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Partha P. Mukherjee

School of Mechanical Engineering Purdue University West Lafayette, IN 47907-2088, USA

Phone: 765-494-2219 (Office) E-mail: pmukherjee@purdue.edu mukherjee.pp@gmail.com

Research Interests

Electrochemical energy storage and conversion; Mesoscale computational physics and stochastics of physicochemical transport, flow, chemistry, thermal, and mechanics interactions; Processing – microstructure – property relationships in energy materials and manufacturing

Education

Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, 2007 Dissertation: Pore-Scale Modeling and Analysis of the Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell Catalyst Layer Advisor: Professor Chao-Yang Wang

M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India, 1999 Dissertation: Modeling and Simulation of Enhanced Oil Recovery from Porous Formations Advisor: Professor Gautam Biswas

B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Jalpaiguri Government Engineering College, University of North Bengal, 1997 Dissertation: Conceptual Design of Central Tower Receiver for a Solar Power Plant Advisor: Professor P. S. Banerjee

Experience

Associate Professor School of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, 08/2017 - present

Assistant Professor & Morris E. Foster Faculty Fellow II Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University (TAMU), 04/2016 – 07/2017

Assistant Professor Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University (TAMU), 01/2012 – 07/2017

Affiliate Faculty, Energy Institute, Texas A&M University, 2014 – present

Affiliate Faculty, Institute for Scientific Computation, Texas A&M University, 2012 – present

Staff Scientist Computational Engineering and Energy Sciences Group, Computer Science and Mathematics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), 2009 – 2011

Affiliate Faculty, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech, 2010 – 2011

Affiliate Faculty, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2010 – 2011

Director’s Research Fellow Joint affiliation with Electrochemical Devices Group (Materials Physics & Applications Division), and Computational Earth Sciences Group (Earth & Environmental Sciences Division), Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), 2008 – 2009

Research Assistant Electrochemical Engine Center (ECEC), Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering Pennsylvania State University, 2004 – 2007

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Teaching Assistant Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, 08/2003 – 12/2003

Consulting Engineer Fluent India Pvt. Ltd. (fully owned subsidiary of Fluent Inc, currently Ansys Inc.), India, 1999 – 2003

[As a consulting engineer, was responsible for proposals development, leading projects, on-site project reviews for computational fluid dynamics (CFD) projects involving rotating machinery, reacting systems, and two-phase flow with major engineering research and development (R&D) centers in the USA.]

Research and Teaching Assistant Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India, 1997 – 1999

Publications

(Citations: 1991; h-index: 21; i10-index: 38; Source: Google Scholar Citations; Retrieved on August 18, 2017; Total #: 119; Journal article – 72; Conference proceedings paper – 32; Book chapter – 12; Editorial – 3)

(Author names with an underline indicate the work of a graduate student or postdoc/visiting scholar advisee. Undergraduate student researchers are indicated in underlined italics.)

Journal Article

1. Z. Liu and P. P. Mukherjee, “Mesoscale Elucidation of Surface Passivation in the Lithium-Sulfur Battery Cathode,” ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 9, 5263 (2017).

2. Z. Liu, P. Balbuena, and P. P. Mukherjee, “Revealing Charge Transport Mechanisms in Li2S2 for Li-Sulfur Batteries,” Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 8, 1324 (2017).

3. Z. Liu, P. Balbuena, and P. P. Mukherjee, "Hole Polaron Diffusion in the Final Discharge Product of Lithium-Sulfur Batteries," Journal of Physical Chemistry C, DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b06869 (2017).

4. Z. Liu, D. L. Wood III, and P. P. Mukherjee, “Evaporation Induced Nanoparticle – Binder Interaction in Electrode Film Formation,” Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 19, 10051 (2017).

5. D. Juarez-Robles, C.-F. Chen, Y. Barsukov, and P. P. Mukherjee, “Impedance Evolution Characteristics in Lithium-ion Batteries,” Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 164, A837 (2017).

6. C.-F. Chen, A. Verma, and P. P. Mukherjee, “Probing the Role of Electrode Microstructure in the Lithium-ion Battery Thermal Behavior,” Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 164, E3146 (2017).

7. M. Stein IV, A. Mistry, and P. P. Mukherjee, “Mechanistic Understanding of the Role of Evaporation in Electrode Processing,” Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 164, A1616 (2017).

8. Z. Liu, P. Balbuena, and P. P. Mukherjee, “Mesoscale Evaluation of Titanium Silicide Monolayer as a Cathode Host Material in Lithium-Sulfur Batteries,” JOM, 69, 1532 (2017).

9. B. Mondal, C. Lopez, and P. P. Mukherjee, “Exploring the Efficacy of Nanofluids for Lithium-Ion Battery Thermal Management,” International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 112, 779 (2017).

10. Z. Du, K. M. Rollag, J. Li, S. J. An, M. Wood, Y. Sheng, P. P. Mukherjee, C. Daniel, and D. L. Wood III, “Enabling Aqueous Processing for Crack-Free Thick Electrodes,” Journal of Power Sources, 354, 200 (2017).

11. G. Nelson, L. Ausderau, J. R. Buckley, S. Y. Shin, A. Mistry, P. P. Mukherjee, and V. De Andrade, “Transport-Geometry Interactions in Li-ion Cathode Materials Imaged Using X-ray Nanotomography,” Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 164, A1412 (2017).

12. K. Shah, N. Balsara, S. Banerjee, M. Chintapalli, A. P. Cocco, W. K. S. Chiu, I. Lahiri, S. Martha, A. Mistry, P. P. Mukherjee, V. Ramadesigan, C. Sharma, V. Subramanian, S. Mitra, and A. Jain, “State-of-the-Art and Future Research Needs for Multiscale Analysis of Li-Ion Cells,” Journal of Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage, 14, 020801 (2017).

13. P. Barai and P. P. Mukherjee, “Mechano-Electrochemical Stochastics in High-Capacity Electrodes for Energy Storage,” Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 163, A1120 (2016).

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14. P. Barai, B. Huang, S. Dillon, and P. P. Mukherjee, “Mechano-electrochemical Interaction Gives Rise to Strain Relaxation in Sn Electrodes,” Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 163, A3022 (2016).

15. C.-F. Chen, P. Barai, K. Smith and P. P. Mukherjee, “Scaling Relations for Intercalation Induced Damage in Electrodes,” Electrochimica Acta, 204, 31 (2016).

16. P. Barai and P. P. Mukherjee, “Stochastics of Diffusion Induced Damage in Intercalation Materials,” Materials Research Express, 3, 104001 (2016). (Emerging Investigator Honoree; chosen as a highly commended contribution.)

17. Z. Liu, P. Balbuena, and P. P. Mukherjee, “Evaluating Silicene as a Potential Cathode Host to Immobilize Polysulfides in Lithium-Sulfur Batteries,” Journal of Coordination Chemistry, 69, 2090 (2016). (Emerging Leader Honoree)

18. Z. Liu, S. Bertolini, P. Balbuena, and P. P. Mukherjee, “Li2S Film Formation on Lithium Anode Surface of Li-S Batteries,” ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 8, 4700 (2016).

19. Z. Liu, L. De Jesus, S. Banerjee, and P. P. Mukherjee, “A Mechanistic Evaluation of LixOy Formation on δ-MnO2 in Non-Aqueous Li-air Batteries,” ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 8, 23028 (2016).

20. M. Stein IV, C.-F. Chen, D. Juarez-Robles, C. P. Rhodes, and P. P. Mukherjee, “Non-aqueous Electrode Processing and Construction of Lithium-ion Coin Cells,” Journal of Visualized Experiments, 108, e53490 (2016).

21. C.-F. Chen, P. Barai, and P. P. Mukherjee, “An Overview of Degradation Phenomena Modeling in Lithium-ion Battery Electrodes,” Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering, 13, 82 (2016).

22. P. Barai, A. Mistry, and P. P. Mukherjee, “Poromechanical Effect in the Lithium-Sulfur Battery Cathode,” Extreme Mechanics Letters, 9, 359 (2016).

23. A. D. Dysart, J. C. Burgos, A. Mistry, C.-F. Chen, Z. Liu, C. N. Hong, P. Balbuena, P. P. Mukherjee, and V. Pol, “Towards Next Generation Lithium-Sulfur Batteries: Non-conventional Carbon Compartments/Sulfur Electrodes and Multi-scale Analysis,” Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 163, A730 (2016).

24. P. Barai, A. Kumar, and P. P. Mukherjee, “Modeling of Mesoscale Variability in Biofilm Shear Behavior,” PLOS ONE, 11, e0165593 (2016).

25. A. Mistry, D. Juarez-Robles, M. Stein IV, K. Smith, and P. P. Mukherjee, “Analysis of Long-range Interaction in Lithium-ion Battery Electrodes,” Journal of Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage, 13, 031006 (2016).

26. C. Lopez, J. Jeevarajan, and P. P. Mukherjee, “Evaluation of Combined Active and Passive Thermal Management Strategies for Lithium-Ion Batteries,” Journal of Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage, 13, 031007 (2016).

27. M. Stein IV, C.-F. Chen, M. Mullings, D. Jaime, A. Zaleski, P. P. Mukherjee, and C. P. Rhodes, “Probing the Effect of High Energy Ball Milling on the Structure and Properties of LiNi1/3Mn1/3Co1/3O2

Cathodes for Li-Ion Batteries,” Journal of Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage, 13, 031001 (2016).

28. G. Ramos-Sanchez, F. A. Soto, J. M. Martinez de la Hoz, Z. Liu, P. P. Mukherjee, F. El-Mellouhi, J. M. Seminario, and P. B. Balbuena, “Computational Studies of Interfacial Reactions at Anode Materials: Initial Stages of the Solid-Electrolyte-Interphase Layer Formation”, Journal of Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage, 13, 031002 (2016).

29. C.-F. Chen and P. P. Mukherjee, “Probing the Morphological Influence on Solid Electrolyte Interphase and Impedance Response in Intercalation Electrodes,” Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 17, 9812 (2015).

30. Z. Liu, D. Hubble, P. Balbuena and P. P. Mukherjee, “Adsorption of Insoluble Polysulfides Li2Sx (x = 1, 2) on Li2S Surfaces,” Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 12, 9032 (2015).

31. S. Cho, C.-F. Chen, and P. P. Mukherjee, “Influence of Microstructure on Impedance Response in Intercalation Electrodes,” Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 162, A1202 (2015).

32. Z. Liu, H. Deng, and P. P. Mukherjee, “Evaluating Pristine and Modified SnS2 as a Lithium-ion Battery Anode: a First-principles Study,” ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 7, 4000 (2015).

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33. C. Lopez, J. Jeevarajan, and P. P. Mukherjee, “Characterization of Lithium-Ion Battery Thermal Abuse Behavior Using Experimental and Computational Analysis,” Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 162, A2163 (2015).

34. C. Lopez, J. Jeevarajan, and P. P. Mukherjee, “Experimental Analysis of Thermal Runaway and Propagation in Lithium-Ion Battery Modules,” Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 162, A1905 (2015).

35. M. A. Martin, C.-F. Chen, P. P. Mukherjee et al., “Morphological Influence in Lithium-ion Battery 3-D Electrode Architectures,” Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 162, A991 (2015).

36. M. Hasan, C.-F. Chen, C. E. Shaffer, and P. P. Mukherjee, “Analysis of the Implications of Rapid Charging on Lithium-Ion Battery Performance,” Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 162, A1382 (2015).

37. P. Barai, K. Smith, C.-F. Chen, G.-H. Kim and P. P. Mukherjee, “Reduced Order Modeling of Mechanical Degradation Induced Performance Decay in Lithium-Ion Battery Porous Electrodes,” Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 162, A1751 (2015).

38. Z. Liu, B. Deng, G. Cheng, H. Deng, and P. P. Mukherjee, “Mesoscale Elucidation of Laser-Assisted Chemical Deposition of Sn Nanostructured Electrodes,” Journal of Applied Physics, 117, 214301 (2015).

39. T. Kotaka, Y. Tabuchi, and P. P. Mukherjee, “Microstructural Analysis of Mass Transport Phenomena in Gas Diffusion Media for High Current Density Operation in PEM Fuel Cells,” Journal of Power Sources, 280, 231 (2015).

40. X. He, D. Hubble, R. Calzada, A. Ashtamkar, D. Bhatia, S. Cartagena, P. P. Mukherjee, and H. Liang, “A Silver-nanoparticle Catalyzed Graphite Composite for Electrochemical Energy Storage,” Journal of Power Sources, 275, 688 (2015).

41. P. Randive, A. Dalal, K. C. Sahu, G. Biswas, and P. P. Mukherjee, “Wettability Effects on Contact Line Dynamics of Droplet Motion in an Inclined Channel,” Physical Review E, 91, 053006 (2015).

42. P. Randive, A. Dalal, and P. P. Mukherjee, “Mesoscopic Simulation of Blob Resonance in a Model Porous Pathway,” Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, 18, 215 (2015).

43. Z. Liu, V. Battaglia, and P. P. Mukherjee, “Mesoscale Elucidation of the Influence of Mixing Sequence in Electrode Processing,” Langmuir, 30, 15102 (2014).

44. P. Barai and P. P. Mukherjee, “Mechano-Electrochemical Model for Acoustic Emission Characterization in Intercalation Electrodes,” Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 161, F3123 (2014).

45. C.-F. Chen, P. Barai, and P. P. Mukherjee, “Diffusion Induced Damage and Impedance Response in Lithium-Ion Battery Electrodes,” Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 161, A2138 (2014).

46. Z. Liu and P. P. Mukherjee, “Microstructure Evolution in Lithium-Ion Battery Electrode Processing,” Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 161, E3248 (2014).

47. K. An, P. Barai, K. Smith, and P. P. Mukherjee, "Probing the Thermal Implications in Mechanical Degradation of Lithium-ion Battery Electrodes," Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 161, A1058 (2014).

48. N. A. Siddique, A. M. Allen, P. P. Mukherjee, and F. Liu, “Simulation of the Effect of Interfacial Lithium Flux on Miscibility Gap in Non-equilibrium Phase Transformation of LiFePO4 Particles,” Journal of Power Sources, 245, 83 (2014).

49. M. Hassanpourfard, X. Sun, A. Valiei, P. P. Mukherjee, T. Thundat, Y. Liu, and A. Kumar, “Biofilm Streamer Formation in a Microfluidic Device with Micro-pillars,” Journal of Visualized Experiments, e51732 (2014).

50. P. Randive, A. Dalal, and P. P. Mukherjee, “Lattice Boltzmann Modeling of Two-phase Behavior under Acoustic Excitation: Capillarity-Wettability Interaction,” International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 74, 460 (2014).

51. P. Randive, A. Dalal, and P. P. Mukherjee, “Probing the Influence of Superhydrophobicity and Mixed Wettability on Droplet Displacement Behavior,” Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, 17, 657 (2014).

52. P. Barai and P. P. Mukherjee, "Stochastic Analysis of Diffusion Induced Damage in Lithium-ion Battery Electrodes," Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 160, A955 (2013).

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53. A. Kumar, D. Karig, R. Acharya, S. Neethirajan, P. P. Mukherjee, S. Retterer, and M. J. Doktycz, “Microscale Confinement Features Can Affect Biofilm Formation,” Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, 14, 895 (2013).

54. K. C. Smith, P. P. Mukherjee, and T. S. Fisher, “Columnar Order in Jammed LiFePO4 Cathodes: Ion Transport Catastrophe and its Mitigation.” Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 14, 7040 (2012).

55. Y. Wang, J. Mishler, P. P. Mukherjee, R. Mukundan, and R. L. Borup, “Subfreezing Operation of Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells: Ice Formation and Cell Performance Loss,” Electrochimica Acta, 65, 127 (2012).

56. A. Valiei, A. Kumar, P. P. Mukherjee, Y. Liu, and T. Thundat, “A Web of Streamers: Biofilm Formation in a Porous Microfluidic Device,” Lab on a Chip, 12, 5133 (2012).

57. P. P. Mukherjee, Q. Kang, and C. Y. Wang, “Pore-Scale Modeling of Two-Phase Transport in Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells – Progress and Perspective,” Energy & Environmental Science, 4, 346 (2011).

58. F. Liu, N. A. Siddique, and P. P. Mukherjee, “Non-equilibrium Phase Transformation and Particle Shape Effect in LiFePO4 Materials for Li-Ion Batteries,” Electrochemical and Solid State Letters, 14, 1 (2011).

59. A. Kumar, N. P. Mortensen, P. P. Mukherjee, S. Retterer, and M. J. Doktycz, “Electric Field Induced Bacterial Flocculation of Enteroaggregative Escherichia Coli 042,” Applied Physics Letters, 98, 253701 (2011). (Journal Issue Cover Feature; also featured in Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research, July 2011 Issue)

60. Y. Wang, P. P. Mukherjee, J. Mishler, R. Mukundan, and R. L. Borup, “Cold Start of Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells: Three-Stage Startup Characterization,” Electrochimica Acta, 55, 2636 (2010).

61. Q. Kang, M. Wang, P. P. Mukherjee, and P. C. Lichtner, “Mesoscopic Modeling of Multi-physicochemical Transport Phenomena in Porous Media,” Advances in Mechanical Engineering, Article ID 142879, doi:10.1155/2010/142879 (2010).

62. P. P. Mukherjee, C. Y. Wang, and Q. Kang, “Mesoscopic Modeling of Two-phase Behavior and Flooding Phenomena in Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells,” Electrochimica Acta, 54, 6861 (2009). (Top 25 Most Cited Articles)

63. G. T. Teixidor, B. Y. Park, P. P. Mukherjee, Q. Kang, and M. J. Madou, “Modeling of Fractal Electrodes in Li-Ion Batteries,” Electrochimica Acta, 54, 5928 (2009).

64. P. P. Mukherjee and C. Y. Wang, “Direct Numerical Simulation Modeling of Bi-layer Cathode Catalyst Layers for Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells,” Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 154, B1121 (2007).

65. P. K. Sinha, P. P. Mukherjee, and C. Y. Wang, “Impact of Gas Diffusion Layer Structure and Wettability on Water Management in Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells,” Journal of Materials Chemistry, 17, 3089 (2007). (Journal Issue Cover Feature)

66. G. Wang, P. P. Mukherjee, and C. Y. Wang, “Optimization of Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell Cathode Catalyst Layers via Direct Numerical Simulation Modeling,” Electrochimica Acta, 52, 6367 (2007).

67. U. Pasaogullari, P. P. Mukherjee, C. Y. Wang, and K. S. Chen, “Anisotropic Heat and Water Transport in a PEFC (Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell) Cathode Gas Diffusion Layer”, Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 154, B823 (2007).

68. V. P. Schulz, J. Becker, A. Wiegmann, P. P. Mukherjee, and C. Y. Wang, “Modeling of Two-phase Behavior in the Gas Diffusion Medium of Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells via Full Morphology Approach,” Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 154, B419 (2007). (5th Most Cited Article)

69. P. P. Mukherjee and C. Y. Wang, “Stochastic Microstructure Reconstruction and Direct Numerical Simulation of the PEFC Catalyst Layer,” Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 153, A840 (2006).

70. G. Wang, P. P. Mukherjee, and C. Y. Wang, “Direct Numerical Simulation (DNS) Modeling of PEFC Electrodes: Part I. Regular Microstructure,” Electrochimica Acta, 51, 3139 (2006).

71. G. Wang, P. P. Mukherjee, and C. Y. Wang, “Direct Numerical Simulation (DNS) Modeling of PEFC Electrodes: Part II. Random Microstructure,” Electrochimica Acta, 51, 3151 (2006).

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72. T. Sheorey, K. Muralidhar, and P. P. Mukherjee, “Numerical Experiments in the Simulation of Enhanced Oil Recovery from a Porous Formation,” International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 40, 981 (2001).

Editorial

1. J. D. Nicholas, Y. Qi, S. Bishop, and P. P. Mukherjee, “Introduction to Mechano-Electro-Chemical Coupling in Energy Related Materials and Devices,” Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 161, Y11 (2014).

2. P. P. Mukherjee and G. Nelson, “Multiphysics Coupling in Energy Storage,” Journal of Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage, 13, 030301 (2016).

3. P. P. Mukherjee, L. Arava, and A. Pandey, “Mesoscale Interplay in Lithium-ion Batteries and Beyond,” JOM, 69, 1467 (2017).

Conference Proceeding

1. P. P. Mukherjee, Z. Liu, C.-F. Chen and M. Stein IV, “Mesoscale Insights in Porous Electrodes for Energy Storage,” Proceedings of the 249th American Chemical Society Meeting (2015).

2. P. P. Mukherjee and C.-F. Chen, “Electrodics: Mesoscale Physicochemical Interactions in Lithium-ion Batteries” SPIE (Society for Optics & Photonics) Proceedings, Energy Harvesting and Storage: Materials, Devices, and Applications (2014).

3. P. Barai, K. An, and P. P. Mukherjee, “Temperature Dependent Performance of a Lithium-ion Battery Electrode,” Proceedings of the 11th International ISHMT-ASME (Indian Society of Heat & Mass Transfer – American Society of Mechanical Engineers) Heat and Mass Transfer Conference, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur, India (2013).

4. C. Lopez, P. Barai, and P. P. Mukherjee, “Lithium-ion Battery Safety – a Computational Perspective,” Proceedings of the Process Safety International Symposium (2013).

5. T. Kotaka, K. Aotani, Y. Tabuchi, and P. P. Mukherjee, “Analysis of Mass Transport Phenomena in Microporous Layer for High Current Density Operation on PEFC for Automobile Applications,” Proceedings of the 11th ASME International Fuel Cell Science, Engineering, and Technology Conference (2013).

6. P. Randive, A. Dalal, and P. P. Mukherjee, “Simulation of Blob Dynamics inside a Channel under Acoustic Excitation,” Proceedings of the ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference (2013).

7. P. Barai, S. Simunovic, and P. P. Mukherjee, “Damage and Crack Analysis in a Li-ion Battery Electrode using Random Spring Model,” Proceedings of the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE) (2012).

8. A. Kumar, D. Karig, S. Neethirajan, A. K. Suresh, B. R. Srijanto, P. P. Mukherjee, S. T. Retterer, M. J. Doktycz “Adhesion and formation of microbial biofilms in complex microfluidic devices,” Proceedings of ASME 3rd Micro/Nanoscale Heat and Mass Transfer International Conference (2012).

9. V. P. Schulz, P. P. Mukherjee, and H. Andrä, “Compression Modeling and Transport Characterization of the PEM Fuel Cell Diffusion Medium,” Proceedings of ASME FuelCell2011, 9th ASME International Fuel Cell Science, Engineering, and Technology Conference (2011).

10. P. P. Mukherjee, E. Shim, R. Mukundan, and R. L. Borup, “Digital Volume Imaging of the PEFC Gas Diffusion Layer,” ECS (Electrochemical Society) Transactions, 33, 1483 (2010).

11. D. Spernjak, P. P. Mukherjee, R. Mukundan, J. R. Davey, D. S. Hussey, D. L. Jacobson, and R. L. Borup, “Measurement of Water Content in Polymer Electrolyte Membranes Using High Resolution Neutron Imaging,” ECS Transactions, 33, 1451 (2010).

12. Y. Wang and P. P. Mukherjee, “Multi-physics, Multi-scale Modeling in Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells,” Invited Paper in ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE), (2010).

13. P. P. Mukherjee, D. Ranjan, R. Mukundan, and R. L. Borup, “Heat and Water Transport in a Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell Electrode,” Proceedings of the ASME International Heat Transfer Conference (IHTC-14) (2010).

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14. Y. Wang, P. P. Mukherjee, J. Mishler, R. Mukundan, and R. L. Borup “Cold Start Characteristics of Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells,” Proceedings of the ASME International Heat Transfer Conference (IHTC-14) (2010).

15. P. P. Mukherjee, R. Mukundan, and R. L. Borup, “Modeling of Durability Effect on the Flooding Behavior in the PEFC Gas Diffusion Layer,” Proceedings of ASME FuelCell2010, 8th ASME International Fuel Cell Science, Engineering, and Technology Conference (2010).

16. J. Mishler, Y. Wang, P. P. Mukherjee, R. Mukundan, and R. L. Borup, “Numerical and Experimental Analysis of Subfreezing Operation in PEM Fuel Cells,” Proceedings of ASME FuelCell2010, 8 th ASME International Fuel Cell Science, Engineering, and Technology Conference (2010).

17. P. P. Mukherjee, Q. Kang, R. Mukundan, and R. L. Borup, “Numerical Modeling of Two-Phase Behavior in the PEFC Gas Diffusion Layer,” ECS Transactions, 26, 97 (2010).

18. V. Ho, M. Shimada, D. Szeto, P. P. Mukherjee, Q. Kang, L. Kulinksky, and M. Madou, “Novel Fabrication Technology for Three-dimensional High Surface Area Pyrolized Structures,” SPIE Proceedings, 7647 (2010).

19. P. P. Mukherjee, C. Y. Wang, V. P. Schulz, Q. Kang, J. Becker, and A. Wiegmann, “Two-Phase Behavior and Effect of Compression in a PEFC Gas Diffusion Medium,” ECS Transactions, 25, 1485 (2009).

20. P. P. Mukherjee, R. Mukundan, J. Spendelow, J. R. Davey, R. L. Borup, D. S. Hussey, D. L. Jacobson, and M. Arif, “High Resolution Neutron Imaging of Water in the Polymer Electrolyte Membrane,” ECS Transactions, 25, 505 (2009).

21. Y. Wang, J. Mishler, P. P. Mukherjee, R. Mukundan, and R. L. Borup, “Pseudo One-Dimensional Analysis of Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell Cold-Start,” ECS Transactions, 25, 285 (2009).

22. J. R. Davey, R. Mukundan, J. S. Spendelow, P. P. Mukherjee, D. S. Hussey, D. L. Jacobson, and M. Arif, and R. L. Borup, “Wetting and Drying Responses of Gas Diffusion Layers and Proton Exchange Membrane to Current Transients,” ECS Transactions, 25, 971 (2009).

23. P. P. Mukherjee, “Capillarity, Wettability and Interfacial Dynamics in Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells,” Invited Keynote Paper in Proceedings of the ASME 7th International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels and Minichannels, Pohang, South Korea, June 22-24 (2009).

24. P. P. Mukherjee and C. Y. Wang, “Mesoscopic Modeling of Liquid Water Transport in Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells,” ECS Transactions, 16 (2), 2125 (2008).

25. P. P. Mukherjee, T. E. Springer, R. Mukundan, D. S. Hussey, D. L. Jacobson, M. Arif, and R. L. Borup, “Probing Liquid Water Profile in the Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell Membrane,” ECS Transactions, 16 (2), 1027 (2008).

26. J. Chen, Y. Wang, and P. P. Mukherjee, “One-dimensional Analysis of Subzero Start-Up for Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells,” ECS Transactions, 16 (2), 273 (2008).

27. P. P. Mukherjee and C. Y. Wang, “A Catalyst Layer Flooding Model for Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells,” Proceedings of ASME FuelCell2008, 6th ASME International Fuel Cell Science, Engineering, and Technology Conference, Denver, CO, USA, June 16 – 18 (2008).

28. P. P. Mukherjee and C. Y. Wang, “Modeling of Catalyst Layer Surface Coverage and Volume Blockage Owing to Liquid Water in a PEFC,” ECS Transactions, 3, 1085 (2006).

29. V. P. Schulz, P. P. Mukherjee, J. Becker, A. Wiegmann, and C. Y. Wang, “Numerical Evaluation of Effective Gas Diffusivity – Saturation Dependence of Uncompressed and Compressed Gas Diffusion Media in PEFCs,” ECS Transactions, 3, 1069 (2006).

30. U. Pasaogullari, P. P. Mukherjee, C. Y. Wang, and K. S. Chen, “Effect of Anisotropy of Gas Diffusion Layers on Two-Phase Heat and Mass Transport in Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells,” ECS Transactions, 3, 1239 (2006).

31. P. P. Mukherjee, S. Sarkar, and G. Biswas, “Numerical Investigation of Heat Transfer Enhancement in Fin-tube Heat Exchangers with Winglet Type Vortex Generators,” Proceedings of the International Conference on Scientific and Engineering Computation, Singapore, December 3 – 5 (2002).

32. P. P. Mukherjee, K. Muralidhar, and G. Biswas, “Numerical Simulation of Enhanced Oil Recovery from Porous Formations and Fractured Rocks,” Proceedings of the 4th ISHMT-ASME Heat and Mass Transfer Conference, 857, Pune, India, January 12 – 14 (2000).

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Book Chapter

1. P. P. Mukherjee, S. Pannala, and J. A. Turner “Modeling and Simulation of Battery Systems,” Chapter in Handbook of Battery Materials, 2nd Edition, Ed: C. Daniel, and J. O. Besenhard, Ch. 25, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, Germany (2011).

2. F. Liu and P. P. Mukherjee, “Lithium-ion Battery Cathode: Materials and Physicochemical Transport,” Chapter in Rechargeable Lithium Batteries: from Fundamentals to Applications, Ed: A. Franco, Woodhead Publishing Ltd. (2014).

3. P. P. Mukherjee, V. P. Schulz, J. Becker, E. Glatt, and A. Wiegmann, “Microstructure Reconstruction and Transport Simulation in PEM Fuel Cells,” Chapter in Polymer Electrolyte Membrane and Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Technology, Ed: C. Hartnig and C. Roth, Ch. 9, Woodhead Publishing Ltd., (2012).

4. J. Hinebaugh, A. Bazylak, and P. P. Mukherjee, “Multi-scale Modeling of Two-Phase Transport Phenomena in PEM Fuel Cells,” Chapter in Polymer Electrolyte Membrane and Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Technology (PEMFCs and DMFCs), Ed: C. Hartnig and C. Roth, Ch. 10, Woodhead Publishing Ltd., (2012).

5. R. Ghosh, A. Kumar, and P. P. Mukherjee, “Micro/nano Transport in Microbial Energy Harvesting”, in Encyclopedia of Nanotechnology, Ed: B. Bhushan, Article 00421, Springer (2012).

6. S. Neethirajan, D. Karig, A. Kumar, P. P. Mukherjee, S. T. Retterer, and M. J. Doktycz, “Biofilms in Microfluidic Devices”, in Encyclopedia of Nanotechnology, Ed: B. Bhushan, Article 00427, Springer (2012).

7. P. P. Mukherjee and Q. Kang, “Electrodics in Electrochemical Energy Conversion Systems,” Invited Chapter in Mechanics over Micro and Nano Scales, Springer, Ed: S. Chakraborty, Ch. 7, Springer (2011).

8. P. K. Sinha and P. P. Mukherjee, “Modeling of Two-phase Transport Phenomena in Porous Media – Pore-scale Approach,” Chapter in Mechanics over Micro and Nano Scales, Springer, Ed: S. Chakraborty, Ch. 3, Springer (2011).

9. P. P. Mukherjee and C. Y. Wang, “Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell Modeling – a Pore-Scale Perspective,” Chapter in Progress in Green Energy, Ed: X. Li, Vol. 1, Ch. 5, Springer (2011).

10. P. P. Mukherjee and C. Y. Wang, “Mesoscopic Modeling of Two-Phase Transport in Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells,” Chapter in Modeling and Diagnostics of Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells, special issue of Modern Aspects of Electrochemistry series, Ed: U. Pasaogullari and C. Y. Wang, 49, Ch. 8, Springer (2010).

11. R. Martinez-Duarte, G. T. Teixidor, P. P. Mukherjee, Q. Kang, and M. J. Madou, “Perspectives of Micro and Nanofabrication of Carbon for Electrochemical and Microfluidic Applications,” Chapter in Microfluidics and Microfabricaion, Ed: S. Chakraborty, 181-263, Springer (2010).

12. P. P. Mukherjee, G. Wang, and C. Y. Wang, “Direct Numerical Simulation of Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell Catalyst Layers,” Chapter in Modern Aspects of Electrochemistry, Ed: R. White et al., 40, Ch. 6, Springer, New York (2007).

Book

1. “Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage,” co-editor, Wiley Publications, in preparation. 2. “Modeling Transport Phenomena in Porous Media with Applications,” co-author, Springer, in

preparation.

Research Funding

~$2.2M (PI share as a faculty member)

1. National Science Foundation (NSF), “Collaborative Research: Mesoscale Investigation of Microstructure-Transport Interaction of High-Capacity Electrodes for Energy Storage,” $214,740 (my share); 09/2014 – 08/2017; Mukherjee is Lead PI.

2. Department of Energy (DOE), “Addressing Internal “Shuttle” Effect: Electrolyte Design and Cathode Morphology Evolution in Li-S Batteries,” $330,000 (my share); 10/2014 – 09/2017; Mukherjee is Co-PI; Perla Balbuena (TAMU) is PI, and Vilas Pol (Purdue) is Co-PI.

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3. Department of Energy (DOE), “Advanced Tools for Computer-Aided Battery Engineering,” $375,000 (my share); 10/2015 – 09/2018; Mukherjee is University PI; Kandler Smith at National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is Lead PI.

4. Department of Energy (DOE), “Understanding and Strategies for Controlled Interfacial Phenomena in Lithium-Ion Batteries and Beyond,” $345,000 (my share); 10/2016 – 09/2019; Mukherjee is Co-PI; Perla Balbuena (TAMU) is PI, and Jorge Seminario (TAMU) is Co-PI.

5. Texas Instruments, “Lithium Materials Based Battery Deterioration Diagnosis,” $201,000; 09/2014 – 08/2017; Mukherjee is PI.

6. Underwriter’s Laboratories Inc., “Thermal Management of Lithium-ion Battery Modules,” $100,000; 01/2017 – 01/2018; Mukherjee is PI.

7. Underwriter’s Laboratories Inc., “Aging Study of Lithium-ion Cells and Modules,” $80,000; 06/2015 – 09/2016; Mukherjee is PI.

8. Nissan Motor Co. Ltd., “Mechano-electrochemical Interactions in Li-Ion Battery Anodes,” $50,000; 10/2016 – 12/2017; Mukherjee is PI.

9. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), “Lithium-Ion Battery Safety and Thermal Management,” $80,000; 09/2013 – 08/2015; Mukherjee is PI.

10. National Renewable Energy Laboratory, “Improved Fidelity Battery Life Prognostic Models,” $55,000; 06/2014 – 03/2015; Mukherjee is PI.

11. NASA SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research) Phase I, “Thermodynamically Consistent Modeling for Energy Storage Systems,” $30,000 (my share); 07/2015 – 12/2015; Mukherjee is University PI; J. Vernon Cole at CFDRC is Lead PI.

12. U.S. Navy SBIR Phase I, “Advanced Cathode for High Energy Li-Air Batteries,” $30,000 (my share); 11/2015 – 04/2016; Mukherjee is University PI; Xuguang Li at Lynntech is Lead PI.

13. Texas A&M Energy Institute, “Mesoscale Interactions in the Air Electrode for Li-Air Batteries,” $50,000; 07/2015 – 12/2016; Mukherjee is PI.

14. CONACYT (Mexico) – TAMU Research Collaboration, “High-performance Electrode Architecture for Lithium-Air Batteries,” $24,000 (seed grant); 09/2014 – 12/2015; Mukherjee is PI.

15. DOE SBIR Phase II, “A Cost-Effective Oxygen Separation System Based on Open Gradient Magnetic Field by Polymer Beads,” $103,000 (my share); 07/2014 – 06/2016; Mukherjee is University PI; Ragu Singh at ITN Energy Systems is Lead PI.

16. DOE SBIR Phase I, “A Cost-Effective Oxygen Separation System Based on Open Gradient Magnetic Field by Polymer Beads,” $35,000 (my share); 07/2013 – 03/2014; Mukherjee is University PI; Ragu Singh at ITN Energy Systems is Lead PI.

17. Oak Ridge National Laboratory, “Analysis of Biofilm in Microfluidic Platform,” $6,700; 10/2012 – 12/2012; Mukherjee is PI.

18. TAMU Aggie Engineering (AggiE) Challenge Program, “Electrode Fabrication and Electrochemical Experiments of Batteries,” $28,000; 09/2015 – 05/2016; Mukherjee is PI.

19. TAMU Aggie Engineering (AggiE) Challenge Program, “Designing Energy Storage Devices,” $56,000; 09/2012 – 05/2014; Mukherjee is PI.

Before academia

20. Strategic Staff Scientist Hire in Energy Storage, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) (2009-2012).

21. “Fractal Electrodes for Lithium-Ion Batteries,” Collaborative Research Program: University of California System, Los Alamos National Laboratory and Lawrence Livermore National laboratory; $740,000 (2009-2011).

22. “Pore-scale Modeling of Multiphase Flow and Reaction in Charged Porous Media,” Director’s Research Fellowship, LANL Laboratory Directed Research & Development (LDRD) Program; $288,000 (2008-2009).

Other funding (or equivalent): a. National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Graduate student fellowship (summer & fall, 2014;

summer 2016) b. Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Graduate student fellowship (summer 2014; summer 2016 x2)

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c. Lynntech, Graduate student fellowship (summer 2014, spring 2016) d. ASME, Funding for proposal on “Multiphysics Coupling in Energy Storage” symposium at ASME

IMECE 2015; $5600; Mukherjee is PI. e. NSF, Funding for proposal on “Multiphysics Coupling in Energy Storage” symposium at ASME

IMECE 2015; $5000; Mukherjee is Co-PI; George Nelson (U. Alabama Huntsville) is PI.

Honors and Awards

1. Scialog Fellow, Research Corporation for Science Advancement (2017).

2. TMS Young Leaders Professional Development Award, Functional Materials Division, The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (TMS) (2016).

3. Visiting Faculty Lectureship, College on Multiscale Computational Modeling of Materials for Energy Applications, The Abdus Salam International Center for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste, Italy (July, 2016).

4. Emerging Investigator distinction, Institute of Physics journal: Materials Research Express (2016).

5. Highly commended paper recognition, Emerging Investigator Special Issue, Institute of Physics journal: Materials Research Express (2016).

6. Emerging Investigator distinction, ASME Journal of Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage (2017).

7. Emerging Leader distinction, Journal of Coordination Chemistry (2016).

8. Dean of Engineering Excellence Award, College of Engineering, Texas A&M University (2017).

9. Morris E. Foster Faculty Fellowship, Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University (2016).

10. TEES Young Faculty Fellow Award, Texas A&M University (2016).

11. ECS Young Faculty Travel Grant Award, Battery Division, Electrochemical Society (ECS) (2015).

12. Future Leaders recognition at the “Future Leaders Program,” Leadership Summit, American Ceramic Society (ACerS); (featured on the ACerS website) (2014).

http://ceramics.org/acers-community/future-leaders-program-2014

13. Featured Article on ASME portal: "Lengthening the Life of Lithium-Ion Batteries" (2014).

https://www.asme.org/engineering-topics/articles/energy/lengthening-life-of-lithiumion-batteries

14. Featured Video on Energy Storage in the ASME Nanoengineering for Energy and Sustainability series (2014).

https://www.asme.org/engineering-topics/media/nanotechnology/video-nanoengineering-energy-and-sustainability.aspx

15. Featured in an article on batteries in Fortune magazine (2014).

http://fortune.com/2014/08/15/the-next-big-battery-disruption-isnt-coming-next-year/

16. Quoted in the article "Cars without Combustion" in the September issue of the ASME Magazine for the research work on PEM fuel cell electrodes (2013).

17. Pi Tau Sigma Honor Society Faculty Member (2013).

18. "Top 25 most cited articles" as published in Electrochimica Acta (2008-2009) [reported in 2012]; Featured in the 63rd Annual Meeting of the International Society of Electrochemistry, Prague, Czech Republic, 19 – 24 August (2012).

19. Front Cover Illustration, Applied Physics Letters (2011)

20. “5th most cited article” as published in Journal of the Electrochemical Society (2007) [reported in 2010]

21. LAAP (Los Alamos Awards Program) Award, Los Alamos National Laboratory (2009)

22. Director’s Research Fellowship, Los Alamos National Laboratory, NM, USA (2008)

23. Front Cover Illustration, New Energy Materials theme issue, August, 2007, in Journal of Materials Chemistry – Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC). Honorable mention and citation of the liquid water dynamics study from the lattice Boltzmann simulations by Professor S. Islam, Editor, in the editorial of New Energy Materials theme issue, one of the most accessed RSC web-links since its publication.

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24. Research Invitation and Travel Grant Award, Fraunhofer Institute of Industrial Mathematics (ITWM), Kaiserslautern, Germany, July 9 – 16 (2007)

25. Travel Grant Award, International Conference for Mesoscopic Methods in Engineering and Science (ICMMES-2007), Munich, Germany, July 17 – 20 (2007)

26. Honorable Mention and Citation by Dr. Shimshon Gottesfeld of the paper, “Stochastic Microstructure Reconstruction and Direct Numerical Simulation of the PEFC Catalyst Layer,” Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 153, A840 (2006), in his Grove Medal acceptance speech titled “Fuel Cell Techno-Personal Milestones 1984–2006” [Journal of Power Sources, 171, 37 (2007)]

27. Travel Grant Award, Electrochemical Society Meeting, Cancun, Mexico, October 29 – November 3 (2006)

28. Travel Grant Award, International Conference for Mesoscopic Methods in Engineering and Science (ICMMES-2006), Hampton, VA, USA, July 24 – 28 (2006)

29. Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society Invitational Membership for academic excellence (2007)

30. The Chancellor’s List for academic achievements in graduate studies (2005, 2006)

31. Topped (1st Rank) the Thermal Science and Fluid Mechanics Program, Master of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India (1997-1999)

32. 99.09 Percentile in Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE), India (All India entrance examination for Masters Program in Engineering) (1997)

33. Silver Medal for 2nd rank in B.S. in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of North Bengal (1997)

34. Scholarship from the Chamber of Commerce & Industry for exemplary result in Higher Secondary (10+2) Examination in Bankura district, West Bengal, India (1993)

35. National Scholarships for Higher Secondary (10+2) (1993) and Secondary (1991) Examinations.

Invited Presentations

1. Advanced Automotive Battery Conference (AABC), San Francisco, CA, June (2017).

2. International Battery Safety Workshop, Albuquerque, NM, May (2017).

3. Energy Storage System Safety Forum, Santa Fe, NM, February (2017).

4. Thermal Management of Energy Storage and Conversion Systems, International Symposium on Advances in Computational Heat Transfer (CHT-17), Napoli, Italy, May (2017).

5. 41st International Conference & Expo on Advanced Ceramics, Daytona Beach, FL, USA, January (2017).

6. Lithium Battery Power, Bethesda, MD, USA, November (2016).

7. XXV International Materials Research Congress (IMRS), Cancun, Mexico, August (2016).

8. Indo-US workshop: Multiphysics Analysis in Lithium-ion Batteries, IIT Bombay, India, June (2016).

9. “Porous Electrode Theory for Rechargeable Battery Materials” Symposium, Interpore: 8th International Conference on Porous Media, Cincinnati, OH, USA, May (2016).

10. “Advanced Materials and Technologies for Rechargeable Energy Storage” Symposium, 40th International Conference and Exposition on Advanced Ceramics and Composites, Daytona Beach, FL, USA, January (2016).

11. 228th Electrochemical Society Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, USA, October (2015).

12. 52nd Annual Meeting of the Society of Engineering Science, College Station, TX, USA, October (2015).

13. Special Seminar at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati, India (on invitation by the Institute Director), September (2015).

14. Chemistry Division Seminar, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Kolkata, India, September (2015).

15. “Ceramics in Energy Applications” Symposium, 11th International Conference on Advanced Ceramics, Vancouver, Canada, June (2015).

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16. 6th International Symposium on “Advances in Computational Heat Transfer,” Rutgers, NJ, USA, May (2015).

17. “Hybrid Functional Porous Materials for Sustainable Energy” Symposium, 249th American Chemical Society (ACS) Meeting, Denver, CO, USA, March (2015).

18. "Nanostructured Materials for Rechargeable Batteries and for Supercapacitors” Symposium, 144th TMS Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, USA, March (2015).

19. “Synthesis and Processing of Nanostructured Materials for Energy Applications” Symposium, 39th International Conference on Advanced Ceramics & Composites, American Ceramic Society, Daytona Beach, FL, USA, January (2015).

20. “Advanced Materials and Technologies for Energy Generation, Conversion and Rechargeable Energy Storage” Symposium, 39th International Conference on Advanced Ceramics & Composites, American Ceramic Society, Daytona Beach, FL, USA, January (2015).

21. Seminar, Theory, Modeling and Simulation Group, Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute (QEERI), Doha, Qatar, January 15 (2015).

22. Departmental Seminar, Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University at Qatar (TAMU-Q), Doha, Qatar, January 14 (2015).

23. "Energy Harvesting and Storage: Materials, Devices and Applications," SPIE Defense, Security, and Sensing (DSS) Conference, Baltimore, MD, USA, April (2014).

24. Graduate Seminar, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Michigan Tech, April 19 (2014).

25. “Materials Challenges in Alternative and Renewable Energy,” American Ceramic Society, Clearwater, FL, USA, February (2014).

26. "Nanostructured Materials for Rechargeable Batteries and for Supercapacitors” Symposium, 143rd TMS Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, USA, February (2014).

27. “Advances in Batteries” Symposium, 245th American Chemical Society Meeting, New Orleans, LA, USA, April (2013).

28. "Nanoengineering for Energy Storage" Panel, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, San Diego, CA (2013).

29. Energy Storage Webinar, ASME Nanotechnology Institute – Renewable Energy Webinar Series, May 7 (2013).

30. 9th ASME International Fuel Cell Science, Engineering, and Technology Conference, Washington DC, USA (2011).

31. 7th Annual International Lithium Battery Power Conference, Las Vegas, USA, November (2011).

32. Graduate Seminar, School of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, September 23 (2010).

33. Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, August 16 (2010).

34. Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, May 11 (2010).

35. Computational Multiscale Nanosystems Seminar, Beckman Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, May 5 (2010).

36. Graduate Seminar, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech, April 19 (2010).

37. Departmental Seminar, Mechanical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, March 5 (2010).

38. ASME 7th International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels and Minichannels, Pohang, South Korea, June (2009).

39. PReSS (Post-Doc and Recent Staff Seminar), Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, April 30 (2009).

40. Graduate Seminar, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, March 11 (2009).

41. Departmental Seminar, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, March 2 (2009).

42. Nanogeosciences Group, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and University of California, Berkeley, November 11 (2008).

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43. Departmental Seminar, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, October 10 (2008).

44. Graduate Seminar, Department of Metallurgical and Materials Science, Colorado School of Mines, September 18 (2008).

45. Departmental Seminar, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India, August 11 (2008).

46. Departmental Seminar, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India, August 1 (2008).

47. Microfluidics Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, July 9 (2008).

48. Clean Energy Supercluster (CES), Colorado State University, June 20 (2008).

49. Colorado Fuel Cell Center (CFCC), Colorado School of Mines, June 19 (2008).

50. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), June 18 (2008).

51. Departmental Seminar, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California – Irvine, April 4 (2008).

52. Graduate Seminar, Department of Mechanical Engineering, City College of New York, November 1 (2007).

53. Pennsylvania State University – Nissan Workshop on Automotive Fuel Cells, Pennsylvania State University, October 15 (2007).

54. Fraunhofer Institute of Industrial Mathematics (ITWM), Kaiserslautern, Germany, July 11 (2007).

55. Departmental Seminar, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian School of Mines, India, July 13 (2006).

Research Mentoring

Ph.D. Student

1. Aashutosh Mistry, Mechanical Engineering (2015 – present) 2. Daniel Juarez-Robles, Mechanical Engineering (2015 – present) 3. Ankit Verma, Mechanical Engineering (2015 – present) 4. Deepti Tewari, Mechanical Engineering (2017 – present) 5. Sobana Rangarajan, Mechanical Engineering (2017 – present) 6. Conner Fear, Mechanical Engineering (2017 – present) 7. Chance Norris, Mechanical Engineering (2017 – present) 8. Yuting Luo, Chemistry (Thesis co-chair) (2015 – present)

Graduated 9. Zhixiao Liu, Mechanical Engineering (2012 – 2016) (now a faculty of Materials Science and

Engineering at Hunan University) 10. Chien-Fan Chen, Mechanical Engineering (2013 – 2016) (now at Cuberg, battery start-up) 11. Pallab Barai, Mechanical Engineering (2012 – 2015) (now at Argonne National Lab) 12. Guanglian Li, Mathematics (Thesis co-chair) (2012 – 2015) (now at Institute of Numerical

Simulation, University of Bonn, Germany)

Post-doctoral Associate

1. Feng Hao (03/2017 – present) 2. Zhixiao Liu (09/2016 – 08/2017) 3. Rajib Mukherjee (10/2015 – 12/2016)

M.S. Student

Graduated 1. Robert Minter, Mechanical Engineering (2016 – 2017) 2. Don Vu, Mechanical Engineering (2015 – 2017) 3. Srivatsa Chakravarthy, Mechanical Engineering (2015 – 2017) 4. Kelsey Rollag, Mechanical Engineering (2015 – 2017) (now at General Motors) 5. Karan Narula, Mechanical Engineering (2015 – 2017) (now at General Motors) 6. Darren Law, Mechanical Engineering (2015 – 2017) (now at Pratt & Whitney) 7. Michael Kalan, Mechanical Engineering (2015 – 2017)

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8. Dickens Law, Mechanical Engineering (2015 – 2017) 9. Hanumanth Reddy Palle, Mechanical Engineering (2015 – 2017) 10. Neha Gada, Mechanical Engineering (2015 – 2017) 11. Nihar Kotak, Mechanical Engineering (2014 – 2016) (now at Ford Motor Company) 12. Deepak Bhatia, Mechanical Engineering (2014 – 2016) (now at MathWorks) 13. Seshendra Palakurthy, Mechanical Engineering (2014 – 2016) (now at Ecogensus) 14. Malcolm Stein IV, Mechanical Engineering (2013 – 2015) (now at Texas Instruments) 15. Carlos Lopez, Mechanical Engineering (2013 – 2015) (now at Stress Engineering Services) 16. Mohammed F. Hasan, Mechanical Engineering (2013 – 2014) (now at United Technologies

Corporation) 17. Seongkoo Cho, Mechanical Engineering (2012 – 2013) (now at TAMU Materials Engineering) 18. Kai An, Mechanical Engineering (2012 – 2013) (now at Texas First Industrial Corporation) 19. Michael Martin, Mechanical Engineering (Thesis co-chair) (2010 – 2012) (now at Boeing) 20. Fernando Cano, Mechanical Engineering, University of Guanajuato, Mexico (2017) (Thesis co-

chair)

Undergraduate Student

1. Conner O’Grady Fear, Mechanical Engineering (2014 – present) (undergraduate thesis) 2. Serdar Ozguc, Mechanical Engineering (2017 – present) 3. Patrick James McDermott, Mechanical Engineering (2017 – present) 4. Sandra Fomete, Chemical Engineering (2016 – present) 5. Valerie Halsey, Chemical Engineering (2015) 6. Robert Minter, Mechanical Engineering (2015) 7. Benjamin Powell, Mechanical Engineering (2012 – 2014) 8. Dion Hubble, Chemical Engineering (2012 – 2014) 9. Deepak Bhatia, Electrical and Computer Engineering (2013 – 2014) 10. Carlos Lopez, Mechanical Engineering (2012 – 2013) (undergraduate thesis) 11. Malcolm Stein IV, Mechanical Engineering (2012 – 2013) (undergraduate thesis) 12. Adam Vaclavik, Mechanical Engineering (2012 – 2013) 13. Jordon Ellington, Mechanical Engineering (2013) 14. Sarah Widger, Mechanical Engineering (2012 – 2013)

Visiting Researcher

1. Bittagopal Mondal, IUSSTF (Indo-US Science and Technology Forum) Fellow (2014-2015) 2. Amaresh Dalal, Visiting Faculty, IIT Guwahati, India (June – July, 2013)

Visiting Graduate Student

1. Peifung Huang, Ph.D. student, State Key Laboratory of Fire Science, University of Science and Technology, China (October, 2016 – September, 2017).

2. Sindy Tarazona Cardenas, M.S. student, Mechanical Engineering, University of Guanajuato, Mexico (October, 2016 – March, 2017), Thesis co-advisor.

3. Manikandan Balasundaram, Ph.D. student, Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore (February, 2016).

4. Fernando Cano, M.S. student, Mechanical Engineering, University of Guanajuato, Mexico (June – December, 2015), Thesis co-advisor.

5. William Wiebe, M.S. student, Mechanical Engineering, Cooperative State University – Mannheim, Germany (September, 2014)

6. Felix Nimtz, M.S. student, Mechanical Engineering, Cooperative State University – Mannheim, Germany (June, 2014)

7. Benjamin Priggemeier, M.S. student, Mechanical Engineering, Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum, Germany (January – May, 2014)

8. Tanja Schmitt, M.S. student, Applied Mathematics and Statistics, Institute of Stochastics, Ulm University, Germany (October 2011 – March 2012)

9. Takuya Mabuchi, M.S. student, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Tohoku University, Japan (February – March, 2012)

Summer Student

1. Apoorva Jain, Mechanical Engineering, IIT Delhi, India (2017)

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2. Conner Fear, Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University (2016) 3. Chance Norris, Mechanical Engineering, Texas Tech University (2016, TAMU Undergraduate

Summer Research Grant (USRG) Fellowship) 4. Akash Verma, Mechanical Engineering, IIT Kanpur, India (2016, IIT Kanpur – TAMU Summer

Program) 5. Leigha S. Lewis, Physics, Sam Houston State University (2015, NSF Research Experience for

Undergraduate (REU) Program) 6. Mohit Singhal, Mechanical Engineering, IIT Kanpur, India (2015, IIT Kanpur – TAMU Summer

Program) 7. Aditya Tiwari, Mechanical Engineering, NIT, Surat, India (2015, Summer Internship) 8. Walter Reed, Physics, Angelo State University (2014, NSF REU Program) 9. John Thomas III, Mechanical Engineering, TAMU Kingsville (2013, NSF REU Program) 10. Dion Hubble, Chemical Engineering, TAMU (2013, TAMU USRG Fellowship) 11. Deepak Bhatia, Electrical Engineering, TAMU (2013, TAMU USRG Fellowship) 12. Avish Rana, Mechanical Engineering, IIT Kanpur, India (2013, IIT Kanpur – TAMU Summer

Program) 13. Benjamin Powell, Mechanical Engineering, TAMU (2012, TAMU USRG Fellowship) 14. Malcolm Stein IV, Mechanical Engineering, TAMU (2012, TAMU USRG Fellowship) 15. Michael Martin, Mechanical Engineering, TAMU (2011, Internship at Oak Ridge National

Laboratory)

Student Awards and Honors

1. Kelsey Rollag, 2016-2017 Outstanding Engineering Graduate (M.S.) Student Award, College of Engineering, Texas A&M University (2016).

2. Best Poster Award, Mechanical Engineering Students’ Poster Competition, Texas A&M University (2016) [Graduate student: Kelsey Rollag]

3. Michael Kalan, 1st Place, 3-Minute Thesis Competition, M.S. thesis category, Texas A&M University (2016).

4. Best Poster Award, Texas A&M Conference on Energy (2016) [Graduate student: Darren Law] 5. Best Poster Award, Texas A&M Energy Institute Research Workshop on Non-fossil-based Energy

Technologies (2015) [Graduate students: Aashutosh Mistry, Chien-Fan Chen, Zhixiao Liu] 6. Best Poster Award, MEGSO (Mechanical Engineering Graduate Students Association)

Symposium at the Pi Tau Sigma National Convention (2014) [Graduate student: Malcolm Stein IV]

7. Best Poster Award, Graduate Poster Presentation in Engineering at the Student Research Week Competition (2014) [Graduate student: Carlos Lopez]

8. Poster Award (2nd Place), Sigma Xi Theme Award (2014) [Graduate student: Carlos Lopez] 9. Poster Award (2nd Place), Undergraduate Poster Presentation in Engineering at the Student

Research Week Competition (2013). [Undergraduate student: Carlos Lopez] 10. Best Poster Award (1st Place), Undergraduate Research (AggiE Challenge) Team for their work

on lithium-ion batteries, TAMU Engineering Project Showcase (2014) 11. Poster Award (2nd Place), Undergraduate Research (AggiE Challenge) Team for their work on

lithium-ion batteries, TAMU Engineering Project Showcase (2013) 12. Pallab Barai, Texas A&M University Dissertation (Graduate) Fellowship (2015) 13. Pallab Barai, Texas A&M Energy Institute ConocoPhillips (Graduate) Fellowship (2013) 14. Pallab Barai, NSF Student Travel Grant Award to ASME IMECE (2012, 2013) 15. Chien-Fan Chen, Texas A&M Energy Institute ConocoPhillips (Graduate) Fellowship (2015) 16. Chien-Fan Chen, Texas A&M Engineering Student Travel Grant Award (2015) 17. Carlos Lopez, NASA Harriett G. Jenkins Graduate Fellowship (2013) 18. Carlos Lopez, graduate student spotlight and recognition in the Mechanical Engineering

Magazine (2014) 19. Carlos Lopez, Thompson Outstanding Senior Award, Mechanical Engineering (2013) 20. Michael Martin, Electrochemical Society (ECS) Student Travel Grant Award to the Spring ECS

Meeting (2012)

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21. Research Opportunities for Engineers (ROE) Scholarship: Dion Hubble (Chemical), Benjamin Powell (Mechanical), Deepak Bhatia (Electrical) [fall 2013 and spring 2014 semesters]; Malcolm Stein IV [fall 2012 and spring 2013 semesters].

22. Undergraduate Summer Research Grant (USRG) Fellowship: Benjamin Powell, Malcolm Stein IV (summer 2012); Dion Hubble, Deepak Bhatia (summer 2013).

Teaching

1. Fundamentals of Energy Storage, Mechanical Engineering, TAMU (developed this new graduate

course at TAMU) (Spring 2015, Fall 2016)

2. Heat Transfer (Graduate level), Mechanical Engineering, TAMU (Fall 2013, Spring 2014, Fall

2015, Spring 2016)

3. Heat Transfer (Undergraduate level), Mechanical Engineering, TAMU (Spring 2012, Fall 2012,

Fall 2014)

4. Thermo-Fluid Analysis and Design (Undergraduate), Mechanical Engineering, TAMU (Spring

2013, Fall 2015, Fall 2016, Spring 2017)

5. Electrode Fabrication and Electrochemical Experiments for Batteries, AggiE Challenge Course

(Undergraduate), Mechanical Engineering, TAMU (Fall 2015, Spring 2016)

6. Designing Energy Storage Devices, AggiE Challenge Course (Undergraduate), Mechanical

Engineering, TAMU (Fall 2012, Spring & Fall 2013, Spring 2014)

7. Numerical Simulation: Energy Storage, International School (1-week short course), Mechanical

Engineering, TAMU and DHBW Mannheim – Germany (Fall 2014, Spring 2017)

8. Multiphysics Analysis in Energy Storage, Short course, Global Initiatives of Academic Networks

(GIAN) program of the Department of Science & Technology of India, Indian Institute of

Technology, Guwahati, India (Summer 2017).

9. Fundamentals of Energy Storage, International School (1-week short course), Mechanical

Engineering, University of Guanajuato, Mexico (Summer 2017)

10. Lecturer, LANL Fuel Cell Short Course, Los Alamos, NM, USA (2008, 2009).

11. Guest Student Lecturer, “Microfluidics Fundamentals and Applications” in Micro/Nano Science

and Engineering, Department of Mechanical & Nuclear Engineering, Pennsylvania State Univ.,

December 08 (2004).

12. Teaching Assistant, Thermodynamics II, Undergraduate Course, Department of Mechanical &

Nuclear Engineering, Pennsylvania State Univ., August – December (2003).

13. Lecturer, Training on CFD, Fluent India Pvt. Ltd, Subsidiary of Ansys - Fluent, India, (2000 -

2003).

14. Teaching Assistant, Undergraduate Heat Transfer Laboratory, Department of Mechanical

Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur, India, August 1997- May 1998.

15. Laboratory Assistant, Undergraduate Fluid Mechanics Laboratory, Department of Mechanical

Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India, August 1998 – March 1999.

16. Grader, Undergraduate Heat Transfer Course, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India, January 1998 – May 1998.

Synergistic Activities

Editorial activities: 1. Associate Editor, ASME Journal of Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage (2017 –

present) 2. Guest Co-Editor, Focus Issue of Journal of the Electrochemical Society, on “Mechano-

Electrochemical Coupling in Energy Related Materials and Devices,” Vol. 161, No. 11 (2014). http://jes.ecsdl.org/site/focus_issues/jes_mec_coupling.xhtml http://jes.ecsdl.org/content/161/11.toc

3. Guest (Lead) Editor, Focus Issue of ASME Journal of Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage, on “Multiphysics Coupling in Energy Storage,” Vol. 13, No. 3, (2016).

4. Guest (Lead) Editor, Focus Issue of JOM (TMS journal), on “Mesoscale Interplay on Li-ion Batteries and beyond” (2016-2017).

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Symposium organization:

1. Symposium Co-Organizer, “Batteries and Energy Storage,” TMS Annual Meeting (2018). 2. Symposium Co-Organizer, “Mechanics of Energy Storage and Conversion,” MRS Spring Meeting

(2017). 3. Symposium Co-Organizer, “Batteries and Energy Storage,” TMS Annual Meeting (2017). 4. Technical Program Co-Chair, Fuel Cells and Energy Storage, ASME Power & Energy Conference

(2017). 5. Symposium Co-Organizer, “Mechanical-Electrochemical Coupling in Energy Related Materials

and Devices II,” Sponsored by the Electrochemical Society, 229th ECS Meeting (2016). 6. Symposium Co-organizer, “Batteries and Energy Storage,” Materials Challenges in Alternative

and Renewable Energy (MCARE) (2016). 7. Symposium Lead Organizer, “Multiphysics Coupling in Energy Storage,” ASME International

Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE) (2015). 8. Symposium Co-Organizer, “Advanced Batteries and Supercapacitors for Energy Storage

Applications,” International Conference on Ceramic Materials and Components for Energy and Environmental Applications, American Ceramic Society (2015).

9. Symposium Co-Organizer, “Mechanical-Electrochemical Coupling in Energy Related Materials and Devices,” Sponsored by the Electrochemical Society, 225th ECS Meeting (2014).

10. Symposium Lead Organizer, “Mechano-Thermo-Electrochemical Interactions in Energy Storage: Perspective toward Safety and Life,” 17th US National Congress on Theoretical & Applied Mechanics (2014).

Technical committee service:

1. Chair, Technical Committee, ASME Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage (EECS) (2015 – 2017)

2. Vice-Chair, Technical Committee, ASME EECS (2014 – 2015) 3. Member, Executive Committee, ASME Advanced Energy Systems Division (2016 – present) 4. Member, ASME Nano-Engineering for Energy and Sustainability (NEES) 5. Member, Battery Division, The Electrochemical Society

Topic/Track/Session/Panel organizer/chair in international conferences:

1. Electrochemical Society Conference (session: 2009 – present)

2. American Ceramic Society Conference (session: 2015 – present)

3. ASME IMECE (topic, track, session, panel: 2010, 2012 – present)

4. ASME International Fuel Cell Conference (track and session: 2008 – present)

5. ASME Energy Storage Forum (track: 2016 – present)

6. ASME International Heat Transfer Conference (panel: 2010)

Review panel or reviewer service: Proposals: National Science Foundation, Department of Energy, ACS Petroleum Research Fund, California Energy Commission, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee Research Foundation, ORNL Laboratory Directed Research and Development, European Research Commission, NRC Canada, NSF China, NSF South Africa, Zurich Research Commission.

Journals (>30): Journal of the Electrochemical Society, Electrochimica Acta, Journal of Power Sources, Energy and Environmental Science, Langmuir, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Chemistry of Materials, Physics of Fluids, Advanced Energy Materials

Conference Proceedings: ASME IMECE, ASME Intl. Fuel Cell Conference, ASME Intl. Conference on Energy Sustainability, ASME Intl. Heat Transfer Conference, ASME Micro/Nanoscale Heat and Mass Transfer Conference, ASME International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels and Minichannels

Professional affiliation & membership: Electrochemical Society (ECS); American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME); The Metals, Minerals and Materials Society (TMS); American Ceramic Society (ACerS); Materials Research Society (MRS); American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE).

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University service: 1. Growth Implementation Committee, Mechanical Engineering, TAMU (2015 – 2017) 2. Faculty Search Committee, Mechanical Engineering, TAMU (2016) 3. Seminar Committee, Mechanical Engineering, TAMU (2013 – 2015) 4. Qualifying Exam Committee, Mechanical Engineering, TAMU (2012, 2013, 2016) 5. Faculty Search Committee, College of Engineering, TAMU (2013 – 2014) 6. Judge, Student Research Week and Engineering Project Showcase, TAMU (2012 – 2017)

Research Presentations at Conferences (total: >100) (Representative, recent conference presentations by students furnished below.)

1. A. Mistry, P. Barai, and P. P. Mukherjee, Electrochemical Society (ECS) Meeting, San Diego, CA June (2016).

2. Z. Liu and P. P. Mukherjee, ECS Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, USA, October (2015). 3. C.-F. Chen and P. P. Mukherjee, ECS Meeting, Chicago, IL, USA, May (2015). 4. C. F. Lopez, J. Jeevarajan, P. P. Mukherjee, ASME IMECE, Montreal, Canada, November (2014). 5. P. Barai and P. P. Mukherjee, ECS Meeting, Orlando, FL, USA, May (2014).