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Posted on Monday, January 05, 2024
To enable the electrification of transportation systems, it is important to understand how
technologies such as grid storage, solar photovoltaic systems, and control strategies can
aid the deployment of electric vehicle charging at scale. In this work, we present EV-EcoSim,
a co-simulation platform that integrates electric vehicle charging, battery systems, solar
photovoltaic systems, grid transformers, control strategies, power distribution systems,
and optimization to accelerate the deployment of electric vehicle charging infrastructure.
Posted on Friday, November 10, 2023
Joel Martis has successfully defended his PhD thesis. We had a group dinner together to celebrate this
wonderful moment. Joel will join Nion after his graduation. Congratulations, Joel! And wish you all the
best for your future career!
Posted on Sunday, October 15, 2023
There is growing interest in mitigating the climate impacts of hard-to-abate methane emissions by breaking down
(oxidizing) methane at its source or in the atmospheric itself. In this work, we identify practical constraints
to any methane oxidation technology and quantify its potential benefits (economic, air quality, and global cooling).
Posted on Thursday, August 17, 2023
Granular geospatial information of distribution grids is needed for various power system applications but is largely absent today.
In this work, we develop a machine-learning-based model which can accurately map distribution grids in both the U.S. and Sub-Saharan Africa.
It can also be used to measure the fraction of underground power lines at the aggregate level for estimating grid exposure to wildfires.
Zhecheng is the first author of this paper, and Prof. Majumdar is one of the corresponding authors. Congratulations!
See more details here.
Posted on Monday, August 7, 2023
Power line ignition is a major cause of destructive wildfires, exacerbated by the increasingly severe threat of climate change.
With the AI-aided identification of power line status, we investigated the inequitable distribution of electric distribution grid
vulnerability to wildfires in California. Built upon the insights, we further proposed a policy solution which can make power line
undergrounding—an effective yet costly wildfire mitigation approach—more equitably affordable to communities across different income
levels. Zhecheng is the first author of this paper, and Prof. Majumdar is one of the corresponding authors. Congratulations!
See more details here.
Posted on Thursday, July 20, 2023
Recent electron microscopy techniques have attracted significant attention for their ability to image electric fields at the atomic level.
Here, we investigate the possibility to separate the charge density contributions of core and valence electrons in monolayer MoS2,
highlighting the limitations induced by the electron probe shape. Joel is the first author of this paper, and Prof. Majumdar is the
leading corresponding author. Congratulations!
See more details here.
Posted on Tuesday, June 6, 2023
We had a group dinner to celebrate Eddie's PhD graduation! We had deep dish pizzas, Eddie's favorite!
Eddie has defended in last December with thesis titled "Transformations of CH4 and CO2 to chemical
feedstocks and fuels". Congrats, Eddie!
Posted on Thursday, May 11, 2023
Our group's alumni organized a research symposium to celebrate Arun's 60th birthday, resulting in an exciting reunion for former colleagues, close collaborators, and friends from around the world.
The event featured talks and speeches by world-class scientists, industry leaders, and Arun's previous government colleagues.
The symposium culminated in an insightful panel discussion on the future of sustainability, featuring John Doerr, Steve Chu, and Arun Majumdar.