Principal Investigator
Dr. Yan Yao
Cullen College of Engineering Associate Professor
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Principal Investigator of Texas Center for Superconductor
& Materials Science and Engineering Program
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
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
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