Principal Investigator

Dr. Emily M. Ryan (CV)
ryanem@bu.edu
(617) 353 - 7767

Education
Ph.D in Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 2009
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 2008
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Tufts University, 2004

Current Research
Development of meso-scale, device-scale and multi-scale models for energy systems

Graduate Students

Madison Morey (CV)
mmorey@bu.edu

Education
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Merrimack College, 2019

Current Research
Computational modeling of dendrite growth and nucleation in lithium batteries

Ziqing (Jack) Zhao (CV)
jack7z@bu.edu

Education
B.A. in Mathematics, Hampshire College, 2017

Current Research
Machine learning aided CFD

Undergraduate Students

Maya Lobel

mrlobel@bu.edu

Education
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Boston University

Current Research
Modeling the effect of pulse charging protocols on dendrite growth in Lithium metal batteries

Alumni

Dr. Andrew Cannon
Group Position: Ph.D. Graduate Student
Thesis Title: Understanding Transport Effects on Dendrite Formation

Trevor Melsheimer
Group Position: Undergraduate Student
Research Topic: Modeling the effect of pulse charging protocols on dendrite growth in Lithium metal batteries

Sofiya Filippova
Group Position: Undergraduate Student
Research Topic: Computational modeling of carbon capture systems, aided by machine learning

Amanda Baumann
Group Position: Undergraduate Student
Research Topic: Computational modeling of carbon capture systems, aided by machine learning

John Loftus
Group Position: Undergraduate Student
Research Topic: Computational modeling of dendrite growth in Li metal batteries

Dr. Kathy Dupre
Group Position: Ph.D. Graduate Student
Thesis Title: Relating Porous Media Structure To The Darcy-Forchheimer Model

Dr. Erin Arai
Group Position: Ph.D. Graduate Student
Thesis Title: Modeling Surface Tension Dominated Interfacial Dynamics using Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics

David Wagner
Group Position: M.S. Graduate Student
Research Topic: Modeling of operation and degredation of SOFCs

Sandra Abago
Group Position: M.S. Graduate Student
Research Topic: Thermodynamic modeling of reactions and degredation in SOFCs

Dr. William Lane
Group Position: Ph.D. Graduate Student
Research Topic: Sub-grid filtering models for heat transfer in multiphase flows

Dr. Jinwang Tan
Group Position: Ph.D. Graduate Student
Research Topic: Operation and degradation of advanced battery technologies

Carlos H. P. Coutinho
Group Position: Undergraduate Student
Research Topic: Kinetics, charge and mass transport of the cathode in SOFCs

Katie Henshaw
Group Position: High-School Research Intern (RISE)
Research Topic: Modeling degradation of Li-air battery cathodes

Luis B. Luque
Group Position: Undergraduate Student
Research Topic: Modeling heat transfer in multiphase flows; Simulating an activated carbon fluidized bed reactor

Christopher Moulder
Group Position: M.S. Graduate Student
Research Topic: Uncertainty quantification and analysis of multiphase flows

Tatiana Sokolinski
Group Position: M.S. Graduate Student
Research Topic: Materials informatics of liquid crystals for advanced batteries

Emily Broude
Group Position: High-School Research Intern (RISE)
Research Topic: Modeling the effects of pore geometry in lithium air batteries

Benjamin A. Schrage
Group Position: M.S. Graduate Student
Research Topic: Modeling the operation and degradation of solid-oxide fuel cells

Kelsey R. Bilsback
Group Position: Undergraduate Research Assistant
Research Topic: Modeling heat transfer in two-phase fluidized beds

Adit Namdev
Group Position: High-School Research Intern (RISE)
Research Topic: Modeling the effects of tortuosity in lithium air batteries

Mascot

Bailey (2007-2022)
Bailey was the orignial lab mascot and was with the lab for its first 12 years. RIP.

Whiskey Gus (2023-present)
Gus is the new lab mascot and is doing his best to fill Bailey's paws.