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Conner Fear

School of Mechanical Engineering
585 Purdue Mall
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2088

Conner Fear is a senior PhD candidate in the School of Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University. He received a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Texas A&M in 2017. Conner is a member of the Energy and Transport Sciences Laboratory, where he works under the guidance of Dr. Partha Mukherjee. Conner’s research interests include thermal safety and degradation of lithium-ion batteries, especially under extreme conditions such as fast charging and overdischarge. Throughout his studies, Conner has worked in the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Chemistry Division with the team of Dr. Corey Love.