The ability to engineer the thermal conductivity of materials allows us to control the flow of heat and derive novel functionalities such as thermal rectification, thermal switching and thermal ...

Performances of many systems operating in turbulent single-phase flows and in two-phase boiling flows are limited by the pumping power due to very high pressure drops in flow channels. A way to ...

Each time a device is turned off and on, its temperature changes. (Just think about how often your phone lights up all day.) Energy flowing through several layers of tightly stacked materials causes ...

Flow boiling and flow condensation in mini/micro channels is a very effective technique for meeting the high heat dissipating and heat acquisition requirements of thermal management systems. However, ...

A team of Rice University scientists has solved a long-standing problem in thermal imaging, making it possible to capture clear images of objects through hot windows. Imaging applications in a range ...

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 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 ...