Energy storage
Student projects focused on energy storage
Sven Burke
Ph.D. student, Materials Science and Engineering
Anthony Cheng
Ph.D. student, Engineering and Public Policy
“I am studying how an exponential rise in electric vehicles—such as proposed by the Biden Administration—will change battery supply chains in the face of geopolitical risks and national security concerns, from critical minerals sourcing to cell and pack manufacturing, and how this will direct development of future battery chemistries.”
Turner Cotterman
Ph.D. student, Engineering and Public Policy
“In my research, I am working with top OEMS and suppliers and the Automotive Workers Union to collect shop-floor level production data that will quantify the labor demand and skill implications of the transition to electrified vehicles, including the task-level implications for shifts in skills and thus manufacturing worker training.”
Lily Hanig
Ph.D. student, Engineering and Public Policy
“I build optimization models for electric vehicle charging station placement for high electric vehicle penetration scenarios to understand how the least-cost distribution of chargers differs from the most-equitable distribution of chargers. The goal of this research is to identify how charger station placement impacts vehicle-level ability to evacuate during disasters.”
Sofia Martinez
Ph.D. student, Civil and Environmental Engineering
“My research seeks to quantify the costs and emissions saved from electrifying the U.S. bus fleet and how these parameters vary with how quickly this transition is accomplished given that in the near future the price of battery technology should decrease and the electricity grid will get cleaner than it is today.”