Abstract: A thermal management system of a battery module includes a thermally conductive plate where one or more cells associated with the battery module are in thermal contact with a first side of the thermally conductive plate and where a coolant with ferromagnetic materials is configured to flow in thermal contact with a second side of the thermally conductive plate. One or more coils configured at predefined positions in the battery module are on the first side of the thermally conductive plate where, in an event of heating of the one or more cells, the one or more coils are configured to get electromagnetically induced upon actuation by a DC current. One or more electromagnetically-induced coils on the first side of the thermally conductive plate are adapted to attract the ferromagnetic materials of the coolant toward the second side of the thermally conductive plate.

Abstract: Methods can prepare tissue engineering scaffolds that include a plurality of biocompatible core/shell microspheres linked together to form a three-dimensional matrix. The matrix can include a plurality of pores for growing cells. The biocompatible microspheres can include first and second sets of microspheres. The first set of microspheres can have a first characteristic, and a first predetermined spatial distribution with respect to the three-dimensional matrix. The second set of microspheres can have a second characteristic that is different from the first characteristic, and a second predetermined spatial distribution that is different from the first predetermined spatial distribution with respect to the three-dimensional matrix.