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CONTENTS Additive Manufacturing and Intelligent Systems Lab..............................4 Hybrid Sustainable Energy Systems Lab......................................................6 Microfluidic Heat Lab............................................................................................8

LAB DIRECTORY Additive Manufacturing and Intelligent Systems Lab Dazhong Wu Assistant Professor dazhong.wu@ucf.edu mae.ucf.edu/dazhongwu Hybrid Sustainable Energy Systems Lab Tuhin Das Associate Professor tuhin.das@ucf.edu mae.ucf.edu/TDas Microfluidic Heat Lab Yoav Peles Professor, Chair of the Department of Mechancial and Aerospace Engineering yoav.peles@ucf.edu mae.ucf.edu/mfh

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AMIS Lab

Additive Manufacturing and Intelligent Systems Lab Led by: Dazhong Wu, Ph.D.

In the Additive Manufacturing and Intelligent Systems Lab, Assistant Professor Dazhong Wu and his team develop novel smart manufacturing systems and improve the reliability and safety of complex systems. They’ve created tools and processes to fabricate lightweight and high-performance carbon fiber reinforced composite materials that can significantly improve the fuel economy of automobiles and aircrafts.

Wu’s work in predictive modeling, which uses machine learning and industrial sensors to detect and prevent the manufacturing defects of high-end products such as turbine blades, won him recognition as one of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers’ 20 Most Influential Academics in Smart Manufacturing. He’s already created predictive modeling tools that are key enablers of manufacturing automation, known as Industry 4.0 or the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

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HYSES Lab

Hybrid Sustainable Energy Systems Lab Led by: Tuhin Das, Ph.D.

Associate Professor Tuhin Das stives to create a more sustainable future through his work in the Hybrid Sustainable Energy Systems Lab. He and his team carry out independent and collaborative research in theoretical system dynamics and control as well as in application areas. Over the past several years, his team has developed a dynamic model for heat recovery steam generators, investigated aspects of energy efficient flight in unmanned aerial vehicles and created control-oriented models of floating offshore wind turbines.

Das is the first UCF researcher to receive funding from the Advanced Research Projects Agency—Energy, a division of the U.S. Department of Energy that promotes and funds the research and development of advanced energy technology. ARPA-e recently awarded Das with a $1.3 million grant to develop simulations that can predict how floating offshore wind turbines and their platforms fare against the turbulent conditions of the sea. Das has received two prior awards from ARPA-e for similar research, and has also been funded by Siemens, the Office of Naval Research and the National Science Foundation.

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MFH Lab Microfluidic Heat Lab

Led by: Yoav Peles, Ph.D.

The high-powered electronics that we use every day generate vast amounts of heat, making the need for efficient cooling methods critical. Professor Yoav Peles and his team in the Microfluidic Heat Lab study a range of techniques used to improve the heat transfer process in electronic devices, including convective cooling at the microscale. The goal is to determine how fundamental heat transfer processes can affect the performance of our tech tools and toys.

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