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While in the ASE group, Cansheng worked on modeling of thermochemical reactors.
Cansheng now works as a research engineer at BASF in China.
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>Download CVColby Jarrett completed his BS in mechanical engineering at the University of Tennessee and graduated with his Master’s degree from Georgia Tech in 2014. While in the ASE group, Colby’s research centered on thermochemical hydrogen production.
Thesis Title: Quantifying the Impact of Pump Performance, Chemical Conversion, and Material Properties on Solar Hydrogen Production
Greg is a second year graduate student working on the development of prototype components for using liquid metal as a high temperature heat transfer fluid. Greg earned his B.S. in engineering mechanics in 2013 from the UIUC. While attending UIUC, Greg participated in various activities and research related to energy sustainability. He was a committee member in the Student Sustainability Committee and helped allocate 3 million dollars to campus sustainability projects. He also worked on helical plasma research with the US Army Corps of Engineers Construction Engineering Research Laboratory and during the summers, he interned at Northrop Grumman and Caterpillar, where he worked on missile warning sensors and engine simulations respectively. Greg also led a senior design team that designed, built and tested a hydraulic hybrid bicycle that featured energy storage and regenerative braking.
Greg’s current research is focused designing, building and testing a compact heat sink that can transfer heat from liquid metal at 1500°C to oil at room temperature. The heat sink relies on radiation between the hot and cold finned tubes in order to avoid high thermal stresses from convective exchange. The challenges are using materials that are compatible with molten metal while having a large thermal conductivity to allow effective heat transfer. Greg is also investigating ways to control temperatures within the heat sink and adjust for different experimental conditions. The heat sink research has further potential regarding high temperature heat exchangers that can be used to transfer stored thermal energy to power cycle working fluids in the context of high temperature concentrated solar power (CSP). Ultimately he is interested working in a national laboratory environment researching sustainable energy solutions.
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Sanzida Sultana is Ph.D. candidate working on developing a scalable manufacturing method of fabricating high thermal conductivity composites, where she is co-advised by professor Kyriaki Kalaitzidou. She earned her B.S. in 2009 from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) and M.S. in 2013 from Tuskegee University in Mechanical Engineering. Sanzida’s masters research involved synthesis and characterization of polymer electrolyte membranes for fuel cell applications. Currently she is working on high thermal conductivity polymer composite synthesis and characterization. Her goal is to design and implement a scalable manufacturing process to achieve the desired mechanical and thermal properties. Her long term research interests include energy storage devices and multi-functional polymer composites.
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