Research Team

Researcher/Postdoc

Dr. Yang Li (Marie-Curie Fellow) [Link]

Researcher, Project: Lithium-ion battery management for fast charging.

Yang is a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellow (MSCA-IF) funded by the European Commission. He obtained his Ph.D. degrees in power engineering from the Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. Before joining the team, he conducted research at NTU, the Queensland University of Technology, and the Wuhan University of Technology.

Dr. Yicun Huang (Marie-Curie Fellow) [Link]

Postdoc, Project: Modelling plating morphology in lithium-ion batteries for enhanced safety.

Yicun is a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Post-doctoral Fellow (MSCA-PF) funded by the European Commission. Mechanical Engineering from the University of Canterbury, New Zealand, and his M.Eng. from the University of Bristol, UK. His PhD project focused on continuum modelling for nanocolumn growth during low-pressure vapour deposition. Previously, his current research represents a collaboration between Chalmers, Volvo Cars, Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT), and Geely Automobile.

Dr. Xiaolei Bian [Link]

Postdoc, Project: Smart-sensor enabled battery management.

Xiaolei's research focuses on fiber optic sensing for in-situ evaluation and monitoring of lithium-ion battery cells. He was a postdoctoral researcher at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden. He obtained his PhD degree in Chemical Engineering from KTH. His current research project is a collaboration between Chalmers, Uppsala University, and Insplorion AB with funding from Chalmers Energy Area of Advance (AoA) and Batteries Sweden (BASE).

Dr. Quan Ouyang (Marie-Curie Fellow) [Link]

Researcher, Project: User behaviour-informed learning and intelligent control for charging of vehicle battery packs.

PhD Students

Yizhou Zhang [Link]

PhD student, Project: Battery ageing prediction [Link]

Yizhou is an industrial PhD student hosted by Chalmers University of Technology and China Euro Vehicle Technology (CEVT AB). His research focuses on data science and battery aging estimation. Funded by the Swedish Energy Agency, His PhD project aims to extend the lifetime and enhance the performance of the traction battery in electric vehicles. Previously, he obtained his master's degrees from the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Sweden, and the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium.

Yao Cai [Link]

PhD student, Project: Adaptive electrochemical battery modelling

Yao's research focuses on online adaptive usage of electrochemical models of lithium batteries in electric vehicles. Her PhD project involves PDE model reductions and offline/online system identification, with financial support from the Swedish Energy Agency. She achieved her master student in Electric Power Engineering at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden and was an exchange student at the Delft University of Technology, Netherlands.

Albert Škegro [Link]

PhD student, Project: Dynamic battery reconfiguration

Albert is involved in the BattVolt project funded by Mistra Innovation, which aims to implement optimal control strategies for the next generation of lithium-ion batteries, optimized for use in larger electric vehicles such as trucks and buses. This project is conducted in collaboration with SEM, Scania, and Linköping University. He was a control engineer in Rimac Automobili Ltd for 2.5 years and conducted master's studies at the University of Zagreb and the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT).

Godwin Peprah [Link]

PhD student, Project: Thermal system design and control of vehicle battery system.

Godwin obtained his MSc in Control Engineering from Sapienza University of Rome, Italy, and the BSc in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana. His PhD project aims to develop an intelligent thermal control system to allow battery operation at all climates and achieve significant performance improvements. This project is funded by the Swedish Electromobility Centre and Swedish Energy Agency, and will be a collaboration between Chalmers, Volvo AB and SCANIA.

Benedick Strugnell-Lees [Link]

PhD student, Project: Optimal usage and properties of battery storage units using 2nd life batteries.

Benedick obtained his MSc in Integrated Mechanical and Electrical Engineering at the University of Bath, UK. His PhD project is part of the Swedish Electricity Storage and Balancing Centre and represents a collaboration between Chalmers, Volvo Group Truck Technology, Volvo Energy, and BatteryLoop Technologies. During his time at the University of Bath, he worked as a part of the university's formula student electric racing team, Team Bath Racing electric (TBRe), currently the UK's #1 ranked formula student electric team.

Daniel Åke Johan Jakobsson

PhD student, Project: ML assisted ageing prediction and adaptive modelling for BMS.

Daniel obtained his MSc. degree in engineering physics and electronical engineering from the Luleå University of Technology, which was a five-year engineering program with a specialization profile for the last two years in physics and computational methods. He conducted the MSc. thesis work in 2020 at the University of Oslo and Rosseland Center for Solar Physics in the Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics. He was a Math teacher at Luleå University of Technology in 2019, an optical test engineer/analysis engineer at Veoneer, Vårgårda from 2021 to 2022, and a data engineer at Volvo Cars in 2023. His PhD is jointly supervised by Prof. Torsten Wik, Assoc. Prof. Changfu Zou, and Dr. Yicun Huang.

Francesco Popolizio

PhD student, Project: User behaviour informed optimal control for vehicle-home-grid integration.

Francesco obtained his B.Sc. degree in Automation and Computer Science Engineering and MSc. degree in M.Sc. in Automation Engineering (Robotics path), both from the Polytechnic University of Bari, Italy. He did an internship for the master's thesis project at Chalmers University of Technology in 2023. He started to be a PhD student at Chalmers in early 2024 and will be supervised by Assoc. Prof. Changfu Zou and Prof. Torsten Wik at Chalmers and Dr. Chih Feng Lee at Polestar Performance AB.

Supervisor/Examinator of MSc. Students

Vikas Gangamagala Mahanthappa and Srinidhi Sollapura Vasanna (supervised together with Yang Li at Chalmers and Suraj Danaraddi at Knightec). Thesis project: Modelling, simulation, and electrical design of a Li-ion active cell balancing system. In collaboration with Knightec AB.

Current recruitments

PhD/Postdoc Positions

I recruit PhD students usually every year and postdocs occasionally. All related information will be advertised on Vacancies at Chalmers University of Technology. Excellent and enthusiastic candidates are welcome to contact me for the possibility. Currently, one PhD student position is available.

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellows

A detailed description of Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellows can be found via Link and the document. I have successfully hosted four researchers to win the fellowships. The application deadline is in early September every year. If you are interested in this and believe you can make a strong application, please get in touch with me for the possibility before the middle of July with your CV and a pitch proposal (in a few presentation slides).

Master Thesis Projects

I supervise a few master thesis projects every year. The position and topic are usually advertised on the website of Chalmers.

Visiting Scholars

A few visiting researcher positions may open every year, usually without financial support. Welcome to get in touch for further information, for which I would expect your short CV and a brief research proposal.

Former Members

Postdoctoral Fellows/Researchers

Dr. Mingyang Pei, 2020-2021 (co-supervised by Xiaobo Qu). Now a Postdoc at the Urban Mobility Systems Group of ACE department, Chalmers

Dr. Weiji Han, 2018-2021 (main supervisor: Torsten Wik). Currently a tenure-track Associate Professor at Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

Dr. Guangzhong Dong, 2019–2020 (main supervisor: Torsten Wik). Currently an Associate Professor at Harbin Institute of Technology.

PhD Students

Chengqi She, Visiting PhD, 2019-202 (co-supervised by Torsten Wik at Chalmers and Fengchun Sun at BIT). Currently works as an Assistant Professor at the Hunan University of Science and Technology.

MSc. Students

Olof Lind Stefansson and William Olsson, 2023 (supervised together with Yang Li at Chalmers and Chih Feng Lee at Polestar). Ageing-aware fast-charging strategy for electric vehicle batteries: Increasing life expectancy of electric vehicle batteries by optimising fast charging strategies and thermal management for real-world conditions. In collaboration with Polestar Performance AB.

Shahrooz Forouhan, 2022 (supervised together with Yang Li at Chalmers and Suraj Danaraddi at Knightec). State of charge estimation of lithium-ion batteries using deep learning. In collaboration with Knightec AB.

Kalle Bjurek and Victor Hagman, 2022 (supervised together with Yang Li at Chalmers and Chih Feng Lee at Polestar). Thesis project: Impact of V2G Services on EV Battery Life. In collaboration with Polestar Performance AB. Received the MSc Thesis Award from the IEEE Joint Chapter of Power & Energy and Power Electronics.

Alexander Rydevald and Mårten Lundström, 2022 (supervised together with Torsten Wik at Chalmers and Björn Fridholm at Volvo Cars). Thesis project: Lithium-ion battery fast charging. In collaboration with Volvo Cars.

Saraswathi Vinod, 2022. Thesis project: Adaptive battery modelling and algorithm development for electrified vehicles. In collaboration with CEVT AB. Industrial supervisor: Yizhou Zhang.

Apichai Sompolpong, 2021. Currently works at Volvo AB. Thesis title: Machine learning for health prognostics of batteries. In collaboration with Volvo AB. Industrial supervisor: Faisal Altaf.

Jianyu Wang, 2021. Currently works at Volvo Cars. Thesis title: Machine learning for health prognostics of batteries. In collaboration with Volvo AB. Industrial supervisor: Faisal Altaf.

Nauman Khurshid Haider, 2021. Currently works at Knightec AB. Thesis title: Optimal control of reconfigurable multi-battery systems. In collaboration with Volvo AB. Industrial supervisor: Faisal Altaf.

Xia Zeng (supervised together with Torsten Wik at Chalmers and Xiaosong Hu at Chongqing Univ.), Visiting MSc., 2020. Currently a PhD student at Vrije Universiteit Brussel.

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