Projects and Research

Active Research Projects
 

• Thermal Transport in Nano-Enhanced Phase Change Materials

• Data Center Waste Heat Utilization

Completed Research Projects

• Interspecies dopant interactions in solid oxide electrolytes

• Development of Shape-Stabilized Nano-Enhanced Phase Change Material

• A Flow Visualization Study of the Jet Dynamics in a Round Jet Impinging on Foamed Aluminum Porous Media

• Thermal Design Optimization of a New Solid State Current Limiter Design For Smart Grid Applications

• The Design and Analysis of Paraffin-Based Phase Change Material [PCM] Within A Daylighting Panel

• Development of a Vacuum Assist System to Enhance PCM Penetration into Carbon Foam

• The Creation of High Thermal Conductivity Thermal Interface Pads Using Graphite Nanofibers

• An Investigation into the Penetration of Phase Change Material In Carbon Foam for Transient Thermal Management

• Thermal Analysis of Bond Layer Influence on Performance of an All-Active Vertically-Coupled, Microring Resonating Laser

• Numerical Analysis of the Thermal Impact of Solder Voids and Correlation with Thermal Images

• Effective Thermal Conductivity Modeling of Thermal Vias

• The Effect of Die Attach Voiding on the Thermal Resistance of Chip Level Packages

• Flow Mechanics of an Air Jet Impinging on a Pedestal

• Jet Impingement Cooling of Heated Plates and Raised Pedestals Representing Microchip Arrangements

• Thermal Proximity Effects of Packaged RF High Power Amplifier Discretes

• Effects of Proximity on Overheating of Adjacent Devices on Printed Circuit Boards in Forced Convection

• Effects of Proximity on Overheating of Adjacent Devices on Printed Circuit Boards in Free Convection

• Influence of Thermal Wakes in Free and Forced Convection on the Heat Transfer from Heat Generating Devices in Close Proximity on Printed Circuit Boards

• Design of a High Heat Flux Thermosyphon

• The Fluid Dynamics of Boiling Flow from a Carbon-Fiber Brush Heat Sink and Graphite Foam

• Evaluation of a Carbon-Fiber Brush Heat Sink in Two-Phase Boiling Flow

• Design of a Chemical Vapor Deposition Chamber for Thin Film Deposition

Currently, NovaTherm is working on more than a dozen projects with such sponsors as: National Science Foundation; Office of Naval Research; Pennsylvania Infrastructure Technology Alliance. Please check our sponsors page for more of our research sponsors.