Lab News (2023)
Our lab received funding for Shahriar to conduct his dissertation research on battery manufacturing at ORNL. Congratulations!
Shahriar will work under the supervision of Dr. Zhijia Du at Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Lab for a year starting January 2024.
Dec. 14th, 2023
Direct lignin fuel cell paper featured in Sustainable Energy & Fuel Recent HOT Articles
Congratulations to Fei Liu and A. Lusi, the two co-first-authors of this paper!
July 24th, 2023.
New project on hydrogen loss quantification selected for funding by DOE-EERE-HFTO
This project will investigate the quantification of hydrogen loss down to ppb-level for enhancing the safety, reliability, and environmental sustainability of hydrogen-blending natural gas pipelines. The project team includes our group at Iowa State University (lead), Dr. Shuang Gu's team at Wichita State University, Dr. Yixin Liu's team at Michigan Technological University, Dr. William Buttner's team at National Renewable Energy Laboratory, and Mr. Kevin Pease's team at Pacific Gas & Electric Company.
See the DOE news release here.
May 22nd, 2023
Paper on using acoustic-field to control 3D structures of battery electrodes has been published.
Paper "Structuring electrodes via acoustic-field-assisted particle patterning for enhanced performance of lithium-ion batteries" has been published on Journal of Materials Chemistry A. Congratulations to Yifan and Shahriar! Link to paper: https://doi.org/10.1039/D3TA01180A
May 5th, 2023
Education activities on acoustic particle patterning presented at 2023 Boone Family STEM Festival, Boone, IA
Shahriar and Yifan presented the "Art & Science of Sound" to students and families at the 2023 Boone Family STEM Festival, Boone, IA. This activity demonstrates the concepts of acoustics, vibration, and sound-matter interaction. Participants will sprinkle sand on top of a steel plate and strike a violin bow at the edge of a plate. If the strike excites a standing wave (i.e. sound) on the steel plate, the sand will form various patterns as controlled by the standing wave patterns, hence visualize the sound.
April 1st, 2023
