Today we took a trip to AIL Research and Princeton University to visit Dr. Eric Teitelbaum MFS class of 2008 and learn about his research on radiant heating, cooling, and heat pumps. He showed us a model of a heat pump system (shown above) and discussed how it works. The electronics in the system are using the same Arduinos we learned about this past week.
While touring Dr. Teitelbaum’s lab and warehouse, we saw some of the radiant cooling systems he is working on for the Department of Energy and the Department of Defense. The picture above is one of the prototypes that can produce cold water on one side and hot water on the other.
He then took us to Princeton University to show us the research labs that he has access to and some of the equipment and sensors that were created in the lab. The picture above is the world’s smallest compressor that is capable of running a household refrigerator even though its as big as your hand. While touring the labs, Eric showed us an electron microscope that can actually show the electron orbits of an atom.
Thank you Dr. Teitelbaum for the introduction to heat pumps, radiant heating, and cooling and tour of the research labs!
