{"id":1584,"date":"2016-11-16T15:01:33","date_gmt":"2016-11-16T20:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/igs\/?post_type=profile&#038;p=1584"},"modified":"2026-05-01T09:51:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T13:51:00","slug":"emily-m-ryan","status":"publish","type":"profile","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/igs\/profile\/emily-m-ryan\/","title":{"rendered":"Emily M. Ryan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Emily M. Ryan<span>, Associate Director with the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability (IGS) and<\/span>\u00a0Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science &amp; Engineering at Boston University, received her PhD in mechanical engineering from Carnegie Mellon University in 2009, where her dissertation research focused on numerical modeling of chromium poisoning in the cathode of a solid oxide fuel cell. After graduating from Carnegie Mellon she worked as a post-doctoral research associate and staff computational scientist in the Computational Mathematics and Engineering group at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Since joining Boston University in 2012, she founded the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Computational Energy Laboratory (CEL)<\/a>. CEL uses multi-physics computational methods to investigate alternative and advanced energy technologies.<\/p>\n<p>Her research focuses on developing computational models of reactive transport, fluid mechanics, heat transfer and electrochemistry to investigate the design and operation of energy-related systems, such as high temperature fuel cells, advanced battery technologies, diesel engines, subsurface transport and post combustion carbon capture. Understanding the accuracy of the models through validation, verification and uncertainty quantification (VVUQ) is integral to the development of computational models of physical systems. As such her research includes VVUQ and the application of statistical tools to computationally complex systems.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to physical models, Dr. Ryan also researches the use of computational materials design through materials informatics. The use of data-driven materials design promises to greatly reduce materials development time and expand material possibilities for specific applications.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Main research areas:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Development of computational models of complex systems<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reactive transport, porous media, electrochemistry, heat transfer<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Multi-scale modeling and upscaling methodologies<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Validation, verification and uncertainty quantification<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Computational materials design<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Use of informatics techniques for materials discovery<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Applications to energy related systems<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Degradation in electrochemical systems<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cavitation in fuel injectors<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Design of post combustion carbon capture systems<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Performance of advanced battery systems<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reactive transport in the subsurface<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>PhD, Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 2005-2009<br \/>\nMS, Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 2008<br \/>\nBS, Mechanical Engineering, Tufts University, 2000-2004<\/p>\n<a href='https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/profile\/emily-ryan-ph-d\/' class='button '>Continue reading Professor Ryan&#039;s profile<\/a>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h3 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Publications<\/h3><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=s2-_Z1MAAAAJ&amp;hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">View Google Scholar profile \u2192<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h3 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Media Commentary<\/h3><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>The Brink<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/articles\/2024\/the-race-to-a-battery-powered-future\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Race to a Battery-Powered Future<\/a>, January 18, 2024<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11107,"template":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/igs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/1584"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/igs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/igs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/profile"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/igs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11107"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/igs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/1584\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25323,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/igs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/1584\/revisions\/25323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/igs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}