Materials and Mechanics Issues in Energy Conversion, Storage and Transport

Energy conversion, storage and transport are rapidly emerging to be focal research topics in physical sciences due to socio-economic imperatives. Concurrent advances in materials science and allied areas such as nanotechnology, computational mechanics among others have provided fresh impetus to address next generation energy solutions. Innovative design of complex materials and concomitant mechanics problems are expected to play a strong role. This broad symposium will cover various experimental, theoretical and computational developments related to materials and mechanics in energy research. Topics of interest include but are not limited to: multiscale modeling of materials for energy, materials and mechanics issues in nanocapacitors, fuel cells, photovoltaics (including quantum dots), energy harvesting, thermoelectrics, hydrogen storage among others.

Organizers

  • Harley T. Johnson
    Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, UIUC
    htj@uiuc.edu
  • Pradeep Sharma
    University of Houston
    psharma@uh.edu

Schedule

Tuesday 4

Room Time Talk
Excellence Room 4:00 PM Using Old Materials in New Ways for Photovoltaics
John Rogers
Excellence Room 4:40 PM Materials for the Hydrogen Economy: Embrittlement and Remediation
Petros Sofronis, Ian Roberston, Mohsen Dadfarnia, Paul Novak
Excellence Room 5:20 PM Revisiting the Origins of the Dead-layer in Nanocapacitors and Ramifications for Energy Storage
Pradeep Sharma