Alumni - Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion Laboratory

Yasser Ashraf Gandomi

Yasser completed his PhD in December 2018 and is a senior battery scientist.

James Bothe

James served as a postdoctoral associate for the lab until October 2011 and is an instructor at Stark State College.

Ozgur Cekmer

Ozgur received his PhD in summer 2015 and is a Post-Doc at Aix-Marseille University.

Subhadeep Chakraborty

Subhadeep Chakrabortry

Subhadeep served as a post doctoral associate for the lab until fall 2012 and is an associate professor in the mechanical, aerospace, and biomedical engineering department at the University of Tennessee.

Kyu Taek Cho

Kyu served as a post doctoral associate for the lab until October 2010 and is an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Northern Illinois University.

Abel Chuang

Abel served as a post-doctoral research associate in 2002 and is an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at the University of California, Merced.

Jason Clement

Jason received his PhD on October 13, 2016 and is a staff design engineer at Kaleidoscope Innovation and Product Design.

Cyrus Daugherty

Cyrus completed his PhD on November 9, 2020.

Qunlong Dong

Qunlong earned his PhD in summer 2006 and is a technology specialist, senior staff engineer at Volvo Group Trucks Technology.

Suhao He

Suhao earned his PhD in May 2007 and is a regional technology manager for Corning.

Tugrul Ertugrul

Tugrul earned his PhD in December 2021 and is a postdoctoral researcher at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

Jake Houser

Jake earned his PhD in November 2018 and is a general engineer at the U.S. Army DEVCOM C5ISR Center.

Manish Khandelwal

Manish earned his PhD in November 2008 and is a senior scientist for UTC.

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Saiid Kassaee

Saiid completed his PhD in the spring of 2021 and is a equipment and tools engineer at Boeing.

Soowhan Kim

Soowhan served as a post doctoral associate in the lab until June 2009 and is a principal researcher and fellow at OCI Corporation.

E. Caglan Kumbur

After completing his PhD under Matthew Mench, Caglan served as the associate director of the lab until September 2009. He is an associate professor and recipient of an NSF Early Career Development CAREER Award in the department of mechanical engineering and mechanics at Drexel University, Philadelphia.

Jake LaManna

Jake received his PhD in fall 2014, and is a physicist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).

Qingha Liu

Qingha served as a post doctoral associate for the lab until fall 2012, and is chief technology officer of a battery start-up company in China.

Michael Manahan

Michael received his PhD in spring 2013 and is a research associate at Penn State University.

Shiqi Ou

Shiqi (Shawn) Ou

Shiqi received his PhD on October 30, 2015, and is a faculty member at the School of Future Technology at the South China University of Technology.

Jon Owejan

Jon received his PhD in spring 2014, and is an associate professor of mechanical and electrical engineering at Alfred State University.

Alan Pezeshki

Alan received his PhD on July 29, 2016, and is chief technology officer for Peroxygen Systems, Inc.

Rama Ramasamy

Rama served as a research associate in the lab from Dec 2005 to July 2008 and is a professor and associate dean of academic affairs and assessment at University of Georgia.

Erin Redmond

Erin served as a post-doctoral assistant for the lab until December 2014 and is a membrane technologist at W.L. Gore and Associates.

Anirban Roy

Anirban received his PhD in summer 2024 and is a postdoctoral researcher at National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).

Preetam Sharma

Preetam received his PhD in summer 2024 and is a postdoctoral researcher in the EESC.

Abdulkader (AK) Srouji

AK received his PhD in spring 2013 and is a principal battery scientist at Romeo Power.

Ahmet Turhan

Ahmet received his PhD under Matthew Mench and served as the post doctoral associate for the lab until spring 2013. He is a senior design engineer at ASELSAN Inc. in Turkey.

Feng-Yuan Zhang

Feng Yuan Zhang

Feng served as a post doctoral associate for the lab until fall 2012 and is a professor in the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Tennessee.

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