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The NanoEnergy Lab

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Principal Investigator

Hai Wang

  •  Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University, Fuel Science (1992)
  •  M.S., Michigan Technological University, Chemical Engineering (1986)
  •  B.Eng., East China University of Science and Technology, Polymer Materials Science and Engineering (1984)

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Postdoctoral Researchers

Nikolaos Kateris (nkateris [at] stanford [dot] edu)

  •   M.Eng. & B.A. (Hons), University of Cambridge, Mechanical, Aerospace and Aerothermal Engineering (2018)

Research interests: molecular dynamics and quantum chemistry for carbon nanomaterials, battery design, and propulsion

 

Andrea Nobili (anobili [at] stanford [dot] edu

  • PhD, Politecnico di Milano, Chemical Engineering (2024)
  • M.S., Politecnico di Milano, Chemical Engineering (2019)
  • B.S., Politecnico di Milano, Chemical Engineering (2017)

Research interests: quantum chemistry and kinetic modeling for carbon nanoparticle synthesis and solid fuel combustion in high enthalpy flow 

Graduate Students

Nicholas Montes (njmontes [at] stanford [dot] edu)

  •  M.S., Stanford University, Mechanical Engineering (2016)
  •  B.S., University of Michigan, Mechanical Engineering (2014)

Research interests: atomic force microscopy, carbon nanomaterials, hybrid propulsion

 

Amitesh Jayaraman (amiteshs [at] stanford [dot] edu)

  • B.Eng., National University of Singapore, Mechanical Engineering (2020)

Research interests: statistical mechanics, molecular and quantum transport

 

Kevin Dong (dongwd [at] stanford [dot] edu)

  •  B.S., Tsinghua University, Energy and Power Engineering (2020)

Research interests: foundational fuel chemistry model, machine learning

 

Ethan Genter (egenter [at] stanford [dot] edu)

  •  M.S., Washington University in St. Louis, Mechanical Engineering (2021)
  •  B.S., Washington University in St. Louis, Mechanical Engineering (2020)

Research interests: detonation, molecular dynamics, propulsion

 

Ghufran Alkhamis (ghufran [at] stanford [dot] edu)

  • M.S., KAUST, Mechanical Engineering (2021)
  • B.S., Stanford University, Mechanical Engineering (2020)

Research interests: Hydrogen economy, large energy system analysis and optimization

 

Naomi Lutz (nplutz [at] stanford [dot] edu)

  • B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Mechanical Engineering (2022)

Research interests: energy storage, battery design

 

Jackson Kennedy (jacksonkennedy [at] stanford [dot] edu)

  • M.S., Stanford University, Aeronautics and Astronautics (2022)
  • B.S.E., Duke University, Mechanical Engineering (2022)

Research interests: detonation, propulsion

 

Lauren Kramer (lkramer1 [at] stanford [dot] edu)

  • B.S., Brown University, Mechanical Engineering (2024)

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Visiting Students

  • Patrick Meagher