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
Dr. Yanliang (Lenoard) Liang
Ph.D. Material physics and chemistry
Nankai University, 2012
Energy storage and conversion materials
yliang7@central.uh.edu
Ph.D. Material physics and chemistry
Nankai University, 2012
Energy storage and conversion materials
yliang7@central.uh.edu
Postdoctoral Fellow
Dr. Hongxu (Spring) Dong
Ph.D. Chemical Engineering , 2019
University of Virginia
hdong6@central.uh.edu
Ph.D. Chemical Engineering , 2019
University of Virginia
hdong6@central.uh.edu
Graduate Students
Benjamin J. Emley
M.S. Business
University of Texas at Austin, 2012
Optimization of porosity in solid oxide fuel cell electrode structures
bjemley@UH.edu
M.S. Business
University of Texas at Austin, 2012
Optimization of porosity in solid oxide fuel cell electrode structures
bjemley@UH.edu
Karun K Rao
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.E. Chemical Engineering
Case Western Reserve University, 2016
ab initio molecular dynamics and first principle modeling for solid-state electrolytes
kkumarrao@uh.edu
Zhaoyang Chen
M.S. in Materials Science and NanoEngineering 2019
Rice University
zchen48@central.uh.edu
M.S. in Materials Science and NanoEngineering 2019
Rice University
zchen48@central.uh.edu
Dieu Nguyen Thi Ngoc
B.S. Chemistry 2019
University of Science Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City
vannessnguyenlhp@gmail.com
B.S. Chemistry 2019
University of Science Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City
vannessnguyenlhp@gmail.com
Visiting Scholars
Xiaojun Wang
Shenzhen University
xwang200@central.uh.edu
Shenzhen University
xwang200@central.uh.edu
Hongzhi Zheng
South University of Science and Technology
hzheng9@central.uh.edu
South University of Science and Technology
hzheng9@central.uh.edu
Xiaoxia Wang
Qingdao University
xwang203@central.uh.edu
Qingdao University
xwang203@central.uh.edu
Xinpeng Han
Tianjin University
xhan29@central.uh.edu
Tianjin University
xhan29@central.uh.edu
Undergraduate Student
Robert Sipowicz
B.S. Electrical Engineering
University of Houston, Class 2021
B.S. Electrical Engineering
University of Houston, Class 2021
Alumni
| Hao Fang | Ph.D. student | 2015-2019 | Postdoc, General Motors R&D |
| Hui Dong | Ph.D. student | 2015-2019 | Postdoc, General Motors R&D |
| Haotian Zheng | Ph.D. student | 2017-2019 | |
| Yuxiang Zhu | Ph.D. student | 2018-2019 | |
| Michael de la Torre | Ph.D. student | 2017-2018 | |
| Dandan Wang | Ph.D. student | 2015 | University of Michigan |
| Saman Gheytani | Ph.D. student | 2013-2017 | Lam Research |
| Yan Jing | Ph.D. student | 2013-2017 | Harvard, Boston |
| Yifei Li | Ph.D. student | 2012-2016 | Ningbo FC-Nano, China |
| Kuan Yi Lee | M.S. student | 2015-2017 | Angstron Materials, USA |
| Shiyang Zhao | M.S student | 2013-2015 | Envision Energy, Houston |
| Yi Shi | Postdoc | 2017-2018 | Professor, Sun Yat-sen University |
| Xiaowei Chi | Postdoc | 2016-2018 | Professor, Institute of Ceramics CAS |
| 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 |
| Swaminathan Venkatesan | Postdoc | 2015-2016 | MKS Instruments, USA |
| Qingyou An | Postdoc | 2014-2105 | Associate Professor, Wuhan 
Institute of Technology, China |
| 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 |
| Yang Chen | Visiting Student | 2018-2019 | Fudan University |
| Rui Guo | Visiting Student | 2016 | Florida International University |
| Qiang Ru | Visiting Scholar | 2014-2015 | Professor, South China Normal University, China |
| Yufeng Zhao | Visiting Scholar | 2014-2015 | Professor, Lanzhou University of Technology, China |
| Zhixuan Meng | Visting Scholar | 2014 | Optimum Nano, China |
| Xiangyue Meng | Visiting student | 2014-2015 | Associate Professor, Beijing University of Chemical Technology |
| Xiaoxue Zhang | Visiting student | 2014 | Toyo Engineering Corporation, Japan |
| Audrey Wang | Undergraduate | 2019 | ABB |
| 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 |
| Juyoung Kim | Undergraduate | 2015 | University of St. Thomas |
| Lateefat Alab | Undergraduate | 2015 | Google Cloud |
| Sarah Sieman | Undergraduate | 2015 | Rice |
| Kayshewa Chamupathi | Undergraduate | 2017 | ExxonMobil |
| Harrison Graham | Undergraduate | 2014 | CAID Industries Inc, USA |
| Matthew Patton | Undergraduate | 2014 | University of Houston |
| David Pineda | Undergraduate | 2013 | Aurora Technical Sevices, LLC, Houston |
| Joseph Whitehouse | Undergraduate | 2013 | NXP Semiconductors,Austin,TX |
Group Pictures
August 2019 (Front) Xinpeng, Hongzhi, Jibo, Aki, Yan, Dieu, Zhaoyang, Spring, Xiaoxia’s son, Xiaoxia; (Back) Hui, Robert, Ye, Xiaojun, Ben, Fang, Yanliang 
August 2018 (Front) Chang, Haotian, Zijing, Yan Yao, Yi, Mike; (Back)Ye, Hui, Bing, Yang, Yuxiang, Ben, Fang, Yanliang 
August 2017 (Front) Yan Jing, Pu, Yan Yao, Saman, (Back) Yanliang, Hui, Ye, Xiaowei, Fang, Karun
August 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