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Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES)

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Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering

# overview
The research mission of the PHAse Transformation Engineering (PHATE) Research Group is to advance the science and understanding of phase transformations in materials, and to engineer high performance phase transformations for a diverse class of functional applications.

Our research is strongly motivated by applications that impact today's society, but operates with the understanding that a strong foundation in fundamental science enables advances in engineering. Specifically, research products from the PHATE group have direct application in the energy, information technology, and thermal management fields.

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3403 Macromolecular And Materials Chemistry

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Composite Thermal Energy Storage Materials

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3403 Macromolecular And Materials Chemistry

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3403 Macromolecular And Materials Chemistry

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3403 Macromolecular And Materials Chemistry

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3403 Macromolecular And Materials Chemistry

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4019 Resources Engineering And Extractive Metallurgy

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3403 Macromolecular And Materials Chemistry

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University of Hawaii at Manoa - (Honolulu, Hawaii, United States)

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University of Washington - (Seattle, Washington, United States)

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B.S.E. Bachelor of Science in Engineering

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Princeton University - (Princeton, New Jersey, United States)

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Substrate effects in hysteresis of microscale Ni-Mn-Sn Heusler alloy films

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Deviation of the magnetization change from the structural phase transition temperature in polycrystalline Ni-Mn-Sn in low magnetic fields

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Cooling power and characteristic times of composite heatsinks and insulants

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Substrate Effects in Hysteresis of Microscale Ni-Mn-Sn Heusler Alloy Films

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Review of metallic phase change materials for high heat flux transient thermal management applications

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Probing Relaxation Dynamics and Stepped Domain Switching in Boron-Alloyed VO2

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Laser and electrical current induced phase transformation of In2Se3 semiconductor thin film on Si(111)

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Encapsulation of hygroscopic liquids via polymer precipitation in non-aqueous emulsions.

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Thermal conductivity of Mg2Si1-xSnx nanowire assemblies synthesized using solid-state phase transformation of silicon nanowires

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Design and Optimization of Lamellar Phase Change Composites for Thermal Energy Storage

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A Numerical Analysis of Conductive Heat Transfer in Cylindrical Thermal Energy Storage Composites

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

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Thermal conductivity of multilayer polymer-nanocomposite thin films

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Isothermal Martensitic Transformation Kinetics in Ni-Mn-Sn Ferromagnetic Shape Memory Alloys

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Modified metal hydrides for high-capacity thermal energy storage

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Strategic texturation of VO 2 thin films for tuning mechanical, structural, and electronic couplings during metal-insulator transitions

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Objective oriented phase change material composite heat sink design

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Deviation of bulk magnetic property changes from martensitic transition temperature in Ni-Mn-Sn heusler alloys at low fields

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Forward Selection Methodology for Phase Change Material Composite Optimization

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

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Experimental determination of high energy density lithium nitrate hydrate eutectics

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Corrosive effect of lithium nitrate trihydrate on common heat exchanger materials

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Dynamics of melting in a slab under harmonic heating and convective cooling boundary conditions

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Dynamic Characterization of Phase Change Materials Under Harmonic Heating

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

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Effects of Titanium-Containing Additives on the Dehydrogenation Properties of LiAlH4: A Computational and Experimental Study

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Thermophysical Properties of Potassium Fluoride Tetrahydrate from (243 to 348) K

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Cooling Capacity Figure of Merit for Phase Change Materials

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Catalytic influence of Ni-based additives on the dehydrogenation properties of ball milled MgH2

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Atomistic Origins of Conductance Switching in an -Cu0.9V2O5 Neuromorphic Single Crystal Oscillator.

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A reference-area-free strain mapping method using precession electron diffraction data

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Memristive response of a new class of hydrated vanadium oxide intercalation compounds

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Ragone Relations for Thermal Energy Storage Technologies

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Cooling Power and Thermal Buffering in Composite Heatsinks

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

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Modulating the Hysteresis of an Electronic Transition: Launching Alternative Transformation Pathways in the Metal-Insulator Transition of Vanadium(IV) Oxide

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Forum: Pathways toward Critical Advances in the Chemistry of Materials for Thermal Energy Storage

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Experimental Validation of Composite Phase Change Material Optimized for Thermal Energy Storage

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

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Geochemical modeling of magma mixing and magma reservoir volumes during early episodes of Kilauea Volcano's Pu'u '(O)over-bar'(o)over-bar eruption

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Thermophysical Properties of Lithium Nitrate Trihydrate from (253 to 353) K

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Decoupling the metal-insulator transition temperature and hysteresis of VO2 using Ge alloying and oxygen vacancies.

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High Thermal Conductivity Polyelectrolyte Nanocomposite Electrical Insulation Thin Films

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Insensitivity of nucleation rate to order-disorder interfaces in reversible thermoelastic martensitic transformations

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Coherent carbon cryogel-ammonia borane nanocomposites for H2 storage.

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Submarine sliver in North Kona: A window into the early magmatic and growth history of Hualalai Volcano, Hawaii

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Design and Optimization of Composite Phase Change Material for Cylindrical Thermal Energy Storage

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Mixing and electronic entropy contributions to thermal energy storage in low melting point alloys

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Toward High-Precision Control of Transformation Characteristics in VO2 through Dopant Modulation of Hysteresis

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A Reduced-order Model for Analyzing Heat Transfer in a Thermal Energy Storage Module

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

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Microstructure defines the electroconductive and mechanical performance of plant-derived renewable carbon fiber.

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Unveiling real-time crystallization with nucleators and thickeners for zinc nitrate hexahydrate as a phase change material

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Hysteresis in Temperature- and Magnetic Field-Induced Martensitic Phase Transitions in Ni-Mn-Sn Heusler Alloys

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Size effects in the martensitic transformation hysteresis in Ni-Mn-Sn Heusler alloy films

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Size Effects in Hysteresis of Electrochemically Deposited Ni-Mn-Sn Heusler Alloy Films

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Leucocratic and gabbroic xenoliths from Hualalai volcano, Hawai'i

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Selective modulation of electronic transport in VO2 induced by 10 keV helium ion irradiation

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Thermal energy storage composites with preformed expanded graphite matrix and paraffin wax for long-term cycling stability and tailored thermal properties

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A reference-area-free strain mapping method using precession electron diffraction data.

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Dielectric surface-controlled low-voltage organic transistors via n-alkyl phosphonic acid self-assembled monolayers on high-k metal oxide.

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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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Plutonic xenoliths reveal the timing of magma evolution at Hualalai and Mauna Kea, Hawaii

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Design and optimization of composite phase change material for cylindrical thermal energy storage

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Investigating Grain Boundary Structures and Energetics of Rutile with Reactive Molecular Dynamics

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Improved Dehydrogenation Properties of Ti-Doped LiAlH4: Role of Ti Precursors

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Thermoreversible polyvinyl alcohol hydrogel as a matrix for salt hydrate thermal energy storage materials

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Dielectric Surface-Controlled Low-Voltage Organic Transistors via n-Alkyl Phosphonic Acid Self-Assembled Monolayers on High-k Metal Oxide (vol 2, pg 511, 2010)

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Incorporating Research Experiences into an Introductory Materials Science Course

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Cyclic stability of lithium nitrate trihydrate in plate fin heat exchangers

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Microstructure dependent filament forming kinetics in HfO2 programmable metallization cells.

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A System to Package Perspective on Transient Thermal Management of Electronics

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A temperature-responsive poly(vinyl alcohol) gel for controlling fluidity of an inorganic phase change material

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Design for laser powder bed additive manufacturing of AlSi12 periodic mesoscale lattice structures

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Postsynthetic Route for Modifying the Metal-Insulator Transition of VO2 by Interstitial Dopant Incorporation

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Polymers in molten inorganic salt hydrate phase change materials: solubility and gelation

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Convergence and Validation in ParaPower: A Design Tool for Phase Change Materials in Electronics Packaging

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

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Zinc Nitrate Hexahydrate Pseudobinary Eutectics for Near-Room-Temperature Thermal Energy Storage

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Effect of carbide formation on phase equilibria and compositional modulation of transformation properties in (Mn,Fe)2(P,Si) alloys

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Heterogeneous nucleation of thermal storage material LiNO33H2O from stable lattice-matched nucleation catalysts

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Hysteresis of the martensitic phase transition in magnetocaloric-effect Ni-Mn-Sn alloys

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Phase Change Material Behavior in Finite Thickness Slabs Under a Step Response Heat

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Overcoming Thermal Energy Storage Density Limits by Liquid Water Recharge in Zeolite-

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Solidification of Salt Hydrate Eutectics Using Multiple Nucleation Agents

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Agile Thermal Management STT-RX. Towards High Energy Density, High Conductivity Thermal Energy Storage Composites (PREPRINT)

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Mutability of Nucleation Particles in Reactive Salt Hydrate Phase Change Materials.

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Heterogeneous nucleation of gallium with lattice-matched cubic carbide and nitride phases

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Hybrid Polymer Salogels for Reversible Entrapment of Salt-Hydrate-Based Thermal Energy Storage Materials

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Numerical evaluation of thermal energy storage rate in planar and cylindrical phase change material composites

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Data-Enabled Discovery and Design of Energy Materials (D3EM): Structure of An Interdisciplinary Materials Design Graduate Program

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Nanobrick Wall Multilayer Thin Films with High Dielectric Breakdown Strength

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Effects of hysteresis and Brayton cycle constraints on magnetocaloric refrigerant performance

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Efficient Heat Shielding of Steel with Multilayer Nanocomposite Thin Film.

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Thermal Impedance and Dynamics of Phase Change Materials under Pulse Train Heating

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

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Effect of the phenyl ring orientation in the polystyrene buffer layer on the performance of pentacene thin-film transistors

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Microstructure of ZnO thin films deposited by high power impulse magnetron sputtering

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Thick Film Ni0.5Mn0.5−xSnx Heusler Alloys by Multi-layer Electrochemical Deposition

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Design of spatial variability in thermal energy storage modules for enhanced power density

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Conductive heat transfer in lamellar phase change material composites

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Effects of Boundary Conditions on the Dynamic Response of a Phase Change Material

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

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Harnessing the Metal-Insulator Transition of VO2 in Neuromorphic Computing.

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In-operando crystallization study of zinc nitrate hexahydrate using zinc oxide nucleators

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Atomic Hourglass and Thermometer Based on Diffusion of a Mobile Dopant in VO2.

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Cross-plane thermal properties of transition metal dichalcogenides

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Dynamic re-equilibration controlled multi-step transformations in (Mn, Fe)2(P, Si) alloys

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TOWARDS HIGH ENERGY DENSITY, HIGH CONDUCTIVITY THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE COMPOSITES

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Nucleation site potency distributions in thermoelastic martensitic transformation in Ni43Co7Mn39Sn11 particles

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Achieving extraordinary thermal stability of salt hydrate eutectic composites by amending crystallization behaviour with thickener

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Kinetics of the plastic crystal transition in neopentyl glycol

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Design of Radially Variant Phase-Change Material Composites

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A Preisach-Based Nonequilibrium Methodology for Simulating Performance of Hysteretic Magnetic Refrigeration Cycles

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Impact of cycle-hysteresis interactions on the performance of giant magnetocaloric effect refrigerants

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Nucleation-controlled hysteresis in unstrained hydrothermal VO2 particles

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Thermoreversible polyvinyl alcohol gel as a matrix for controlling fluidity of an inorganic phase change material

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Isothermal martensitic transformation kinetics in Ni-Mn-Sn ferromagnetic shape memory alloys

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Conductive filament shape in HfO2 electrochemical metallization cells under a range of forming voltages.

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Reduced Order Numerical Model and Design of Hybrid Oscillating Heat Pipe - Phase Change Material Panels

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

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Spontaneous Symmetry-Breaking of Nonequilibrium Steady-States Caused by Nonlinear Electrical Transport

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Continuous ultra-thin MoS2 films grown by low-temperature physical vapor deposition

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Self-assembly, molecular packing, and electron transport in n-type polymer semiconductor nanobelts

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

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Heat Transfer and Storage in Architectured Composite Heatsinks

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United States Department of the Navy - (Arlington, Virginia, United States)

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Hysteresis Engineering of Adaptave Materials for Electronic and Optoelectronic Devices

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

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Missile Defense Agency/Deputy for Contracting

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Materials and Manufacturing Processes for the Army of the Future

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

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

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Multi-Material Bulk Deposition and Characterization System for Accelerated Materials Discovery and Design

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United States Air Force - (Arlington, Virginia, United States)

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DOD-Air Force-Office of Scientific Research

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

# streetAddress
Texas A&M University; Materials Science & Engineering; 3003 TAMU

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Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES)

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Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES)

# inTheNews[].label
Chameleon-Like Material Spiked With Boron Comes Closer To Mimicking Brain Cells

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Shamberger To Lead Investigation On Novel Heat-Storage Materials

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Chameleon-like material spiked with boron comes closer to mimicking brain cells