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Materials Development
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering xingbo.liu@mail.wvu.edu
Solid-electrolytes for Li-ion & Na-ion batteries
Novel coatings for the SOFC interconnects
Direct utilization of coal syngas in SOFCs
Modeling of the SOFC cathode
R&D Magazine R&D 100 Award 2011.
Early Career Faculty Fellow Award,
Minerals, Metals, & Materials Society, 2010.
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Department of Orthopedics
Nano-layered solid sorbents for carbon capture
Multiple functional nano-coatings
WC-Co nanoparticles in initiating angiogenesis by reactive oxygen species.
The Berton Rahn Prize, AO Foundation, Switzerland, 2011 National Science Foundation Fellowship, NSF Summer Institute on Nano Mechanics and Materials, 2007
ORISE Faculty Fellow at the National Energy Technology Laboratory, Morgantown, WV
565 Chemistry Research Labs
Co-PI on EPSCoR grant “Improving Water Management, Treatment and Recovery in Oil and Gas Production”, joint WVU/U. Kansas project, $3.9M for 4 years.
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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Ph.D. Materials Science and Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, 2001B.S. Ceramic Science and Engineering, Ohio State University, 1996.He completed his Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering at The Pennsylvania State University in 2001. Dr. Sabolsky's work at Penn State focused on ceramic processing and properties of high strain piezoelectric ceramics.
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Fulbright Senior Lecturer, 1994-1995, Dept. of Aeronautical Engineering, METU, Turkey. Meritorious Service Award by American Society of Mechanical Engineers ICE Division, 2001.Fellow of American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2004.
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Hayri Sezer, Research Engineer
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Hayri.Sezer@mail.wvu.edu
1D and 2D heat transfer modeling of Na-S batteries
Impedance and polarization analysis of Na-S battery cells
Stack level computational tool development using Matlab Simulink.
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Xueyan Song, Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Transmission electron microscopy centered primarily on energy materials
Thermoelectric materials and devices
Novel ceramic materials for energy applications
Structure and property relations in materials
National Science Foundation Career Award, 2013
Air Force Faculty Fellowship, 2010.
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WVU National Research Center for Coal and Energy
Energy and environmental research program development and administration, technical communications, public affairs
Gold Award, Association for Communication Excellence, 2005
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Kathleen Cullen, Coordinator,
Development of Major and Interdisciplinary Research Initiatives, WVU Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources
Federal contract management and reporting
Students
For advisor Ismail Celik
Engin Baran, MS, Topic: Equivalent circuit modeling of NaSICON battery grid storage units, graduated May 2015
Jerry Hunter Mason, PhD, Topic: Detailed physics-based modeling of NaSICON batteries
Mehmet Aygun, MS, Topic: Thermal modeling of NaS battery
Fan Wu, MS, Topic: Physics-based lumped modeling of NaSICON batteries, graduated May 2014
Vicente D. Munoz-Carpio, PhD, Topic: Numerical and Experimental Study of Lead-Acid Battery
Hayri Sezer, PhD, Topic: Fuel Cell and Battery Modeling
For advisor Bingyun Li
Jinahua Yan, PhD, Topic: Self-assembly of composites as cathode materials for battery operations
For advisor Xingbo Liu
Yue Zhou, MS, Topic: Solid Composite Electrolyte to Improve Safety of Li-Ion Batteries for Grid Energy Storage
Yuchen Liu, Summer Undergraduate Intern, Topic: LLTO electrolyte for grid energy storage
Meng Yao, PhD, Topic: High energy density anode for batteries
Maria Arrango, MS, Topic: Tuning the Electrical and Thermal Conductivities of Thermoelectric
Oxides through Impurity Doping
For advisor Xiaodong “Mike” Shi (now at University South Florida)
All PhD students who are contributing to triazole ionic liquid development and new triazole-based metal complexes for electrochemical reactions
Rong Cai, PhD, Topic: Ionic liquids as the electrolyte for Li-ion and Na-ion batteries
Boliang Dong, PhD, Topic: Triazole Ionic Liquid Development--New Triazole-based Metal Complexes for Electrochemical Reactions
Stephen Motika, PhD, Topic: Triazole Ionic Liquid Development--New Triazole-based Metal Complexes for Electrochemical Reactions
Sravan Kumar Thummanapelli, PhD, Topic: Triazole Ionic Liquid Development--New Triazole-based Metal Complexes for Electrochemical Reactions
Qiaoyi Wang, PhD, Topic: Triazole Ionic Liquid Development--New Triazole-based Metal Complexes for Electrochemical Reactions
XiaohanYe, PhD, Topic: Triazole Ionic Liquid Development--New Triazole-based Metal Complexes for Electrochemical Reactions
For advisor Xueyan Song
Maria Arrango, MS, Topic: Investigation of the microstructure of the composite materails for electrochemical energy storage
Paulo Sergio Calvillo Gonzalez, PhD, Topic: Microstructural Characterization
Deigo Palacio, PhD, Topic: Microstructural Characterization
Chen Song, PhD, Topic: Nanostructure and Chemistry Evolution of Solid Oxide Fuel Cells upon Cell Operation
For advisor Nancy Trudel (and former ESRC member Patricia Lee)
Evan Conard, law, Topic: Entrepreneurship & Innovation Law Clinic
Karen Coombe, law, Topic: Entrepreneurship & Innovation Law Clinic, Copyrights
Michael Powell, law, Topic: Entrepreneurship & Innovation Law Clinic, Intellectual Property Protection