Welcome to the Thermofluid Energy Research Lab lead by Dr. Yangying Zhu in the Mechanical Engineering department at UCSB.

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Fast-charging batteries for electric vehicles, ultra integrated computer processors for artificial intelligence, and efficient catalysis for clean fuels are a few examples of emerging technologies with potential to transform our society. A common crucial requirement of these technologies is the effective management of thermal and fluid transport, which has remained an outstanding challenge given the ever-shrinking length scales of the devices and the increasing complexity of material structures. At the Thermofluid Energy Research Lab, we combine fundamental understandings of heat and fluid transport with advanced materials characterization capabilities for more efficient thermal management and sustainable energy solutions.