Principal Investigator: Dr. Luca Mastropasqua
Biography Josh is a Chemical Engineering PhD student in the HERD lab. He holds bachelor’s degrees in both chemical and biological engineering from Montana State University-Bozeman. Josh’s graduate studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have focused on utilizing solid oxide electrolyze cells to perform co-electrolysis on syngas. This research will be used to help decarbonize …
Biography Visiting Ph.D. student from Politecnico di Milano (Italy) Expertise: Solid oxide electrolysis and long-duration storage
Biography Eric is a PhD candidate in Mechanical Engineering at UW–Madison. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. His research focuses include system simulation of sustainable ammonia synthesis and various industrial applications of ceramic ion conductors.
Biography Irfan is a MSc student at the HERD Lab. He holds a bachelor’s degree from UW–Madison in Mechanical Engineering with a certificate in Data Science. His focus is on computational engineering, specifically finite volume and finite element methods. He previously worked in battery thermal management simulations, tuning flow channels to maintain a threshold maximum …
Biography Minkyoung is a Mechanical Engineering Ph.D. student in the HERD Lab. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering from Ewha Womans University, where she conducted simulation studies on ammonia-fueled hybrid systems combining solid oxide fuel cells and internal combustion engines. Her research focuses on solid acid electrolytes and the electrochemical depolymerization …
Biography Expertise: Optimization of hydrogen refuelling stations
Biography Zilong is a Mechanical Engineering Ph.D. student at the HERD Lab. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Resource Recycling Science and Engineering from Hunan Normal University in 2017, and a master’s degree in Materials Science from the Changsha Research Institute of Mining and Metallurgy in 2020, where his research focused on lithium-ion batteries. He …