Caloric energy conversion is an emerging field of cooling, heat-pumping and power-
generation technologies. The potentially high energy efficiency and use of environmentally …

In recent years, intensive studies on thermal control devices have been conducted for the
thermal management of electronics and computers as well as for applications in energy …

In the area of thermal management, thermal control elements (TCEs) and thermal control
circuits (TCCs) are proving to be innovative solutions to the challenges of temperature …

A 16× 16 digital microfluidic multiplexer is demonstrated. The device makes use of dual-
phase AC activation in a bi-layered electrode structure for actuating microdrops …

The operation of a MEMS-based micro heat engine at resonant and off-resonant conditions
is presented. Both model and experiment are used to investigate resonant and off-resonant …

In this article, a scaling model of a MEMS-based resonant heat engine is presented. The
engine is an external combustion engine made of a cavity encapsulated between two thin …

This study concerns the dynamic behaviour of microfabricated Room-Temperature-
Vulcanizing (RTV) silicone elastomers based Hybrid Membranes (HMs) when subjected to …

The aim of this thesis is to better understand the working principles of a recently discovered
self-oscillating fluidic heat engine (SOFHE) by characterizing the thermodynamic cycle (PV …

RÉSUMÉ L'objectif de cette thèse est de mieux comprendre les principes de fonctionnement
d'un moteur thermique fluidique auto-oscillant (SOFHE) récemment découvert, en …

This paper describes the microfabrication and dynamic characterization of thick membranes
providing a technological solution for microengines. The studied membranes are called …