Zhengmao Lu receives Outstanding Early Career Award at MicroFIP 2025
Zhengmao Lu. 2023 EPFL / Titouan Veuillet - CC-BY-SA 4.0
Zhengmao Lu, head of the Energy Transport Advances Laboratory in the School of Engineering, has received the Outstanding Early Career Award at the 2025 Micro Flow and Interfacial Phenomena Conference (MicroFIP) for his work on interfacial thermal phenomena.
The Outstanding Early Career Award from MicroFIP recognizes researchers whose emerging work on mini-, micro- and nanoscale flow or interfacial phenomena and/or systems represents an exceptional contribution to current and future directions of research in this field. The honor was awarded at the MicroFIP 2025 conference, held from June 16-18 at the University of California, Santa Barbara, USA.
A tenure-track assistant professor in the Institute of Mechanical Engineering since 2023, Lu's work blends fundamental science and practical engineering, focusing on interfacial thermal phenomena and their applications in energy and water purification. Research in the Energy Transport Advances Laboratory focuses on phase change physics, liquid-gas interfaces, and high performance cooling. Lu is currently exploring sustainable solutions for temperature regulation of buildings using passive cooling systems in rooftop installations.
Before coming to EPFL, Lu was a postdoctoral scholar in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at MIT. He received his Ph.D. and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from MIT as well.