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