We enjoyed group lunch in warm January weather and news. of Abdullah’s paper “Turbulence of airflow matters in human thermophysiological response in the heat: The journal Temperature toolbox” being accepted for publication in Temperature
We were interviewed about the tools we are developing for measuring extreme heat exposure and predicting human thermophysiological response by ABC News and by KJZZ radio station
“A micro-to-macroscale and multi-method investigation of human sweating dynamics” by Cibin et al. was published in Royal Society Interface and covered by Science News Magazine, Phys.org
Congrats to Emily, Caitlyn, and Isabella on finishing their bachelor degrees, Cibin on passing his PhD qualifying exam, Shri on passing his PhD proposal, and Ankit for getting a great new job!
Resolving shortwave and longwave irradiation distributions across the human body in outdoor built environments by Sadeghi et al. was published in Building and Environment
Congrats to Lyle for defending his Master thesis, Shreyas for defending his PhD thesis, and Kami for getting a great job. We also had pleasure of hosting Dr. Sylwester Wereski from Maria Curie-Sklodowska University in… Read more: Defenses, new jobs, and visiting researchers
collaborative paper “Impact of tent shade on heat exposures and simulated heat strain for people experiencing homelessness” by Karanja et al. was published in International Journal of Biometeorology
Collaborative paper with Prof. Jennifer Vanos on “Impact of Reflective Roadways on Simulated Heat Strain at the Tokyo, Paris and Los Angeles Olympics” was published in Journal of Science in Sport and Exercise
Although ANDI was not available to provide comments, the article about his work in the hot outdoors is great: https://issuu.com/asuoked/docs/gfl_2024_future_cast_vol6 (pg.6)
Evaluation of Thermal Properties and Thermoregulatory Impacts of Lower Back Exosuit using Thermal Manikin by Ankit Joshi et al. was published in International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics
Collaborative paper “Thermal modulation of skin friction at the finger pad” with Prof. Filingeri from University of Southampton accepted for publication in Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials
Shreya’s s Fabrication of Multiphase Liquid Metal Composites Containing Gas and Solid Fillers: from Pastes to Foams was accepted for publication in ACS Applied Engineering Materials
We welcome new postdoctoral scholars Kambiz Sadeghi and Ankush Jaiswal and congratulate Sai, Rajesh, and Vinay on completing their MS projects and Daniel and Lyle on completing their FURI projects and UG degrees! Also congrats… Read more: welcomes and graduations!
“Pre-curing matrix Viscosity Controls Thermal Conductivity of Elastomeric Composites with Compression-activated Liquid and Solid Metallic Fillers Networks” was accepted for publication in Advanced Materials Interfaces
Human Body Radiation Area Factors for Diverse Adult Population by Rykaczewski, K.,* Bartels, L., Martinez, D., and Viswanathan, S accepted for publication in International Journal of Biometeorology
LEAP-HI: Dynamic Sensing and Computational Approaches to Assess Individual-level Heat Risk Across Diverse Populations co-led with Prof. Jenni Vanos and Prof. Ari Middel was awarded!
Thermophysiological aspects of wearable robotics: Challenges and opportunities (Priority Review) by K. Rykaczewski accepted for publication in Temperature
Anisotropic radiation source models for computational thermal manikin simulations based on common radiation field measurements by K. Rykaczewski, J. Vanos, and A. Middel was published in Building and Environment
after an epic review process, Aastha’s paper “Enhancing Thermal Transport in Silicone Composites via Bridging Liquid Metal Fillers with Reactive Metal Co-Fillers and Matrix Viscosity Tuning” was accepted for publication in ACS AM&I!
Congrats to Wilson on defending his PhD thesis, NRC postdoctoral fellowship at AFRL, and acceptance of his paper High Thermal Conductivity in Multiphase Liquid Metal and Silicon Carbide Soft Composites to Advanced Materials Interfaces!
Paper by Jennifer Vanos, Konrad Rykaczewski, et al. Improved methods for estimating mean radiant temperature in hot and sunny outdoor settings was published in International Journal of Biometeorology
Chad’s paper Breathable, Stimuli-Responsive, and Self-Sealing Chemical Barrier Material based on Selectively Superabsorbing Polymer is published in I&ECR
“Oxide-mediated mechanisms of gallium foam generation and stabilization during shear mixing in air” by Wilson Kong, Najam Shah and others ASU as well as collaborators from Michael Dickey’s group from NCSU published in Soft Matter
“Rational design of sun and wind shaded evaporative cooling vests for enhanced personal cooling in hot and dry climates” by Konrad Rykaczewski published in Applied Thermal Engineering
1/2020: Our rattlesnake rain harvesting work highlighted by American Chemical Society , Phys.org, Quirks & Quarks show on Canadian Broadcasting Corporation radio , EurekAlert, Inside Science (AIP) , Scitechdaily, KopalniaWiedzy.pl (in Polish), Fox News Tampa, and Science Daily
12/2019: Pressure-Activated Thermal Transport via Oxide Shell Rupture in Liquid Metal Capsule Beds by Aastha Uppal et al. published in ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
9/2019: Oxide-Mediated Formation of Chemically Stable Tungsten-Liquid Metal Mixtures for Enhanced Thermal Interface Materials by Wilson Kong et al. published in Advanced Materials
3/2019: Rational Design of Soft, Thermally Conductive Composite Liquid‐Cooled Tubes for Enhanced Personal, Robotics, and Wearable Electronics Cooling by Praveen Kotagama, Akshay Phadnis, Chad Manning, and Konrad Rykaczewski published in Advanced Materials Technologies
1/2019: invited editorial Cool Future Fashion: Personal Cooling as Part of Social Adaptation to Hotter Climate by Konrad Rykaczewski accepted for publication in Temperature
We enjoyed group lunch in warm January weather and news. of Abdullah’s paper “Turbulence of airflow matters in human thermophysiological response in the heat: The journal Temperature toolbox” being accepted for publication in Temperature
Our sweaty research was described by FSE News and featured on radio interview with CBC radio
We were interviewed about the tools we are developing for measuring extreme heat exposure and predicting human thermophysiological response by ABC News and by KJZZ radio station
“A micro-to-macroscale and multi-method investigation of human sweating dynamics” by Cibin et al. was published in Royal Society Interface and covered by Science News Magazine, Phys.org
Dr. Abedin is joining our group as ANDI expert from NCSU
Congrats to Emily, Caitlyn, and Isabella on finishing their bachelor degrees, Cibin on passing his PhD qualifying exam, Shri on passing his PhD proposal, and Ankit for getting a great new job!
Resolving shortwave and longwave irradiation distributions across the human body in outdoor built environments by Sadeghi et al. was published in Building and Environment
ANDI and our extreme heat related work was highlighted by ASU News
Profs. Vanos, Rykaczewski, and ANDI interviewed on 10across podcast
“Impact of human body shape on free convection” by Shri et al. was published in PLoS ONE
“Advanced human heat exposure sensing using two cylinder anemometer and radiometer: introducing CARla” was published In IJB
Dr. Rykaczewski and Dr. Schuett were interviewed in NYT in reference to 2019 rattlesnake drinking paper: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6d3LC2ucHfg
“Comparative Analysis of Thermoregulation Models to Assess Heat Strain in Moderate to Extreme Heat” published in Journal of Thermal Biology
Emily, Shri, and Cibin made their debut at the Division of Fluid Dynamics conference in Utah
Congrats to Lyle for defending his Master thesis, Shreyas for defending his PhD thesis, and Kami for getting a great job. We also had pleasure of hosting Dr. Sylwester Wereski from Maria Curie-Sklodowska University in… Read more: Defenses, new jobs, and visiting researchers
Shreyas last paper “Impact of Rheology on Formation of Oil-in-Liquid Metal Emulsions” was published in Soft Matter
collaborative paper “Impact of tent shade on heat exposures and simulated heat strain for people experiencing homelessness” by Karanja et al. was published in International Journal of Biometeorology
Prof. Rykaczewski and Vanos were interviewed on Arizona Horizons show and their groups’ work was featured in ASU News article
“Particle-assisted Formation of Oil-in-Liquid Metal Emulsions” by Shreyas et al. was published in Journal of Physics D: Condensed Matter
Collaborative paper with Prof. Jennifer Vanos on “Impact of Reflective Roadways on Simulated Heat Strain at the Tokyo, Paris and Los Angeles Olympics” was published in Journal of Science in Sport and Exercise
Three master projects, year of postdoc and multiple other researcher’s efforts and 10+ lbs of sweat (including PIs) later, we have our first paper on microscale sweat evaporation published in iScience: Simultaneous imaging of multi-pore… Read more: Our first paper on microscale fundamentals of sweat evaporation was published in iScience and highlighted in news
Our work with ANDI, MaRTy, and cost-effective cylindrical biometeorological sensors was features by ASU, CBS, Yahoo.
Although ANDI was not available to provide comments, the article about his work in the hot outdoors is great: https://issuu.com/asuoked/docs/gfl_2024_future_cast_vol6 (pg.6)
Congrats to Cibin and Mahima on defending their theses and Ankush on new position as assistant professor at Indian Institute of Technology
two stories about sweating thermal manikins and Thermetrics featured our work with outdoor ANDI including Wired Magazine and NPR/KUOW soundside
Characterization of human extreme heat exposure using an outdoor thermal manikin by Ankit Joshi et al. published in Science of the Total Environment
A simple three-cylinder radiometer and low-speed anemometer to characterize human extreme heat exposure by K. Rykaczewski and team was published in IJB. This is the first outcome of lots of field work in extreme heat… Read more: “Simple 3-cylinder radiometer and low-speed anemometer to characterized human extreme heat exposure” published in International Journal of Biometeorology
“Printable Liquid Metal Foams That Grow When Watered” collaborative paper with Prof. Michael Dickey’s group at NCSU was published Advanced Materials
Evaluation of Thermal Properties and Thermoregulatory Impacts of Lower Back Exosuit using Thermal Manikin by Ankit Joshi et al. was published in International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics
Collaborative paper “Thermal modulation of skin friction at the finger pad” with Prof. Filingeri from University of Southampton accepted for publication in Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials
ANDI and our group along with Profs. Vanos and Middel’s research on extreme heat impacts on humans is featured by ASU Now, Here and Now on NPR, Arizona Horizons on AZ PBS, KJZZ/NPR, AZ Republic,… Read more: Our new lab member ASU ANDI and our work on extreme heat impacts on humans is featured widely in media
Shri, Lyle, Daniel, Sai, and Ankit are attending ICB
Shreya’s s Fabrication of Multiphase Liquid Metal Composites Containing Gas and Solid Fillers: from Pastes to Foams was accepted for publication in ACS Applied Engineering Materials
Impact of Human Body Shape on Convection Heat Transfer accepted for publication in International Journal of Biometeorology
“Pre-curing matrix Viscosity Controls Thermal Conductivity of Elastomeric Composites with Compression-activated Liquid and Solid Metallic Fillers Networks” was accepted for publication in Advanced Materials Interfaces
We were featured in Heat is On
Mechanism of Oil-in-Liquid Metal Emulsion formation paper published in Langmuir
Prof. Rykaczewski participates in Forum show special “how are you dressing for a warning climate?”
Human Body Radiation Area Factors for Diverse Adult Population by Rykaczewski, K.,* Bartels, L., Martinez, D., and Viswanathan, S accepted for publication in International Journal of Biometeorology
LEAP-HI: Dynamic Sensing and Computational Approaches to Assess Individual-level Heat Risk Across Diverse Populations co-led with Prof. Jenni Vanos and Prof. Ari Middel was awarded!
Thermophysiological aspects of wearable robotics: Challenges and opportunities (Priority Review) by K. Rykaczewski accepted for publication in Temperature
Analysis of Thermocouple-based Finger Contact Temperature Measurements by K. Rykaczewski and T. Dhanote published in Journal of Thermal Biology
New project focused on multi-mode imaging and theoretical exploration of human sweat evaporation was funded by NSF
Among many other ASU researchers we were featured in American Innovators How America’s Hottest City is Handling the Heat
Anisotropic radiation source models for computational thermal manikin simulations based on common radiation field measurements by K. Rykaczewski, J. Vanos, and A. Middel was published in Building and Environment
K. Rykaczewski interviewed about the science behind still suits in the “Dune” epic
our art made it on the cover
after an epic review process, Aastha’s paper “Enhancing Thermal Transport in Silicone Composites via Bridging Liquid Metal Fillers with Reactive Metal Co-Fillers and Matrix Viscosity Tuning” was accepted for publication in ACS AM&I!
Our rattlesnake drinking paper was featured in a National Geographic Magazine story about animal drinking strategies and Flagstaff KNAU radio statio.
Gallium Oxide-Stabilized Oil in Liquid Metal Emulsions paper was published in Soft Matter
NSF MRI proposal for acquisition of a custom thermal manikin for studying human thermal exposure and safety in hot climates led by Prof. Rykaczewski, Vanos, Middel, Sailor, and Kavouras was awarded. ASU ANDI is coming… Read more: NSF MRI proposal for acquisition of a custom thermal manikin awarded
Congrats to Wilson on defending his PhD thesis, NRC postdoctoral fellowship at AFRL, and acceptance of his paper High Thermal Conductivity in Multiphase Liquid Metal and Silicon Carbide Soft Composites to Advanced Materials Interfaces!
Paper by Jennifer Vanos, Konrad Rykaczewski, et al. Improved methods for estimating mean radiant temperature in hot and sunny outdoor settings was published in International Journal of Biometeorology
our work on cooling clothing was featured on local Fox News
Praveen’s “Fundamentals of Soft Thermofluidic System Design” published in Soft Matter
In special virtual issue celebrating ACS Omega’s first five years
Chad’s paper Breathable, Stimuli-Responsive, and Self-Sealing Chemical Barrier Material based on Selectively Superabsorbing Polymer is published in I&ECR
Our paper on design of sun and wind shaded evaporative cooling vests was highlighted by ASU Now, Fiber2Fashion, AZBigMedia, KTAR radiostation
“Oxide-mediated mechanisms of gallium foam generation and stabilization during shear mixing in air” by Wilson Kong, Najam Shah and others ASU as well as collaborators from Michael Dickey’s group from NCSU published in Soft Matter
“Rational design of sun and wind shaded evaporative cooling vests for enhanced personal cooling in hot and dry climates” by Konrad Rykaczewski published in Applied Thermal Engineering
1/2020: Our rattlesnake rain harvesting work highlighted by American Chemical Society , Phys.org, Quirks & Quarks show on Canadian Broadcasting Corporation radio , EurekAlert, Inside Science (AIP) , Scitechdaily, KopalniaWiedzy.pl (in Polish), Fox News Tampa, and Science Daily
12/2019: Pressure-Activated Thermal Transport via Oxide Shell Rupture in Liquid Metal Capsule Beds by Aastha Uppal et al. published in ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
12/2019: The Role of Scale Wettability on Rain-Harvesting Behavior in a Desert-dwelling Rattlesnake by Akshay Phadnis et al. published in ACS Omega
9/2019: Oxide-Mediated Formation of Chemically Stable Tungsten-Liquid Metal Mixtures for Enhanced Thermal Interface Materials by Wilson Kong et al. published in Advanced Materials
6/2019: 3TV/CBS 5 features our recent work on “cool fashion for hot planet”
5/2019: Congrats to Dr. Akshay Phadnis on defending his PhD thesis!
4/2019: ASU Now features article on our recent work on “cool fashion for hot planet”
3/2019: Rational Design of Soft, Thermally Conductive Composite Liquid‐Cooled Tubes for Enhanced Personal, Robotics, and Wearable Electronics Cooling by Praveen Kotagama, Akshay Phadnis, Chad Manning, and Konrad Rykaczewski published in Advanced Materials Technologies
1/2019: invited editorial Cool Future Fashion: Personal Cooling as Part of Social Adaptation to Hotter Climate by Konrad Rykaczewski accepted for publication in Temperature
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