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Funded Projects

1.     USDA-REAP, South Texas Energy Efficiency Project (STEEP), PI, Award number: 50-008-515960131 ($99,041, April 2017 – April 2018)

2.     NSF- MRI: Acquisition of a Spark Plasma Sintering System for Functional Ceramics at Rio Grande Valley, Texas. Senior Personnel, Award number: 1828672 ($230,000, September 2018 - August 2020)

3.     A Novel Graphene Membrane with Mechanical Integrity for Desalination, Faculty Advisor, $2,000, funded by UTRGV Engaged Scholar Award. (9/2019 – 5/2020)

4.     Oscillating Flow and Multiphase Heat Transfer in Bio-inspired Porous Medium with Super-hydrophobicity Coating, Faculty Advisor, $2,000, funded by UTRGV Engaged Scholar Award. (1/2019 – 8/2019)

5.     Experimental Study of Brine Droplet Evaporation using an Electrodynamic Balance (EDB) Device, Faculty Advisor, $2,000, funded by UTRGV Engaged Scholar Award. (1/2018 – 8/2018)

6.     Theoretical and Experimental Study of Saline Droplet Evaporation in Solar-thermal Driven Full Separation Multi Effect Distillation (FS-MED) System, Faculty Advisor, $2,000, funded by UTRGV Engaged Scholar Award. (1/2017 – 8/2017)

 

Facilities

The Multiphase Transport Laboratory (MTL) at UTRGV is dedicated to the research of transport processes in multiphase systems with fluid flow, heat and mass transfer, phase change, additive manufacturing, smart materials processing, and biomechanical systems.

 

 

Equipment:

Micromeritics Gemini VII 2390p + FlowPrep 060

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DELL Precision Tower 7810

Dual Intel Xeon Processor 12 cores, 2.2GHz, 2.9 GHz Turbo

128GB RAM DDR4, 4TB Hard Drive

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Dell Precision Tower 5820

Intel Xeon Processor, 6 cores, 3.6GHz, 3.9GHz Turbo

950W Chassis

40GB RAM DDR4, 2TB Hard Drive

Phantom VEO 410L High Speed Camera

5,200 fps at 1280 x 800; 157,000 fps at 128 x 128

Nikon 105mm f/2.8D AF Micro-Nikkor Lens

(provided by Dr. Jianzhi Li from Manufacturing Engineering Department)

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TEVO Tornado 3D printer

Nozzle diameter: 0.4mm
Print speed: 150mm/s 
Supporting material: ABS,Carbon Fiber,Flexible Filaments,PETG,PLA,PVA,Wood

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Matsusada High-speed high voltage amplifier AP-3B1

Output voltage: -3kv to +3kv

Current: ±1mA

Remote-Reading Hand-Held Humidity Meters

Relative Humidity

Range

20 to 95%

Accuracy

±5%

Resolution

0.1

Dew Point

Range

-4° to 140°F/-20° to 60°C

Accuracy

±9° F/±4.5° C

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