We are delighted to announce the 12th International Conference on Boiling and Condensation Heat Transfer (ICBCHT 12), held on June 14–17, 2026, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, USA.
The International Conference on Boiling and Condensation Heat Transfer (ICBCHT) has been a leading forum for researchers and engineers in the field of two-phase heat transfer since its inception in the early 1990s. Held approximately every three years, the conference has traveled across the globe, with past editions hosted in the United States, Canada, Germany, Jamaica, Italy, Switzerland, Brazil, Japan, and the United Kingdom, bringing together experts to share advances in boiling and condensation fundamentals, modeling, diagnostics, and applications.
Building on the legacy of this successful series, ICBCHT 12 represents a premier international forum for researchers and engineers to share the latest advances and fundamental insights in boiling and condensation heat transfer.
MIT and the city of Cambridge, USA have long been global centers of scientific and technological innovation, hosting pioneering work in thermo-fluid sciences and engineering systems.
In recent years, significant advancements have been made in both micro- and macro-scale two-phase heat transfer, with growing interest in applications such as electronics cooling, energy systems, propulsion, and advanced manufacturing. The development of new measurement and visualization techniques has allowed uncovering new phenomena. Micro- and nano-engineered surfaces have been used to enhance performance in both boiling and condensation processes. Last but not least, the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning into experimental diagnostics and predictive modeling is opening new frontiers in the understanding and optimization of phase-change heat transfer.
The objective of ICBCHT 12 is to foster discussion and disseminate cutting-edge research on fundamental phenomena, new technologies, and practical applications in boiling and condensation heat transfer. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Bubble dynamics
- Pool and flow boiling processes
- Boiling and Condensation heat transfer enhancement
- Critical Heat Flux enhancement
- Nucleate boiling in micro and macro-channels
- Convective evaporation and condensation in micro- and macro-channels
- Falling film evaporation and condensation
- Boiling and condensation of mixtures
- Two-phase heat transfer devices
- Novel two-phase measurement and visualization techniques
- Numerical simulation and modeling of boiling and condensation phenomena
- AI and machine learning applications in boiling and condensation heat transfer
Previous ICBCHT conferences and chairs:
- 1992: Santa Barbara, USA – Vijay Dhir (UCLA)
- 1995: Banff, Canada – John Chen (Lehigh U.)
- 1997: Irsee, Germany – Franz Mayinger (TU Munich)
- 2000: Alyeska, USA – Avi Bar-Cohen (U. of Minnesota)
- 2003: Montego Bay, Jamaica – James Klausner (U. of Florida)
- 2006: Spoleto, Italy – Gian Piero Celata (ENEA)
- 2009: Florianópolis, Brazil – Julio Cesar Passos (UFSC)
- 2012: Lausanne, Switzerland – John Thome (EPFL)
- 2015: Boulder, USA – Jungho Kim (U. of Maryland)
- 2018: Nagasaki, Japan – Yasuyuki Takata (Kyushu U.)
- 2023: Edinburgh, UK – Khellil Sefiane (U. of Edinburgh)
For queries, please contact icbcht12-info@mit.edu.
We look forward to welcoming you to Cambridge!