Nanoengineered surfaces for boiling heat transfer enhancement

• EPFL - Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
• Institute of Mechanical Engineering

Context: boiling is a phase-change phenomenon with broad applications, especially important for thermal management and power generation. Scientific challenge: simultaneously improving boiling efficiency and maximum heat flux Approach: understanding boiling enhancement mechanisms and manipulating bubble behaviors with well-defined surface nanostructures fabricated using clean room technologies Knowledge required: background in heat transfer, fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, and mechanical design. Hands-on experience with experiments/FEM modeling software will be a plus. Skills that you will acquire: design of boiling setup; high-speed imaging; use and design of resistive temperature detectors; scientific communication through reports and presentation

• Fluidization and Fluid Mechanics, Heat and Mass Transfer Operations, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Nanotechnology
• Bachelor Thesis, Master Thesis, Semester Project