Laboratory of Applied
Multiphase Thermal
Engineering
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Welcome to LAMTE
Welcome to the Laboratory of Applied Multiphase Thermal Engineering (LAMTE), housed
in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Dalhousie University. The LAMTE is lead
by Dr. Dominic Groulx. Him and his team conduct research on thermal energy storage and
thermal management using phase change materials, and its related uses in renewable
energy systems, as well as cooling of electronic components and other applied thermal
energineering problems. More specific information about the LAMTE can be found
following the LAMTE header found at the top of this page.
Information about Dr. Dominc Groulx (publications, research supports, bio and previous
educational work) can also be found following the corresponding header. As an associate
professor in Mechanical Engineering, Dr. Groulx is also heavily involved in teaching of
thermal/fluid and energy related courses, both at the undergraduate and graduate level.
Information about those courses as well as links to class materials can be found under the
teaching@dal header.
A red header can also be noticed at the far right; Dr. Groulx, among with some colleagues
in Engineering, is supervising research projects related to tidal power engineering. This
addition to the more traditional thermal research performed at the LAMTE builds on the
similar expertise in thermal/fluid and energy, and the close proximity to the Bay of Fundy.
Research related to energy storage, turbulent flow - CFD and in-water tidal engineering are
then conducted. If tidal energy research is your primary interest, just follow that red
header.
News related to every aspects of research (LAMTE and tidal), as well as Dr. Groulx's
professional and teaching activities can be found under the news header.
If you have an interest, or questions, regarding the research performed in either of the
research groups, are an individual or organization with R&D issues that could benefit from
collaborations with our group, or a smart and hard working student/researcher who would
like to know more about our projects and opportunities to join the research groups, just
contact us, we are friendly scientists and engineers!
Dominic presented two papers at the
4th International Forum on Heat
Transfer in Sendai, Japan
November 1-4, 2016
The papers presented were: "Melting of Phase
Change Materials in a Cylindrical Enclosure:
Parameters Influencing Natural Convection
Onset" and "Numerical Study of Temperature
Control in Tablet Computers using Phase
Change Materials".
LAMTE Researchers receive the 2nd
prize for Best Paper Award at AWTEC
2016
October 28, 2016
The paper written by Tanguy Leroux, Nick
Osbourne, Justine McMillan, Dominic Groulx
and Alex Hay and titled: "Numerical Modelling
of a Tidal Turbine Behaviour under Realistic
Unsteady Tidal Flow" was awarded the 2nd
place for Best Paper of the conference.
Two papers were presented by Dominic
at the 3rd Asian Wave and Tidal Energy
Conference held in Singapore
October 24-28, 2016
The papers presented were: "Numerical
Modelling of a Three-Bladed NREL S814 Tidal
Turbine" and "Numerical Modelling of a Tidal
Turbine Behaviour under Realistic Unsteady
Tidal Flow".
Tousif successfully defended his MASc
thesis
August 16, 2016
Tousif's thesis is titled "Development of a
Novel Thermal Management Technology of
Tablet Computers using Phase Change
Materials" and was defended with success.
Tousif is now off to do his PhD at the
University of Delaware!
Ali's excellent review on server cooling
technolofy is now published
July 25, 2016
The paper is published in Applied Thermal
Engineering and is titled "Cooling of Server
Electronics: A Design Review of Existing
Technology".