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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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Polyethylene aerogel enables all-day subambient radiative cooling
Congratulations to Arny Leroy, Bikram Bhatia, Colin Kelsall, Lin Zhao, Lenan Zhang as well as their collaborators in Chile for…
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Congratulations to David Bierman for winning the DOE Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) Ten at Ten Awards
Congratulations to David Bierman for winning the DOE Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) Ten at Ten Awards. To mark the…
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Congratulations to DRL Alumni to Join Academia and Industry this Year!
Congratulations to DRL alumni to join academia and industry this year! Find out more about our recent alumni: Jeremy Cho,…
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Congratulations to Lin Zhao for successfully defending his PhD
Congratulations to Lin Zhao for successfully defending his PhD on transparent silica aerogels for solar thermal energy applications. During his…
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Transparent silica aerogel enables heating beyong 200 °C with unconcentrated sunlight
Congratulations to Lin Zhao and his collaborators for their recent work on solar receivers using optically transparent and thermally insulative…
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Experiments reveal the physics of evaporation
Congratulations to Dr. Zhengmao Lu and his collaborator Prof. Ikuya Kinefuchi for their recent work featured on MIT News. In this…