Hyeongyun Cha
PhD
Research Interests
Phase change heat transfer, micro/nanoengineered materials, interfacial phenomena, heating, ventilation, air-conditioning, and refrigeration (HVAC&R) systems, data-driven design.
Published and in Press
- C. T. Wilson, H. Cha, Y. Zhong, A. Li, E. Lin, and B. El Fil, “Design Considerations for Next-Generation Sorbent-Based Atmospheric Water Harvesting Devices,” Device, 1 (2), 10052, 2023.
- M.J. Hoque, L. Li, J. Ma, H. Cha, S. Sett, X. Yan, K. F. Rabbi, J. Y. Ho, S. Khodakarami, J. Suwala, O. Mohammadmoradi, G. O. Ince, and N. Miljkovic, “Ultra-resilient multi-layer fluorinated diamond like carbon hydrophobic surfaces,” Nature Communications, 14, 4902, 2023.
- C. D. Díaz-Marín, D. Li, F. J. Vázquez-Cosme, S. Pajovic, H. Cha, Y. Song, C. Kilpatrick, G. Vaartstra, C. T. Wilson, S. Boriskina, and E. N. Wang, “Capillary Transfer of Self-Assembled Colloidal Crystals,” Nano Letters, 23 (5) 1888-1896, 2023.
- Y. Song, C. D. Díaz‐Marín, L. Zhang, H. Cha, Y. Zhao, and E. N. Wang, “Three‐Tier Hierarchical Structures for Extreme Pool Boiling Heat Transfer Performance,” Advanced Materials, 2200899, 2022.
- Y. Song, C, Wang, D. J. Preston, G. Su, M. M. Rahman, H. Cha, J. H. Seong, B. Philips, M. Bucci, and E. N. Wang, “Enhancement of Boiling with Scalable Sandblasted Surfaces,” ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 14 (7), 9788-9794, 2022.
- J. Oh, D. Orejon, W. Park, H. Cha, S. Sett, Y, Yokoyama, V. Thoréton, Y. Takata, and N. Miljkovic, “The Apparent Surface Free Energy of Rare Earth Oxides is Governed by Hydrocarbon Adsorption,” iScience, 25 (1), 103691, 2022.
- Y. Song, H. Cha, Z. Liu, J. H. Seong, L. Zhang, D. J. Preston, and E. N. Wang, “Alteration of Pool Boiling Heat Transfer on Metallic Surfaces by In Situ Oxidation,” International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 185, 122320, 2021.
- S. Sett, J. Oh, H. Cha, T. Veriotti, A. Bruno, X. Yan, G. Barac, L. Bolton, and N. Miljkovic, “Lubricant-Infused Surfaces for Low Surface Tension Fluids: Extent of Lubricant Miscibility,” ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 13 (19), 23121-23133, 2021.
- I. Oh, H. Cha, J. Chen, S. Chavan, A. Awad, O Darwish, N. Miljkovic, and Y. Hu, “Enhanced Condensation on Liquid-Infused Nanoporous Surfaces by Vibration-Assisted Droplet Sweeping,” ACS Nano, 14 (10), 13367–13379, 2020.
Books and Book Chapters
- H. Cha, S. Sett, P. Birbarah, T. Gebrael, J. Oh, and N. Miljkovic, “Recent Advances in Structured-Surface-Enhanced Condensation Heat Transfer,” Nanoscale Energy Transport: Emerging phenomena, methods and applications, Chapter 13, IOP Publishing, 2020.
Papers and Presentations in Refereed Conference Proceedings
- H. Cha, M.-K. Kim, H. C. Chang, L. Zhang, and N. Miljkovic, “Pinning-Induced Microdroplet Self-Propulsion,” Proceedings of the 2023 Micro Flow and Interfacial Phenomena Conference, Evanston, Illinois, June 18-21, 2023.
- H. Cha, Y. Song, Y. Zhong, S. Deshpande, W. Stephenson, Y. Zhang, J. Leonard, T. Broderick, and E. N. Wang, “Machine Learning Assisted Models for Understanding and Optimizing Boiling Heat Transfer on Scalable Random Surfaces,” Proceedings of the 2022 Materials Research Society (MRS) Fall Meeting & Exhibition, Boston, Massachusetts, November 27-December 2, 2022.
- H. Cha, M.-K. Kim, H. C. Chang, L. Zhang, E. N. Wang, and N. Miljkovic, “Pinning-Induced Evaporating Droplet Self-Propulsion,” accepted in 75th Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society’s Division of Fluid Dynamics (APS DFD), Indianapolis, Indiana, November 20-22, 2022.
- H. Cha, Y. Song, Y. Zhong, S. Deshpande, W. Stephenson, Y. Zhang, J. Leonard, T. Broderick, and E. N. Wang, “Machine Learning Assisted Models for Understanding and Optimizing Boiling Heat Transfer on Scalable Random Surfaces,” The ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit, Denver, Colorado, May 23-25, 2022.
- Y. Song, H. Cha, Z. Liu, J. H. Seong, L. Zhang, D. J. Preston, and E. N. Wang, "Alteration in Pool Boiling Heat Transfer of Metallic Surfaces by Oxidation during Boiling" Proceedings of the 7th Thermal and Fluids Engineering Conference, Las Vegas, NV, May 15-18, 2022, 2022.
- Y. Song, C. D. Diaz-Martin, H. Cha, L. Zhang, and E. N. Wang, " Hierarchical microtube structures for pool boiling heat transfer enhancement" Materials Research Society Fall Meeting & Exhibit, Virtual, December 6-8, 2021.
- H. Cha, Y. Song, Y. Zhong, M. Z. Wyttenbach, S. Deshpande, W. Stephenson, Y. Zhang, J. Leonard, T. Broderick, and E. N. Wang, “Machine Learning Assisted Models for Understanding and Optimizing Boiling Heat Transfer on Scalable Random Surfaces,” Mechanical Engineering Research Exhibition, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, October 8, 2021.
- Y. Song, S. Gong, G. Vaartstra, H. Cha, and E. Wang, “Separation of Liquid and Vapor Paths During Pool Boiling on Hemi-Wicking Surfaces,” Proceedings of the ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference, Virtual, June 16-18, 2021.
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