Device Research Lab | Research Group led by Professor Evelyn N. Wang, MIT

We study energy, transport, water, and make...

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Silica Aerogel

More insulating than air, clearer than glass

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Radiative Cooling

Passive cooling with no electricity

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Water Desalination

Ultrahigh-efficiency desalination via a thermally-localized multistage solar still

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Our Mission

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.

Research Area

Phase-Change

Solar

Thermal

Water

News

Device Research Lab attends International Workshop on New Understanding in Nanoscale/Microscale Phase Change

Jun 12, 2016

Past and present members of the DRL convened at this workshop in Trondheim, Norway to discuss their most recent work with the phase change heat transfer community in a forum organized by Professor...

Congratulations to Yangying and Solomon for winning Outstanding and Best Poster Awards at ITHERM 2016 Conference

Jun 3, 2016

Congratulations to Yangying Zhu for winning Outstanding Poster Award for her presentation on “Model Optimization of Dry-out Heat Flux from Micropillar Wick Structures”and to Solomon Adera for...

Congratulations to Solomon Adera on successfully defending his PhD

May 29, 2016

Congratulations to Solomon Adera on successfully defending his PhD on Thin-film evaporation from well-defined silicon micropillar wicks for high-heat-flux thermal management.

David’s work on solar thermophotovoltaic devices featured in MIT News

May 24, 2016

Demonstration of enhanced STPV device performance through the suppression of 80% of unconvertible photons by pairing a one-dimensional photonic crystal selective emitter with a tandem...

Congratulations to Daniel Hanks on successfully defending his PhD

May 6, 2016

Congratulations to Daniel Hanks on successfully defending his PhD on Evaporation from Nanoporous Membranes for High Heat Flux Thermal Management. Evaporation from Nanoporous Membranes

Congratulations to the DRL for winning MIT Green Labs Seed Funding

Apr 22, 2016

After undergoing waste and energy audits and pitching ideas to promote environmentally conscious research practices, the Device Research Laboratory won 1,000 dollars in seed funds to make the lab...