SUSTAINABLE
ENERGY
LABORATORY (SEL) 

    Welcome to Sustainable Energy Lab !

 The Sustainable Energy Laboratory (SEL) aims to establish first class research programs in the two-phase heat transfer and sustainable/renewable energy area and produce well-educated and trained, innovative engineering professionals through our research and education program.

Dr. Chanwoo Park is an Assistant Professor in Mechanical Department at University of Nevada Reno. He received his Ph.D. from University of Michigan, Ann Arbor in 2000 and his Masters from Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Taejeon, Korea in 1992. Prior to joining to University of Nevada, Reno, he was a Group Leader at Advanced Cooling Technologies, Inc., located at Lancaster, Pennsylvania and managed numerous R&D projects (SBIR/STTR) funded by U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, Missile Defense Agency (MDA), NASA and industries. He brings his exceptional industrial engineering and manufacturing experience in electronics cooling and automobile industries to academic field.

Research Area

1. Two-phase heat transfer/systems (e.g., boiling, condensation, micro/nano-scale wick, pump-assisted hybrid two-phase loop, loop heat pipe, capillary pumped loop, and heat pipe) for cooling of high performance electronics (e.g., computer chips and power inverters), Directed Energy Weapon systems (e.g., high energy laser and high power microwave), and vehicle thermal management (e.g., fuel cell and hybrid electric vehicles).

2. Energy conversion/storage technologies including renewable energy systems (e.g., solar and geothermal), fuel cell, thermoelectrics (power generation and cooling), hydrogen storage/compression, heat storage, thermal modeling and management of rechargeable batteries (e.g., Li-Ion and Ni-MH), and Internal Combustion Engine simulation.

3. Nanotechnologies using nano-fluids, nano-surface and nano-particles to improve traditional thermal and mechanical properties and designs.