Tengfei Luo obtained his Bachelor of Science from Xi’an Jiaotong University in China with a major in Energy and Power Engineering, his PhD in Mechanic Engineering from Michigan State University, and his Postdoctoral Associate in Mechanical Engineering from MIT. Seongmin Kim obtained a PhD in Mechanical Engineering at Pohang University of Science and Technology. Tengfei Luo, now a Professor of Energy Studies at the University of Notre Dame, and Seongmin Kim, now a postdoctoral associate at the same institution, are developing a coating for transparent windows that can block heat from the sun from entering through a window. The coating, also known as transparent radioactive cooler (TRC) does not impact visible light, but it prevents heat producing light from permeating the window. This invention will help drastically reduce energy consumption, especially in the summer, when air conditioning and other cooling device use is at an all-time high. The TRC was developed using a computational model to test different combinations and orders of the materials being used. They finally settled on a coating consisting of silica, alumina, and titanium oxide on glass, topped with the polymer used in contact lenses.
References:
https://www.sciencedaily.com/
https://monsterlab.nd.edu/
https://monsterlab.nd.edu/
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