao and her Mesophase team for winning the 2022 MIT Water Innovation Prize
Congratulations to Yajing Zhao and her Mesophase team for winning the 2022 MIT Water Innovation Prize! Mesophase, is developing a more efficient power plant steam condenser that leverages a surface...
Congratulations to Young Ko for being selected as a finalist in DHS’s Cooling Solutions Challenge!
Congratulations to Young Ko for being selected as a finalist on his idea Hybrid Cooling Wrap in DHS’s Cooling Solutions Challenge! Young's interest lies in heat transfer, fluid mechanics and energy...
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...