RESEARCH Philosophy

At Sustainable Energy Systems Lab, we envision sustainability to be at the center of everything we try to do. Although batteries are an important part of more sustainable energy and transportation ecosystems with less environmental impact than their fossil fuel-based counterparts, we recognize that there needs to be more effort towards using truly sustainable and environmentally benign materials in the next generation battery systems. We are interested in contributing to the development of sustainable solutions and decarbonization efforts beyond our core research in batteries, including carbon capture and conversion, hybrid electric and all-electric aircrafts, and electrolyzers for hydrogen production. We welcome any opportunity to collaborate with researchers, both in academia and private sector, working on developing and commercializing sustainable environmentally friendly technologies. 

We are committed to build and sustain a diverse research group. We welcome everyone, and particularly interested in getting underrepresented minorities involved in our research activities.

research overview

Image 1. Building Better Batteries - fundamental to applications - fabrication process to system level solutions - mathematical modeling to measurements. Image 1 ​ text version

Image 2. Multiscale modeling of batteries - new materials and next generation architectures to get the most out of batteries
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Fundamental research on vortex shedding mechanisms and mechanistic understanding of heat transfer at the solid/fluid interface using both experimental measurements and CFD simulations