We are an interdisciplinary team who is passionate about research in electrochemical energy systems. Currently, PhD student positions are available in our group to work on exciting projects related to redox flow batteries. If you are interested please contact Dr. Agar with your CV. We look forward to working with you!!!
Shabdiki Chaurasia
Ph.D. Candidate (Energy Engineering)
Thesis: Flow-Assisted Electrochemical Systems for Redox-Mediated Water Electrolysis and Industrial Decarbonization
Sergio Freeman
Ph.D. Candidate (Energy Engineering)
Thesis: Toward a Zero-Carbon New England Power Systems – Planning with Wind, Solar, Energy Storage and Electric Vehicles
Henning Hoene
Ph.D. Student (Mechanical Engineering) — Co-advised with Prof. Xinfang Jin
Thesis: Mathematical modeling of redox-targeting flow batteries
Dan Rourke
Ph.D. Candidate (Energy Engineering)
Thesis: Enabling Deep Decarbonization through Redox-Mediated Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion Systems
Eylul Ergun
Ph.D. Student (Energy Engineering)
Research: Elucidating indirect redox-mediated reactions for high energy density flow batteries
Email: Eylul_Ergun@student.uml.edu
Alumni
Dr. Sourabh Kulkarni
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering – Spring 2024 — Primary Advisor: Prof. Ramaswamy Nagarajan
Current Position: Senior Research Engineer at CertainTeed
Thesis: Flame Retardant and Multi-Functional Fabrics Enabled by Bio-inspired Materials
Ashley Caiado
B. Sc.& M.Sc. Mechanical Engineering – Spring 2024
Current Position: Research Engineer Skyhaven Systems
Research: Investigating property/function/performance relationship of carbon cloth electrodes for all-vanadium redox flow batteries
Dr. Sundar Rajan Aravamuthan
Postdoctoral Researcher – Fall 2023
Current Position: Senior Scientist at Nash Energy Private Limited
Ph.D. in Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
Dr. Shyam Pahari
Postdoctoral Researcher – Fall 2023
Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Dr. Tugba Ceren Gokoglan Barut
Ph.D. Energy Engineering – Spring 2022
Current Position: Senior Battery Engineer at Aspen Aerogel
Thesis: Non-Aqueous Redox Flow Batteries with Mushroom-Derived Active Materials
Joe Egitto
M.Sc. Energy Engineering – Spring 2021
Current Position: Recipe Engineer at Moderna
Thesis: High energy density redox-mediated flow batteries with a bio-inspired electrolyte
Eduardo Cartagena
B.Sc. Chemical Engineering – Spring 2021
Current Position: Battery Engineering Specialist at Caterpillar
Research: Investigating the reaction kinetics of mushroom-inspired vanadium compounds for non-aqueous flow batteries
Dr. Mahnaz Nourani
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering – Spring 2020
Current Position: Battery Algorithm Development Engineer at Apple
Thesis: Understanding critical factors underpinning electrode degradation in vanadium redox flow batteries
Zach Traverso
M.Sc. Energy Engineering – Spring 2020
Current Position: Senior Energy Market Analyst at PowerOptions, Inc.
Research: Exploring the product-to-market fit exploration for bio-inspired RFBs
Andrew Hamel
B.Sc Student (Chemical Engineering)
Research: Spectro-electrochemical characterization of flow battery electrolytes
Email: Andrew_Hamel@student.uml.edu
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