Active Research Areas

Annealing of Thermally Conductive FFF Parts

Using commercial thermally conductive polymer filaments to understand the process-structure-property relationship between post print annealing and thermal conductivity. Funding: Army Research Office/Army Research Laboratory

Thermally Conductive Polymer Composite

Designing and processing thermally conductive polylactic acid (PLA) – hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) composite for use as a printable filament. Funding: Army Research Office/Army Research Laboratory

Low Tortuous Carbon Electrodes

Creating aligned pores throughout activated carbon slurries via magnetically aligned emulsions. Previous Funding: Rogers Corporation

High-Capacity Silicon Electrodes

Designing silicon/carbon electrodes that achieve high specific capacities. Previous Funding: Rogers Corporation

Previous Research Areas

Freeze-casting of Carbon Electrodes

Utilizing freeze-casting procedures to create highly aligned pores in electrodes for use in galvanic battery and supercapacitor systems. 

Modelling Droplet Creation

Created an analytical model for the creation of water droplets off a spinning disk. Previous Funding: Thermobionics

Self-Similar Superhydrophobic Coatings

Development of robust hydrophobic coatings with hierarchical roughness and chemical apolarity. Previous Funding: Thermobionics