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Home | News | People | Research | Teaching | Publications | Links | Openings News 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 Global Media Coverage Scientific Magazines: Science, Physical Review Letters, Physics Today, Mechanical Engineering (US); Spektrum der Wissenschaft, Welt der Physik (Germany); Materials Today, The Engineer, Physics World (UK). Mass Media: New York Times, Smithsonian, Wired, Triangle Business Journal, Duke Magazine (US); Discovery Channel (Canada); Scienceticker (Germany), CNN-IBN, Zee News, Deccan Herald (India); ESQ Magazine (Indonesia); Convertech (Japan), Kopalnia Wiedzy (Poland), Zimbabwe Star (Zimbabwe). Dr. Chuan-Hua Chen was selected as the Alfred M. Hunt Faculty Scholar within the Pratt School of Engineering, in recognition of his "outstanding research in mechanical engineering and materials science". Feb 8, 2012 Jonathan and Yuejun's APL paper on "Planar jumping-drop thermal diodes" are well received in the scientific community and the mass media. In addition to the First Poster Prize at the 2011 Gordon Research Conference on Microfluidics, their work has been covered by a variety of scientific magazines: - Mechanical Engineering: Jumping droplets make a heat trap [pdf] - Materials Today: Jumping droplets control heat flow [pdf] Dec 30, 2011 Congratulations to David Bober who will continue his Ph.D. journey at UC Irvine while enjoying sunny California! We will be greatly missing his experimental expertise. Nov 16, 2011 Our paper on "Planar jumping-drop thermal diodes" is in press at Applied Physics Letters. Congratulations to Jonathan and Yuejun! [pdf] Oct 13, 2011 Our paper on "Pulsating electrohydrodynamic cone-jets: from choked jet to oscillating cone" is in press at Journal of Fluid Mechanics. Congratulations to David! [pdf] Oct 7, 2011 Our paper on "Nonclogging resistive pulse sensing with electrohydrodynamic cone-jet bridges" is in press at Physical Review X. Congratulations to µPHYL members Yuejun Zhao and David Bober. [pdf] Sept 6, 2011 Our paper on "Thermocapillary actuation of binary drops on solid surfaces" has been published by Applied Physics Letters. Congratulations to µPHYL members Yuejun Zhao and Fangjie Liu. [pdf] July 8, 2011 The µPHYL lab has an immediate postdoctoral opening. Qualified candidates are encouraged to directly contact Prof. Chuan-Hua Chen. [pdf] June 30, 2011 Jonathan Boreyko won First Prize in the poster session of the Gordon Research Conference on the Physics and Chemistry of Microfluidics. Congratulations to Jonathan! June 15, 2011 Our paper on "Wetting and dewetting transitions on hierarchical superhydrophobic surfaces" has been published by Langmuir. Congratulations to µPHYL members Jonathan Boreyko, Chris Baker (Pratt Fellow), and Celeste Poley (REU Fellow) [pdf]. March 24, 2011 A warm welcome to new µPHYL members: Katrina Wisdom (Class of 2012), Will Scheideler (Class of 2013), and Benjamin Goldman (PhD student to start in Fall 2011)! Yuejun Zao took a job as a senior MEMS engineer at Telecardia Corp. Congratulations! We will be sorely missing Yuejun's versatility at µPHYL. Nov 29, 2010 µPHYL researcher was featured on Duke website in a video interview, "Why Mechanical Engineering: Jonathan Boreyko." Nov 22, 2010 Yuejun Zao's video entry, UFO: "Unidentified" Floating Object Driven by Thermocapillarity, was selected for the video gallery in conjunction with the 2010 APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Annual Meeting. [pdf] Sep 15, 2010 Yuejun Zao received honorable mention in the Mahato Memorial Image & Photo Contest: "Envisioning the Invisible". The judges to this event include renowned science photographer Felice Frankel. Aug 23, 2010 Dr. Chuan-Hua Chen has been invited by Reports on Progress in Physics to review recent progress on the dynamical aspects of superhydrophobicity. "Reports on Progress in Physics has a long-established reputation as a journal for the publication of authoritative review articles in all branches of physics." [link] Aug 2, 2010 Dr. Chuan-Hua Chen is among 33 young faculty who received the DARPA Young Faculty Award in 2010. The objective of his YFA project is to develop a phase-change thermal diode that regulates the direction of heat flow. [pdf] Aug 1, 2010 µPHYL researchers are featured on the cover of the MEMS departmental newsletter in a story titled "Mushrooms and water repellants more similar than you might think." [pdf] Jun 16, 2010 Dr. David Quere from ESPCI visited µPHYL and gave a departmental seminar titled "Variations on a Theme by Leidenfrost". Dr. Quere is a co-author of Capillarity and Wetting Phenomena. Apr 15, 2010 Dr. Chuan-Hua Chen won an award from NC Space Grant New Investigators Program for a project titled "Self-sustained dropwise condensation". The goal of this project is develop dropwise condensers with self-propelled drop removal independent of gravity. Apr 13, 2010 Jonathan Boreyko won the Second Poster Prize out of more than 70 student posters at the Faraday Discussion 146 on Wetting Dynamics of Hydrophobic and Structured Surfaces. Supported by an FD-GRS fellowship, Jonathan was also invited to give a talk at the inaugural Faraday Discussion Graduate Research Seminar. Congratulations to Jonathan! Fangjie Liu and David Bober will join µPHYL as Ph.D. students in Fall 2010. Welcome! Nov 24, 2009 Jonathan Boreyko's video on self-propelled drops won the Gallery of Fluid Motion in the 62nd APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Annual Meeting. This winning entry will be published in a special issue of Physics of Fluids. [video] Nov 13, 2009 Jonathan Boreyko's work on self-propelled dropwise condensate is highlighted in the Editors' Choice section of Science [pdf]. Nov 3, 2009 Jonathan Boreyko's work is featured on the Discovery Channel in Super Slo-Mo Tuesday [pdf]. This program aired Jonathan's high-speed videos on self-propelled drops. Follow this link to watch the video. Oct 26, 2009 Dr. Chuan-Hua Chen and Jonathan Boreyko are featured in The New York Times in an article titled "Vibrations keep water out of lotus leaves" [pdf]. This times article reported their work on unveiling lotus's secret to stay repellent to dewy water. Oct 23, 2009 Jonathan Boreyko's work on lotus's antidew superhydrophobicity is featured on the cover [pdf] of Physical Review Letters. Congratulations to Jonathan on making µPHYL's first journal article a big hit! Oct 16, 2009 Jonathan Boreyko's work on self-propelled drops is featured on Physics Today in a Physics Update item titled "Rough surface gives drops the heave-ho" [pdf]. Oct 1, 2009 Jonathan Boreyko is one of the nine nationwide finalists for the Collegiate Inventors Competition hosted by the National Inventor Hall of Fame. Sep 30/Oct 7, 2009 Jonathan Boreyko got two papers accepted by the premium physics journal Physical Review Letters. Congratulations! Sep 7, 2009 Dr. Chuan-Hua Chen is the guest co-editor for a Themed Issue on the Fundamental Principles and Techniques in Microfluidics, which is published today by the journal Lab on a Chip. June 22, 2009 Dr. Chuan-Hua Chen is among the six invited lecturers for an advanced school on Electrokinetics and Electrohydrodynamics in Microsystems hosted by the International Center for Mechanical Sciences (CISM). This week-long lecture series is held in Udine, Italy on June 22-26, 2009. For further information, click on the brochure. Jun 16, 2009 Ms. Jean Stave, a physics teacher at Riverside High School, is visiting the µPHYL group in the summer. She leads the educational outreach efforts in Dr. Chen's CAREER program to transfer cutting-edge microfluidics research to high school classrooms. Jun 8, 2009 Dr. Chuan-Hua Chen was featured on Duke Today in a story titled "Working in the Nano-World". May 19, 2009 Jonathan Boreyko received Honorable Mention in the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program. May 14, 2009 Dr. Chuan-Hua Chen won the Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award from Oak Ridge Associated Universities for a proposal titled "Beetle Inspired Fuel Cell Water Management". The goal of this project is to mimic desert beetle's water-harvesting surface with hybrid wettability to passively manage water in polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cells. May 10, 2009 Chris Lin graduates with a B.S. degree from Duke University. Congratulations and good luck on Chris's first job at NAVSEA. Apr 3, 2009 (Updated from Jan 16, 2009) Dr. Chuan-Hua Chen won the NSF CAREER Award from the Fluid Dynamics program for a proposal titled "Electrohydrodynamic Coulter Counting". The electrohydrodynamic jet will be developed as a tunable fluidic aperture in lieu of solid-state nanopores for resistive-pulse sensing. The applications include detection of unlabeled biomolecules and deployment of single nanoparticles. Yuejun Zao joined µPHYL as a postdoctoral research associate. Dec 8, 2008 Meng-Han Chiang successfully defended his research project on intrinsically pulsating electrohydrodynamic cone-jets, and will be receiving an MS degree in Mechanical Engineering from Duke University. Best of luck on Menghan's business journey in Taiwan! Dec 3, 2008 Chris Baker joins µPHYL as a Pratt Research Fellow. Nov 23-25, 2008 µPHYL students Jonathan Boreyko, Menghan Chiang and Shenren Xu presented three conference papers at the 61st APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Annual Meeting. Please follow the links to these papers on restoring superhydrophobicity with vibration, rapid superhydrophobic condensation dynamics, and pulsating electrohydrodynamic cone-jets. Nov 15, 2008 Updated pictures of the µPHYL facilities are available online. Nov 7, 2008 Jonathan Boreyko won the first prize in the poster session of the 1st Graduate Retreat of the MEMS Department at Duke. Oct 8, 2008 Xiaodong Zhang accepted a postdoctoral position with Professor Joost Vlassak at Harvard University. Congratulations! Aug 25, 2008 Chris Lin joins µPHYL as an undergraduate research assistant. Aug 4, 2008 Dr. Chuan-Hua Chen won a grant from NSF's Thermal Transport Processes program to develop a "Biomimetic Electrospray Vapor Chamber (BEVAC)." The prototype BEVAC is expected to be tested at Intel Corporation. Aug 1, 2008 Shenren Xu joins µPHYL as a graduate research assistant. May 9, 2008 Dr. Chuan-Hua Chen is guest-editing an issue on fundamental reviews of miniaturization for the Lab on a Chip journal. Mar 3, 2008 Jonathan Boreyko joins µPHYL as a graduate research assistant. Feb 27, 2008 Pictures of the µPHYL facilities are available online. Meng-Han Chiang joins µPHYL as a graduate research assistant. Dec 1, 2007 The µPHYL lab has immediate openings for graduate research assistants and/or postdoctoral research associates. Oct 1, 2007 Dr. Chuan-Hua Chen won a contract from DARPA's Thermal Ground Plane program. Dr. Chen will collaborate with Dr. Stefan Zauscher at Duke to develop adaptive wick structures using thermal responsive polymers. These novel wick structures will be integrated in a nano-structured vapor chamber developed by Teledyne Scientific Company. Sep 1, 2007 Xiaodong Zhang joins µPHYL as a postdoctoral associate. Dr. Chuan-Hua Chen joins Duke University as a tenure-track assistant professor. Mail: 178 Hudson Hall, Box 90300, Durham, NC 27708-0300 | Tel: 919-660-5343 | Email: chuanhua.chen@duke.edu Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science | Pratt School of Engineering | Duke University |
