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SUMMARY:MEchanics GAthering –MEGA- Seminar: Bridging the Scales of Boili
 ng: How Microscale Interactions Drive Macroscale Heat Transfer
DTSTART:20260416T130500
DTEND:20260416T140000
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DESCRIPTION:Sk Rameez Iqbal (ETA-LAB\, EPFL) \nAbstract: Boiling water 
 is something we observe every day in our kitchens\, yet it is also one of 
 the most powerful thermal management tools in modern engineering — from 
 steam-driven power generation and cooling next-generation supercomputers t
 o managing cryogenic fuels in spacecraft. Despite its apparent familiarity
 \, the underlying physics of bubble nucleation remains poorly understood. 
 The challenge lies at the microscopic level. Classical nucleation theories
  treat boiling as a collection of isolated\, independent bubbles growing o
 n a surface\, failing to capture the complex reality of actual engineering
  surfaces — which consist of dense arrays of interacting nucleation site
 s. Using custom-engineered silicon chips with precisely spaced microcaviti
 es\, we isolate and systematically control these microscopic "neighborhood
 s." By uncovering how the spacing between neighboring sites governs bubble
  nucleation\, coalescence\, and stability\, we gain a new understanding of
  how microscopic interactions ultimately drive macroscale thermal performa
 nce — paving the way for safer\, more efficient cooling technologies.\n\
 nBio: Dr. Rameez Iqbal is a Scientific Collaborator at the École Polytec
 hnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)\, where his research focuses on micro
 - and nanoscale transport phenomena toward efficient power generation and 
 advanced thermal management. Prior to this role\, he was a Postdoctoral Re
 searcher at ETH Zurich and earned his PhD through\na collaborative program
  between IIT Madras and the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (O
 IST)\, Japan. Dr. Iqbal's contributions to the field have been recognized\
 ninternationally — he is a recipient of the prestigious European Horizon
  2020 Seal of Excellence (2021) and the Best PhD Thesis Award from IIT Mad
 ras (2020).
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