Nano Energy and Data-Driven Discovery Laboratory

12/19/2024: UA-PTC has been awarded a $2.5 million grant to establish an Aerospace Center of Excellence (ACE) with industrial and academic partners. Our lab is part of this alliance (link).

12/14/2024: Congratulations to Hari Pandey (my first Ph.D. student), Joshua Mora Sanchez (BSME, summa cum laude), and Josef Frankhouse (BSME, summa cum laude) on their graduation!

12/13/2024: Congratulations to Daniel Curl and Abigail Henson on receiving their Honors College Research Grants!

12/2/2024: Congratulations to Joshua Mora Sanchez on defending his honors thesis!

11/21/2024: Congratulations to NED3 on receiving an NSF grant to develop immersion-cooled electric motors for transportation decarbonization (link).

10/25/2024: Congratulations to Chinmaya Joshi, Joshua Mora Sanchez, and Cade Marcinkovich on receiving their Arkansas Academy of Science (AAS) Undergraduate Student Grants!

10/4/2024: Congratulations to NED3 on receiving a NASA EPSCoR RID grant on experimental and machine learning studies of boiling heat transfer!

10/4/2024: Congratulations to Braden Stevens, Christy Dunlap, and Hari Pandey on receiving the Reginald R. ‘Barney’ & Jameson A. Baxter Graduate Fellowship!

10/2/2024: Congratulations on NED3 on receiving an Honors College Faculty Equipment and Technology Grant to acquire a high-frequency acoustic emission sensing system!

9/9/2024: Congratulations to Chinmaya Joshi and Clancy Milam on receiving the second place poster award at the ASEE 2024 Midwest Section Conference!

9/5/2024: Congratulations to Jackson Burnett, Trevor Harris, Abigail Henson, and Jackson Minnick on receiving an Honors College Research Team Grant!

7/22/2024: Congratulations to Hari Pandey on successfully defending his Ph.D. dissertation!

7/9/2024: Congratulations to Chinmaya Joshi and Daniel Curl on receiving their Honors College Research Grants to investigate "Development of Titanium Encapsulated Pyrolytic Graphite Radiator Fins for Advanced Spacecraft Cooling" and "Utilizing Multi-Physics Modeling...

6/24/2024: NED3 facilitated a session for the Engineering Summer Academy (ESA) Structure and Function in collaboration with the Robotics Interdisciplinary Organization of Teams (RIOT). This ESA session centered on building a mechanical structure using 3D-printed parts...

6/11/2024: Congratulations to Christy Dunlap on receiving an  ASGC STEM award! This award will support her study on developing a self-contained data acquisition module that supports remote control and reliable data transfer. Congratulations to Trevor Harris and...

6/6/2024: Congratulations to NED3 on being awarded an ACCESS-CI Explore Project "Probing Bubble Dynamics with Integrated Large-Scale Vision Models and Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulations” (MCH240045)!

5/31/2024: Congratulations to NED3 on receiving a NASA EPSCoR Rapid Response Research (R3) award to develop and demonstrate a real-time, non-invasive partial discharge detection method using acoustic sensing and sequence modeling. See a news article on this award by...

5/11/2024: Congratulations to Stephen Pierson, Jackson Marsh, Ethan Weems, Isaiah Kroll, Corbin Russ, and Nathaniel House on their graduation! Stephen Pierson, B.S. (summa cum laude) in Mechanical Engineering, May 2024, Senior of Significance, Razorback Classics,...

4/17/2024: Congratulations to DataDroid on winning third place in the 24th Arkansas Governor's Cup Collegiate Business Plan Competition High Growth/Tech Division - Undergraduate Track! DataDroid is led by CEO Nathaniel House, CTO Stephen Pierson, COO Dylan Yound, and...

3/29/2024: Congratulations on Joshua Mora Sanchez on receiving a prestigious 2024 Goldwater Scholarship!

3/8/2024: Congratulations to Stephen Pierson on being recognized as a 2024 Senior of Significance!

3/1/2024: Congratulations to AcoustiFlux (EL: Najee Stubbs & Christy Dunlap, TL: Han Hu, IM: Catherine Corley) on receiving the Spirit of I-Corp award and Catherine Corley on receiving the Star Mentor Award at the NSF National I-Corps Southwest Winter Cohort 2024....

2/14/2024: Jackson Marsh presented his work on "Advanced Acoustic Sensing for Thermal Fault Detection in Electronics Cooling" to legislators at the Arkansas STEM Posters @ the Capitol. Jackson is one of the seven representatives of the University of Arkansas...

11/2/2023: Congratulations to NED3 for receiving a NASA I-Corps National Course award! Najee Stubbs and Christy Dunlap are the Co-EL of our NASA I-Corps pilot team. Catherine Corley from the Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center (ASBTDC) will serve...

10/11/2023: Congratulations to NED3 on receiving an Honors College Faculty Equipment & Technology Grant to support the procurement of a laser for our in-house developed SLS facility!

9/28/2023: Congratulations to Hari Pandey on receiving the Larry and Gwen Stephens Graduate Scholarship and the Reginald R. ‘Barney’ & Jameson A. Baxter Graduate Fellowship!

9/28/2023: Congratulations to Najee Stubbs on receiving the Larry and Gwen Stephens Graduate Scholarship and the Reginald R. ‘Barney’ & Jameson A. Baxter Graduate Fellowship!

9/28/2023: Congratulations to Christy Dunlap on receiving the Earl H. Beling Doctoral Fund!

9/12/2023: Congratulations to Han Hu on receiving the Distinguished Research and Teaching Faculty Award from the Honors College!

9/12/2023: Congratulations to Chinmaya Joshi on receiving the 1st Place Best Student Paper Award at the ASEE 2023 Midwest Section Conference in Lincoln, NE! Congratulations to the co-authors of the paper as well, Stephen Pierson, Jackson Minnick, and Corbin Russ!

9/11/2023: Congratulations on Stephen Pierson on receiving the 3rd Place Poster Award at the ASEE 2023 Midwest Section Conference in Lincoln, NE!

8/23/2023: Congratulations to NED3 on receiving an NSF/CASIS grant to investigate Acoustic Sensing for Interfacial Instabilities in Flow Boiling and Condensation (NSF Grant No. CBET-2323022)!

8/17/2023: Congratulations to Stephen Pierson on receiving an Honors College Conference/Workshop Travel Grant!

7/6/2023: Congratulations to Ethan Weems on receiving an Honors College Conference/Workshop Travel Grant!

7/3/2023: Congratulations to Harrison Greene, Landon Lemmons, Logan Raben, and Grant Resler on receiving their Honors College Research Grants!

6/30/2023: Congratulations to Hari Pandey and Christy Dunlap on receiving Doctoral Student Presentation Travel Grants!

6/6/2023: Congratulations to Jackson Marsh and Amanda Williams on receiving the NSF Student Participation Award for the ASME 17th International Conference on Energy Sustainability!

5/15/2023: Congratulations to Corbin Russ, Chinmaya Joshi, Jackson Minnick, Joshua Mora Sanchez, Trevor Harris, Harrison Greene, and Grant Resler on being named as 2023 DART Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) Scholars!

5/7/2023: Congratulations to Han Hu on receiving the MEEG Outstanding Service to Students Award!

4/24/2023: Congratulations to Han Hu on receiving the 2023 Faculty Gold Medal!

3/31/2023: Congratulations to Stephen Pierson on being named as a 2023 Goldwater Scholar! See the UARK News coverage: U of A Student Receives Competitive Goldwater Scholarship | University of Arkansas (uark.edu)

3/21/2023: Congratulations to NED3 on receiving an award from NASA on Remote Heat Flux Sensor Using Acoustic Sensing and Machine Learning.

3/1/2023: Congratulations to NED3 on receiving an award from MathWorks to develop a Project-Based Machine Learning Course for Mechanical Engineers.

1/12/2023: Congratulations to NED3 on receiving a research award from the Arkansas Space Grant Consortium (ASGC) Affiliate Faculty Research (AFR) Program to investigate the Design and Characterization of Cross-Flow Heat Pipe Manifold for Next-Generation Spacecraft...

12/6/2022: Congratulations to Jackson Marsh, Jackson Burnett, and Ethan Weems on their Honors College Research Grants!

12/2/2022: Congratulations to Stephen Pierson on his SURF award!

12/2/2022: We have created an LinkedIn Group for NED3 lab members and alumni to connect with each other. Feel free to join: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14159169/. Thank you, Najee, for the excellent suggestion!

11/21/2022: Congratulations to NED3 on receiving a Chancellor’s Fund – Commercialization and GAP Award on Simultaneous Electrical and Thermal Fault Detection Using Wideband Acoustic Emissions!

10/24/2022: Congratulations to NED3 on receiving a NASA ESI award to work with collaborators at the University of Cincinnati and Advanced Cooling Technologies, Inc to develop high-temperature lightweight radiator panels with 3D-printed titanium loop heat pipes!

10/19/2022: Congratulations to NED3 on receiving an Honors College Faculty Equipment and Technology Grant to acquire a new 3D printer with the metal printing module!

10/19/2022: Congratulations to NED3 to receiving an award from Google to study “Cooling Limits of Two-Phase Heat Transfer in Porous Media.”

10/11/2022: Congratulations to NED3 on receiving an Honors College Research Team Grant to support Lauren Westfall, Samson Parker, Logan Raben, and Noshin Nawar to study acoustic and radiofrequency-based sensing for particulate flow!

9/22/2022: Congratulations to NED3 on receiving an Arkansas NASA EPSCoR RID award on “Thin-Film Boiling with Non-Intrusive Sensing for Spacecraft Thermal Control.” This project is in collaboration with Prof. Hong Cheng at Southern Arkansas University.

9/22/2022: Christy and Amanda’s paper “Design and Fabrication of A Low-Cost and Programmable Dip Coating Machine” was accepted by HardwareX. Congratulations!

9/21/2022: Stephen gave a talk on “Enhancing Flow Boiling Heat Removal with Advanced Manufacturing” at the MEEG Graduate Seminar.

9/16/2022: NED3 students in the spotlight: UARK MechEngineering on Twitter: “https://t.co/U19qfhlT8l” / Twitter and UARK MechEngineering on Twitter: “https://t.co/VnrkeaGUcG” / Twitter,

9/13/2022: Congratulations to Stephen on winning the First Place Best Student Paper Award!

9/13/2022: Congratulations to Amanda on winning the Third Place Best Student Paper Award!

9/13/2022: Amanda gave her talk “Microscopic and Video-Based Optical Techniques in Engineering Education” at the 2022 ASEE Midwest Section Conference in Tulsa, OK.

9/12/2022: Christy, Stephen, and Jackson gave their talks at the 2022 ASEE Midwest Section Conference in Tulsa, OK. Topics: Chirsty’s talk “Infusing High-Performance Computing and Machine Learning in Mechanical Engineering Education,” Stephen’s talk “Enhancing...

8/30/2022: Corbin and Anthony gave talks about their summer internship at Marshall Space Flight Center at the MEEG Graduate Seminar. The title of Corbin’s talk is “NASA Engineering Design: Lunar Rover ​ and Accessory, ​Optical Technology” and the title of Anthony’s...

8/18/2022: Congratulations to Christy on receiving the Doctoral Student Presentation Travel Grant to support her trip to Tulsa, OK!

8/18/2022: Congratulations to Jackson on receiving the Honors College Conference Travel Grant to support his trip to Tulsa, OK!

8/17/2022: Jackson’s paper titled “Introducing LabVIEW and Arduino as Data Acquisition System Alternatives” was accepted by the ASEE Midwest Section Conference 2022. Congratulations!

8/15/2022: Congratulations to Hari on winning the W.R. Thomas Endowed Doctoral Engineering Fellowship!

8/15/2022: Congratulations to Christy on winning the W.R. Thomas Endowed Doctoral Engineering Fellowship!

8/15/2022: Amanda’s paper titled “Microscopic and Video-Based Optics Techniques for Pool Boiling” was accepted by the ASEE Midwest Section Conference 2022. Congratulations!

8/10/2022: Congratulations to Stephen on receiving the Honors College Conference Travel Grant to support his trip to Tulsa, OK!

8/8/2022: Stephen’s paper titled “Enhancing Undergraduate Mechanical Engineering Education with CAM and CNC Machining” was accepted by the ASEE Midwest Section Conference 2022. This is a collaborative paper with Josh Goss at CASE. Congratulations!

8/8/2022: Christy’s paper titled “Infusing High-Performance Computing and Machine Learning in Mechanical Engineering Education” was accepted by the ASEE Midwest Section Conference 2022. This is a collaborative paper with Prof. Jeff Pummill at AHPCC....

7/8/2022: Congratulation to Jackson Burnett, Jackson Marsh, and Stephen Pierson on their Honors College Research Grants! These awards will support Jackson B.’s project “Additive Manufacturing of Sustainable Running Shoes,” Jackson M.’s project “Quantitative Prediction...

6/27/2022: NED3 members Han, Jillian, and Jamaria held a project during the outreach event at Fayetteville Public Library. Many thanks for the support from ENGR Coordinator of Outreach and Recruitment Activities, Kaitlyn Harp, and Ambassadors Avia and Breanna!

6/24/2022: NED3 has organized a one-day event for the Explore Engineering Program to introduce 3D printing, hydraulic lifts, and other research projects to the attendees. The event went very well with the help of Brianna and Uriel. Many thanks for Keaton to design,...

6/13/2022: Welcome Jamaria Lewis and Jillian Jones to UAF and NED3! Jamaria and Jillian will be doing their summer internships at UAF, supported by the DART Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) Program. Their research is focused on leveraging advanced data...

6/10/2022: Congratulations to Christy Dunlap on her Arkansas Space Grant Consortium Student Intensive Training award on “Development of a Deep Learning Framework of High-Fidelity Emulation of Land Information System!”

6/10/2022: Congratulations to Amanda Williams on her Arkansas Space Grant Consortium STEM award!

6/1/2022: Congratulations to Corbin Russ on winning the Arkansas Space Grant Consortium Workforce Development award!

5/22/2022: Congratulations to Amanda Williams, Ethan Weems, and Keaton Pottebaum on their Summer Undergraduate Research Grant  awards! The awards will support Amanda’s project “The Influence of Wickability on the Critical Heat Flux of Hydrophilic Materials,” Ethan’s...

5/18/2022: Congratulations to NED3 on receiving the Chancellor’s GAP fund to study “Integrated Two-Phase Cooling and Non-Intrusive Sensing for Electronics Thermal Management in Data Centers!”

5/14/2022: Congratulations to David Clark on obtaining his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering! See the exciting moment at 1:49:53 of Spring 2022 College of Engineering Commencement.

5/14/2022: Congratulations to Connor Miller on obtaining his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering Cum Laude with Honors! See the exciting moment at 1:45:03 of Spring 2022 College of Engineering Commencement.

5/9/2022: Congratulations to NED3 on the Engineering Research and Innovation Seed Funding (ERISF) award “Data-Driven Active Control of Cooling Systems Using Reinforcement Learning and Multimodal Fusion” led by Prof. Shengfan Zhang!

5/2/2022: Congratulations to Connor Miller on defending his Honors Thesis! His Thesis titled “Generative Designs of Lightweight Air-Cooled Heat Exchangers” is available at ScholarWorks.

4/28/2022: Congratulations to Corbin Russ on his Arkansas Space Grant Consortium STEM award!

4/6/2022: Congratulations to NED3 on the NSF Award “I-Corps: Non-Intrusive Cooling System Fault Detection Using Deep Learning of Acoustic Emissions!” Many thanks to Weston Waldo (王卫地) for introducing the I-Corps program to us, Jana Minifie for the endorsement,...

3/18/2022: See our story on “Supercomputer Access Will Accelerate Research Progress on Cooling Technologies for Microelectronics” at UARK News, HPC Wire, and HPC Guru on Twitter.

3/16/2022: Congratulations to Christy Dunlap on her paper “Supervised and Unsupervised Learning Models for Detection of Critical Heat Flux During Pool Boiling” accepted by the ASME 2022 Summer Heat Transfer Conference!

3/14/2022: Congratulations to Hari Pandey on his paper “Non-Intrusive Cooling System Fault Detection and Diagnostics Using Acoustic Emission” accepted by the ASME 2022 Summer Heat Transfer Conference!

2/22/2022: Congratulations to Jackson Marsh, Landon Lemmons, Timothy Loftness, Stephen Pierson, and Matthew Buchanan on receiving a grant from the ASGC Student Intensive Training Program!

2/22/2022: Congratulations to Anthony Tello on receiving an ASGC Workforce Development Program award!

2/21/2022: Han Hu gave a talk on “Non-Intrusive, Fast-Response, and Bolt-on Thermal Sensing Using Multimodal Sequences” at the Thermal Transport Cafe.

2/15/2022: Congratulations to NED3 on receiving a Commercialization Fund!

2/9/2022: Congratulations to NED3 on receiving an Neocortex award for computational allocations of wafer-scale engine! NED3 will collaborate with Mr. Jeff Pummill at AHPCC to investigate the computational performance of deep learning models on WSE.

1/26/2022: Congratulations to Jackson Marsh, Landon Lemmons, Timothy Loftness, and Stephen Pierson on receiving an Honors College Research Team Grant! 

1/19/2022: Congratulations to Christy Dunlap on winning the Reginald R. “Barney” & Jameson A. Baxter Graduate Fellowship! 

1/19/2022: Congratulations to Hari Pandey on winning the Reginald R. “Barney” & Jameson A. Baxter Graduate Fellowship! 

12/3/2021: Congratulations to Hari Pandey and his team on being admitted to the NSF I-Corps Program! 

12/18/2021: Congratulations to Conner Heo on his graduation!

12/15/2021: Congratulations to NED3 on winning the XSEDE Renewal Allocation! 

11/4/2021: Congratulations to Hari Pandey on completing the Texas State Regional I-Corps Cohort! 

10/3/2021: Congratulations to NED3 on receiving an Honors College Faculty Equipment and Technology Grant! This grant will support the purchase of a 5-axis CNC mill for manufacturing advanced heat exchangers. (See UARK News).

9/20/2021: Congratulations to NED3 on receiving a Chancellor’s Fund for Innovation and Collaboration to support our collaborative research with Coridan Group (CHBC) and Zhao Group (ELEG)! 

9/8/2021: Congratulations to NED3 on receiving a DART Seed Grant! 

5/7/2021: Congratulations to Joseph Dees on winning the Garret Jeter Veteran of the Year Award! 

3/1/2021: Han Hu gave a talk on “Prediction of Boiling Heat Flux with Convolutional Neural Networks & Convolutional Long Short-Term Memory” at the Baylor University BEARS Graduate Seminar.

1/7/2021: Congratulations to NED3 on receiving a Provost’s Collaborative Research Grant! NED3 will collaborate with Prof. Ryan Tian’s lab to develop COVID-19 sensors. 

12/17/2020: Congratulations to NED3 on receiving an Engineering Research and Innovation Seed Funding (ERISF) award “Early Detection and Prevention of Boiling Crisis by Convolutional Long Short-Term Memory-Based Sequential Classification” in collaboration with Prof....

12/15/2020: Congratulations to NED3 on receiving an XSEDE Research Allocation! 

1/29/2020: Congratulations to NED3 on receiving an XSEDE Startup Allocation! 

10/30/2019: Congratulations to NED3 on receiving a research award from Safe Foods, Inc! NED3 will collaborator with Prof. Bob Betitle’s lab from Chemical Engineering to develop a lab-scale disinfection system using UV LEDs.