12 Sept 2024

New paper out in PRResearch

Our new paper titled "Thermal hysteresis in wettability and the Leidenfrost phenomenon" has been publisehd in Physical Review Research.

8 Aug 2024

Engineering Seminar by Dr Ichikawa

Dr Yoshiyasu Ichikawa from Tokyo University of Science visitied our group and gave a seminar talk titled "Optical flow diagnostics and their practical use on small-scale complex flow behavior".

2 Aug 2024

Engineering Seminar by Dr Ueda

Dr Shota Ueda from Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry visitied our group and gave a seminar talk titled "The Role of Nuclear Energy in Japan's Electric Power Landscape and the Cutting-Edge Research in Heat and Mass Transfer for Nuclear Safety".

3 Jun 2024

Daniel joined our group!

Daniel Gibbons, our new PhD student, has joined Thermofluid Physics Group. Daniel will be working on projects related to spray cooling.

17 Jan 2024

New paper out in PRFluids

Our new paper titled "Flow stability in shallow droplets subject to localized heating of the bottom plate" has been publisehd in Physical Review Fluids.

07 Nov 2023

PhD Studentship Available Now

We are looking for a motivated PhD student to work on experiments and modelling of phase change heat trasnfer. Please see FindAPhD page. Also, we are now welcoming applications for the Faculty PhD studentship (by 22 Jan 2024) and K-CSC Programme (by 2 Jan 2024).

18 Aug 2023

AUTSE Award to Yutaku

Yutaku Kita (PI) received the Young Scientist Award from the Asian Union of Thermal Science and Engineering (AUTSE) and gave a Plenary Award Lecture at the 17th International Heat Transfer Conference in Cape Town.

05 Apr 2023

Yutaku invited to Nottingham Univ

Hosted by Prof Yuying Yan, a ThermaSMART partner, Yutaku Kita (PI) gave a seminar talk at the University of Nottingham.

09 Jan 2023

Yutaku joined King's

Yutaku Kita (PI) has joined Department of Engineering, King's College London as Lecturer and the PI of the Thermofluid Physics Laboratory

29 Jul 2023

Presentation Award to Yutaku

Yutaku Kita (PI) received the Outstanding Presentation Award from the 66th National Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics.

25 Apr 2022

JSME Award to Yutaku

Yutaku Kita (PI) received the Young Engineers Award from the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (JSME).

22 Mar 2022

New paper out in IJHMT

Our new paper titled "Quenching mechanism of spray cooling and the effect of system pressure" has been publisehd in International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer.

29 Sep 2020

Paper selected as Editor's Choice

Our recent paper titled "On the onset of quench during spray cooling: The significant of oxide layers" has been selected as Editor's Choice of Applied Thermal Engineering. See the post.

30 Jan 2020

Yutaku invited to KAIST

Hosted by Prof Sung Jin Kim, Yutaku Kita (PI) gave a seminar talk at Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, Korea.

16 Jan 2020

Yutaku invited to TUAT

Hosted by Prof Yoshiyuki Tagawa, Yutaku Kita (PI) gave a seminar talk at Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Tokyo, Japan. See WEB.

04 Dec 2019

Successful ThermaSMART Workshop/ Progress 100 Symposium

Meeting on New Advances and Key Questions in Phase-Change Cooling was successfully organised by Yutaku Kita (PI) and Prof Takata at Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan, with ~80 experts from 10 countries (incl. Japan) and 5 continents.

01 Jan 2019

Yutaku joins Kyushu University

Yutaku Kita has been appointed as Assistant Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kyushu Univeristy.