Students Mentored and Advised

University of Maryland Students Advised

Name Degree(s) Dissertation Current Employment
Yi-Lin Huang

Assistant Research Scientist (2015-2022), PhD (2015)

FUNDAMENTAL UNDERSTANDING OF SOFC CATHODE DURABILITY; A KINETICS AND CATALYSIS STUDY Doosan
Lei Zhang Assistant Research Scientist (2016-2021)   GEICO
Yunhui Gong Assistant Research Scientist (2014-2019)   CTO High-T Tech
Gil Cohn Research Scientist  (2014-2017)   Meso Scale Diagnostics
Jabbar, Mohammad Hussain Abdul postdoc   Nissan Motor Company
Yaoyu Ren postdoc (2014-2021)   Tsinghua University
Dennis McOwen postdoc (2014-2021)   Ion Storage Systems
Griffin Godbey PhD (2024)    
Jack Evans Gritton PhD (2024) INTERFACE AND STRUCTURES IN LITHIUM-GARNET QUASI-SOLID-STATE BATTERIES Daylyte Batteries
Matthew Limpert PhD (2023) STRUCTURAL AND ELECTROCHEMICAL VARIANCES IN DOPED LITHIATED CATHODES AND IONICALLY CONDUCTING SOLID STATE MATERIALS: RELATIONSHIPS IN SOLID STATE ELECTROLYTES, CATHODES, AND THE INTERFACES US Army DEVCOM APG
Changmin Shi PhD (2023) HIGH-ENERGY-DENSITY LITHIUM-SULFUR BATTERIES USING GARNET SOLID ELECTROLYTE: PERFORMANCE AND CHARACTERIZATION Brown University
Eugene Ostrovskiy PhD (2022) THE ROLES OF MATERIAL, SURFACE, & MICROSTRUCTURAL EFFECTS IN DEVELOPING CERAMICS FOR ENERGY APPLICATIONS Alchemity
Ian Robinson PhD (2022) PERFORMANCE AND ENHANCEMENT OF SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL ELECTRODES VIA SURFACE MODIFICATION Khosla Ventures
Samuel Horlick PhD (2021) TUNING THE STRUCTURE AND CHEMISTRY OF SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL ELECTRODES FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE AND STABLE OPERATION Sunfire
Wei Wu PhD (2020) TWO DIMENSIONAL (2D) LEWIS ACIDIC ZEOLITE NANOSHEETS: SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION AND APPLICATIONS IN CATALYSIS AND SEPARATION Idaho National Lab

Tanner Hamann

PhD (2019) MULTI-LAYERED, VARIABLE POROSITY SOLID- STATE LITHIUM-ION ELECTROLYTES: RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MICROSTRUCTURE AND LITHIUM-ION BATTERY PERFORMANCE Applied Physics Lab, JHU
Mann Sakbodin PhD (2019) UNDERSTANDING THE IMPACT OF HYDROGEN ACTIVATION BY SRCE 0.8ZR0.2O 3−Δ PEROVSKITE MEMBRANE MATERIAL ON DIRECT NON-OXIDATIVE METHANE CONVERSION Founding CEO, Sakbodin Property Co.
Adam Jolley PhD (2018) LATTICE MODIFICATIONS ON SOLID STATE ELECTROLYTES FOR THE OPTIMIZATION OF ION TRANSPORT NAVAIR, MD
Alireza Pesaran PhD (2018) DEVELOPMENT OF BILAYER ELECTROLYTE LT-SOFCs USING ALTERNATIVE BISMUTH OXIDES Ion Storage Systems
Patrick Stanley PhD (2018) CHARACTERIZATION OF MECHANICAL PROPERTIES AND DEFECTS OF SOLID-OXIDE FUEL CELL MATERIALS Ion Storage Systems
Thomas Hays PhD (2017) EVALUATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF MECHANICAL AND CHEMICAL RESILIENCE OF INTERMEDIATE-TEMPERATURE SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL ANODES US Naval Surface Warfare Systems, MD
Greg Hitz PhD (2016) DEVELOPMENT OF LI+ AND NA+ CONDUCTING CERAMICS AND CERAMIC STRUCTURES FOR USE IN SOLID STATE BATTERIES Ion Storage Systems
Ke-Ji Pan PhD (2016) CERAMIC MATERIALS DEVELOPMENT FOR INTERMEDIATE TEMPERATURE SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL (IT-SOFC) Bloom Energy
Chris Pelligrinelli PhD (2016) OXYGEN EXCHANGE MECHANISMS ON SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL CATHODES IN THE PRESENCE OF GAS PHASE CONTAMINANTS  Institute for Defense Analysis
Xuan Liang PhD (2015) MODIFICATION OF MIXED PROTON-ELECTRON CONDUCTORS FOR HYDROGEN TRANSPORT MEMBRANES AND INVESTIGATION OF AMMONIA ION TRANSFER MEMBRANES University of Maryland
Ashley Ruth PhD (2015) SOLID OXIDE IONIC MATERIALS FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL ENERGY CONVERSION AND STORAGE US Army CERDEC
Colin Gore PhD (2014) CERAMIC AND COMPOSITE ANODES FOR HYDROCARBON-FUELED INTERMEDIATE TEMPERATURE SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS DOE ARPA-E
Albert Painter MS (2016)   EPRI
Tyler Rae MS (2022) EXAMINATION OF A HIGHLY POROUS GEL POLYMER INTERLAYER FOR INTERFACIAL IMPROVEMENT IN SOLID STATE LITHIUM BATTERIES  

 

University of Florida Students Advised

Name Degree(s) Dissertation Current Employment
Chiara Abate MS, PhD (2008)

NOVEL RUTHENIUM PYROCHLORE MATERIALS FOR CATHODE APPLICATION IN INTERMEDIATE TEMPERATURE SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS (IT-SOFCS)

University of Messina, Italy
Jinsoo Ahn PhD (2009)

ENGINEERING HIGH PERFORMANCE INTERMEDIATE TEMPERATURE SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS

R.I.S.T., S. Korea
Eric Armstrong PhD (2010)

KINETIC AND CATALYTIC CHARACTERIZATION OF LANTHANUM FERRITES AND MANGANITES FOR GAS SENSOR AND FUEL CELL APPLICATIONS

Illumina
Sean Bishop PhD (2009)

 DEFECT EQUILIBRIA AND CHEMICAL EXPANSION IN UNDOPED AND DOPED CERIA AND STRONTIUM DOPED LANTHANUM COBALT IRON OXIDE OXYGEN CONDUCTING MATERIALS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS IN SOLID-STATE ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS

Sandia National Lab
Bryan Blackburn PhD (2009)

INVESTIGATION, DESIGN, AND COMMERCIALIZATION OF ACTIVELY-ENHANCED SOLID-STATE GAS SENSOR ARRAYS

Utility Global
Ruchita Dagadu Bagul MS (2008)

PREPARATION OF DENSE BARIUM CERATE FILM ON A PLANAR POROUS SUPPORT FOR HYDROGEN SEPARATION MEMBRANES

FEI Systems
Francesco Basoli MS (2008)   Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma
Sri Ranga Boyapati MS (2000) STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION OF SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL ELECTROLYTES Director of Advanced Packaging at AMD
Matthew Camaratta PhD (2007) MICROSTRUCTURAL ENGINEERING OF COMPOSITE CATHODE SYSTEMS FOR INTERMEDIATE AND LOW-TEMPERATURE SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS University of Florida
Aijie Chen PhD (2007) EFFECT OF CATHODE MICROSTRUCTURE ON CATHODE POLARIZATION IN SINTERED STRONTIUM-DOPED LANTHANUM MANGANITE/YTTRIA STABILIZED ZIRCONIA SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS Pacific Industrial Development Corporation 
Terry Lee Clites MS (1999)   Sr. Consulting Manufacturing Engineer at Cambridge Design Partnership

Keith Duncan

PhD (2001), postdoc MODELING THE GENERATION, DISTRIBUTION AND TRANSPORT OF POINT DEFECTS IN OXIDE MIXED IONIC- ELECTRONIC CONDUCTORS University of Maryland
Daniel Gostovic PhD (2009) A MULTI-LENGTH SCALE APPROACH TO CORRELATING SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL POROUS CATHODE MICROSTRUCTURE TO ELECTROCHEMICAL PERFORMANCE Grafana Labs

Neil Harrison

MS    
Katarzyna Jasinka MS    
Ching-Tang Hu MS (2004)   Macau Natural Gas Company
Abhishek Jaiswal PhD (2004), postdoc ELECTROCHEMICAL STUDIES ON SELECTED OXIDES FOR INTERMEDIATE TEMPERATURE- SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS TDSG Lithium-IonBattery
Doh Won Jung PhD (2009)   Samsung
Su Ho Jung MS (2001) CUBIC BISMUTH OXIDES AND THEIR APPLICATION IN LOW TEMPERATURE SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS Chief Executive Officer with Overplus Power Co.,  S. Korean
Cynthia Kan PhD (2009)   Cadmus Group
Balaji Krishnamurthy MS   Vice-President, Chevron Technical Center
Byung Lee PhD.(2010) DEVELOPMENT OF A HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPOSITE CATHODE FOR LT-SOFC Qcells USA Corp.
Chan-Woo Lee PhD.(2010) COMPUTATIONAL STUDY OF SURFACE CHARACTERISTICS AND THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY IN OXIDE MATERIALS KIER, Daejeon
Kang Taek Lee PhD (2010)

COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT OF HIGH PERFORMANCE SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS FOR INTERMEDIATE AND LOW TEMPERATURE APPLICATIONS

DGIST, S. Korea
Eric Macam MS (2006), PhD(2011) OPTIMIZATION OF LA2CUO4 SENSING ELECTRODES FOR A NOX POTENTIOMETRIC SENSOR Fullstory
Takkeun Oh PhD (2008) OPTIMIZATION OF EUROPIUM DOPANT CONCENTRATION IN STRONTIUM CERATE MIXED CONDUCTING CERAMIC MEMBRANE FOR MAXIMUM HYDROGEN PRODUCTION Hyundai, S. Korea
Jun-Young Park MS, PhD (2008) SOLID-STATE ELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF OXYGEN-ION CONDUCTING CERAMIC MATERIALS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS Sejong University, S. Korea
James Rhodes MS, PhD (2005) EFFECT OF B-SITE EUROPIUM DOPING ON THE HYDROGEN TRANSPORT PROPERTIES OF BARIUM CERATE Intel
Jeremiah Smith MS, PhD (2007) EVALUATION OF ELECTROCHEMICAL PROCESSES OCCURRING IN THE CATHODIC REACTION OF SOFCS US Patent Office, Washington DC
Sun Ju Song

PhD(2003), postdoc

MIXED PROTONIC-ELECTRONIC CONDUCTORS FOR HYDROGEN SEPARATION MEMBRANES Chonham National University, S. Korea
Regina Thai MS    
Frederick Van Assche PhD (2008) HETEROGENEOUS CATALYTIC EVALUATION AND ADSORPTION CHARACTERIZATION OF THE La2CuO4/YSZ/Pt POTENTIOMETRIC SENSOR COUPLE Lockheed Martin
Yanli Wang PhD (2008) EFFECT OF REDUCTION TREATMENT ON MICROSTRUCTURE AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF FLUORITE OXIDES Oak Ridge National Lab, TN
Briggs M White PhD (2008) SOLID-STATE POTENTIOMETRIC SENSORS FOR NITROGEN MONOXIDE, NITROGEN DIOXIDE, AND CARBON MONOXIDE DOE, NETL
Karran Woan MS   Intel
Guojing Zhang PhD (2005) SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF A NEW PROTON CONDUCTING MATERIAL AND ITS USE AS HYDROGEN SEPARATION MEMBRANE Lawrence Livermore National Lab, Berkeley, CA
Choi, Moon-Bong    

Pusan National University

Jeon, Sang-Yun      
Wen, Yang      
Yoon, Hee Sung      

 


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