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What We Do

The Nanoscale Imaging and Transport (NIT) Lab develops thermal transport solutions for micro and nanoscale devices. The lab is located in the Engineering & Science Building (ESB) and is affiliated with the Center for Clean Energy Engineering (C2E2). NIT is part of the Department of Mechanical Engineering and is under the direction of Dr. Georges Pavlidis.

News

  • Graduation and Awards!
    NITL finished the 23/24 Academic Year strong! Bivek successfully defended his Master’s Thesis titled “Thermal Analysis of SrSnO3 Perovskite Based Ultra-Wide Bandgap Semiconductor Devices”. Dominic was awarded the 2024 National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship (NDSEG)! Additionally, Dr. Pavlidis was awarded to 2024 ONR Summer Faculty Research Program to conduct research with the Naval […]
    Posted on May 6, 2024
  • End of the Year Social
    All NITL members successfully passed their newly taught course on nanoscale heat transfer! It was time to celebrate each member’s hard work and Francis’ and Dominic’s successful completion of their first semester as PhD students!      
    Posted on December 19, 2023
  • AlGaN/GaN Superlattices at Fall MRS 2023 – Boston, MA
    Dr. Pavlidis had the opportunity to present his work regarding the impact of buffer layers on the thermal performance AlGaN/GaN superlattice transistors. This is a result of an ongoing collaboration with the National Institute of Standards and Technology and an industrial partner.    
    Posted on November 28, 2023

Contact Lab

Phone: (860) 486-8043
georges.pavlidis@uconn.edu
Address: Room 454
Pratt & Whitney Engineering Building (PWEB)
191 Auditorium Rd. U-3139, Storrs, CT 06269