October 24, 2025
Wes returns to his PhD alma mater, Princeton MAE, to give a talk at their seminar series, invited by Prof. Kelsey Hatzell
October 12, 2025
Check out our group’s presentations at the 248th ECS Meeting in Chicago this week!
https://ecs.confex.com/ecs/248/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/206170
https://ecs.confex.com/ecs/248/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/211939
https://ecs.confex.com/ecs/248/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/211857
October 10, 2025
Thank you, Sam, for representing our group and showcasing our work on battery ultrasound diagnostics to improve operational safety, at the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps’ 250th Homecoming exhibits.
October 9, 2025
Our work on battery ultrasound is featured in the Fall 2025 Drexel Dragon Discoveries magazine: https://www.coe.drexel.edu/dragon-discoveries/2025/sounding-the-alarm/
September 9, 2025
This summer, our lab hosted 3 Drexel STAR Scholars, a summer research fellowship for first year undergraduate students. Tanisha Thomas, Grayson Hardwick, and Dominic Silva (left to right) did an excellent job at the end of summer Showcase poster event!
August 28, 2025
Wes is one of 5 out of over 160 applicants selected for this year’s Electrochemical Society Toyota Young Investigator Fellowship, which will fund our work on developing ultrasound tomography of sodium-ion batteries with Toyota Research Institute North America
https://www.electrochem.org/press/2025-2026-ecs-toyota-young-investigator-fellows-announced
August 19, 2025
Our work on non-contact ultrasound for electrode defect and density mapping is now published in ACS Energy Letters
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsenergylett.5c02422
June 25, 2025
The group is awarded a Doctoral New Investigator grant from the American Chemical Society to investigate fluid filling dynamics in porous materials
https://cen.acs.org/acs-news/ACS-Board-approves-80-new/103/web/2025/06
June 11, 2025
We welcome new members and celebrate some graduations at an end of year lunch
June 3, 2025
Wes is interviewed at FOX 29 Philadelphia on Southwest Airlines’ new policy for battery power banks
May 27, 2025
Andre is the lab’s first PhD candidate after passing his candidacy exam!
May 26, 2025
Wes is awarded the ORAU Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award
https://www.orau.org/partnerships/grant-programs/powe/index.html
March 12, 2025
Sam publishes the first paper from the group, seeking to make ultrasound a more accessible metrology technique to the battery research community
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2025.146012
September 6, 2024
Part of our group attends the first International Symposium on Beyond Li-Ion Batteries in Padova, Italy
August 27, 2024
Congrats to Awin Taib for successfully defending her MS Thesis!
July 29, 2024
The group gets lunch with our summer undergraduate researchers
May 22, 2024
The lab receives a Drexel Scholarly Materials and Research Equipment Award
https://drexel.edu/engineering/news-events/news/archive/2024/May/teaching-research-awards-2024
March 20, 2024
Wes’ Postdoctoral work on lithium-mediated nitrogen reduction is published in Nature Catalysis
March 5, 2024
Wes discusses the impacts of cold weather operation on batteries
Wes discusses the impacts of cold temperatures on batteries with The Conversation: https://theconversation.com/lithium-ion-batteries-dont-work-well-in-the-cold-a-battery-researcher-explains-the-chemistry-at-low-temperatures-222571
Reposted by CBS, San Francisco Chronicle and other international news outlets:
https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/lithium-ion-batteries-don-t-work-well-in-the-18704625.php
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/lithium-ion-batteries-cold-weather-expert-explains/
February 1, 2024
The group has received the 2024 Longsview Fellowship
This fellowship will support an interdisciplinary project with Prof. Ed Kim from the Department of Computer Science applying sparse coding to understand acoustic wave propagation in thin battery electrode layers
January 29, 2024
Prof. Chang is giving a seminar in MSE this Wed 1/31, 11am at LeBow 240
December 29, 2023
Glovebox setup and we’re starting to look like a battery research lab. Happy New Years!
December 21, 2023
Setting up our new lab!
December 19, 2023
Happy holidays!
October 4, 2023
Q&A on e-bike safety
October 1, 2023
Welcome new PhD Students, Andre Tayamen and Fatima Tariq!
Our first two PhD students, Andre and Fatima, officially start! Andre received his BS in Materials Science and Engineering from Northwestern. Fatima received her BS from Swarthmore in Engineering with a Minor in Chemistry.
