The Thermal Management Laboratory is an ~1,000 ft2 of experimental lab space and equipped with facilities to conduct research on our focus areas. Relevant resources available in the lab include:
- Computers with ANSYS, Matlab, LabView, SolidWorks software
- Data acquisition systems (National Instruments CompactDAQ with thermocouple input, analog input, sourcing digital output, TTL digital input/output modules)
- Programmable DC power supplies (Agilent N5770A, 1500W)
- Custom-built experimental test benches to investigate
- immersion cooling
- two-phase spray cooling
- Rotary Displacer Stirling Engine
- Vortex Phase Separator
- Variable Conductance Radiator
- Heated and refrigerated bath circulator
- Chillers
- Various sensors/measurement devices
- Environmental chamber
- Fume hood
- Photolithography equipment
- Stereo microscope
- Infrared camera