E2C lab  Electrochemical Energy Conversion Lab @UC Merced
 
   
 
 
     
 
Principal Investigator
 
  Min Hwan Lee (pdf)
Associate Professor, PhD
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Materials and Biomaterials Science and Engineering
School of Engineering, UC Merced
  • 5200 N. Lake Rd, Merced CA 95343
  • mlee49 (at) ucmerced.edu, (209) 228-4186, Office: SRE 349

  • PhD & MS, Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University
  • BS, Mechanical Design & Production Engineering, Seoul National University, South Korea

Graduate Students
 
  ThomasJae Garcia
PhD Student
  • tgarcia48 (at) ucmerced.edu
  • Research topic: High temperature catalysis, catalyst development, scanning probe

  • BS, Applied Physics, Carnegie Mellon University
  • Academic interest: Fuel cells/energy storage
  • Personal Interest: Reading, hiking

 
  Mohammad Fakhimi Bonab
PhD Student
  • mfakhimibonab (at) ucmerced.edu
  • Research topic: Solid oxide electrolyzers, water purification

  • MS, Energy Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Italy; BS, Mechanical Engineering, University of Tabriz, Iran
  • Academic Interest: Fuel cells, electric vehicles, energy storage systems
  • Personal Interest: Swimming, water polo

 
  Gregory Elcombe
PhD Student
  • gelcombe (at) ucmerced.edu
  • Research topic: Electrolysis, water purification

  • BS, Mechanical Engineering, UC Merced
  • Academic Interest: Clean energy production & storage
  • Personal Interest: Hiking, Cars, PC Games

 
 
  Mengting (Molly) Li
PhD Student
  • mengtingli (at) ucmerced.edu
  • Research topic: Electrolysis

  • MS, Kunming University of Science and Technology; BS, Liaoning University of Technology, China
  • Academic Interest: Nanomaterials
  • Personal Interest: Outdoor activities and fitness

 


Alumni
 
  Josh (Haoyu) Li
  • Obtained a PhD in ME; solid oxide fuel cells and electrolyzers
  • Currently a postdoc researcher at Georgia Tech (Prof. Meilin Liu's group).
  Anthony Travieso
  • Worked as an undergraduate researcher
  • Solid oxide electrolyzer
  Sebastian Vazquez
  • Worked as an undergraduate researcher; MACES summer fellow
  Gregory Elcombe
  • Worked as an undergraduate researcher; MACES summer fellow
  • Currently a PhD student in our group
  Orbel Barkhordarian
  • Obtained an MS in ME; interfacial treatment for solid oxide fuel cells
  • Currently working for Lucid Motors
  Ziqi Liu
  • Obtained a PhD in ME; hybrid catalyst for oxygen and hydrogen electrocatalysis
  • Currently working for Seagate Technology
  Hung-Sen Kang
  • Obtained an MS in ME; interfacial treatment and scanning probe-based fundamental study for solid oxide fuel cells
  • Currently working for Applied Materials
  Angela Macedo Andrade
  • Obtained a PhD in MBSE; hybrid catalyst for oxygen and hydrogen electrocatalysis
  • Currently working for Applied Materials
  Juliana Leal
  • Undergraduate Student; MACES summer fellow
  Simranjit Grewal
  • Obtained a PhD in MBSE; hybrid catalyst; NASA ASTAR fellowship
  • Currently working as a postdoc at Sandia National Lab.
  Alireza Karimaghaloo
  • Obtained a PhD in ME; solid oxide fuel cells
  • Currently working as a SOFC Research Engineer at the Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC)
  Kalvin Thongrivong
  • Worked as an undergrad researcher in ME; SOFCs
  • Currently working as a process engineer at TTM Technologies in California
  Jose Morales
  • Worked as an undergrad researcher in ME; MACES fellow; SOFCs
  Patrick Coldivar
  • Worked as an undergraduate intern; SOFCs
  • Currently working as a Water Resource Control Engineer at Wastewater Consolidation Program
  Cindy Wong
  • Worked as an undergraduate intern; NASA MACES fellow; SOFCs
  Dr. Chee Seng Ng
  • Worked as a visiting scholar; AFM-based SOFCs
  • Currently a postdoc at NTU, Singapore.
  Vishal Zade
  • Worked as an MS student; AFM interface
  • Currently a PhD student at U Texas El Paso.
  Oscar Huang
  • Worked as an undergrad researcher; SOFC cathode
  • Currently a PhD student at Texas A&M.
  Sean Johnson
  • Obtained MS. Worked on the SOFC cathodes
  • Works for Intel
  Brandon Fields
  • Worked as a undergrad MACES fellow (2017); SOFC cathode;
  • Returned to CSU
  Christopher Walker
  • Worked as a undergrad MACES fellow (2017); graphene-based catalysis;
  • Currently at UCM
  Adrian Villegas
  • Worked as an undergrad researcher; AFM tips
  • Currently a PhD student at UCM.
  Eshita Nandini
  • Worked as an undergrad researcher; SOFC cathode
  • Currently at UCM; Summer fellowship at Harvard.
  Brandon Read
  • Worked as an undergrad researcher; supercapacitors, ORR catalyst
  • Studying at UCLA (transfer)
  Thomas Peev
  • Worked as an undergrad researcher; ORR catalyst
  • Currently a PhD student, Aerospace Engineering at UC Davis
  Arash Tourki Samaei
  • Worked as a MS student; IT-SOFCs
  Luis Perez
  • Undergraduate researcher - worked on supercapacitor
 
  Eunbit Jamie Cho
  • Graduate student - worked on battery (independent study)
  • Currently working for Apple Inc.
  Savarni Singh
  • Undergraduate researcher - worked on resistive switching memory
  • COINS Summer Fellowship
  Henok Asfaw
  • Undergraduate researcher - worked on resistive switching memory
  Senam Tamakloe
  • Undergraduate researcher - worked on Li-ion battery
  • PG&E Engineering Summer Scholarship; pursuing PhD at Virginia Tech
  Yongjie Wang
  • Obtained MS degree with us
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  Christopher Lee
  • Undergraduate researcher
  Evan Pournejad
  • Undergraduate researcher
  Andrew (Hyeongjoo) Moon
  • Worked as a research staff with us
  • Currently working for LG Electronics.
  Youngseok Jee
  • Worked as a postdoc scholar with us
  • Currently at U of South Carolina as a postdoc.
  Utsav Shah
  • Worked as a research staff with us
  • Currently at Master Bond Inc.
  Sanghoon Ji
  • Worked as a visiting student with us
  • Currently continuing his PhD at SNU
  Michael Anderson
  • Worked as a graduate student with us
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