Lab Space and Infrastructures
Experimental Infrastructure:
- Compressed air with three outlets
- 6′ x 4′ optical tables with passive dampers
- Epoxy-top chemical resistive workbenches
- Electrical outlets with a 240V outlet
Computational Infrastructure:
- Local Workstations: multi-core CPUs for computation and discrete graphics card for graphics rendering
- Local Storage: Two Synology DS1618+ NAS disk stations (40 TB usable space)
Access to Centralized Facilities:
- HiDEC: photolithography, DRIE, clean room, CNC
- NANO: ESEM, E-beam, TEM, XPS, XRD
- AHPCC: Pinnacle and Trestles
- PSC: NVIDIA Tesla V100 32 GB GPU and Cerebras CS-2 through XSEDE Research Project (TG-MCH200010) and Neocortex Project
Experimental Facilities
Pool Boiling Facility with Multimodal Sensing
Summary: This pool boiling facility is designed to investigate the thermal performance and bubble dynamics during pool boiling of DI water on a variety of surface structures in the nucleate boiling regime and the critical heat flux condition. It enables synchronized multimodal sensing including optical, acoustic, thermal, and pressure signals. The pressure in the boiling chamber is regulated using a coiled copper condenser and a Graham condenser with an external chiller.
Credits: This facility is designed and assembled by Hari Pandey with instructions from Manohar Bongarala at Purdue University. The boiling chamber was machined by Jeff Knox at Engineering Research Center. The stereo imaging calibration system was set up by Hari following the guidance of Carolina Mira-Hernandez at Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana.
Key Components:
- Imaging: Phantom VEO 710L with (a) Nikon AF-S Micro-NIKKOR 60mm f/2.8G ED Lens and (b) Loreo 3D Stereo Lens
- Acoustic Emission: (a) MISTRAS R3a; (b) High Tech HTI-96-MIN
- Temperature: (a) T-type thermocouples, Omega Engineering TJ36-CPSS-032U-6 in the copper block; (b) J-type thermocouples, McMaster-Carr 1245N14 in the liquid pool and vapor phase
- Pressure: Omega Engineering PX409-030A5V
- Data Acquisition: (a) NI DAQ chassis cDAQ-9178 with modules NI 9210 for temperatures, NI 9239 for pressure, NI 9230 for hydrophone; (b) MISTRA 1283-5015 for AE.
- Software: (a) NI LabVIEW; (b) MISTRAS AEwin
- Chiller: Thermo Scientific Polar ACCEL 500
- Power Supply: Magna DC SL200-7.5/UI+LXI
- Light Source: (a) Advanced Illumination BT200100-WHIIC; (b) Godox SL-200W LED Light
- Custom-Built Condensing Loop with tubing and fittings from Swagelok and McMaster-Carr
- Custom-Built Stages for the camera, the calibration matrix using accessories from Thorlabs, Newport, and McMaster-Carr
Wickability Characterization Facility
Summary: This programmable dip coating machine can be used for cyclic immersion and removal cycles with preset number of cycles and immersion/removal speed.
Credits: The pendant droplet radial wicking test facility is designed and fabricated by Hari Pandey. The thin-film linear wicking test facility with temperature and pressure control is co-designed and fabricated by Hari Pandey and Joseph Dees.
Programmable Dip Coating Machine
Summary: This programmable dip coating machine can be used for cyclic immersion and removal cycles with preset number of cycles and immersion/removal speed.
Credits: This facility is designed and fabricated by Christy Dunlap, Skylar Featherstone, Matthew Smith, and Man Vu during their Capstone Project from Fall 2020 – Spring 2021 under the guidance of Jason Bailey.
OCA 15EC Contact Angle Goniometer
Equipment Description: OCA 15EC contact angle goniometer consisting of video based contact angle measuring system, software controlled measurement and analysis of the static and dynamic contact angle according to the Sessile & Captive Drop-Method as well as the shape of
Pendant drops, determination of the wettability of solid surfaces, the surface free energy of solids and their components and the calculation of the surface and interfacial tension based on the analysis of the drop shape.
Student in Charge: Amanda Williams (Email Amanda)
Technical data:
– 6.5-fold zoom lens with manual focus (± 6 mm)
– USB 3 camera, max. resolution 1448 x 1088 pixel with
156 fps; max. framerate 3246 fps with 1448 x 60 pixel
– field of view 1.11 x 0.83 … 7.14 x 5.35 mm²
– power supply: 100…240 V (AC); 50…60 Hz; 70 VA
Navitar Zoom 6000 Optical Microscope
Equipment Description: Navitar Zoom 6000 modular zom lens system equipped with 6.5x UltraZoom, Motic 5x, 10x, 20x objectives and Mitutoyo 50x objective, 150W EKE lamp, and 5MP Sony color CMOS camera.
Student in Charge: Amanda Williams (Email Amanda)
Flow Boiling Test Facility
Summary: This programmable dip coating machine can be used for cyclic immersion and removal cycles with preset number of cycles and immersion/removal speed.
Credits: The initial version of the test facility is designed and fabricated by David Clark, Tanner Hartman, Justin Au, Mason Ashmore, and Walyon Cargile during their Capstone Project from Fall 2021 – Spring 2022 under the guidance of Jason Bailey, with constructive comments from Ivel Collins, and tremendous help from Ange Iradukunda. The final version of the test facility is designed and assembled by Stephen Pierson with assistance from Noshin Nawar.
Student in Charge: Stephen Pierson (Email Stephen)
High-Speed Imaging with Phantom VEO 710L
Materials Manufacturing and Characterization Facilities
Thermofluidic Characterization and Testing Tools
DC Power Supplies
Optical Imaging Accessories
General-Purpose and Machining Tools
