Principal Investigator
Dr. Yan Yao
Associate Professor
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Texas Center for Superconductor
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering
University of Houston
yyao4@uh.edu
Research Assistant Professor
Ph.D. Material physics and chemistry
Nankai University, 2012
Energy storage and conversion materials
yliang7@central.uh.edu
M.S Electrical Engineering
Boston Univerisity, 2013
All-solid-state Li-ion/Na-ion batteries for energy storage
fanghao1221@gmail.com
M.S. Business
University of Texas at Austin, 2012
Optimization of porosity in solid oxide fuel cell electrode structures
bjemley@UH.edu
B.S.E. Chemical Engineering
Case Western Reserve University, 2016
ab initio molecular dynamics and first principle modeling for solid-state electrolytes
kkumarrao@uh.edu
B.S. Physics
Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 2017
ab initio molecular dynamics modeling and pair distribution function analysis for solid-state electrolytes
hzheng6@uh.edu
M.S. Materials Science and Engineering
Polymer electrodes and electrolytes, 2018
yzhu33@uh.edu
B.S. Electrical Engineering
University of Houston, Graduating 2019
Li-ion solid state conductors
aewang@uh.edu
Alumni
| Yu Xing | Undergraduate | 2018 | Carnegie Mellon University |
| Stephanie Roohi | Undergraduate | 2017 | HX5 LLC |
| Troy A. Pena | Undergraduate | 2017 | University of Houston |
| Steve Guzman | Undergraduate | 2016 | University of Houston |
| Raymond McCoy | Undergraduate | 2016 | Houston Community College |
| Qing Ji | Postdoc | 2016 | Engineer, SPIC Yuanda Environment Protection, China |
| Pu Hu | Postdoc | 2016-2017 | Postdoc, University of Florida |
| Wenwen Deng | Postdoc | 2016-2017 | Suzhou University of Science and Technology |
| Rui Guo | Visiting PhD Student | 2016 | Florida International University |
| Swaminathan Venkatesan | Postdoc | 2015-2016 | MKS Instruments, USA |
| Juyoung Kim | Undergraduate | 2015 | University of St. Thomas |
| Lateefat Alab | Undergraduate | 2015 | Google Cloud |
| Sarah Sieman | Undergraduate | 2015 | Rice |
| Dandan Wang | PhD student | 2015 | University of Michigan |
| Kayshewa Chamupathi | Undergraduate | 2017 | ExxonMobil |
| Qingyou An | Postdoc | 2014-2105 | Associate Professor, Wuhan 
Institute of Technology, China |
| Qiang Ru | Visiting Professor | 2014-2015 | Professor, South China Normal University, China |
| Yufeng Zhao | Visiting Professor | 2014-2015 | Professor, Lanzhou University of Technology, China |
| Zhixuan Meng | Visting Scholar | 2014 | Optimum Nano, China |
| Harrison Graham | Undergraduate | 2014 | CAID Industries Inc, USA |
| Matthew Patton | Undergraduate | 2014 | University of Houston |
| Xiangyue Meng | Visiting PhD student | 2014-2015 | Associate Professor, Beijing University of Chemical Technology |
| Kuan Yi Lee | M.S. student | 2017 | Angstron Materials, USA |
| Xiaoxue Zhang | Visiting PhD student | 2014 | Toyo Engineering Corporation, Japan |
| Saman Gheytani | PhD student | 2013-2017 | Univesity of Houston |
| Yan Jing | PhD student | 2013-2017 | Harvard, Boston |
| Hyun Deog Yoo | Postdoc | 2013-2015 | Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Pusan National University, Korea |
| Zelang Jian | Postdoc | 2013-2014 | Postdoc at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab |
| Shiyang Zhao | M.S student | 203-2015 | Envision Energy, Houston |
| David Pineda | Undergraduate | 2013 | Aurora Technical Sevices, LLC, Houston |
| Joseph Whitehouse | Undergraduate | 2013 | NXP Semiconductors,Austin,TX |
| Yifei Li | PhD student | 2012-2016 | CATL, China |
August 2018(Front)Chang, Haotian, Zijing, Yan Yao, Yi, Mike; (Back)Ye, Hui, Bing, Yang, Yuxiang, Ben, Fang, Yanliang
April 2018(Front)Fang, Haotian, Yan Yao, Hui, Yi; (Back)Yang, Yanliang, Xiaowei, Ye, Mike
April 2017
October 2015 (Front) Yan Yao, Xiaoqing, Shiyang, Yifei, Kenny, Swami, Jun, Saman; (Back) Yanliang, Hui, Hao, Kayshewa, Yaoguang, Ben, Rui, Yan Jing
March 2015 (left to right): Saman, Sam, Yifei, Yan Jing, Shiyang, Qiang, Dandan, Yanliang, Qinyou, Yaoguang, Kenny, Yufeng, Yan Yao
July 2014 (left to right): Sam, Yanliang, Zhixuan, Saman, Yan Yao, Yan Jing, Shiyang, Yufeng, Xiaoxue, Zelang, Yifei
May 2014 (left to right): Yanliang, Jeff, Yan Yao, Yifei, Sam, Zhixuan, Xiaoxue, Yan Jing, Shiyang, Saman, Zelang, Yufeng
Jun. 2013 (left to right): Jin Yan, Yifei Li, Len Liang, Jamie Bassett, Kyle Affeldt, Tiffany Au, David Pineda, Yan Yao
Jan. 2013 (left to right): Jin Yan, Jing Shuai, Yan Yao, Yifei Li, Len Liang