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Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES)

# overview
Dr. Antao's current research interests are in molecular-to-macroscale heat transfer, fluid dynamics and interfacial phenomena, light-structure interactions on micro/nanostructured surfaces, and novel optical diagnostics and metrology for phase-change thermal transport characterization.  Manipulating interfacial interactions (liquid-vapor-solid interfaces) at the nano- and microscale to design and enhance phase-change heat transfer processes for applications in electricity generation, electronics and energy conversion system thermal management, low-carbon aviation technology, and water purification.  Investigating thermal and fluid transport in liquid-vapor two phase flow heat exchangers.  Synthesis, molecular-to-macroscale characterization and accelerated durability testing of low surface energy promotor coatings for enhanced condensation heat transfer in energy systems.  Synthesis and characterization of scalable and robust materials for solar energy conversion and boiling/evaporation heat transfer devices/technology.  Application of non-equilibrium plasma technologies to enhance thermal, fluid and mechanical processes in clean and sustainable energy conversion applications.

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4012 Fluid Mechanics And Thermal Engineering

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4009 Electronics, Sensors And Digital Hardware

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3407 Theoretical And Computational Chemistry

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4012 Fluid Mechanics And Thermal Engineering

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4012 Fluid Mechanics And Thermal Engineering

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4012 Fluid Mechanics And Thermal Engineering

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0306 Physical Chemistry (incl. Structural)

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0306 Physical Chemistry (incl. Structural)

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5102 Atomic, Molecular And Optical Physics

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4012 Fluid Mechanics And Thermal Engineering

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Drexel University - (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States)

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology - (Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States)

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National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur - (Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India)

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Drexel University - (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States)

# awardsAndHonors[].label
Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program

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Peggy L. and Charles L. Brittan Teaching Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching

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TEES Engineering Genesis Award for Multidisciplinary Research

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Noise Control and Acoustics Division Best Student Paper and Presentation

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ENHANCEMENT OF DRY-OUT HEAT FLUX IN NONUNIFORM VARIABLE-PERMEABILITY WICKING STRUCTURES

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Wave-shaping of pulse tube cryocooler components for improved performance

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Model Optimization of Dry-out Heat Flux from Micropillar Wick Structures

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

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Investigation of Mass Savings Potential of Zeolite Integrated Motor Thermal Management Systems in All-Electric Commercial Aircraft

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Numerical simulations of transport processes in a pulse tube cryocooler: Effects of taper angle

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Visualization of the Evaporating Liquid-Vapor Interface in Micropillar Arrays

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Real-time manipulation with magnetically tunable structures.

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NUMERICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS OF AN ORIFICE TYPE CRYOGENIC PULSE TUBE REFRIGERATOR

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Numerical and experimental characterization of the inertance effect on pulse tube refrigerator performance

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Prediction of hemiwicking dynamics in micropillar arrays

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Design of micropillar wicks for thin-film evaporation

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Understanding Condensation- Mediated Degradation of Low Surface Energy Monolayer Coatings on Silicon Surfaces

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DC negative corona discharge in atmospheric pressure helium: transition from the corona to the 'normal' glow regime

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Design and Modeling of Membrane-Based Evaporative Cooling Devices for Thermal Management of High Heat Fluxes (vol 6, pg 1056, 2016)

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

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Temperature Dependency of the Apolar Surface Tension Component for Water and Its Role in Classifying Apolar and Polar Interfacial Interactions

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Computational fluid dynamics simulations of an orifice type pulse tube refrigerator: Effects of operating frequency

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Nanoporous membrane device for ultra high heat flux thermal management.

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Design and Modeling of Membrane-Based Evaporative Cooling Devices for Thermal Management of High Heat Fluxes

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

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Hotspot Thermal Management via Thin-Film Evaporation-Part II: Modeling

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

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Modeling of Nanoporous Membranes for High Flux Thin Film Evaporation

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Robust Silane Self-Assembled Monolayer Coatings on Plasma-Engineered Copper Surfaces Promoting Dropwise Condensation

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Powder bed coating of bitumen with asphaltenes to obtain solid prills for midstream transportation

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Un-shocked High Amplitude Standing Waves in Wave-shaped Resonators

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Effects of the Inertance Tube Length and Diameter on Pulse Tube Refrigerator Performance

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Systems and methods for forming a subterranean borehole

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High amplitude nonlinear acoustic wave driven flow fields in cylindrical and conical resonators.

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Experimental and Numerical Characterization of an Orifice type Cryogenic Pulse Tube Refrigerator

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Evaporation Device with Nanoporous Membrane

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Thin-Film Evaporation from Micropillar Wicks in Ambient Environment

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

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Tunable Surfaces: RealTime Manipulation with Magnetically Tunable Structures (Adv. Mater. 37/2014)

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EXTREME HOTSPOT HEAT FLUX THERMAL MANAGEMENT VIA THIN-FILM EVAPORATION FROM MICROSTRUCTURED SURFACES

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Transducer Research Foundation Inc. (TRF)

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Elucidating the Mechanism of Condensation-Mediated Degradation of Organofunctional Silane Self-Assembled Monolayer Coatings.

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Effect of meniscus curvature on phase-change performance during capillary-enhanced filmwise condensation in porous media

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Suppressed Dry-out in Two-Phase Microchannels via Surface Structures

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Efficient Heat Shielding of Steel with Multilayer Nanocomposite Thin Film.

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Surface Structure Enhanced Microchannel Flow Boiling

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Bioinspired Surfaces for Enhanced Boiling

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Enhanced Flow Boiling Heat Transfer in Microchannels with Structured Surfaces

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Prediction and Characterization of Dry-out Heat Flux in Micropillar Wick Structures.

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Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulations of an Inertance type Pulse Tube Refrigerator

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Acoustically driven oscillatory flow fields in a cylindrical resonator at resonance.

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Systems and methods for forming a subterranean borehole

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Unified Modeling Framework for Thin-Film Evaporation from Micropillar Arrays Capturing Local Interfacial Effects.

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Coexistence of Pinning and Moving on a Contact Line.

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The Effects of Plasma Pre-Cracking on Drilling of Hard Rocks: A Single Insert Cutting Experiment

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Experimental and numerical investigations of an orifice type cryogenic pulse tube refrigerator

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Heat Transfer Enhancement During Water and Hydrocarbon Condensation on Lubricant Infused Surfaces.

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Hotspot Thermal Management via Thin-Film Evaporation-Part I: Experimental Characterization

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

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Polymer Infused Porous Surfaces for Robust, Thermally Conductive, Self-Healing Coatings for Dropwise Condensation.

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Robust silane self-assembled monolayer coatings on plasma-engineered copper surfaces promoting dropwise condensation

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Flow and Heat Transfer Processes in an Inertance type Pulse Tube Refrigerator

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EXPERIMENTAL CHARACTERIZATION AND MODELING OF CAPILLARY-PUMPED THIN-FILM EVAPORATION FROM MICROPILLAR WICKS

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Jumping droplet condensation in internal convective vapor flow

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HIGH HEAT FLUX EVAPORATIVE NANOPOROUS SILICON MEMBRANE DEVICE FOR ADVANCED THERMAL MANAGEMENT

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Transducer Research Foundation Inc. (TRF)

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High Heat Flux Evaporation of Low Surface Tension Liquids from Nanoporous Membranes.

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Atmospheric pressure dc corona discharges: operating regimes and potential applications

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REDUCING INSTABILITY AND ENHANCING CRITICAL HEAT FLUX USING INTEGRATED MICROPILLARS IN TWO-PHASE MICROCHANNEL HEAT SINKS

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

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High Heat Flux Evaporation from Nanoporous Silicon Membranes

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

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Suppressing high-frequency temperature oscillations in microchannels with surface structures

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Dynamic Evolution of the Evaporating Liquid-Vapor Interface in Micropillar Arrays.

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Capillary-Enhanced Filmwise Condensation in Porous Media.

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Criticality of External Circuit in Simulating Atmospheric Pressure Direct Current Microglow Discharge

# publications[].publisher
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

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Hotspot Thermal Management via Thin-Film Evaporation

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

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Towards Durable and Efficient Dropwise Condensation Heat Transfer

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IN SITU TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT OF EVAPORATION IN MICROPILLAR WICK STRUCTURES USING MICRO-RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY

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Numerical analysis of an OPTR: Optimization for space applications

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A 3-Dimensional Numerical Study a Co-Axial type Acoustic Stirling Cryocooler

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Characterization of the Temperature Dependence of Liquid-Liquid and Liquid-Solid Interfacial Interactions

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American Chemical Society - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States)

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Multi-Physical Co-Design of Next Generation Axial Motors for Aerospace Applications (Phase-I)

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Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States)

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CAREER: Ultrafast Localized Plasmas in Dense Fluids: From Fundamental Phase-Change Phenomena and Diagnostics to Efficient Heat and Mass Transport

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National Science Foundation - (Arlington, Virginia, United States)

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Targeted Energy Focusing to Induce Micro-Cracking for Reduced Cutting Energy and Increased Rate of Penetration

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United States Department of Energy - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States)

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DOE-Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy-EERE

# streetAddress
Texas A&M University; Mechanical Engineering; 3123 TAMU

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Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES)

# inTheNews[].label
A&M researchers awarded $1.3 million in funding to design powertrain for aircraft

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Improved vapor temperature measurement techniques could optimize energy conversion, water treatment

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Mechanical engineering researchers receive federal grant to enhance geothermal energy