Zhengmao Lu
EPFL STI IGM ETA-LAB
MED 3 1526 (Bâtiment MED)
Station 9
CH-1015 Lausanne
+41 21 693 31 65
Office:
MED 3 1526
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EPFL STI IGM ETA-LAB
MED 3 1526 (Bâtiment MED)
Station 9
CH-1015 Lausanne
+41 21 693 31 65
Office:
MED 3 1526
EPFL
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STI
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STI-SGM
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SGM-ENS
Fields of expertise
Biography
Zhengmao Lu joined EPFL as a Tenure Track Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering in February 2023. Previously, Zhengmao was a postdoctoral scholar in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at MIT. He received his Ph.D. and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from MIT as well. Zhengmao's research program at EPFL aims to obtain a deeper understanding of phase change phenomena and develop more sustainable energy and water technologies by optimizing interfacial transport.Education
Ph.D.
Mechanical Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
06/2018
M.S.
Mechanical Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
09/2014
B.S.
Mechanical Engineering
Tsinghua University, Beijing
07/2012
Publications
Selected publications
| Zhengmao Lu, Arny Leroy, Lenan Zhang, Jatin J Patil, Evelyn N Wang, Jeffrey C Grossman |
Significantly enhanced sub-ambient passive cooling enabled by evaporation, radiation, and insulation |
| Zhengmao Lu, Elise Strobach, Ningxin Chen, Nicola Ferralis, Jeffrey C Grossman |
Passive sub-ambient cooling from a transparent evaporation-insulation bilayer |
| Daniel F Hanks, Zhengmao Lu, Jay Sircar, Ikuya Kinefuchi, Kevin R Bagnall, Todd R Salamon, Dion S Antao, Banafsheh Barabadi, Evelyn N Wang |
High heat flux evaporation of low surface tension liquids from nanoporous membranes |
| Zhengmao Lu, Ikuya Kinefuchi, Kyle L Wilke, Geoffrey Vaartstra, Evelyn N Wang |
A unified relationship for evaporation kinetics at low Mach numbers |