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ABSTRACTThe development of powerful and compact electronics has taxed current thermal management systems to their limit. However, electronic performance is closely related to operating temperature and thus improvements in cooling systems can greatly improve the performance of many components. The e ects of digitized heat transfer using electrowetting on a dielectric were investigated in this paper. It was found that droplets maintained higher Nusselt numbers than continuous low and exhibited oscillations correlated to the circulation length which dampened out over time. Furthermore, droplets displayed heat transfer characteristics that were heavily dependent on the aspect ratio of the droplet where higher aspect ratios exhibited higher Nusselt numbers. In all cases, droplet Nusselt number was greater than the continuous Graetz ow. Using the results found here, droplet paths