About us
ATSLA
Advanced Thermal Systems Lab.
We study heat transfer, aiming to combine fundamental physics of micro and nanoscale heat and mass transport processes with novel surfaces & materials to provide creative solutions in thermal management.
We focus on electronic packaging, microfluidic heat sink, and energy conversion devices for flexible electronics, data centers, and high power electronic systems.
Research
Advanced Thermal Systems Lab
01
Fundamental Studies Of Nano To Macro-Scale Heat And Mass Transport
02
Material Development For Nano To Macro-Scale Heat And Mass Transport
03
Theoretical, AI, And CFD Modeling For Heat Transfer
We Study
We Study Heat And Mass Transfer In Advanced Thermal Systems.
ATSLA aims to combine fundamental physics of micro and nanoscale heat and mass transport processes with novel surfaces & materials to provide innovative solutions in thermal management.
Research Topics
Our research focuses on electronic packaging, microfluidic heat sinks, and energy conversion devices for applications in flexible electronics, data centers, and unmanned aerial vehicle systems.
01. Fundamental Studies Of Nano To Macro-Scale Heat And Mass Transport
02. Material Development For Nano To Macro-Scale Heat And Mass Transport
03. Theoretical, AI, And CFD Modeling For Heat Transfer
Featured Articles
Advanced Thermal Systems Lab
Kong et al., Extreme heat flux cooling from functional copper inverse opal-coated manifold microchannels, Energy Conversion and Management 315 (2024) 118809
Kim at al., Functionalized Diamond Heat Spreader for Enhanced Boiling in High-Power Electronics, Applied Thermal Engineering 289 (2026) 129919
Lee et al., Structured Selective Activation for Bubble-Controlled High-Rate Alkaline OER, Small (2026)
Kong et al., An additively manufactured manifold-microchannel heat sink for high-heat flux cooling, Int. J. Mechanical Sciences 248 (2023) 108228
Lee et al., Physics-informed machine learning for enhanced prediction of condensation heat transfer, Energy and AI 20 (2025) 100482
We are always looking for
bright, energetic, motivated graduate and undergraduate students, postdocs, and visiting scholars to join our team.
ATSLA News
ATSLA 2026 Summer Workshop
ATSLA held its 2026 Summer Workshop at Blanc Emere[…]
ATSLA at the ASME 2026 Summer Heat Transfer Conference (S…
Prof. Hyoungsoon Lee, Soeun Lee, and Jonghyun Lee attended[…]
ATSLA at 14NCFE 2026; Soeun Lee Wins Excellent Paper Award
ATSLA members attended the 14th National Congress on Fluids[…]