CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS

Van P. Carey

1. Lifetime Exergy Consumption as a Metric for Sustainable Information Processing in Data Centers
   Sponsor: Hewlett Packard Research Laboratory
   Graduate Student Research Assistant: Chris Hannemann
   
   
2. Reduced Order Modeling of Data Center Energy Performance
   Sponsor: Hewlett Packard Research Laboratory
   Graduate Student Research Assistant: Guislain Doljac
   
   
3. Exergy Analysis of Data Center Thermal Management Systems
   Sponsor: Hewlett Packard Research Laboratory and CITRIS
   Graduate Student Research Assistant: Sara McAllister
   
   
4. Near-Electrode Gas-Liquid Transport and Its Impact on Fuel Cell Performance
   Sponsor: Lawrence Berkeley Lab
   Graduate Student Research Assistants: Kenneth Armijo, Sara Al-Beaini
   
   
5. Effects of Near-Wall Intermolecular Force Interactions on Vapor Nucleation in Liquids
   Graduate Student Research Assistants: Jorge Padilla, Pam Berkeley
   
   
6. Molecular Dynamics Exploration of the Effects of Dissolved Ionic Addtives on Interfacial
   Region Structure and Heat and Mass Transfer in Thin Liquid Films
   Sponsor: NSF
   Graduate Studnet Research Assistant: Yu Gan
   
   
7. High Heat Flux Cooling of Electronics Using Heat Pipes with Mixture Working Fluids
   Sponsor: Hewlett Packrd Research Laboratory
   
   
8. Optimal Design of Hybrid Solar Energy Systems
   Graduate Studnet Research Assistant: TBA
   

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