Editorial

• Largest solar telescope gets thermal system to ensure its performance

  The Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope (DKIST) on top of the Haleakala volcano on the Hawaiian island of Maui and Aavid Thermacore recently announced that it was using its porous layer technology to cool the array. details>>

• Energy storage company announces ramp up of battery pack production

  Romeo Power recently announced that it has received $30 million in seed funding and is finalizing the installation of an automated 113,000 square-foot manufacturing facility near downtown Los Angeles, Calif. details>>

• Professor receives funding to research thermally conductive laser material

  Dr. Yiquan Wan, an associate professor of materials science in the Inamori School of Engineering at Alfred University (N.Y.) has received $3 million in funding to study planar waveguide lasers built from high thermal conductivity materials. details>>

• Thermal flaw detector being used in manufacture of Russian composite aircraft

  A thermal flaw detector is being used in the design and manufacture of new Russian aircraft fabricated by the Siberian Aeronautical Research Institute completely from composite materials. details>>

• Professor published review of the properties of strained 2-D materials

  Salvador Barazza-Lopez, an associate professor of physics at the University of Arkansas (Fayetteville), recently published a review article on the properties of strained graphene and other two-dimensional atomic materials. details>>

• Necklace is designed with proprietary liquid to cool wearers

  A recent article in The Boston Globe, highlights the Nano-Ice Cooling Necklace, a new necklace based on cooling technology designed for dairy farmers in India that will keep the wearer cool for up to two hours. details>>

• ATS designing heat sinks to cool QSFP optical transceivers

  Advanced Thermal Solutions, Inc. (ATS) released a technical discussion this week with field application engineer Peter Konstatilakis to highlight a new design that he created for cooling a series of QSFP optical transceivers. details>>

• Mentor announced first annual FloTHERM Award for thermal design

  Mentor announced that it is calling for entries for its first annual FloTHERM Delta TJ Award for Excellence in Electronics Thermal Design. details>>

• Three combustion and thermal transport projects selected for study on ISS

  The National Science Foundation (NSF) announced three projects have been selected from the fields of combustion and thermal transport to continue testing on the International Space Station (ISS). details>>

• Brunel University designing heat pipes for EU energy recovery project

  Researchers at Brunel University will be designing three heat pipe-based heat exchangers, fabricated by U.K.-based ECONOTHERM, which will be part of Project ETEKINA. details>>