The CTRC is a National Science Foundation Industry/University Cooperative Research Center, and addresses pre-competitive, longer-term research and development issues in the area of high-performance heat removal from compact spaces. The agenda for the Center is set on a yearly basis with research projects identified through a ranking by all members. Regular updates on the work are made available to members through a restricted-access web page. The Center meets twice a year to review progress and choose upcoming projects.

One of the distinctive features of CTRC is that the research agenda is set by the members—each member has a strong input in the research directions adopted. Since members are from diverse industries, beneficial cross-industry interactions are common. A product-oriented focus is maintained. Equipment manufacturers are included amongst the participants, and this facilitates a translation of research ideas and prototypes into products.

Link to the Cooling Technologies Research Center Web site

The following collection of documents represents research from the Cooling Technologies Research Center and related work by Dr. Suresh Garimella and his students.

Manuscripts from 2009

A Composite Heat Transfer Correlation for Saturated Flow Boiling in Small Channels, S S. Bertsch, E A. Groll, and S V. Garimella

Effects of Heat Flux, Mass Flux, Vapor Quality, and Saturation Temperature on Flow Boiling Heat Transfer in Microchannels, S S. Bertsch, E A. Groll, and S V. Garimella

Non-Intrusive Temperature Measurements Using Microscale Visualization Techniques, Pramod Chamarthy and S V. Garimella

Direct Simulation of Ionization and Ion Transport for Planar Microscale Ion Generation Devices, D. B. Go, T S. Fisher, and S V. Garimella

Effects of Channel Dimension, Heat Flux, and Mass Flux on Flow Boiling Regimes in Microchannels, Tannaz Harirchian and S V. Garimella

Effects of Discrete-Electrode Configuration on Traveling-Wave Electrohydrodynamic Pumping, B D. Iverson, L Cremaschi, and S V. Garimella

Experimental Characterization of Induction Electrohydrodynamics for Integrated Microchannel Pumping, Brian D. Iverson and S V. Garimella

Measurement and Prediction of the Cooling Characteristics of a Generalized Vibrating Piezoelectric Fan, Mark L. Kimber and S V. Garimella

Microfluidic Pumping based on Traveling-Wave Dielectrophoresis, D Liu and S V. Garimella

Experimental and Numerical Study of Melting of Particle-Laden Materials in a Cylinder, Dawei Sun, S R. Annapragada, and S V. Garimella

Manuscripts from 2008

Permeability and Thermal Transport in Compressed Open-Celled Foams, Ravi Annapragada, S V. Garimella, and Jayathi Y. Murthy

Analysis and Suppression of Base Separation in the Casting of a Cylindrical Ingot, Ravi Annapragada, Dawei Sun, and S V. Garimella

Electrothermal Bonding of Carbon Nanotubes to Glass, Sriharsha Aradhya, S V. Garimella , and Timothy Fisher

Energy Minimization-Based Analysis of Electrowetting for Microelectronics Cooling Applications, Vaibhav Bahadur and S V. Garimella

Refrigerant Flow Boiling Heat Transfer in Parallel Microchannels as a Function of Local Vapor Quality, Stefan Bertsch, Eckhard A. Groll, and S V. Garimella

Review and Comparative Analysis of Studies on Saturated Flow Boiling in Small Channels,, Stefan Bertsch, Eckhard A. Groll, and S V. Garimella

Effects of Heat Flux, Mass Flux, Vapor Quality, and Saturation Temperature on Flow Boiling Heat Transfer in Microchannels, Stefan S. Bertsch, Eckhard A. Groll, and S V. Garimella

Visualization of Convection Patterns Near an Evaporating Meniscus using micro-PIV, Pramod Chamarthy, Hemanth Dhavaleswarapu, S V. Garimella , Jayathi Y. Murthy, and Steven Wereley

A Mathematical Model for Analyzing the Thermal Characteristics of a Flat Micro Heat Pipe with a Grooved Wick, K H. Do, S J. Kim, and S V. Garimella

Thermal Challenges in Next-Generation Electronic Systems, S V. Garimella, A. S. Fleisher, J. Y. Murthy, A. Keshavarzi, R. Prasher, C. Patel, S Bhavnani, R Venkatasubramanian, R Mahajan, Y Joshi, B Sammakia, B A. Myers, L Chorosinski, M Baelmans, P Sathyamurthy, and P Raad

Enhancement of External Forced Convection by Ionic Wind, David Go, Raul A. Maturana, Timothy Fisher, and S V. Garimella

Microchannel Size Effects on Local Flow Boiling Heat Transfer to a Dielectric Fluid, Tannaz Harirchian and S V. Garimella

Recent Advances in Microscale Pumping Technologies: A Review and Evaluation, Brian D. Iverson and S V. Garimella

Infrared Micro-Particle Image Velocimetry Measurements and Predictions of Flow Distribution in a Microchannel Heat Sink, Benjamin Jones, Poh-Seng Lee, and S V. Garimella

Electrical Actuation of Dielectric Droplets, Niru Kumari, Vaibhav Bahadur, and S V. Garimella

Electrical Actuation of Electrically Conducting and Insulating Droplets using AC and DC Voltages, Niru Kumari, Vaibhav Bahadur, and S V. Garimella

Saturated Flow Boiling Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop in Silicon Microchannel Arrays, Poh-Seng Lee and S V. Garimella

Analytical model for an electrostatically actuated miniature diaphragm compressor, Abhijit A. Sathe, Eckhard A. Groll, and S V. Garimella

Microfluidic Delivery of Small Molecules into Mammalian Cells Based on Hydrodynamic Focusing, F Wang, H Wang, J Wang, H.-Y. Wang, P L. Rummel, S V. Garimella , and C Lu

An Analytical Solution for the Total Heat Transfer in the Thin-Film Region of an Evaporating Meniscus, Hao Wang, S V. Garimella, and Jayathi Y. Murthy

Transport from a Volatile Meniscus Inside an Open Microtube, Hao Wang, Jayathi Y. Murthy, and S V. Garimella

Manuscripts from 2007

Characterization and optimization of the thermal performance of miniature piezoelectric fans, Tolga Acikalin, S V. Garimella , Arvind Raman, and James Petroski

Prediction of Effective Thermo-Mechanical Properties of Particulate Composites, S R. Annapragada, D Sun, and S V. Garimella

Flow Boiling Heat Transfer to a Dielectric Coolant in a Microchannel Heat Sink, T. Chen and S V. Garimella

Experimental investigation of steady buoyant-thermocapillary convection near an evaporating meniscus, H. K. Dhavaleswarapu, Pramod Chamarthy, S V. Garimella , and Jayathy Y. Murthy

Ionic Winds for Locally Enhanced Cooling, David B. Go, S V. Garimella , Timothy Fisher, and R. K. Mongia

Towards a Thermal Moore’s Law, Shankar Krishnan, S V. Garimella , Gregory M. Chrysler, and Ravi V. Mahajan

Induction electrohydrodynamics micropump for high heat flux cooling, Vishal Singhal and S V. Garimella

Piezoelectric Fans using Higher Flexural Modes for Electronics Cooling Applications, Sydney M. Wait, Sudipta Basak, S V. Garimella , and Arvind Raman

Characteristics of an evaporating thin film in a microchannel, Hao Wang, S V. Garimella , and Jayathy Y. Murthy

Microbubble return phenomena during subcooled boiling on small wires, Hao Wang, Xiaofeng Peng, S V. Garimella , and David M. Christopher

Manuscripts from 2006

An energy-based model for electrowetting-induced droplet actuation, V. Bahadur and S V. Garimella

Hydrodynamic Loading of Microcantilevers Vibrating in Viscous Fluids, Sudipta Basak, Arvind Raman, and S V. Garimella

Measurements and high-speed visualizations of flow boiling of a dielectric fluid in a silicon microchannel heat sink, Tailian Chen and S V. Garimella

Subcooled Boiling Incipience on a Highly Smooth Microheater, T. Chen, J. F. Klausner, S V. Garimella , and J. N. Chung

On-Chip Thermal Management With Microchannel Heat Sinks and Integrated Micropumps, S V. Garimella , Vishal Singhal, and Dong Liu

Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Melting in a Cylinder, B Jones, D Sun, S Krishnan, and S V. Garimella

Thermally developing flow and heat transfer in rectangular microchannels of different aspect ratios, Poh-Seng Lee and S V. Garimella

Experimental Investigation of a Miniature-Scale Refrigeration System for Electronics Cooling, Suwat Trutassanawin, Eckhard A. Groll, S V. Garimella , and Lorenzo Cremaschi

Microbubble Return Phenomena During Subcooled Boiling on Small Wires, H Wang, X. F. Peng, S V. Garimella , and D. Christopher

Manuscripts from 2005

Subcooled boiling incipience on a highly smooth microheater, Tailian Chen, James F. Klausner, S V. Garimella , and Jacob N. Chung

Advances In Mesoscale Thermal Management Technologies for Microelectronics, S V. Garimella

A Novel Hybrid Heat Sink using Phase Change Materials for Transient Thermal Management of Electronics, Shankar Krishnan, S V. Garimella, and S. S. Kang

Investigation of heat transfer in rectangular microchannels, Poh-Seng Lee, S V. Garimella , and Dong Liu

Analysis and optimization of the thermal performance of microchannel heat sinks, Dong Liu and S V. Garimella

Infrared micro-particle image velocimetry in silicon-based microdevices, Dong Liu, S V. Garimella , and Steve Wereley

Prediction of the onset of nucleate boiling in microchannel flow, Dong Liu, Poh-Seng Lee, and S V. Garimella

Low-voltage ionization of air with carbon-based materials, M. S. Peterson, W. Zhang, T. S. Fisher, and S V. Garimella

A Novel Valveless Micropump With Electrohydrodynamic Enhancement for High Heat Flux Cooling, Vishal Singhal and S V. Garimella

An Experimentally Validated Thermo-mechanical Model for the Prediction of Thermal Contact Conductance, Vishal Singhal, Paul J. Litke, Anthony F. Black, and S V. Garimella

Manuscripts from 2004

Experimental Investigation of the Thermal Performance of Piezoelectric Fans, Tolga Acikalin, Sydney M. Wait, S V. Garimella , and Arvind Raman

Single-Phase Flow and Heat Transport and Pumping Considerations in Microchannel Heat Sinks, S V. Garimella and Vishal Singhal

Analysis of a Phase Change Energy Storage System for Pulsed Power Dissipation, S Krishnan and S V. Garimella

Analysis and Optimization of the Thermal Performance of Microchannel Heat Sinks, Dong Liu and S V. Garimella

Low Reynolds number flow through nozzle-diffuser elements in valveless micropumps, Vishal Singhal, Jayathi Y. Murthy, and S V. Garimella

Optimization of Thermal Interface Materials for Electronics Cooling Applications, Vishal Singhal, Thomas Siegmund, and S V. Garimella

Simulation of ion generation and breakdown in atmospheric air, W. Zhang, T. S. Fisher, and S V. Garimella

Manuscripts from 2003

Dynamics and Topology Optimization of Piezoelectric Fans, P Buermann, Arvind Raman, and S V. Garimella

Thermal challenges in next generation electronic systems, Yogendra Joshi and S V. Garimella

A Fixed-Grid Front-Tracking Algorithm for Solidification Problems. Part I - Method and Validation, C. Y. Li, S V. Garimella , and J E. Simpson

A Fixed-Grid Front-Tracking Algorithm for Solidification Problems. Part II - Directional Solidification with Melt Convection, C. Y. Li, S V. Garimella , and J E. Simpson

Manuscripts from 2002

Contributions from Thermal Challenges in Next Generation Electronic Systems (THERMES), S V. Garimella and Yogendra K. Joshi

Thermal Challenges in Next Generation Electronic Systems- Summary of Panel Presentations and Discussions, S V. Garimella , Yogendra K. Joshi, Avram Bar-Cohen, Ravi Mahajan, K. C. Toh, V. P. Carey, M. Baelmans, J. Lohan, B. Sammakia, and F. Andros

Concentration Fields in the Solidification Processing of Metal Matrix Composites, B Moussa, J E. Simpson, and S V. Garimella

Manuscripts from 2001

Heat Transfer from Pin-Fin Heat Sinks under Multiple Impinging Jets, H. A. El-Sheikh and S V. Garimella

Recent Advances in the Modeling and Applications of Nonconventional Heat Pipes, S V. Garimella and C. B. Sobhan

Prandtl-Number Effects and Generalized Correlations for Confined and Submerged Jet Impingement, C. -Y. Li and S V. Garimella

A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF STUDIES ON HEAT TRANSFER AND FLUID FLOW IN MICROCHANNELS, Choondal B. Sobhan and Suresh V. Garimella

Manuscripts from 2000

Effects of Nozzle-Inlet Chamfering on Pressure Drop and Heat Transfer in Confined Air Jet Impingement, L. A. Brignoni and S V. Garimella

Enhancement of Air Jet Impingement Heat Transfer using Pin-Fin Heat Sinks, H A. El-Sheikh and S V. Garimella

Heat Transfer from Pin-Fin Heat Sinks under Multiple Impinging Jets, Hani A. El-Sheikh and S V. Garimella

The Influence of Gravity Levels on the Horizontal Bridgman Crystal Growth of an Alloy, J E. Simpson and S V. Garimella

Manuscripts from 1999

Experimental Optimization of Confined Air Jet Impingement on a Pin Fin Heat Sink, L. A. Brignoni and S V. Garimella

The Development of a Bubble Rising in a Viscous Liquid, L. Chen, S V. Garimella, J. A. Reizes, and E. Leonardi

Fiber-Spacing Effects in the Solidification Processing of Metal Matrix Composites, M M. Guslick, J E. Simpson, and S V. Garimella

Manuscripts from 1998

A Study of the Flow Field of a Confined and Submerged Impinging Jet, J. A. Fitzgerald and S V. Garimella

Interface Propagation in the Processing of Metal Matrix Composites, S V. Garimella and James E. Simpson

Reconstruction and Advection of a Moving Interface in Three Dimensions on a Fixed Grid, G Labiona, V Timchenko, J E. Simpson, S V. Garimella , E Leonardi, and G de Vahl Davis

Gas Dynamics and Electromagnetic Processes in High-Current Arc Plasmas - Part II: Effects of External Magnetic Fields and Gassing Materials, Lei Z. Schlitz, S V. Garimella , and S H. Chan

Gas Dynamics and Electromagnetic Processes in High-Current Arc Plasmas - Part I: Model Formulation and Steady-State Solutions, Lei Z. Schlitz, S V. Garimella , and S H. Chan

Manuscripts from 1997

Motion of Interacting Gas Bubbles in a Viscous Liquid Including Wall-Effects and Evaporation, L. Chen, S V. Garimella , J. A. Reizes, and E. Leonardi

Composite Correlations for Convective Heat Transfer from Arrays of Three-Dimensional Obstacles, Garron K. Morris and S V. Garimella

Manuscripts from 1996

Nozzle-Geometry Effects in Liquid Jet Impingement Heat Transfer, S V. Garimella and Boris Nenaydykh

Thermal Wake Downstream of a Three-Dimensional Obstacle, Garron K. Morris and S V. Garimella

Manuscripts from 1994

Nonlinear Interface Stability Analysis of Alloy Solidification Including Effects of Surface Energy, Lei Z. Schlitz and S V. Garimella

Manuscripts from 1993

A Modified Mullins-Sekerka Stability Analysis Including Surface Energy Effects, Lei Zhang and S V. Garimella

Manuscripts from 1991

Effect of Spanwise Spacing on the Heat Transfer from an Array of Protruding Elements in Forced Convection, S V. Garimella and P. A. Eibeck

Enhancement of Single Phase Convective Heat Transfer from Protruding Elements using Vortex Generators, S V. Garimella and P. A. Eibeck

Manuscripts from 1990

Heat Transfer Characteristics of an Array of Protruding Elements in Single Phase Forced Convection, S V. Garimella and P. A. Eibeck