The International Conference of PhD Students in Mechanical Engineering brought together doctoral researchers from the Universities of Ljubljana, Maribor, and Zagreb.
LAHDE published paper on refrigerant mixtures suitable for micro-scale systems
Researchers from the Jožef Stefan Institute, the University of Ljubljana, the University of Barcelona, IFW-Dresden and collaborating institutions have published the article Direct observation of room-temperature electrocaloric and magnetocaloric responses in multicaloric composite films in the Journal of the European Ceramic Society.
The 11th IIR Conference on Solid-State Cooling, Heating and Energy Harvesting – Thermag XI, held from 7-11 June in Ljubljana, Slovenia, has concluded successfully.
Article Roadmap for electrocaloric films characterization published in iScience (Cell Press).
The project aimed to build a fundamental understanding of the dynamic thermal behavior of a compact cooling concept.
LAHDE presented high-temperature electrocaloric heat pump on HTHP Symposium.
Our PhD student Kamyar Dobakhti recently completed a research secondment at the Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM).
Researchers from LAHDE have published a first study of high-temperature electrocaloric heat pump.
Researchers from LAHDE, together with an international team, have published a study in Nature Energy.
On November 20 and 21, the 6th DDMC Conference took place in Delft, Netherlands, organized by the Technical University of Delft.
From November 17th to 19th, the school “Simulations, data mining and artificial intelligence” took place in Delft, Netherlands, for PhD students participating in the HEAT4ENERGY project.
Set on the green campus of the University of Twente, the European Cryogenics Days (ECD) 2025 and Cryogenics Workshop (CHMT) 2025 brought together leading experts from academia and industry to explore the latest advancements in cryogenics.
The first annual meeting of the MAGCCINE consortium took place on 17 October 2025 in Grenoble. The event was hosted by the Institut Néel (CNRS).
We continue our exploration of solid-state thermal diodes – a compact, fully passive asset for next-generation thermal management.
Our latest paper, “Numerical study of macroscopic thermal diodes: influence of interface topography and contact resistance,” has just been published in iScience (IF 4.1).
Modeling activities within Senergy nets project were presented at SDEWES conference in Dubrovnik.
In the paper AI-Driven Monte Carlo Uncertainty Analysis of Curie Temperature Effects on Active Magnetic Regenerator Performance , published in the International Journal of Refrigeration (IF = 3.8), researchers from the Laboratory for Refrigeration and District Energy revisited the methodology for analyzing the impact of statistical variations in Curie temperature on the performance of multilayer magnetocaloric regenerators.
An article titled Influence of Layering and Curie Temperature Uncertainty on the Performance of Magnetocaloric Regenerators published in Advanced Functional Materials (IF = 19.0).
The article “Airbrushing: A Novel Method for Preparation of High‐Emissivity Black Coating for Infrared Measurements”, published in the journal Advanced Materials Interfaces (IF = 4.4), presents a new method for applying high-emissivity black coatings intended for infrared (IR) temperature measurements.