Air conditioning, refrigeration, and other cooling technologies account for more than 20 percent of today’s global energy consumption, and hydrofluorocarbons, used as refrigerants in vapor compression systems, have a global warming potential thousands of times greater than carbon dioxide.

In a recent issue of Science, the team led by Professors Ichiro Takeuchi, Reinhard Radermacher, and Yunho Hwang introduce a high-performance elastocaloric cooling system that not only meets climate change concerns but could represent the next generation of cooling devices.
National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) Award Winners
Incoming Assistant Professor Erika Moore has received an NSF CAREER Award to support her research to better understand the process of macrophage immune cells as they guide tissue homeostasis, wound healing, and tissue regeneration.
Assistant Professor Eleonora Tubaldi, who has a research background in both metamaterials and fluid-structure interaction, has received an NSF CAREER Award that will support novel work on metamaterials and their interaction with fluids.
Rising sea levels could impact quality of life in coastal areas within a shorter timeframe than previously assumed, according to new research published in Nature Climate Change by a team that includes NSF CAREER Award recipient Allison Reilly. Their work, which also features an online dashboard, highlights a need to rethink the metrics that are used in planning for climate-related displacement.
Maryland Engineering in the News

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