Youngsup Song

Assistant Professor University of Florida

Gainesville FL

Youngsup Songs studies thermal-fluid science, interfacial phenomena and nanoengineering research in electronics and energy applications.

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Biography

Youngsup Song's primary research interests are focused on innovative engineering solutions in thermal-fluid sciences, particularly targeting electronics cooling and energy applications. His currently leads fundamental and applied research on heat transfer, phase-change phenomena and interfacial processes. His experience encompasses diverse areas such as MEMS/NEMS sensors, thermoelectric devices, phase-change heat transfer and thermal energy storage, providing a broad perspective when addressing complex thermal management challenges. His recent notable projects include developing micro/nanostructured silicon surfaces that enhance boiling heat transfer and are compatible with integrated circuit technologies.

Areas of Expertise

Co-Design of Thermal and Electronic Aspects

Heat Transfer

Thermal-fluidics

Thermal Management

Media Appearances

MIT Scientists found a drastically more efficient way to boil water

BGR online

2022-07-21

Scientists at MIT have developed a much more efficient way to boil water. The improved method uses new surface treatments to increase the efficiency of heating and evaporating water. The scientists say it could save energy for systems in multiple industries.

Controlling how "odd couple" surfaces and liquids interact

MIT News online

2022-01-17

MIT researchers have developed a way of making even the most unlikely pairings of materials take on a desired level of wettability.

Desalination by sunlight

MIT Technology Review online

2020-04-15

A completely passive solar powered desalination system developed by researchers at MIT and in China could provide more than 1.5 gallons of fresh drinking water per hour for every square meter of solar collecting area. Such systems could potentially serve off-grid arid coastal areas to provide a low-cost water source.

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Predicting supercooling of phase change materials in arbitrarily varying conditions

Cell Reports Physical Science

Song, et al.

2023-06-21

In this work, we introduce a framework to predict the degree of supercooling for a phase change material subject to arbitrary geometrical and thermal conditions by analyzing the phase change material’s intrinsic nucleation characteristics with a statistical model.

Enhanced Laplace Pressures for Functional Surfaces: Wicking, Switchability, and Selectivity

Wiley Advanced Materials

Wilke, et al.

2022-12-04

Typically, rough wetting surfaces create negative Laplace pressures, enabling capillary wicking, while rough non-wetting surfaces create positive Laplace pressures, exhibiting fluid repellency. Here, with microfabricated reentrant structures, it is shown that the same surface can exhibit either a negative or positive Laplace pressure, regardless of its intrinsic wettability.

Three-Tier Hierarchical Structures for Extreme Pool Boiling Heat Transfer Performance