Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering
Nanostructured Energy Systems Laboratories (NESLabs)
Led by Saeed Moghaddam · Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
What we study
NESLabs studies how heat, mass and fluids move through very small structures and membranes. Applications include energy conversion and storage, filtration, microfluidic reactors and portable power.
What working here is like
- Computational
- Building & testing
- Coding required
- Project
- 1
- Papers
- 5
Current projects
Development of a Microfluidic Dialyzer for Wearable Artificial Kidney
The lab is creating a tiny fluid‑filter device that could be worn to perform kidney dialysis without a pump. The student helped design, test pressure loss and measure how well it clears urea.
From the Spring 2025 UF Undergraduate Research Symposium · abstract book, p. 73
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Recent papers, explained
- A mechanistic framework for onset of nucleate boiling and nucleation site density in microchannels
2026 · International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
- Modeling and experimental study of low flow rate miniaturized electrodialysis for artificial kidney applications
2026 · Journal of Applied Physics
Builds a computer model to test how electric fields separate salt from water in a tiny device.
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- On the transition from bubbly to elongated bubbles flow regime: A physics-based framework
2025 · International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
- Impact of membrane and air-side mass transfer resistances on liquid desiccant absorber performance
2025 · Energy Conversion and Management
- Innovative Microfluidic Dialyzer: Redefining Care for Patients on Dialysis
2024 · Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
Designs a tiny dialysis machine to clean blood more efficiently than current ones.
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How to reach out
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