Efficient management and exploitation of thermal energy is key for many engineering applications. Greater understanding and control of thermal processes, such as thermal energy harvesting, storage and ...

Fluid mechanics and thermal engineering concern the behaviour of liquids and gases in motion and the management of thermal energy within those flows. Central to fluid mechanics are the conservation ...

Assistant Professor Yan Wang of the Department of Mechanical Engineering has received a CAREER award to advance research to more fully understand phonon wave behaviors, contribute to strategies to ...

Embedding chips into stacked-die assemblies is creating thermal dissipation challenges that can reduce the reliability and lifespan of these devices, a growing problem as chipmakers begin cramming ...

The research of the Multiscale Thermal Science Laboratory (MTSL) focuses on the fundamental understanding of thermal transport phenomena at the interfaces between material phases and from macro to ...

Heat management is becoming crucial to an increasing number of chips, and it’s one of a growing number of interconnected factors that must be considered throughout the entire development flow. At the ...

The impressive capabilities of twenty-first century medical technology, from imaging equipment to surgical instruments and automated immunoassays, are in many ways a tribute to the advances in ...

Scientists have recently designed a structured thermal armor (STA) that achieves efficient liquid cooling even over 1,000°C, fundamentally solving a 266-year-old challenge presented by the Leidenfrost ...

Thermal runaway can result from various factors, including chemical reactions, battery overcharging, environmental conditions, and operational practices. Exothermic reactions, for example, can ...

Mechanical Engineering applies the fields of physics, mathematics, and materials science to the design and realization of mechanical and thermal systems. For over a century mechanical engineers have ...