Energy Transport Research Lab

2017

Jumping-Droplet Electronics Hot-Spot Cooling

J. Oh, P. Birbarah, T. Foulkes, S.L. Yin, M. Rentauskas, J. Neely, R.C.N. Pilawa-Podgurski, N. Miljkovic

Applied Physics Letters, in press

Electric-field-based control and enhancement of boiling and condensation

A. Shahriari*, P. Birbarah*, J. Oh*, N. Miljkovic, V. Bahadur

Nanoscale and Microscale Thermophysical Engineering, in press

*Equal Contribution

Condensate droplet size distribution on lubricant-infused surfaces

P.B. Weisensee, Y. Wang, Q. Hongliang, D. Schultz, W.P. King, N. Miljkovic

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 109, p. 187–199, 2017

Bulk Water Freezing Dynamics on Superhydrophobic Surfaces

S. Chavan, J. Carpenter, M. Nallapaneni, J.-Y. Chen, N. Miljkovic

Applied Physics Letters, 110(4), 041604, 2017

Focal Plane Shift Imaging for the Analysis of Multi-Droplet Jumping

H. Cha, J.M. Chun, Y. Xu, N. Miljkovic

Journal of Heat Transfer, 139(2), 020903, 2017

Springboard Droplet Bouncing on Flexible Superhydrophobic Substrates

P.B. Weisensee, J. Tian, N. Miljkovic, W.P. King

Journal of Heat Transfer, 139(2), 020902, 2017

External convective jumping-droplet condensation on a flat plate

P. Birbarah, N. Miljkovic

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 107, p. 74-88, 2017

2016

Coalescence-induced nanodroplet jumping

H. Cha, C. Xu, J. Sotelo, J.M. Chun, Y. Yokoyama, R. Enright, N. Miljkovic

Physical Review Fluids, 1(6), 064102, 2016

Water droplet impact on elastic superhydrophobic surfaces

P.B. Weisensee, J. Tian, N. Miljkovic, W.P. King

Scientific Reports, 6, 30328, 2016

Focal Plane Shift Imaging for the Analysis of Dynamic Wetting Processes

H. Cha, J.M. Chun, J. Sotelo, N. Miljkovic

ACS NANO, 10(9), p. 8223–8232, 2016

Heat Transfer through a Condensate Droplet on Hydrophobic and Nanostructured Superhydrophobic Surfaces

S. Chavan, H. Cha, D. Orejon, K. Nawaz, N. Singla, Y.F. Yeung, D. Park, D.H. Kang, Y. Chang, Y. Takata, N. Miljkovic

Langmuir, 32(31), p. 7774–7787, 2016

Electrically induced drop detachment and ejection

A. Cavalli, D.J. Preston, E. Tio, D.W. Martin, N. Miljkovic, E.N. Wang, F. Blanchette, J.W.M. Bush

Physics of Fluids, 28(2), 022101, 2016

2015

Enhanced Jumping-Droplet Departure

M.-K. Kim, H. Cha, P. Birbarah, S. Chavan, C. Zhong, Y. Xu, N. Miljkovic

Langmuir, 31(49), p. 13452–13466, 2015

Volumetric Solar Heating of Nanofluids for Direct Vapor Generation

G. Ni, N. Miljkovic, H. Ghasemi, X. Huang, S.V. Boriskina, C.-T. Lin, J. Wang, Y. Xu, M.M. Rahman, T.J. Zhang, G. Chen

Nano Energy, 17, p. 290-301, 2015

A Comprehensive Model of Electric-Field-Enhanced Jumping-Droplet Condensation on Superhydrophobic Surfaces

P. Birbarah, Z. Li, A. Pauls, N. Miljkovic

Langmuir, 31(28), p. 7885–7896, 2015

Scalable Graphene Coatings for Enhanced Condensation Heat Transfer

D.J. Preston, D.L. Mafra, N. Miljkovic, J. Kong, E.N. Wang

Nano Letters, 15(5), p. 2902–2909, 2015

2014

How Coalescing Droplets Jump

R. Enright, N. Miljkovic, J. Sprittles, K. Nolan, R. Mitchell, E.N. Wang

ACS NANO, 8(10), p. 10352–10362, 2014

Jumping-droplet electrostatic energy harvesting

N. Miljkovic, D.J. Preston, R. Enright, E.N. Wang

Applied Physics Letters, 105(1), 013111, 2014

Effect of hydrocarbon adsorption on the wettability of rare earth oxide ceramics

D.J. Preston, N. Miljkovic, J. Sack, R. Enright, J. Queeney, E.N. Wang

Applied Physics Letters, 105(1), 011601, 2014

Solar steam generation by heat localization

H. Ghasemi, G. Ni, A.M. Marconnet, J. Loomis, S. Yerci, N. Miljkovic, G. Chen

Nature Communications, 5, 4449, 2014

Ostwald Ripening During Freezing on Scalable Superhydrophobic Surfaces

N. Miljkovic, D.J. Preston, R. Enright, E.N. Wang

Journal of Heat Transfer, 136(8), 080901, 2014

Jumping Droplet Electrostatic Charging and Effect on Vapor Drag

D.J. Preston*, N. Miljkovic*, R. Enright, E.N. Wang

Journal of Heat Transfer, 136(8), 080909, 2014

*Equal Contribution

Dropwise Condensation on Micro- and Nanostructured Surfaces

R. Enright, N. Miljkovic, J. L. Alvarado, K. Kim, J. W. Rose

Nanoscale and Microscale Thermophysical Engineering, 18(3), p. 223-250, 2014

2013

Electric-Field-Enhanced Condensation on Superhydrophobic Nanostructured Surfaces

N. Miljkovic, D.J. Preston, R. Enright, E.N. Wang

ACS NANO, 7(12), p. 11043–11054, 2013

Electrostatic Charging of Jumping Droplets

N. Miljkovic, D. Preston, R. Enright, E.N. Wang

Nature Communications, 4, 2517, 2013

Jumping-Droplet-Enhanced Condensation on Scalable Superhydrophobic Nanostructured Surfaces

N. Miljkovic, R. Enright, Y. Nam, K. Lopez, N. Dou, J. Sack, E.N. Wang

Nano Letters, 13(1), p. 179-187, 2013

Condensation Heat Transfer on Superhydrophobic Surfaces

N. Miljkovic, E.N. Wang

MRS Bulletin, 38(5), p. 397-406, 2013 (Front Cover)

Immersion Condensation on Oil-Infused Heterogeneous Surfaces for Enhanced Heat Transfer

R. Xiao, N. Miljkovic, R. Enright, E.N. Wang

Scientific Reports, 3, 1988, 2013

Modeling and Optimization of Superhydrophobic Condensation

N. Miljkovic, R. Enright, E.N. Wang

Journal of Heat Transfer, 135(11), 111004, 2013

Condensation on Superhydrophobic Copper Oxide Nanostructures

R. Enright, N. Miljkovic, N. Dou, Y. Nam, E.N. Wang

Journal of Heat Transfer, 135(9), 091304, 2013

Jumping Droplet Dynamics on Scalable Nanostructured Superhydrophobic Surfaces

N. Miljkovic, D.J. Preston, R. Enright, S. Adera, Y. Nam, E.N. Wang

Journal of Heat Transfer, 135(8), 080907, 2013

Condensation on Hydrophilic, Hydrophobic, Nanostructured Superhydrophobic and Oil-Infused Surfaces

N. Miljkovic, R. Xiao, D.J. Preston, R. Enright, I. McKay, E.N. Wang

Journal of Heat Transfer, 135(8), 080906, 2013

2012

Condensation on Superhydrophobic Surfaces: The Role of Local Energy Barriers and Structure Length Scale

R. Enright, N. Miljkovic, A. Al-Obeidi, C.V. Thompson, E.N. Wang

Langmuir, 28(40), p. 14424–14432, 2012

Effect of Droplet Morphology on Growth Dynamics and Heat Transfer during Condensation on Superhydrophobic Nanostructured Surfaces

N. Miljkovic, R. Enright, E.N. Wang

ACS NANO, 6(2), p. 1776-1785, 2012

Liquid Freezing Dynamics on Hydrophobic and Superhydrophobic Surfaces

N. Miljkovic, R. Enright, E.N. Wang

Journal of Heat Transfer, 134(8), 080902, 2012

2011

Liquid Evaporation on Superhydrophobic and Superhydrophilic Nanostructured Surfaces

N. Miljkovic, R. Enright, S.C. Maroo, H.J. Cho, E.N. Wang

Journal of Heat Transfer, 133(8), 080903, 2011

Modeling and Optimization of Hybrid Solar Thermoelectric Systems with Thermosyphons

N. Miljkovic, E.N. Wang

Solar Energy, 85(11), p. 2845-2855, 2011

2017

1. P. Birbarah, N. Miljkovic, “Internal Convective Jumping-Droplet Condensation in Tubes", to be presented at the 15th International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels, and Minichannels, ICNMM2017, Cambridge, MA, August 27-31, 2017.
2. A. A. Gunay, S. Sett, N. Miljkovic, “A Spatially-Steady Method to Study Droplet Evaporation Dynamics”, to be presented at the 15th International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels, and Minichannels, ICNMM2017, Cambridge, MA, August 27-31, 2017.
3. A. A. Gunay, N. Nagarajan, M. Lopez, A. Lenert, N. Miljkovic, “Aerogel Solar Thermal Absorbers”, to be presented at the 15th International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels, and Minichannels, ICNMM2017, Cambridge, MA, August 27-31, 2017.
4. S. Chavan, D. Park, J.Y. Chen, W.Y. Park, N. Miljkovic, “Dynamic Defrosting on Superhydrophobic and Bi-Philic Surfaces”, to be presented at the 15th International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels, and Minichannels, ICNMM2017, Cambridge, MA, August 27-31, 2017.
5. S. Chavan, M. Yazdani, R. Enright, N. Miljkovic, “Biphilic Jumping-Droplet Condensation”, to be presented at the 15th International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels, and Minichannels, ICNMM2017, Cambridge, MA, August 27-31, 2017.
6. T. Yang, P. B. Weisensee, J. G. Kang, B. Kwon, X. Li, P. Braun, N. Miljkovic, W. P. King, “Millimeter-Scale Thermal Switch Based on Liquid Metal Droplet”, to be presented at the ASME International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels and Minichannels, ICNMM2017, Cambridge, MA, August 27-31, 2017.
7. K. Coulson, S. Sinha, N. Miljkovic, “Modeling of Thermal-Hydraulic Transport in Composite Heat Pipes”, to be presented at the 15th International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels, and Minichannels, ICNMM2017, Cambridge, MA, August 27-31, 2017.
8. J. Oh, P. Shivapooja, R. J. Service, S. Hong, J. K. Roman, K. D. Jo, C. Dana, J. Nguyen, D. Cropek, M. Alleyne, N. Miljkovic, “Cicada-inspired anti-microbial structured surfaces”, to be presented at the ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference, HT2017, Bellevue, WA, July 9-14, 2017.
9. J. Oh, R. Zhang, P. P. Shetty, J. A. Krogstad, P. V. Braun, N. Miljkovic, “Thin Film Condensation on Biphilic Inverse Opal Structures”, to be presented at the ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference, HT2017, Bellevue, WA, July 9-14, 2017.
10. K. S. Boyina, S. Chavan, K. Kumar, D. Park, Y. Yu, J. Carpenter, N. Miljkovic, “Jumping-Droplet-Enhanced Condensation in Non-Condensable Gas Environments”, to be presented at the ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference, HT2017, Bellevue, WA, July 9-14, 2017.
11. K. S. Boyina, S. Chavan, K. Kumar, D. Park, Y. Yu, J. Carpenter, N. Miljkovic, “Condensation Frosting on Meter Scale Superhydrophobic Heat Exchangers”, to be presented at the ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference, HT2017, Bellevue, WA, July 9-14, 2017.
12. A. Wu, H. Cha, N. Miljkovic, "Droplet Impact Induced Degradation of Hydrophobic Coatings", to be presented at the ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference, HT2017, Bellevue, WA, July 9-14, 2017.
13. A. Wu, N. Miljkovic, "Lubricant-Infused Surface Degradation through Condensation Induced Lubricant Drainage", to be presented at the ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference, HT2017, Bellevue, WA, July 9-14, 2017.
14. A. Wu, N. Miljkovic, "Droplet Cloaking Imaging and Characterization", to be presented at the ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference, HT2017, Bellevue, WA, July 9-14, 2017.
15. H. Cha, M.-K. Kim, J. Yang, A. Wu, N. Miljkovic, “Spontaneous Evaporating Microdroplet Sliding on Hydrophobic Surfaces,” to be presented at the ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference, HT2017, Bellevue, WA, July 9-14, 2017.
16. H. Cha, M.-K. Kim, S. Lee, A. Wu, N. Miljkovic, “Agglomerate-Deposition-Mediated Heterogeneous Nucleation during Atmospheric Water Vapor Condensation,” to be presented at the ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference, HT2017, Bellevue, WA, July 9-14, 2017.
17. H. Cha, S. Lee, J. M. Chun, N. Miljkovic, “Focal Plane Shift Imaging for the Measurement of Contact Angles,” to be presented at the ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference, HT2017, Bellevue, WA, July 9-14, 2017.
18. P. Weisensee, Y. Wang, Q. Hongliang, D. Schultz, W. P. King, N. Miljkovic, “Dropwise Condensation on Lubricant-Infused Surfaces: The Distribution of Droplet Sizes”, to be presented at the ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference, HT2017, Bellevue, WA, July 9-14, 2017.
19. P. Weisensee, J. Ma, Y. H. Shin, Y. Chang, J. Tian, W. P. King, N. Miljkovic, “Controlling the Contact Times of Bouncing Droplets: Droplet Impact on Vibrating Surfaces”, to be presented at the ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference, HT2017, Bellevue, WA, July 9-14, 2017.
20. T. Foulkes, J. Oh, P. Birbarah, J. Neely, N. Miljkovic, R.C.N. Pilawa-Podgurski, “Active Hot Spot Cooling of GaN Transistors With Electric Field Enhanced Jumping Droplet Condensation", Proceedings of the IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference, APEC2017, Tampa, FL, March 26-30, 2017.
21. J. Ma, P.B. Weisensee, Y.H. Shin, Y. Chang, J. Tian, W.P. King, N. Miljkovic, “Water Droplet Impact on Vibrating Rigid Superhydrophobic Surfaces”, Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Experimental Fluid Mechanics, ICEFM 2017, Brisbane, Australia, April, 3-4, 2017.
22. J. Colmenares, C. Barth, T. Foulkes, K. Coulson, J. Sotelo, T. Modeer, N. Miljkovic, R.C.N. Pilawa-Podgurski, “Experimental Evaluation of a 1 kW, Single-Phase, 3-Level Gallium Nitride Inverter in Extreme Cold Environment", Proceedings of the IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference, APEC2017, Tampa, FL, March 26-30, 2017.
23. K.S. Boyina, S. Chavan, K. Kumar, D. Park, Y. Yu, J. Carpenter, N. Miljkovic, “Fundamental Studies of Condensation Frosting on Meter Scale Superhydrophobic Heat Exchangers,” Proceedings of the Micro and Nanoscale Phase Change Heat Transfer Gordon Research Conference – The Role of Surface Structures, Galveston, TX, January 8-13, 2017.
24. P.B. Weisensee, Y. Wang, Q. Hongliang, D. Schultz, W.P. King, N. Miljkovic, “Condensate Droplet Size Distribution on Lubricant Infused Surfaces”, Proceedings of the Micro and Nanoscale Phase Change Heat Transfer Gordon Research Conference – Fundamental Mechanisms to Applications of Phase Change Heat Transfer, Galveston, TX, January 8-13, 2017.
25. H. Cha, C. Xu, J. Sotelo, J. M. Chun, Y. Yokoyama, R. Enright, and N. Miljkovic, “Nanodroplet Jumping on Superhydrophobic Surfaces,” Proceedings of the Micro and Nanoscale Phase Change Heat Transfer Gordon Research Conference – Fundamental Mechanisms to Applications of Phase Change Heat Transfer, Galveston, TX, January 8-13, 2017.
26. P. Birbarah, N.Miljkovic, "External Convective Jumping-Droplet Condensation on a Flat Plate", Proceedings of the Micro and Nanoscale Phase Change Heat Transfer Gordon Research Conference - Fundamental Mechanisms to Applications of Phase Change Heat Transfer, Galveston, TX, January 8-13, 2017.
27. S. Chavan, D. Park, N. Singla, N. Miljkovic, “Individual Water Droplet Freezing Dynamics on Non-Wetting Surfaces,” Proceedings of the Micro and Nanoscale Phase Change Heat Transfer Gordon Research Conference – The Role of Surface Structures, Galveston, TX, January 8-13, 2017.
28. T. Foulkes, J. Oh, P. Birbarah, J. Neely, N. Miljkovic, R.C.N. Pilawa-Podgurski, “Active Hot Spot Cooling with Electric-Field-Enhanced Condensation,” Proceedings of the Micro and Nanoscale Phase Change Heat Transfer Gordon Research Conference – The Role of Surface Structures, Galveston, TX, January 8-13, 2017.

2016

29. P. Escobar, N. Miljkovic, A. Guzmán, “Experimental Thermal Characterization of a Hybrid Solar Thermoelectric (HSTE) System,” Proceedings of the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Pheonix, AZ, November 11-17, 2016.
30. M. Alleyne, N. Miljkovic, J. Oh, N. Leahy, D.M. Cropek, “Antimicrobial and superhydrophobic properties of insect wings as inspiration for nanostructured engineered materials,” 2016 XXV International Congress of Entomology, Orlando, FL, September 25-30, 2016.
31. P. Weisensee, J. Tian, N. Miljkovic, W. King, "Droplet Impact on Flexible Substrates for Advanced Thermal Management", Proceedings of the ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference, HT2016, Washington, DC, July 10-14, 2016.
32. P. Weisensee, J. Tian, N. Miljkovic, W. King, "Pancake Droplet Bouncing on Flexible Superhydrophobic Substrates", Proceedings of the ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference, HT2016, Washington, DC, July 10-14, 2016.
33. S. Chavan, K. Nawaz, N. Singla, Y.-F. Yeung, D. Park, D. H. Kang, Y. Chang, N.Miljkovic, “Heat Transfer through a Condensate Droplet,” Proceedings of the ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference, HT2016, Washington, DC, July 10-14, 2016.
34. S. Chavan, H. Gunnam, N.Miljkovic, “Frost Wave Propagation on Hydrophilic, Hydrophobic and Superhydrophobic Surfaces”, Proceedings of the ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference, HT2016, Washington, DC, July 10-14, 2016.
35. S. Chavan, M. Nallapaneni, N.Miljkovic, “Water Freezing Dynamics on Superhydrophobic Surfaces”, Proceedings of the ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference, HT2016, Washington, DC, July 10-14, 2016.
36. S. Chavan, N. Singla, N.Miljkovic, “Delayed Water Droplet Freezing on Superhydrophobic Surfaces”, Proceedings of the ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference, HT2016, Washington, DC, July 10-14, 2016.
37. A.A. Gunay, N. Nagarajan, M. Atten, J. Sotelo, N. Miljkovic, "Optimized Silica Aerogel Solar Thermal Absorbers", Proceedings of the ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference, HT2016, Washington, DC, July 10-14, 2016.
38. H. Cha, J. M. Chun, and N. Miljkovic, “Focal Plane Shift Imaging for the Analysis of Jumping-Droplet Condensation,” Proceedings of the ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference, HT2016, Washington, DC, July 10-14, 2016.
39. H. Cha, C. Xu, J. M. Chun, M. Y. Ye, and N. Miljkovic, “Coalescence-Induced Water Nanodroplet Jumping on Superhydrophobic Surfaces,” Proceedings of the ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference, HT2016, Washington, DC, July 10-14, 2016.
40. H. Cha, J. M. Chun, Y. Xu, and N. Miljkovic, “Multi-Droplet Coalescence-Induced Droplet-Jumping on Superhydrophobic Surfaces,” Proceedings of the ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference, HT2016, Washington, DC, July 10-14, 2016.
41. P. Birbarah, Z. Li, N. Miljkovic, “Trajectory Analysis during Jumping-Droplet Condensation for Heat Flux, Droplet Charge, and Surface Charge Sensing”, Proceedings of the ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference, HT2016, Washington, DC, July 10-14, 2016
42. P. Birbarah, N. Miljkovic, “Internal and External Forced-Convection Jumping-Droplet Condensation on Superhydrophobic Surfaces”, Proceedings of the ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference, HT2016, Washington, DC, July 10-14, 2016.
43. S. Chavan, H. Gunnam, P. Birbarah, N.Miljkovic, “Frost Wave Propagation on Hydrophilic, Hydrophobic and Superhydrophobic Surfaces” Proceedings of the 17th International Symposium on Flow Visualization, Gatlinburg, Tennessee, June 19-22, 2016.
44. H. Cha, J. M. Chun, J. Sotelo, and N. Miljkovic, “Focal Plane Shift Imaging for the Analysis of Jumping Droplet Condensation,” Proceedings of the 17th International Symposium on Flow Visualization, Gatlinburg, Tennessee, June 19-22, 2016.
45. P. Weisensee, J. Tian, N. Miljkovic, W. King, "Droplet Impact on Flexible Substrates for Advanced Thermal Management", Jahrestreffen der ProcessNet-Fachgruppe Wärme- und Stoffübertragung, Kassel, Germany, March 1-2, 2016, Best Poster Award.

2015

46. B. Bhatia, D.J. Preston, D.M. Bierman, N. Miljkovic, A. Lenert, R. Enright, Y. Nam, K. Lopez, N. Dou, J. Sack, W.R. Chan, I. Celanović, M. Soljačić, E.N. Wang, “Nanoengineered Surfaces for Thermal Energy Conversion,” PowerMEMS, Boston, MA, December 1-4, 2015. Published in: Journal of Physics: Conference Series 660, 012036, 2015.
47. A. Cavalli, D. Preston, Z. Wang, E. Tio, D.W. Martin, N. Miljkovic, E.N. Wang, F. Blanchette, J.W.M. Bush, F. Mugele, “Electrically-Induced Drop Detachment and Ejection,” Droplets 2015, University of Twente, The Netherlands, October 6-8, 2015.
48. M.-K. Kim, H. Cha, Y. Xu, C. Zhong, N. Miljkovic, “Enhancing the Coalescence-Induced Jumping Droplet Velocity via Multi-Droplet Coalescence,” Proceedings of the International Technical Conference and Exhibition on Packaging and Integration of Electronic and Photonic Microsystems Conference, InterPACK2015, San Francisco, CA, July 6-9, 2015.
49. S. Chavan, K. Nawaz, N. Singla, Y.-F. Yeung, N. Miljkovic, “Heat Transfer through a Condensate Droplet,” Proceedings of the International Technical Conference and Exhibition on Packaging and Integration of Electronic and Photonic Microsystems Conference, InterPACK2015, San Francisco, CA, July 6-9, 2015.
50. A. Aili, M. Alhosani, N. Miljkovic, T.J. Zhang, “Additive Fabrication of Superomniphobic Mushroom-Like Micro Structures with Inkjet Printing,” Proceedings of the International Technical Conference and Exhibition on Packaging and Integration of Electronic and Photonic Microsystems Conference, InterPACK2015, San Francisco, CA, July 6-9, 2015.
51. P. Birbarah, N. Miljkovic, “Modeling and Optimization of Electric-Field-Enhanced Condensation,” Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Boiling and Condensation Heat Transfer, Boulder, CO, April 26-30, 2015.
52. D.J. Preston, D.L. Mafra, N. Miljkovic, J. Kong, E.N. Wang, "Enhanced Condensation Heat Transfer with Scalable Graphene Coatings,” Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Boiling and Condensation Heat Transfer, Boulder, CO, April 26-30, 2015.
53. D.J. Preston, N. Miljkovic, J. Sack, J. Queeney, A. Krishnamachar, E.N. Wang, “Role of Nanostructure Size and Coating Quality in Delay of Surface Flooding during Jumping Droplet Condensation,” Micro and Nanoscale Phase Change Heat Transfer Gordon Research Conference – The Role of Surface Structures, Galveston, TX, January 11-16, 2015.
54. R. Enright, N. Miljkovic, J. Sprittles, K. Nolan, R. Mitchell, E.N. Wang, “How Coalescing Droplets Jump,” Micro and Nanoscale Phase Change Heat Transfer Gordon Research Conference – The Role of Surface Structures, Galveston, TX, January 11-16, 2015.

2014

55. G.W. Ni, N. Miljkovic, H. Ghasemi, S. Boriskina, C.-T. Lin, Y. Xu, G. Chen, “Non-Localized Solar Heating of Nanofluids for Steam Generation,” Proceedings of the 2014 Materials Research Society Fall Meeting & Exhibit, Boston, MA, November 30–December 5, 2014.
56. N. Miljkovic, D.J. Preston, R. Enright, E.N. Wang, “Electric-Field-Enhanced Jumping-Droplet Condensation,” Proceedings of the 15th International Heat Transfer Conference (IHTC-15), Kyoto, Japan, August 10-15, 2014.
57. D.J. Preston, N. Miljkovic, J. Sack, R. Enright, J. Queeney, E.N. Wang, “Effect of Hydrocarbon Adsorption on the Wettability of Rare Earth Oxide Ceramics,” Proceedings of the 15th International Heat Transfer Conference (IHTC-15), Kyoto, Japan, August 10-15, 2014.
58. N. Miljkovic, D.J. Preston, R. Enright, E.N. Wang, “Jumping Droplet Atmospheric Power Generation,” Proceedings of the ASME 8th International Conference on Energy Sustainability, Boston, MA, June 30–July 2, 2014.
59. G.W. Ni, N.Miljkovic, H. Ghasemi, S. Boriskina, C.-T. Lin, Y. Xu, G. Chen, “Non-Localized Solar Heating of Nanofluids for Steam Generation,” Proceeding of the ASME 8th International Conference on Energy Sustainability, Boston, MA, June 30–July 2, 2014.
60. N. Miljkovic, D.J. Preston, E.N. Wang, "Jumping-Droplet Energy Harvesting with Nanoengineered Surfaces," Proceedings of Solid-State Sensor, Actuator, and Microsystems Workshop (HH 2014), Hilton Head, SC, June 8-12, 2014.

2013

61. N. Miljkovic, D.J. Preston, R. Enright, E.N. Wang, “Electric Field Manipulation of Charged Jumping Droplets for Enhanced Heat Transfer and Electrokinetic Measurements,” Proceedings of the 4th Micro/Nanoscale Heat and Mass Transfer International Conference, Hong Kong, China, December 11-14, 2013.
62. D.J. Preston, N. Miljkovic, E.N. Wang, “Scalable Growth of Superhydrophobic Zinc Oxide Nanowires on Common Industrial Substrates for Enhanced Condensation Heat Transfer,” Proceedings of the 4th Micro/Nanoscale Heat and Mass Transfer International Conference, Hong Kong, China, December 11-14, 2013.
63. N. Miljkovic, D.J. Preston, R. Enright, E.N. Wang, “Dynamics of Coalescence-Induced Jumping Water Droplets," 66th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics (Gallery of Fluid Motion - video), Pittsburgh, PA, November 24-26, 2013, Featured on the APS 2013 Video Gallery.
64. D.J. Preston, N. Miljkovic, R. Enright, E.N. Wang, “Vapor Flow Entrainment of Jumping Water Droplets,” 66th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics (Gallery of Fluid Motion - poster), Pittsburgh, PA, November 24-26, 2013.
65. N. Miljkovic, D.J. Preston, R. Enright, E.N. Wang, “Electrostatic Charging of Coalescence Induced Jumping Water Droplets,” 66th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics (Gallery of Fluid Motion - poster), Pittsburgh, PA, November 24-26, 2013, Featured on the APS 2013 Image Gallery.
66. D.J. Preston, N. Miljkovic, R. Enright, A. Limia, E.N. Wang, “Effect of Vapor Flow on Jumping Droplets during Condensation on Superhydrophobic Surfaces,” 66th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, Pittsburgh, PA, November 24-26, 2013.
67. N. Miljkovic, D.J. Preston, R. Enright, A. Limia, E.N. Wang, “Electric Field Enhanced Jumping-Droplet Condensation,” 66th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, Pittsburgh, PA, November 24-26, 2013.
68. N. Miljkovic, D.J. Preston, E.N. Wang, “Transient Pressure-Based Condensation Heat Transfer Measurement,” Proceedings of the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, San Diego, CA, November 15-21, 2013.
69. H. Ghasemi, A. M. Marconnet, N. Miljkovic, G. Chen, “On the Bubble Generation on the Surface of Plasmonic and Non-Plasmonic Nano Particles Under Solar Illumination,” Proceedings of the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, San Diego, CA, November 15-21, 2013.
70. N. Miljkovic, D.J. Preston, R. Enright, E.N. Wang, “Superhydrophobic Surfaces for High Performance Condensation Heat Transfer and Atmospheric Power Generation,” Proceedings of the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, San Diego, CA, November 15-21, 2013.
71. A. Lenert, D. M. Bierman, V. Rinnerbauer, N. Miljkovic, I. Celanovic, M. Soljacic, E. N. Wang, "Highly temperature-dependent radiative transfer and energy conversion in spectrally-engineered solar thermophotovoltaics," Proceedings of the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, San Diego, CA, November 15-21, 2013.
72. N. Miljkovic, D.J. Preston, R. Enright, E.N. Wang, “Jumping Droplet Electrostatic Charging,” Proceedings of the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, San Diego, CA, November 15-21, 2013.
73. D.J. Preston, N. Miljkovic, R. Enright, E.N. Wang, “Vapor Drag on Jumping Droplets during Condensation,” Proceedings of the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, San Diego, CA, November 15-21, 2013.
74. N. Miljkovic, D.J. Preston, R. Enright, E.N. Wang, “Ostwald Ripening During Freezing on Scalable Superhydrophobic Surfaces,” Proceedings of the ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference, Minneapolis, MN, July 14-18, 2013.
75. N. Miljkovic, D.J. Preston, R. Enright, E.N. Wang, “Jumping Droplet Condensation on Structured Superhydrophobic Surfaces for High Performance Heat Transfer,” Proceedings of the ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference, Minneapolis, MN, July 14-18, 2013.
76. N. Miljkovic, D.J. Preston, R. Enright, R. Mitchell, R. Yang, K.K. Gleason, C.V. Thompson, E.N. Wang, “Electric-Field-Enhanced Jumping-Droplet Condensation,” Proceedings of the ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference, Minneapolis, MN, July 14-18, 2013.
77. K.-H. Chu, N. Miljkovic, R. Enright, E.N. Wang, “Copper Oxide Hierarchical Surfaces for Enhanced Pool Boiling Heat Transfer,” Proceedings of the ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference, Minneapolis, MN, July 14-18, 2013.
78. R. Xiao, N. Miljkovic, R. Enright, E.N. Wang, “Immersion Condensation on Scalable Oil-Infused Nanostructures for High Performance Thermal Management,” Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems, Barcelona, Spain, June 16-20, 2013.
79. K.-H. Chu, Y. Zhu, N. Miljkovic, Y. Nam, R. Enright, E.N. Wang, “Enhanced Boiling Heat Transfer With Copper Oxide Hierarchical Surfaces,” Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems, Barcelona, Spain, June 16-20, 2013.
80. N. Miljkovic, D.J. Preston, R. Enright, R. Yang, K.K. Gleason, E.N. Wang, “Electric Charging Effects on Condensed Droplet Jumping,” APS March Meeting, Baltimore, MD, March 18-22, 2013.
81. R. Enright, N. Miljkovic, M. Morris, E.N. Wang, “Condensed droplet jumping: Capillary to inertial energy transfer,” APS March Meeting, Baltimore, MD, March 18-22, 2013.
82. N. Miljkovic, R. Enright, Y. Nam, K. Lopez, N. Dou, J. Sack, E.N. Wang, “Jumping-Droplet-Enhanced Condensation on Scalable Superhydrophobic Nanostructured Surfaces,” APS March Meeting, Baltimore, MD, March 18-22, 2013.

2012

83. N. Miljkovic, R. Xiao, D.J. Preston, R. Enright, I. McKay, E.N. Wang, "Condensation on Hydrophilic, Hydrophobic, Nanostructured Superhydrophobic and Oil-Infused Surfaces," Proceedings of the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, Houston, TX, November 9-15, 2012.
84. N. Miljkovic, D.J. Preston, R. Enright, S. Adera, Y. Nam, E.N. Wang, "Jumping Droplet Dynamics on Scalable Nanostructured Superhydrophobic Surfaces," Proceedings of the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, Houston, TX, November 9-15, 2012.
85. N. Miljkovic, R. Enright, E.N. Wang, "High Angle Environmental Scanning Electron Microscopy for the Study of Dropwise Condensation on Nano-structured Superhydrophobic Surfaces," Microscopy and Microanalysis, Phoenix, AZ, July 29 - August 2, 2012.
86. R. Enright, N. Miljkovic, A. Al-Obeidi, C.V. Thompson, E.N. Wang, "Superhydrophobic Condensation: the Role of Energy Barriers and Size Scale," Proceedings of the ASME International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels, and Minichannels, Rio Grande, PR, July 8-12, 2012.
87. N. Miljkovic, R. Enright, Y. Nam, E.N. Wang, "Modeling and Optimization of Condensation Heat Transfer on Micro and Nanostructured Superhydrophobic Surfaces," Proceedings of the ASME International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels, and Minichannels, Rio Grande, PR, July 8-12, 2012.
88. N. Miljkovic, R. Enright, Y. Nam, E.N. Wang, "Modeling and Optimization of Condensation Heat Transfer on Micro and Nanostructured Superhydrophobic Surfaces," Proceedings of the ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference, Rio Grande, PR, July 8-12, 2012.
89. R. Xiao, N. Miljkovic, R. Enright, E.N. Wang, "Increased Nucleation Density on Liquid-Solid Composite Surfaces for Enhanced Dropwise Condensation Heat Transfer," Proceedings of the ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference, Rio Grande, PR, July 8-12, 2012.
90. R. Xiao, R. Enright, N. Miljkovic, E.N. Wang, "Oil-infused Superhydrophobic Silicon Surfaces for Enhanced Water Condensation Heat Transfer," Proceedings of Solid-State Sensor, Actuator, and Microsystems Workshop, Hilton Head, SC, June 3-7, 2012.
91. R. Enright, N. Dou, N. Miljkovic, Y. Nam, E.N. Wang, "Condensation on Superhydrophobic Copper Oxide Nanostructures," Proceedings of the 3rd Micro/Nanoscale Heat and Mass Transfer International Conference, Atlanta, GA, March 3-6, 2012.
92. N. Miljkovic, R. Enright, E.N. Wang, "Growth Dynamics During Dropwise Condensation on Nanostructured Superhydrophobic Surfaces," Proceedings of the 3rd Micro/Nanoscale Heat and Mass Transfer International Conference, Atlanta, GA, March 3-6, 2012, Best Paper Award.

2011

93. N. Miljkovic, R. Enright, E.N. Wang, "Liquid Freezing Dynamics on Hydrophobic and Superhydrophobic Surfaces," Proceedings of the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, Denver, CO, November 11-17, 2011.
94. N. Shukla, N. Miljkovic, R. Enright, E.N. Wang, "Thermal resistance of thin water films during phase-change," APS March Meeting, Dallas, Texas, March 21-25, 2011.

2010

95. N. Miljkovic, R. Enright, S.C. Maroo, H.J. Cho, E.N. Wang, "Liquid Evaporation on Superhydrophobic and Superhydrophilic Nanostructured Surfaces," Proceedings of the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, Vancouver, Canada, November 12-18, 2010.
96. N. Miljkovic, E.N. Wang, "Performance of Glass Heat Pipes for Solar Thermoelectric Energy Systems," Proceedings of the International Heat Transfer Conference, Washington, DC, August 8-13, 2010.