Department of Mechanical Engineering presents “From Nanoscale Surface Engineering to Macroscale Energy Systems” Prof. Evelyn N. Wang Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering MIT – Massachusetts Institute of Technology Monday, April 6, 2015 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. 3110 Etcheverry Hall Coffee and Cookies will be served ABSTRACT Nanoengineered surfaces offer new possibilities to manipulate fluidic and thermal transport processes for a variety of applications including lab-on-a-chip, thermal management, and energy conversion systems. In this talk, I will discuss new opportunities to use nanoengineered surfaces to enhance phase-change heat transfer. In flow boiling, we show the importance of surface engineering to increase stability and enhance heat dissipation capability. In condensation, jumping droplets are harnessed to increase condensation heat transfer, and can be further manipulated using electric fields. Finally, examples will be discussed as to how such nanoengineered surfaces can be leveraged for thermal management, thermal storage, and solar thermal energy conversion systems. BIOGRAPHY Evelyn N. Wang is an Associate Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at MIT. She is also the Associate Director of the Solid State Solar Thermal Energy Conversion (S3TEC) Center, a DOE Energy Frontiers Research Center. She received her BS from MIT in 2000 and MS and PhD from Stanford University in 2001, and 2006, respectively. From 2006-2007, she was a postdoctoral researcher at Bell Laboratories, Alcatel-Lucent. Her research interests include fundamental studies of micro/nanoscale heat and mass transport and the development of efficient thermal management, water desalination, and solar thermal energy systems. Her work has been honored with awards including the 2008 DARPA Young Faculty Award, the 2011 Air Force Office of Scientific Research Young Investigator Award, the 2012 Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award, the 2012 ASME Bergles-Rohsenow Young Investigator Award in Heat Transfer, as well as best paper awards at 2010 and 2014 ITherm and 2012 ASME Micro and Nanoscale Heat and Mass Transfer International Conference. Hosted by: Professor Chris Dames, 6107 Etcheverry Hall, 643-2582, [email protected]