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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/td>\nDr. Emily M. Ryan (CV)<\/a><\/b>
\nryanem@bu.edu
\n(617) 353 – 7767
\nProfessor, Department of Mechanical Engineer
\nDivision of Materials Science and Engineering
\nDuan Family Faculty Fellow, Faculty of Computing and Data Science
\nAssociate Director, Institute for Global Sustainability
\nAssociate Director, Kilachand Honors College<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

Graduate Students<\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/td>\nElyssa Penson (CV)<\/a><\/strong>
\nemp019@bu.edu
\nEducation<\/b>
\nB.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Bucknell University, 2021
\nCurrent Research<\/b>
\nComputational modeling and quantitative analysis of metal electrodeposition structure<\/span><\/p>\n
<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\n<\/a>Raina Tung<\/b>
\nkrtung@bu.edu
\nEducation<\/b>
\nB.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Boston\u00a0University, 2024<\/span>
\nCurrent Research<\/b>
\nComputational modeling of dendrite growth in structured electrolyte of metal batteries<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\nDaniel Ellis<\/b>
\ndanellis@bu.edu
\nEducation<\/b>
\nB.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Mississippi State University, 2025<\/span>
\nCurrent Research<\/b>
\nDevelopment of meso-scale computational models for redox flow batteries<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

Undergraduate Students<\/h2>\n<\/td>\n

<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nMaya Lobel
\n<\/b>mrlobel@bu.edu
\nEducation<\/b>
\nB.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Boston University
\nCurrent Research<\/b>
\nModeling the effect of pulse charging protocols on dendrite growth in Lithium metal batteries<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Alumni<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
\n

Dr. Madison Morey<\/b>
\nGroup Position: Ph.D. Graduate Student
\nThesis Title: Understanding Surface Characteristics and their Effects on Dendrite Growth at the Anode-Electrolyte Interface of Lithium Batteries<\/p>\n

Dr. Ziqing (Jack) Zhao<\/b>
\nGroup Position: Ph.D. Graduate Student
\nThesis Title: Optimizing Machine Learning for Engineering: The Importance of Algorithm Selection<\/p>\n

Maya Lobel
\n<\/b>Group Position: Undergraduate Student
\nResearch Topic: Modeling the effect of pulse charging protocols on dendrite growth in Lithium metal batteries<\/p>\n

Dr. Andrew Cannon<\/b>
\nGroup Position: Ph.D. Graduate Student
\nThesis Title: Understanding Transport Effects on Dendrite Formation<\/p>\n

Trevor Melsheimer<\/b>
\nGroup Position: Undergraduate Student
\nResearch Topic: Modeling the effect of pulse charging protocols on dendrite growth in Lithium metal batteries<\/p>\n

Sofiya Filippova<\/b>
\nGroup Position: Undergraduate Student
\nResearch Topic: Computational modeling of carbon capture systems, aided by machine learning<\/p>\n

Amanda Baumann<\/b>
\nGroup Position: Undergraduate Student
\nResearch Topic: Computational modeling of carbon capture systems, aided by machine learning<\/p>\n

John Loftus<\/b>
\nGroup Position: Undergraduate Student
\nResearch Topic: Computational modeling of dendrite growth in Li metal batteries<\/p>\n

Dr. Kathy Dupre<\/b>
\nGroup Position: Ph.D. Graduate Student
\nThesis Title: Relating Porous Media Structure To The Darcy-Forchheimer Model<\/p>\n

Dr. Erin Arai<\/b>
\nGroup Position: Ph.D. Graduate Student
\nThesis Title: Modeling Surface Tension Dominated Interfacial Dynamics using Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics<\/p>\n

David Wagner<\/b>
\nGroup Position: M.S. Graduate Student
\nResearch Topic: Modeling of operation and degredation of SOFCs<\/p>\n

Sandra Abago<\/b>
\nGroup Position: M.S. Graduate Student
\nResearch Topic: Thermodynamic modeling of reactions and degredation in SOFCs<\/p>\n

Dr. William Lane<\/b>
\nGroup Position: Ph.D. Graduate Student
\nResearch Topic: Sub-grid filtering models for heat transfer in multiphase flows<\/p>\n

Dr. Jinwang Tan<\/b>
\nGroup Position: Ph.D. Graduate Student
\nResearch Topic: Operation and degradation of advanced battery technologies<\/p>\n

Carlos H. P. Coutinho<\/b>
\nGroup Position: Undergraduate Student
\nResearch Topic: Kinetics, charge and mass transport of the cathode in SOFCs<\/p>\n

Katie Henshaw<\/b>
\nGroup Position: High-School Research Intern (RISE)
\nResearch Topic: Modeling degradation of Li-air battery cathodes<\/p>\n

Luis B. Luque<\/b>
\nGroup Position: Undergraduate Student
\nResearch Topic: Modeling heat transfer in multiphase flows; Simulating an activated carbon fluidized bed reactor<\/p>\n

Christopher Moulder<\/b>
\nGroup Position: M.S. Graduate Student
\nResearch Topic: Uncertainty quantification and analysis of multiphase flows<\/p>\n

Tatiana Sokolinski<\/b>
\nGroup Position: M.S. Graduate Student
\nResearch Topic: Materials informatics of liquid crystals for advanced batteries<\/p>\n

Emily Broude<\/b>
\nGroup Position: High-School Research Intern (RISE)
\nResearch Topic: Modeling the effects of pore geometry in lithium air batteries<\/p>\n

Benjamin A. Schrage<\/b>
\nGroup Position: M.S. Graduate Student
\nResearch Topic: Modeling the operation and degradation of solid-oxide fuel cells<\/p>\n

Kelsey R. Bilsback<\/b>
\nGroup Position: Undergraduate Research Assistant
\nResearch Topic: Modeling heat transfer in two-phase fluidized beds<\/p>\n

Adit Namdev<\/b>
\nGroup Position: High-School Research Intern (RISE)
\nResearch Topic: Modeling the effects of tortuosity in lithium air batteries<\/p>\n

Mascot<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n
\"BAILEY\"<\/td>\nBailey<\/b> (2007-2022)
\nBailey was the orignial lab mascot and was with the lab for its first 12 years. RIP.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"WhiskeyGus\"<\/td>\nWhiskey Gus<\/b> (2023-present)
\nGus is the new lab mascot and is doing his best to fill Bailey’s paws.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dr. Emily M. Ryan (CV) ryanem@bu.edu (617) 353 – 7767 Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineer Division of Materials Science and Engineering Duan Family Faculty Fellow, Faculty of Computing and Data Science Associate Director, Institute for Global Sustainability Associate Director, Kilachand Honors College Graduate Students Elyssa Penson (CV) emp019@bu.edu Education B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Bucknell University, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21681,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/no-sidebars.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/cel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/cel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/cel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/cel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21681"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/cel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/cel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":184,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/cel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10\/revisions\/184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/cel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}