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Constantine M. Megaridis, PhD

UIC Distinguished Professor and James P. Hartnett Professorship in Energy Engineering

Director, Micro/Nanoscale Fluid Transport Laboratory

Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

Contact

Building & Room:

3035 ERF

Address:

842 West Taylor Street, MC 251, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607-7022, USA

Office Phone:

312.996.3436

Email:

CMM@uic.edu

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About

Research Interests

Heat and Mass Transfer, Multiphase Flows
Thermal Management of Microelectronics
Multifunctional Coatings and Wettability Patterning
Droplets, Sprays, Aerosols
Interfacial Phenomena
Micro/Nanofluidics

Selected Publications

  1. A. Mukhopadhyay, A. Pal, S. Sarkar and C. M. Megaridis, “Laser-Tuned Surface Wettability Modification and Incorporation of Aluminum Nitride (AlN) Ceramics in Thermal Management Devices,” Adv. Functional Materials 34, 2313141, 2024.
  2. S. Sarkar, R. Gupta, T. Roy, R. Ganguly and C. M. Megaridis, “Review of Jet Impingement Cooling of Electronic Devices: Emerging Role of Surface Engineering,” International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 206, 123888, 2023.
  3. P. Sinha Mahapatra, R. Ganguly, A. Ghosh, S. Chatterjee, S. Lowrey, A. D. Sommers and C. M. Megaridis, “Patterning Wettability for Open-surface Fluidic Manipulation: Fundamentals and Applications,” Chemical Reviews 122, 16752−16801, 2022.
  4. G. Damoulakis and C. M. Megaridis, “Wick-Free Paradigm for High-Performance Vapor-Chamber Heat Spreaders,” Energy Conversion and Management 253, 115138, 2022.
  5. J. Komperda, A. Peyvan, D. Li, B. Kashir, A. L. Yarin, C. M. Megaridis, P. Mirbod, I. Paprotny, L. F. Cooper, S. Rowan, C. Stanford and F. Mashayek, “Computer simulation of the SARS-CoV-2 contamination risk in a large dental clinic,” Phys. Fluids 33, 033328, 2021.
  6. T. P. Koukoravas, G. Damoulakis and C. M. Megaridis, “Experimental Investigation of a Vapor Chamber Featuring Wettability-patterned Surfaces,” Applied Thermal Engineering 178, 115522, 2020.
  7. S. M. Ghodsi, S. Anand, R. Shahbazian-Yassar, T. Shokuhfar and C. M. Megaridis, “In-situ Study of the Molecular Structure of Water and Ice Entrapped in Graphene Nanovessels,” ACS Nano 13, 4677-4685, 2019.
  8. J. M. Morrissette, P. J. Carroll, I. S. Bayer, J. Qin, D. Waldroup and C. M. Megaridis, “A Methodology to Produce Eco-Friendly Superhydrophobic Coatings from All-Water-Processed Plant-Based Filler Materials,” Green Chemistry 20, 5169-5178, 2018.
  9. E. Mates, I. S. Bayer, J. M. Palumbo, P. J. Carroll and C. M. Megaridis “Extremely Stretchable and Conductive Water-repellent Coatings for Low-cost Ultra-flexible Electronics,” Nature Comm. 6, 8874, 2015.
  10. A. Ghosh, S. Beaini, B. J. Zhang, R. Ganguly and C. M. Megaridis, “Enhancing Dropwise Condensation through Bioinspired Wettability Patterning,” Langmuir 30, 13103-13115, 2014.
  11. A. Ghosh, R. Ganguly, T. M. Schutzius and C. M. Megaridis, “Wettability Patterning for High-rate, Pumpless Fluid Transport on Open, Non-planar, Microfluidic Platforms,” Lab on a Chip 14, 1538 – 1550, 2014.
  12. S. Jung, M. Dorrestijn, D. Raps, A. Das, C. M. Megaridis and D. Poulikakos, “Are Superhydrophobic Surfaces best for Icephobicity?” Langmuir 27, 3059-3066, 2011. Web of Science Highly cited paper, in top 1% of its academic field based on a highly cited threshold for the field and publication year.

Notable Honors

2018, UIC Distinguished Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago

2011, Fellow, American Physical Society

2003, Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers

1997, Kenneth T. Whitby Award, American Association for Aerosol Research

Education

Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering
Brown University, 1987

M.S., Applied Mathematics
Brown University, 1986

B.S., Mechanical Engineering
National Technical University, Athens, Greece, 1982

Professional Memberships

American Chemical Society, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (Associate Fellow), American Physical Society (Fellow), American Society of Mechanical Engineers (Fellow), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Technical Chamber of Greece (TEE)

Intellectual Property

  1. A. L. Yarin, C. M. Megaridis, M. K. Tiwari and G. G. Chase, “Electrospun Fibrous Nanocomposites as Permeable, Flexible Strain Sensors,” U.S. Patent 8,108,157 (issued 1-31-2012).
  2. C. M. Megaridis, T. M. Schutzius and I. S. Bayer, “Method for Preparing Micro-Patterned Superhydro-phobic/Superhydrophilic Coatings,” U.S. Patent 9,139,739 (9-22-2015).
  3. C. M. Megaridis, T. M. Schutzius, I.S. Bayer and J. Qin, “Superhydrophobic Compositions,” U.S. Patent 9,217,094 (12-22-2015).
  4. J. Qin, D. E. Waldroup, C. M. Megaridis, T. Schutzius and I.S. Bayer, “Superhydrophobic Surfaces,” U.S. Patent 9,364,859 (6-14-2016).
  5. J. Qin, D. E. Waldroup, C. M. Megaridis, T. M. Schutzius and I. S. Bayer, “Non-Fluorinated Water-Based Superhydrophobic Surfaces,” U.S. Patent 9,803,100 (10-31-2017).
  6. C. M. Megaridis, T. M. Schutzius, I. S. Bayer, J. Qin and D. E. Waldroup, “Non-Fluorinated Water-Based Superhydrophobic Compositions,” U.S. Patent 10,005,917 (6-26-2018).
  7. C. M. Megaridis, R. Ganguly, A. Ghosh and T. M. Schutzius, “Wettability Patterned Substrates for Pumpless Liquid Transport and Drainage,” U.S. Patent 10,421,072 (9-24-2019).
  8. J. Qin, D. E. Waldroup, D. J. Calewarts, C. M. Megaridis and J. E. Mates, “Non-Fluorinated Water-Based Superhydrophobic Compositions,” U.S. Patent 10,533,096 (1-14-2020).
  9. C. M. Megaridis, J. Morrissette, P. Carroll, I. S. Bayer, J. Qin, D. E. Waldroup, “Low-Fluorine Compositions with Cellulose for Generating Superhydrophobic Surfaces,” U.S. Patent 10,865,317 (12-15-2020).
  10. C. M. Megaridis, S. Chatterjee, A. Ibrahim, P. Sinha Mahapatra, R. Ganguly, L. Yu, R. N. Dodge, “Wettability-Patterning Method and Designs for Pumpless Transport and Precise Manipulation of Liquid Volumes on and through Porous Materials,” U.S. Patent 11,648,553 (5-16-2023).