1. NANO-DEVICES FOR ENHANCED
O C S O C
COOLING,
COOLING SENSING & STORAGE
Debjyoti Banerjee, Ph.D.
Morris Foster Faculty Fellow (’07-’09) & Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Faculty Fellow, Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center
Select Young Faculty Fellow, Texas Engineering Experimentation Station
3M Faculty Fellow (2009-2012)
Summer Faculty Fellow (ASEE) Dwight Look College of Engineering
Air Force Research Lab. (AFRL) ’06,’07 Texas A&M University
Office of Naval Research (ONR) ’09
College Station, TX 77843-3123
Station
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2. Research Experience
Micro-Scale Heat Transfer
– M.S., Ph.D., UCLA (Major: Heat & Mass Transfer, Minor: MEMS)
MEMS
– Coventor (MEMCAD), Project Team Leader/ Sr. Engineer
Microfluidics/ Biotechnology
– Applied Biosystems, Manager of Advanced Research Group
Managed a group of 10 engineers (6 PhD)
Managed “Fluidics & Device Engineering Group in Advanced Research &
Fluidics Group”
Technology (ART) Division.
Hiring Manager: Hired 30 PhD engineers in a period of 6 months
– Ciphergen Biosystems Senior Microfluidics Research Scientist
Biosystems,
Nanotechnology:
– NanoInk Inc., Microfluidics Engineer
Commercial Device Development: Developed in a singular capacity
– INKWELLS™: Microfluidics Chip for Nanolithography (DPN)
Energy Management:
Tata Iron & Steel Company (TISCO): Senior Engineer, Energy & Economy
B.S.
B S (Mechanical Engineering): Indian Institute of Technology (I I T )
(I.I.T.),
– Best Mechanical Engineering Student Award (“Amlan Sen” Endowment)
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3. Nano-Fluids/ Nano-Coating Research
Demonstrated 40% enhancement i performance of compact heat exchangers using carbon nanotube
D t t d h t in f f th t h i b t b
(CNT) based nano-fluids in Poly Alpha Olefin (PAO) oils (sponsored by Air Force Research Lab.)
– Specific Heat enhanced by 18%
– Viscosity enhanced by 12.5%
– Thermal Conductivity enhanced by 50%
Demonstrated 10% enhancement in convective heat transfer in flow loop cooling using ex-foliated
graphite nanoparticles in Poly-Alpha-Olefin (PAO) Coolants/ Nanofluids (sponsored by Air Force
Research Lab.)
– Thermal Conductivity enhanced by 400%
– Specific Heat enhanced by 50%
– Viscosity enhanced by 10X
Demonstrated 300 % enhancement in pool boiling using carbon nanotube (CNT) coatings (sponsored
by Office of Naval Research)
Demonstrated 180 % enhancement in flow boiling using carbon nanotube coatings (sponsored by
Office of Naval Research)
Demonstrated 120% enhancement in Critical Heat Flux (CHF) using silicon nano-fins (sponsored by
National Science Foundation)
Demonstrated 100% enhancement in performance of Compact Condensers using carbon nanotube
(CNT) coatings (collaboration with Aspen Thermal Systems; Sponsor: Office of Naval Research)
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4. Multiphase Flows & Heat Transfer Lab.
(Since Jan. 2005, 21 Extra-Mural Funded Projects)
– Nano-Sensors (3 Ph D )
N S Ph.D.)
MEMS:
– TEES: Nano-calorimeter (EXPLOSIVES SENSOR)
– Nano-MEMS Research/NSF SBIR: RF-MEMS,RF-Tuner
DPN (Di P N
(Dip Pen Nanolithography):
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– DARPA/MTO: chirality control, low temp. synthesis of CNT
– SPAWAR: low temp. synthesis of Graphene (ONR/ASEE)
– TSGC: Nanolithography+Microfluidics, CFD
– GE Research: Silicon Nanofins
Bio-Microfluidics, Lab-On-Chip:
– AFRL: Portable water quality monitor
– DARPA/MF3: Micro-Chamber Filling
(1) Vaccine Storage/ Paper microfluidics,
(2) Anthrax Detection using CD Microfluidics
– NASA: Lipid bi-layer sensors for studying protein/peptide kinetics
– AFOSR: Reconfigurable microfluidic device for nano-optics
– Thermal Management (3 Ph.D., 2 M.S.)
Nanostructures
– ONR: Flow Boiling on Carbon Nanotubes
– AFOSR/AFRL(ASEE-SFFP): Nano-Fluids
– Irvine Sensors: Micropump Design for Electronics Cooling (AFRL SBIR Phase II)
– NSF: Pool Boiling on Silicon Nanofins, Molecular Dynamics
– DOE: Nanofluids for Thermal Energy Storage (SOLAR ENERGY)
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– Qatar National Research Foundation (QNRF): Nanofluids and Nanofins for enhanced heat transfer
– Aspen Thermal Systems: Compact condensers (ONR SBIR Phase I; Phase II)
Multi- Biomedical Device (Surgical
Multi-Phase Flows and Heat Transfer Lab. Sterilizer)
[dbanerjee@tamu.edu]
– Lynntech/ ARO SBIR Phase II: Portable sterilizer for surgical tools using steam. 4 of 9

5. Acknowledgements:
NSF (SGER Program, SBIR Program): Dr. Al Ortega
AFRL/AFOSR: ASEE Summer Faculty Fellowship (RZ), RX
ONR (Thermal Management Program): Dr. Mark Spector
SPAWAR: Dr. Richard Nguyen, Dr. Ryan Lu
DARPA (MTO, MF3 Center)
NASA (URETI)
DOE (S l Energy Program)
(Solar E P )
TSGC (Texas Space Grants Consortium)
TEES (Texas Engineering Experimentation Station)
Mechanical Engineering Dept Texas A&M (New Faculty Start-Up Grant)
Dept., Start Up
Industry Collaborators:
– Nano-MEMS Research (NSF SBIR Phase I),
Nano MEMS
– Aspen Thermal Systems (ONR SBIR Phase I),
– Lynntech Inc. (ARO SBIR Phase II)
– Irvine Sensors (AFOSR SBIR Phase II)
– General Dynamics (Anteon Corp.): AFRL Seed Grant
– General Electric (GE): Corporate Research & Development, Global
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Research Center, NY
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6. Acknowledgements
AFRL (WPAFB, Dayton, OH):
– Ajit Roy, Ph.D., S. Ganguly, Ph.D. (RX), Dr. L. Gschwender (RX), Dr. Ed Snyder (RX)
– R. Naik, Ph.D., J. Slocik, L. Brott (RX),
– R. Ponnappan, Ph.D. (AOARD),
– K. Yerkes, Ph.D. , T. Michalak, A. Flemming (RZ),
DARPA (MF3 Center): 10 universities, 17 faculty, 9 companies, 1 National Lab.
– George Whitsides (Harvard)
– Luke Lee, Liwei Lin (UC Berkeley)
– Juan Santiago (Stanford)
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– Marc Madou, Bill Tang, Abe Lee, Mark Bachman, Robert Corn, Jim Brody (UCI)
– Steve Werely (Purdue)
– Hugh Fan (University of Florida)
– Jeff Wang (Johns Hopkins)
– Tianghong Cui (U. Minnesota)
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– David Beebe (U. Wisconsin)
U. New Haven: S. Sinha, Ph.D.,
U. Texas (Austin): S. Banerjee, Ph.D.
U.
U Texas (Dallas): R. Baughman, Ph.D.,
U. Maryland (UMD): J. Kim, Ph.D.
General Electric (GE-CRD): L. Tsakalocos, Ph.D.
Lynntech: T. Ragucci, T. Gilletto, Ph.D.
Nano-MEMS: H.J. De Los Santos, Ph.D.
Irvine Sensors: Ying Hsu, I. Sapir
Aspen Thermal Systems: Steve Casey
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7. Acknowledgements
Industry Partners (MF3 Center)
Beckman Coulter, Inc.
Douglas Scientific
Monsanto Company
Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
Invitrogen
Irvine Sensors Corporation
ESI Group
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
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8. Org. Structure
16 Graduate students graduated since 2005
GRADUATE STUDENTS (8)
– 6 Ph.D., 2 M.S. Students
,
– 1 Woman graduate student
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS (4)
– 2 Women undergraduate students
3 Labs:
– Multi-Phase Flows & Heat Transfer Lab.
– CNT Furnace: Energy Systems Lab.
– Nano-Manufacturing: Wet Lab.
– 7 Shared User Facilities
Supercomputing Center, Texas A&M
Microscopy and Imaging Center (MIC), Texas A&M
Materials Characterization Facility (MCF), Texas A&M
Center for Integrated Microchemical Systems (CIMS), Texas A&M
NSF National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network (NNIN),
University of Texas Austin
Texas,
INRF, University of California-Irvine (UCI)
SPAWAR, US Navy (Excimer Laser Facility)
5 Graduate Students graduated in 2006 5 Graduate Students graduated in 2007
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9. Contact Information
Debjyoti ( “DJ”, “Deb”) Banerjee
3123 TAMU, Texas A&M
Mechanical Engineering
College Station
TX 77843-3123
Ph: (979) 845-4500
Fax: (979) 845-3081
Email: dbanerjee@tamu.edu
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