Nenad Miljkovic

Education

• BASc, Mechanical Engineering, University of Waterloo, 2009
• M.S., Mechanical Engineering, MIT, 2011
• Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, MIT, 2013

Academic Positions

• Graduate Student Researcher, MIT Device Research Laboratory, MIT, September, 2009 - June, 2013
• Postdoctoral Associate, MIT NanoEngineering Group, Department of Mechanical Engineering, MIT, July, 2013 - July, 2014
• Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, UIUC, October, 2013 - August, 2014
• Associate Director, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Center (ACRC), Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering (0%), UIUC, January 16, 2018 - date
• Research Faculty, Frederick Seitz Materials Research Laboratory (0%), UIUC, June 16, 2017 - date
• Faculty Affiliate, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (0%), UIUC, February 16, 2018 - date
• Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering (100%), UIUC, August 16, 2014 - date

Documents

• Miljkovic head shot for UIUC faculty profile website

Major Consulting Activities

• GrowthPilot, Atlanta, GA, 2018
• nu Angle, Cambridge, UK, 2015

Research Statement

Miljkovic's research intersects the multidisciplinary fields of thermo-fluid sciences, interfacial phenomena, and renewable energy. He aims to bring about transformational efficiency enhancements in energy (power generation to oil and gas to renewables), water, agriculture, transportation and electronics cooling by fundamentally manipulating heat-fluid-surface interactions across multiple length and time scales. The focus of his research are directed towards both: 1) fundamental research on micro/nanostructured surfaces for phase change, interfacial phenomena, and electrokinetics, and 2) applied research on devices and systems including solar thermal energy conversion and atmospheric energy harvesting.

Chapters in Books

• Miljkovic, N., D. J. Preston, and E. N. Wang, "Recent Developments in Altered Wettability for Enhancing Condensation," Encyclopedia of Two-Phase Heat Transfer and Flow II, Volume 3, World Scientific Publishing, ISBN: 978-981-4623-27-8, June 2015.

Selected Articles in Journals

• Yan, X., L. Zhang, S. Sett, L. Feng, C. Zhao, Z. Huang, H. Vahabi, A. K. Kota, F. Chen, N. Miljkovic, “Droplet Jumping: Effects of Droplet Size, Surface Structure, Pinning, and Liquid Properties,” ACS NANO, in press.
• Foulkes, T., J. Oh, R. Pilawa-Podgurski, N. Miljkovic, “Self-assembled liquid bridge confined boiling on nanoengineered surfaces,” International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 133, p. 1154-1164, 2019.
• Voglar, J., M. Zupanc, A. Peperko, P. Birbarah, N. Miljkovic, I. Golobic, “Analysis of heater-wall temperature distributions during the saturated pool boiling of water,” Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 102, p. 205-214, 2019
• Coulson, K., S. Sinha, N. Miljkovic, “Analysis of Modular Composite Heat Pipes,” International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 127, p. 1198-1207, 2018.
• Chavan, S., D. Park, N. Singla, P. Sokalski, K. Boyina, N. Miljkovic, “Effect of Latent Heat Released by Freezing Droplets During Frost Wave Propagation,” Langmuir, 34(22), p. 6636–6644, 2018.
• Gunay, A.A., H. Kim, N. Nagarajan, M. Lopez, R. Kantharaj, A. Alsaati, A. Marconnet, A. Lenert, N. Miljkovic, “Optically Transparent Thermally Insulating Silica Aerogels for Solar Thermal Insulation,” ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 10(15), p. 12603–12611, 2018.
• Oh, J., R. Zhang, P. Shetty, J.A. Krogstad, P.V. Braun, N. Miljkovic, "Thin Film Condensation on Nanostructured Surfaces," Advanced Functional Materials, 28(16), 1707000, 2018.
• Yang, T., B. Kwon, P.B. Weisensee, J.G. Kang, X. Li, P. Braun, N. Miljkovic, W.P. King, “Millimeter-Scale Liquid Metal Droplet Thermal Switch,” Applied Physics Letters, 112, 063505, 2018.
• Roman, J.K., C.M. Walsh, J. Oh, C.E. Dana, S. Hong, K.D. Jo, M. Alleyne, N. Miljkovic, D.M. Cropek, "Spatially Resolved Chemical Analysis of Cicada Wings Using Laser Ablation Electrospray Ionization (LAESI) Imaging Mass Spectrometry (IMS)," Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 410(7), p. 1911–1921, 2018. (Featured on Front Cover)
• Weisensee, P.B., J. Ma, W.P. King, N. Miljkovic, "Controlling the Contact Times of Bouncing Droplets: Droplet Impact on Vibrating Surfaces," Journal of Heat Transfer, 140(3), 030901, 2018.
• Wu, A., N. Miljkovic, "Droplet Cloaking Imaging and Characterization," Journal of Heat Transfer, 140(3), 030902, 2018.
• Bakir, M., C.N. Henderson, J.L. Meyer, J. Oh, N. Miljkovic, M. Kumosa, J. Economy, I. Jasiuk, "Effects of environmental aging on physical properties of aromatic thermosetting copolyester matrix neat and nanocomposite foams," Polymer Degradation and Stability, 147, p. 49-56, 2018
• Cha, H., A. Wu, M.-K. Kim, K. Saigusa, A. Liu, N. Miljkovic, "Nanoscale-Agglomerate-Mediated Heterogeneous Nucleation," Nano Letters, 17 (12), p. 7544-7551, 2017.
• Razavi, S.M., J. Oh, S. Sett, L. Feng, X. Yan, M.J. Hoque, A. Liu, R.T. Haasch, M. Masoomi, R. Bagheri, N. Miljkovic, "Superhydrophobic Surfaces Made from Naturally Derived Hydrophobic Materials," ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 5 (12), p. 11362-11370, 2017.
• Gunay, A.A., S. Sett, J. Oh, N. Miljkovic, “Steady Method for the Analysis of Evaporation Dynamics,” Langmuir, 33(43), p. 12007–12015, 2017.
• Sett, S., X. Yan, G. Barac, L.W. Bolton, N. Miljkovic, “Lubricant-Infused Surfaces for Low Surface Tension Fluids: Promise vs Reality,” ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 9(41), p. 36400–36408, 2017.
• Weisensee, P.B., J. Ma, Y.H. Shin, J. Tian, Y. Chang, W.P. King, N. Miljkovic, “Droplet impact on vibrating superhydrophobic surfaces,” Physical Review Fluids, 2, 103601, 2017.
• Oh, J., P. Birbarah, T. Foulkes, S.L. Yin, M. Rentauskas, J. Neely, R.C.N. Pilawa-Podgurski, N. Miljkovic, “Jumping-Droplet Electronics Hot-Spot Cooling," Applied Physics Letters, 110, 123017, 2017.
• Oh, J., C. Dana, S. Hong, J. Roman, K.H. Jo, J. Nguyen, D. Cropek, M. Alleyne, N. Miljkovic, "Exploring the Role of Habitat on the Wettability of Cicada Wings," ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 9(32), p. 27173−27184, 2017.
• Birbarah, P. and N. Miljkovic, “Internal Convective Jumping-Droplet Condensation in Tubes,” International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 114, p. 1025–1036, 2017.
• Shahriari, A., P. Birbarah, J. Oh, N. Miljkovic, and V. Bahadur, “Electric-Field-Based Control and Enhancement of Boiling and Condensation,” Nanoscale and Microscale Thermophysical Engineering, 21(2), p. 102-121, 2017.
• Weisensee, P.B., Y. Wang, Q. Hongliang, D. Schultz, W.P. King, N. Miljkovic, “Condensate droplet size distribution on lubricant-infused surfaces,” International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 109, p. 187–199, 2017.
• Cha, H., J.M. Chun, Y. Xu, and N. Miljkovic, "Focal Plane Shift Imaging for the Analysis of Multi-Droplet Jumping," Journal of Heat Transfer, 139(2), 020903, 2017.
• Weisensee, P.B., J. Tian, N. Miljkovic, and W.P. King, "Springboard Droplet Bouncing on Flexible Superhydrophobic Substrates," Journal of Heat Transfer, 139(2), 020902, 2017.
• Chavan, S., J. Carpenter, M. Nallapaneni, J.-Y. Chen, and N. Miljkovic, "Bulk Water Freezing Dynamics on Superhydrophobic Surfaces," Applied Physics Letters, 110(4), 041604, 2017.
• Birbarah, P. and N. Miljkovic, “External convective jumping-droplet condensation on a flat plate,” International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 107, p. 74-88, 2017.
• Cha, H., C. Xu, J. Sotelo, J.M. Chun, Y. Yokoyama, R. Enright, and N. Miljkovic, “Coalescence-Induced Nanodroplet Jumping,” Physical Review Fluids, 1, 064102, 2016.
• Cha, H., J.M. Chun, J. Sotelo, and N. Miljkovic, “Focal Plane Shift Imaging for the Analysis of Dynamic Wetting Processes,” ACS NANO, 10(9), p. 8223−8232, 2016.
• Chavan, S., H. Cha, D. Orejon, K. Nawaz, N. Singla, Y.-F. Yeung, D. Park, D.H. Kang, Y. Chang, Y. Takata, and N. Miljkovic, “Heat Transfer through a Condensate Droplet on Hydrophobic and Nanostructured Superhydrophobic Surfaces,” Langmuir, 32(31), p. 7774-7787, 2016.
• Weisensee, P.B., J. Tian, N. Miljkovic, and W.P. King, “Water droplet impact on elastic superhydrophobic surfaces,” Scientific Reports, 6(30328), 2016.
• Cavalli, A., D.J. Preston, E. Tio, D.W. Martin, N. Miljkovic, E.N. Wang, F. Blanchette, and J. Bush, “Electrically Induced Drop Detachment and Ejection,” Physics of Fluids, 28, 022101, 2016.
• Kim, M.-K., H. Cha, C. Zhong, Y. Xu, P. Birbarah, S. Chavan, A. Pauls, and N. Miljkovic, "Enhanced Jumping Droplet Departure," Langmuir, 31 (49), p. 13452−13466, 2015.
• Ni, G., N. Miljkovic, H. Ghasemi, X. Huang, S.V. Boriskina, C.-T. Lin, J.J. Wang, Y. Xu, M.M. Rahman, T.J. Zhang, and G. Chen, “Volumetric Solar Heating of Nanofluids for Direct Vapor Generation,” Nano Energy, 17, p. 290-301, 2015.
• Birbarah, P., Z. Li, A. Pauls, and N. Miljkovic, “A Comprehensive Model of Electric-Field-Enhanced Jumping-Droplet Condensation on Superhydrophobic Surfaces,” Langmuir, 31(28), p. 7885–7896, 2015.
• Preston, D.J., D.L. Mafra, N. Miljkovic, J. Kong, and E.N. Wang, “Scalable Graphene Coatings for Enhanced Condensation Heat Transfer,” Nano Letters, 15(5), p. 2902–2909, 2015.
• Enright, R., N. Miljkovic, J. Sprittles, K. Nolan, R. Mitchell, and E.N. Wang, “How Coalescing Droplets Jump,” ACS Nano, 8(10), p. 10352–10362, 2014.
• Miljkovic, N., D.J. Preston, R. Enright, and E.N. Wang, “Jumping-droplet electrostatic energy harvesting,” Applied Physics Letters," 105(1), 013111, 2014.
• Preston, D.J., N. Miljkovic, J. Sack, R. Enright, J. Queeney, and E.N. Wang, “Effect of hydrocarbon adsorption on the wettability of rare earth oxide ceramics,” Applied Physics Letters, 105(1), 011601, 2014.
• Ghasemi, H., G. Ni, A.M. Marconnet, J. Loomis, S. Yerci, N. Miljkovic, and G. Chen, “Solar steam generation by heat localization,” Nature Communications, 5:4449, doi:10.1038/ncomms5449, 2014.
• Miljkovic, N., D.J. Preston, R. Enright, and E.N. Wang, “Ostwald Ripening During Freezing on Scalable Superhydrophobic Surfaces,” Journal of Heat Transfer, 136(8), 080901, 2014.
• Preston*, D.J., N. Miljkovic*, R. Enright, and E.N. Wang, “Jumping Droplet Electrostatic Charging and Effect on Vapor Drag,” Journal of Heat Transfer, 136(8), 080909, 2014. *Equal Contribution
• Enright, R., N. Miljkovic, J. L. Alvarado, K. Kim, and J. W. Rose, “Dropwise Condensation on Micro- and Nanostructured Surfaces,” Nanoscale and Microscale Thermophysical Engineering, 18(3), p. 223-250, 2014.
• Miljkovic, N., D.J. Preston, R. Enright, and E.N. Wang, “Electric Field Enhanced Jumping Droplet Condensation,” ACS Nano, 7(12), p. 11043–11054, 2013.
• Miljkovic, N., D.J. Preston, R. Enright, and E.N. Wang, “Electrostatic Charging of Jumping Droplets,” Nature Communications, 4:2517, doi: 10.1038/ncomms3517, 2013.
• Miljkovic, N., R. Enright, Y. Nam, K. Lopez, N. Dou, J. Sack, and E.N. Wang, "Jumping-Droplet-Enhanced Condensation on Scalable Superhydrophobic Nanostructured Surfaces," Nano Letters, 13(1), p. 179-187, 2013.
• Miljkovic, N. and E.N. Wang, “Condensation Heat Transfer on Superhydrophobic Surfaces,” MRS Bulletin, 38(5), p. 397-406, 2013. (Featured on Front Cover).
• Xiao, R., N. Miljkovic, R. Enright, and E.N. Wang, "Immersion Condensation on Oil-Infused Heterogeneous Surfaces for Enhanced Heat Transfer," Scientific Reports, 3(1988), 2013.
• Miljkovic, N., R. Enright, and E.N. Wang, "Modeling and Optimization of Superhydrophobic Condensation," Journal of Heat Transfer, 135(11), 111004, 2013.
• Enright, R., N. Miljkovic, N. Dou, Y. Nam, and E.N. Wang, “Condensation on Superhydrophobic Copper Oxide Nanostructures,” Journal of Heat Transfer, 135(9), 091304, 2013.
• Miljkovic, N., D.J. Preston, R. Enright, S. Adera, Y. Nam, and E.N. Wang, “Jumping Droplet Dynamics on Scalable Nanostructured Superhydrophobic Surfaces,” Journal of Heat Transfer, 135(8), 080907, 2013.
• Miljkovic, N., R. Xiao, D.J. Preston, R. Enright, I. McKay, and E.N. Wang, “Condensation on Hydrophilic, Hydrophobic, Nanostructured Superhydrophobic and Oil-Infused Surfaces,” Journal of Heat Transfer, 135(8), 080906, 2013.
• Enright, R., N. Miljkovic, A. Al-Obeidi, C.V. Thompson, and E.N. Wang, "Condensation on Superhydrophobic Surfaces: The Role of Local Energy Barriers and Structure Length Scale," Langmuir, 28(40), p. 14424-14432, 2012.
• Miljkovic, N., R. Enright, and E.N. Wang, "Effect of Droplet Morphology on Growth Dynamics and Heat Transfer during Condensation on Superhydrophobic Nanostructured Surfaces," ACS Nano, 6(2), p. 1776-1785, 2012.
• Miljkovic, N., R. Enright, and E.N. Wang, "Liquid Freezing Dynamics on Hydrophobic and Superhydrophobic Surfaces," Journal of Heat Transfer, 134(8), 080902, 2012.
• Miljkovic, N., R. Enright, S.C. Maroo, H.J. Cho, and E.N. Wang, "Liquid Evaporation on Superhydrophobic and Superhydrophilic Nanostructured Surfaces," Journal of Heat Transfer, 133(8), 080903, 2011.
• Miljkovic, N. and E.N. Wang, "Modeling and Optimization of Hybrid Solar Thermoelectric Systems with Thermosyphons," Solar Energy, 85(11), p. 2845-2855, 2011.

Patents

• Boyina, K., S. Chavan, N. Miljkovic. Method for Delaying Frost Growth on Heat Exchangers, Application #: 62/662,354.
• King, W.P., N. Miljkovic, P.B. Weisensee, B. Kwon, T. Yang. Millimeter Scale Thermal Switch, Application #: 62/649,134.
• Miljkovic, N., D.J. Preston, R. Enright, and E.N. Wang. Jumping-Droplet Electrostatic Energy Harvesting, Application #: US 62/022,330.
• Boriskina, S., G. Chen, H. Ghasemi, A. Lenert, K. McEnaney, E.N. Wang, S. Yang, S. Yerci, and N. Miljkovic. Internally-Heated Thermal and Externally-Cool Photovoltaic Cascade Solar System for the Full Solar Spectrum Utilization, Application #: US 62/014,768.
• Boriskina, S., G. Chen, H. Ghasemi, A. Lenert, K. McEnaney, E.N. Wang, S. Yang, S. Yerci, and N. Miljkovic. Internally-Heated Thermal and Externally-Cool Photovoltaic Cascade Solar System for the Full Solar Spectrum Utilization, Application #: US 61/868,715.
• Boriskina, S., G. Chen, H. Ghasemi, A. Lenert, K. McEnaney, E.N. Wang, S. Yang, S. Yerci, and N. Miljkovic, "Internally-Heated Thermal and Externally-Cool Photovoltaic Cascade Solar System for the Full Solar Spectrum Utilization," Application #: US 61/868715, US 61/935,005, US 62/014,768.
• Miljkovic, N., D.J. Preston, D.S. Antao, S. Narayanan, J. Feng, J.H. Sack, D. Saranadhi, and E.N. Wang. "Jumping Droplet Condensers," Application #: Pending.
• Miljkovic, N., D.J. Preston, R. Enright, and E.N. Wang, "Electric Field Enhanced Condensation," Application Number: 61/846,696.
• Xiao, R., N. Miljkovic, R. Enright, and E.N. Wang, "Heterogeneous Surfaces," Application Number: WO 2013184559.
• Wang, E.N., R. Enright, Y. Nam, and N. Miljkovic, "Superhydrophobic Nanostructures," Application Number: US 20130244001A1.
• Niewels, J.J., O.S. Ansari, W.C. Janzen, M.K. Zuraw, and N. Miljkovic, "Molding-system viscous-drag sensor," U.S. Patent Number 7393198.
• Brand, T.D. and N. Miljkovic, "Hot Runner Melt Pre-Compression Method A," U.S. Patent Number 20080296805.
• Brand, T.D. and N. Miljkovic, "Hot Runner Melt Pre-Compression Method B," U.S. Patent Number 20080296806.

Professional Societies

• Member, The Minerals, Metals, and Materials Society (TMS), 2018-date
• Member, The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE), 2018-date
• Member, Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), 2017-date
• Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2016-date
• Member, American Chemical Society (ACS), 2016-date
• Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2009-date
• Member, Materials Research Society (MRS), 2013-date
• Member, American Physical Society (APS), 2013-date
• Member, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2011-date

Teaching Honors

• List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by Their Students, Spring 2018
• List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by Their Students, Fall 2017
• List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by Their Students, Spring 2017
• List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by Their Students, Spring 2016
• List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by Their Students, Fall 2015
• List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by Their Students, Fall 2014

Research Honors

• CERL Research and Development Technical Achievement Award
• ASME ICNMM Outstanding Early Career Award
• ASME Pi Tau Sigma Gold Medal, 2018 (2018)
• National Academy of Sciences Arab-American Frontiers Fellowship, 2018 (2018)
• Invited Participant, Arab-American Frontiers of Science, Engineering, and Medicine Symposium, U.S. National Academy of Sciences, 2017 (2017)
• United Kingdom Royal Society of Engineering Distinguished Visiting Fellow, 2017 (2017)
• ONR Young Investigator Award, 2017 (2017)
• IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference (APEC) Best Poster Award, 2017 (2017)
• NSF CAREER Award, 2016 (2016)
• ACS Petroleum Research Fund Doctoral Young Investigator Award, 2016 (2016)
• Jahrestreffen der ProcessNet - Best Poster Award, First Prize, 2016 (2016)
• Wunsch Foundation Silent Hoist and Crane Award, Outstanding Graduate Research, 2013 (2013)
• ASME Micro/Nano Heat & Mass Transfer International Conference Best Paper Award, First Prize, 2012 (2012)
• Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarship (CGS), 2009-2010 (2009-2010)

Courses Taught

• ME 320 - Heat Transfer
• ME 420 - Intermediate Heat Transfer
• ME 521 - Convective Heat Transfer