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The document discusses research areas at the University of North Texas (UNT) related to energy, environment, biotechnology, nanotechnology, and materials. Key areas of research include net-zero energy buildings, renewable energy like solar and wind, energy storage, green materials, biological sensors, nanotechnology, and thermal management. Research is conducted by 11 faculty across various departments using laboratories and facilities at UNT, with a focus on developing affordable renewable technologies and improving energy efficiency.

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New MEE Research

The document discusses research areas at the University of North Texas (UNT) related to energy, environment, biotechnology, nanotechnology, and materials. Key areas of research include net-zero energy buildings, renewable energy like solar and wind, energy storage, green materials, biological sensors, nanotechnology, and thermal management. Research is conducted by 11 faculty across various departments using laboratories and facilities at UNT, with a focus on developing affordable renewable technologies and improving energy efficiency.

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Research Areas

Energy & Environment: Materials and


Appliances

• Net-Zero-Energy Buildings Utility Building


Systems

• Ambient Energy Monitoring for Solid-


Renewable
Energy

State Solar-Concentrating Generators


Plug-in
• Enhanced Evaporative Cooling Using Hybrid
Smart
Vehicles
Nano-Porous Barriers Sensors

• Micro-Scale Multi-Phase Fluids for


Energy and Transportation
Geothermal
• Bladeless Micro-Turbines for Power and Distributed
Generation and System
Storage (Hydrogen)
Pumping
• Optimized Heat Transfer via Use of
Baffles for Solar Thermal Storage Figure 1 Schematics of the Integrated Zero-

• Atmospheric Environmental Quality Net-Energy Building Research Lab at UNT

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Research Areas (Cont’d)
Biotechnology & Nanotechnology:
Biological Temperature Sensor Nanomaterial control and characterization

• Biological Temperature (a) (b) a b


Sensor
Ag
• Nanomaterial Control &
a-1 b-1
Characterization
Sn:Pb
• Blood Oxygenators That
Mimic Lung Physiology (a) (b)
• Focal Cooling For 1
2
3 4
Treatment of Ischemic Empty Filled
Pipette Pipette
Brain Damage
• Nano indentation.

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Dr. Yong Tao
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering
University of Michigan
PACCAR Professor of Engineering

Research Areas:
•Building and Renewable Energy
•Energy Efficient Building Cooling
Systems
•Ground Source Heat Pump
•Heat and Mass Transfer in
UNT Net Zero Research House
Multiphase Media
(Rendering)
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Dr. Sandra K. S. Boetcher
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering
University of Minnesota

NuD
Research Areas:
• Heat Transfer
t
• Natural Convection
• Fluid Manifolds
• Computational Fluid Dynamics
• Biomedical Engineering
• Thermal Management of Electronic
Equipment Focal cooling for brain injury

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Dr. Tae-Youl Choi
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering
University of California, Berkeley

Research Areas:
•Nanotechnology
•Femtosecond Laser Machining
•Plasma Dynamics
•Nano-Scale Fabrication
1
•Nano-Tubes
2
3 4

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Dr. Matthew J. Traum
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Research Areas:
•Thermal Fluid Sciences
•Nano-enabled Evaporative Cooling
•Alternative and Renewable Energy
•Nanotechnology Manufacturing
•Micro-Scale Multi-Phase Fluids for
Energy and Transportation

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Dr. Aleksandra Fortier
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering
Southern Methodist University

Research Areas:
•Reliability of “green” electronic • Numerical analysis and
systems simulation of residual stresses
•Nano-based Pb-Free Technology in thin films
•Processing, characterization, and • Residual stress analysis using
defects ID of Pb-Free electronic X-Ray Diffraction Technologies
materials and components • Polymer and metal based
•Metal and alloy based electroplating composite materials
processes • Aerosol Jet Printing
•Sn whisker phenomenon Technology

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Dr. Narendra Dahotre (Joint Appointment)
Ph.D. in Materials Science & Engineering
Michigan State University

Research Areas:
•Laser Machining and Fabrication of
Materials
•Laser based surface engineering on
diverse material systems like metal matrix
composites, ceramic matrix composites
and super alloys.
•Laser Machining of Structural Ceramics
•Laser Engineered Bio ceramic Coatings

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Research (Other Joint-Appointment Faculty)

• Dr. Alan Needleman (Multi-scale


modeling of plastic deformation,
mechanical behavior of polymers)
• Dr. Nandika D’souza (sensor textiles,
biocomposites, environmentally
friendly materials and
manufacturing)
• Dr. Reza Mirshams (nano-
indentation, mechanical
characterization/fatigue of
materials.)

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Research Labs

• PACCAR Technology Institute


• Laboratory of Small Scale Instrumentation
• Thermal Fluid Science Lab
• Computer Aided Design Lab
• Manufacturing Engineering Technology Lab
• MEE faculty also participate in Center for
Advanced Scientific Computing and Modeling
(CASCaM)

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Renewable Energy And Conservation
(Research Cluster)

Affordable PV Key grid-tie


Cost effective, high
systems and wider solutions for wide
energy efficient
utilization of wind penetration of
building products
power distributed renewable
energy
 
Distributed
Renewable Energy Storage-enabled
Generation Research pipeline from device Smart Grid for Power
Transmission
development to system modeling
and validation
Building Energy
Conservation

clean rooms· micro/nano fabrication ·


wind tunnel· zero-energy house·
campus RE facility

Infrastructure Thrusts Overlapping Core Research Technology


Outcomes
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