Payton successfully presented his Masters thesis titled “A Performance and Model Complexity Study of a Phase Change Material Thermal Energy Storage Heat Exchanger”. Congratulations Payton! He will continue working on building HVAC systems work as …
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Welcomed Tyler and Sage to the group!
Tyler Lee and Sage Slater recently joined our group as MS research students. Tyler will be developing new modeling methods for annular two phase flows, and Sage will be exploring how surface properties impact the …
Presented TES work at ASME SHTC
Jack presented his work on natural convection in liquid PCM during melting at the 2025 ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference in Westminster, CO.
Presented two-phase flow work at GRC
Dr. Mahvi and Joe Farrell presented some of our work on annular two-phase flow at the Micro and Nanoscale Phase Change Gordon Research Conference in January.
Mahvi awarded funds to advance cold-climate heat pumps
Mechanical Engineering Assistant Professor Allison Mahvi was recently selected for a $2M award from the Department of Energy to develop a more sustainable heat pump that can replace existing, less efficient boilers in older buildings. …
Naleah Boys awarded research fellowship
Naleah was awarded the Faustin Prinz Undergraduate Research Fellowship. The fellowship supports undergraduate Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Mechanics students who want to develop a research project with ME or EM faculty, get access to cutting-edge …
Welcomed Jack to the group!
We are excited to welcome our newest member, Jack Prout, to the group! Jack is a Masters student in Mechanical Engineering. He received her BS in Mechanical Engineering from University of Wisconsin in 2024. His …
Eli Gaeta awarded best poster
Eli was awarded the best student poster at the American Society of Thermal Fluid Engineers (ASTFE) 2024 Thermal and Fluids Engineering Conference in Corvallis, Oregon. Congratulations Eli!
Welcome Naleah and Megan to the group!
We are excited to welcome our newest members, Naleah Boys and Megan Beyers, to the group! Naleah is a Sophomore in Mechanical Engineering at UW-Madison. Her research will focus on developing a new experimental capability …
Mahvi awarded $2.5M from DOE for thermal energy storage solutions
Mechanical Engineering Assistant Professor Allison Mahvi was recently awarded a $2.5M grant from the Department of Energy on developing HVAC-integrated thermal energy storage systems. Read more…