UROP Research Mentor Project Submission Portal: Submission #591

Submission information
Submission Number: 591
Submission ID: 9231
Submission UUID: 9993eb13-134d-4e3d-8340-020b2daacbc7

Created: Fri, 08/25/2023 - 03:46 PM
Completed: Fri, 08/25/2023 - 03:46 PM
Changed: Fri, 09/01/2023 - 02:27 PM

Remote IP address: 144.174.214.38
Submitted by: Anonymous
Language: English

Is draft: No

Research Mentor Information

Luis Angel Porto Hernandez
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lp18bh@fsu.edu
Graduate Student
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FAMU-FSU College of Engineering
Mechanical Engineering Department
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Additional Research Mentor(s)

Dr. Juan Ordonez
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jordonez@fsu.edu
Dr. Camilo Ordonez
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co04d@fsu.edu

Overall Project Details

Simulation and experimental exploration of radiative cooling
Radiative cooling - Heat transfer - Atmospheric window
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Mechanical Engineering
Electrical Engineering
On FSU Main Campus
FSU and FAMU buses go to Innovation Park
In-person
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Flexible schedule (Combination of business and outside of business. TBD between student and research mentor.)
Recently, radiative cooling has been attracting scientific interest as it is a passive method to cool down surfaces and objects on Earth. Usually, no power is needed and no moving parts are involved to take advantage of the effect. This effect is based on an atmospheric window that allows radiation in the wavelength range of 8-13 µm to be released into the cold space surrounding our planet.
The project is looking for a student that can help explore the concept from analytical and experimental fronts. Among the activities that we envision the student participating in, are:
- to review state of the art in radiative cooling,
-to create a mathematical model to simulate the effect,
-to perform experimental validation model, and
-to explore experimentally the effect of surface modifications.

Strong motivation and the willingness to learn some basic programing, instrumentation, data processing, along with the hands-on efforts to manufacture (3D print) components of the experimental setup is expected.
- Literature review
- Coding
- Set up and run experiments
- Data collection
- Data analysis
Basic knowledge of heat transfer - Required
Programming skills - Recommended
Basic knowledge on instrumentation - Recommended
Giving mentees’ ownership of their work and promoting accountability
As a student myself, I understand how important it is for someone in search of knowledge to have ownership of their own work. By being the owner of his/her own work, the mentee can establish a strong foundation for research. The idea is that student can use the skills he/she is bringing, while he/she can develop some other skills needed to complete the tasks. As a mentor, I plan to meet regularly with the student to check on his/her progress, while giving him/her instructions about where to go for next steps. He/she is also going to be an active participant of those decisions, based on the fact that this exploratory process is an opportunity for him/her to lead him/her own work.
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UROP Program Elements

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2023
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