Congratulations to Jay Sircar for successfully defending his PhD on Surface structure enhanced microchannel flow boiling of low surface tension fluids.

During his PhD, Jay investigated the thermohydraulic changes from surface microstructures during intrachip flow boiling of lower surface tension working fluids, primarily methanol. Insights gained from his work will lead to the development of new design principles that will allow for even lower surface tension fluids, e.g. fluorinated dielectrics, to maximize their potential when flow boiling.