Plenary Speakers

THERMOWETTING INSTABILITY OF VAPOR AND LIQUID FILMS DURING PHASE CHANGE HEAT TRANSFER
Neelesh A. Patankar
Northwestern University, USA

A UBIQUITOUS PLATFORM FOR SUSTAINABILITY ACROSS INDUSTRY
Kripa K. Varanasi
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

NATURE-INSPIRED SURFACES OF THINGS (SOT)
Zuankai Wang
Hong Kong Polytechnic University, HONG KONG

Keynote Speakers

RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES IN PHASE CHANGE HEAT TRANSFER FOR HIGH-POWERED ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS
Damena Agonafer
University of Maryland, USA

INCONVENIENT TRUTHS: THE CHALLENGES IN REALIZING MICROSCALE ADVANTAGES
Srinivas Garimella
Georgia Institute of Technology, USA

STRUCTURAL COMPLEXITY OF LIPID NANOPARTICLES: IMPLICATIONS FOR EFFICIENT DELIVERY OF RNA TO CELLS
Cecilia Leal
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA

SURFACE WETTABILITY ENGINEERING: FROM MICROFLUIDICS TO ENERGY APPLICATIONS
Constantine Megaridis
University of Illinois, Chicago, USA

COLLECTIVE BEHAVIOR OF CROWDED DROPS IN MICROFLUIDIC SYSTEMS
Sindy K.Y. Tang
Stanford University, USA

PROBING AND TUNING THERMOFLUIDS TRANSPORT USING LIGHT
Yangying Zhu
University of California, Santa Barbara, USA

Government Panel Speakers

Sumanta Acharya
National Science Foundation (NSF), USA

Peter de Bock
Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), USA

Yogendra Joshi
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), USA

Mark Spector
Office of Naval Research (ONR), USA