Publications
Refereed Papers
- Dhillon, N.S., Chan, M.W., Cheng, J.C., Pisano, A.P., "Noninvasive Hermetic Sealing of Degassed Liquid Inside a Microfluidic Device Based on Induction Heating", In Proceedings of PowerMEMS, Seoul, South Korea, Nov 2011.
- Dhillon, N.S., Hogue, C., Cheng, J.C., Pisano, A.P., "Experimental Investigation of Thin-Film Evaporation in an Open-Loop Columnated Micro-Evaporator", In Proceedings of PowerMEMS, Seoul, South Korea, Nov 2011.
- Dhillon, N.S., Hogue, C., Chan, M.W., Cheng, J.C., Pisano, A.P., "Integrating Coherent Porous Silicon as a Wicking Structure in the MEMS Based Fabrication of a Vertically Wicking Micro-columnated Loop Heat Pipe", In Proceedings of ASME IMECE, Denver, CO, United States, Nov 2011.
- Dhillon, N.S., Cheng, J.C., Pisano, A.P., "Minimizing the Wick Thickness in a Planar Microscale Loop Heat Pipe using Efficient Thermodynamic Design", In Proceedings of ASME IMECE, Denver, CO, United States, Nov 2011.
- Dhillon, N.S., Hogue, C., Cheng, J.C., Pisano, A.P., "Device Packaging Techniques for Implementing a Novel Thermal Flux Method for Fluid Degassing and Charging of a Planar Microscale Loop Heat Pipe", In Proceedings of ASME IMECE, Denver, CO, United States, Nov 2011.
- Dhillon, N.S., Cheng, J.C., Pisano, A.P., "Heat Transfer Due to Microscale Thin Film Evaporation From the Steady State Meniscus in a Coherent Porous Silicon Based Micro-Columnated Wicking Structure", In Proceedings of ASME IMECE, Denver, CO, United States, Nov 2011.
- Dhillon, N.S., Hogue, C., Hopcroft, M.A., and Pisano, A.P., "Geometric control of the fluid-transport meniscus in a passive phase-change microfluidic electronics cooling device", PowerMEMS 2010, Leuven, Belgium
- Dhillon, N.S, Pisano, A.P., Hogue, C., and Hopcroft, M.A., "MLHP - A high heat flux localized cooling technology for electronic substrates", Proceedings of 2008 ASME IMECE, Boston, MA, USA
- Dhillon, N.S., and Murthy, J.Y., "Coupled electro-thermal-phase change modeling of a chalcogenide switch", Proceedings of 2006 ASME IMECE, Chicago, IL, USA
Publications in Progress
- Navdeep S. Dhillon, Albert P. Pisano, "Design Optimization of a Vertically Wicking Passive Phase-Change Microfluidic Electronics Cooling Device"
- Navdeep S. Dhillon, Jim C. Cheng, Albert P. Pisano, "Microfluidic Components and Topologies Critical to Enabling Two-Phase Flow Loop in a MEMS Loop Heat Pipe"
- Navdeep S. Dhillon, Albert P. Pisano, "Thermodynamic Analysis of an Extremely Thin Microscale Loop Heat Pipe Fabricated on a Single Planar Substrate"
- Navdeep S. Dhillon, Albert P. Pisano, "Design Approaches for Parasitic Heat Flow Management in a Planar MEMS Loop Heat Pipe"
- Navdeep S. Dhillon, Matthew W. Chan, Albert P. Pisano, "A Noninvasive Hermetic Sealing Approach For Purging Non-Condensible Gases from High Temperature Microfluidic Devices"
- Navdeep S. Dhillon, Albert P. Pisano, "Numerical Modeling of Thin-Film Evaporation in a Coherent Porous Silicon Based Micro-Columnated Wicking Structure"
- Navdeep S. Dhillon, Norvan Sahiner, Jim C. Cheng, Albert P. Pisano, "Novel 3D MEMS Evaporator for a Micro Loop Heat Pipe Through Experimental Optimization of Coolant Conduits and Surface Topology"
Reports
- Boltzmann Solver for Phonon Transport
- Microfluidics Based Optoelectronic Particle Separator
- Parametric and Optimal Design of MEMS
- Pre-optimization Preparation for the Optimal Design of a MEMS Resonator
- Optimal Design of MEMS Lateral Accelerometer
- Nanostructured Organic Solar Cells
- Design, Layout and Simulation of a Silicon DRIE based Tactical Grade Gyroscope