Conference Description
The Micro and Nanoscale Phase Change Phenomena GRC is a premier, international scientific conference focused on advancing the frontiers of science through the presentation of cutting-edge and unpublished research, prioritizing time for discussion after each talk and fostering informal interactions among scientists of all career stages. The conference program includes a diverse range of speakers and discussion leaders from institutions and organizations worldwide, concentrating on the latest developments in the field. The conference is five days long and held in a remote location to increase the sense of camaraderie and create scientific communities, with lasting collaborations and friendships. In addition to premier talks, the conference has designated time for poster sessions from individuals of all career stages, and afternoon free time and communal meals allow for informal networking opportunities with leaders in the field.
Processes involving phase change are critically important in a wide variety of electrification and decarbonization technologies. The phase change occurring in these systems is governed by hydrodynamic, interfacial, and intermolecular forces that drive the exchange of mass, momentum and energy between the phases. This GRC and associated GRS are focused on fundamental mechanisms governing phase change processes and how these mechanisms interact to prescribe how component technologies and systems can be designed and run in a decarbonizing world. Topics within the conference include processes occurring at the three-phase contact line, the thermodynamics and kinetics of phase change materials and thermochemical energy storage media, the design of materials and surfaces using advanced manufacturing techniques which are able to control phase change, advances in the simulation and numerical modeling of phase change processes, machine learning and artificial intelligence methods for characterizing and predicting phase change mechanisms, new and novel experimental methods for measuring the extent of phase change, and phase change processes occurring in novel refrigerant working fluids relevant to decarbonization.
The topics, speakers, and discussion leaders for the conference sessions are displayed below. The conference chair is currently developing their detailed program, which will include the complete meeting schedule, as well as the talk titles for all speakers. The detailed program will be available by September 14, 2024. Please check back for updates.
Thermal Energy Storage for an Electrified World
Discussion Leaders
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Gennady Ziskind (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel)
Speakers
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Akanksha Menon (Georgia Institute of Technology, United States)
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Jason Woods (National Renewable Energy Laboratory, United States)
Multiscale Investigations on Boiling, Condensation, and Evaporation
Discussion Leaders
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Md Mahamudur Rahman (The University of Texas at El Paso, United States)
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Maria Fernandino (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway)
Speakers
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Gherhardt Ribatski (University of Sao Paulo, Brazil)
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Yangying Zhu (University of California, Santa Barbara, United States)
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Youngsuk Nam (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea)
Machine Learning, Machine Vision, and Artificial Intelligence in Two-Phase Systems
Discussion Leaders
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Han Hu (University of Arkansas, United States)
Speakers
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Jiajun Wu (Stanford University, United States)
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Steven Brunton (University of Washington, United States)
Advanced Diagnostics in Two-Phase Flows
Discussion Leaders
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Rosaria Vetrano (Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven, Belgium)
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Simo Makiharju (University of California, Berkeley, United States)
Speakers
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Christos Markides (Imperial College London, United Kingdom)
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Rishi Raj (Indian Institute of Technology, Patna, India)
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HangJin Jo (Pohang University of Science and Technology, South Korea)
Icing and Freezing Phenomena on Robust Micro- and Nanoengineered Surfaces
Discussion Leaders
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Kevin Golovin (University of Toronto, Canada)
Speakers
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Dimos Poulikakos (ETH, Switzerland)
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Anish Tuteja (University of Michigan, United States)
Refrigerants and Cryogenics: Transition to Low GWP Fluids
Discussion Leaders
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Reinhard Radermacher (University of Maryland, United States)
Speakers
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Brian Fronk (Pennsylvania State University, United States)
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Allison Mahvi (University of Wisconsin, Madison, United States)
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Chris Seton (Koura, United States)
Two-Phase Flow Modelling and Emerging Numerical Methods
Discussion Leaders
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Miad Yazdani (RTX Technology Research Center, United States)
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Srdjan Sasic (Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden)
Speakers
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Berk Hess (KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm , Sweden)
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Stéphane Zaleski (Sorbonne Universite / CNRS, France)
Manufacturing for Microscale Heat and Mass Transfer
Discussion Leaders
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Ian Winfield (Fabric8Labs, United States)
Speakers
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Allison Beese (Pennsylvania State University, United States)
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Jian Cao (Northwestern University, United States)
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Justin Weibel (Purdue University, United States)
Dynamics of Droplets and Bubbles in Hydrogen-Related Systems
Discussion Leaders
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Xuehua Zhang (University of Alberta, Canada)
Speakers
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Aimy Bazylak (University of Toronto, Canada)
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Kerstin Eckert (Helmholtz-Center Dresden-Rossendorf / TU Dresden, Germany)
The GRC Power Hourâ„¢
Organizers
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Allison Beese (Pennsylvania State University, United States)