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Laboratory

The rapidly expanding ETSL facility is capable of electrode processing for traditional and aqueous processing as well as coin cell fabrication. We also have numerous computational nodes and capabilities ranging from single particle fundamental models to system-level performance simulation.

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    Energy and Transport Science Lab: Computational

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    Energy and Transport Science Lab: Experimental

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    Accelerating Rate Calorimeter (ARC)

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    64 Channel Battery Tester

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    High Current Battery Tester

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    Inert atmosphere glovebox for coin cell assembly

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    Vacuum Oven

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    Materials for in-house Cell Fabrication

Center for Advances in Resilient Energy Storage (CARES)

Established in October 2023 by ESRI and Purdue University, the Center for Advances in Resilient Energy Storage (CARES) pioneers research in energy storage safety, sustainability, and resilience. CARES integrates physics-based modeling and experimental analytics to enhance the safety and resilience of new energy storage technologies.  

CARES Opening Ceremony

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    The CARES research team from the Electrochemical Safety Research Institute (ESRI) of UL Research Institutes and Purdue University.

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    ULRI and Purdue University leadership teams cutting the ribbon at the opening ceremony of CARES on March 8, 2024 at Purdue University.

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ECS-Purdue University Student Chapter

The ECS-Purdue Student Chapter was founded in May 2019 and its goal is to promote discussion and collaboration between electrochemistry and solid state science students in Purdue University and the Greater Midwest area.  

E-Chem Day

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Women in Sustainability

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MoChA Poster Symposium

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NanoExpo 2023

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ETSL Events

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    08-2025: ETSL Group Photo - Fall'25.

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    06-2025: Celebrating Summer'25 at Prof. Mukherjee's.

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    05-2025: ETSL celebrates Avijit's successful post-doctoral tenure.

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    05-2025: Julia with Prof. Mukherjee at Spring Graduation 2025

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    05-2025: ETSL celebrates Julia's successful Ph.D. thesis defense.

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    04-2025: Congratulations to Prof. Mukherjee, Dr. Karmakar, Aditya and Abhinand for being awarded the 2025 Graduate Education Awards.

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    04-2025: Aditya and Sourim representing ETSL at the 2025 MRS Spring Meeting & Exhibit held in Seattle, WA.

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    03-2025: Lunch with Sarah Cardinali from NREL post her talk at the Purdue ECS Student Chapter X CARES Seminar on Career Paths in Transportation.

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    02-2025: Dr. James Fleetwood from EnPower delivers a talk on EnPower's recent R&D work and technological advancements in batteries.

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    12-2024: ETSL celebrates Kaustubh's successful Ph.D. thesis defense

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    12-2024: Kaustubh with Prof. Mukherjee at Fall Graduation 2024

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    12-2024: ETSL at the 2024 MRS Fall Meeting in Boston, MA

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    12-2024: Pooja's research poster presentation at the 2024 MRS Fall Meeting in Boston, MA

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    12-2024: Toukir's research poster presentation at the 2024 MRS Fall Meeting in Boston, MA

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    11-2024: Anu's research poster presentation at the 2024 NSF Student Poster Competition in Portland, Oregon

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    11-2024: Dr. Karma Sawyer from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory delivers a talk on "A Vision For a Resilient Energy Future In The Face Of A Changing Climate"

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    10-2024: Luncheon at ETSL to celebrate Fall 2024.

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    09-2024: Prof. Mukherjee gave a talk on Mechanistic Interactions at Scale in Energy Storage at the Department of Mechanical, Materials and Aerospace Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago.

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    08-2024: ECS Call Out Event

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    08-2024: Dr. Abhik Banerjee from Research Institute for Sustainable Energy (RISE) delivers a talk on "Developing Safe, Cost Effective and High Energy Density Solid-State Battery"

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    07-2024: Congratulations to Trisha on receiving the runner-up award at the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Poster Symposium 2024!

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    07-2024: Hanwei with Prof. Mukherjee at Summer Graduation 2024

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    07-2024: ETSL celebrates Hanwei's successful Ph.D. thesis defense

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    05-2024: Julia's Research Presentation at the 245th ECS Meeting in San Francisco, CA

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    05-2024: Anu's research poster presentation at the 245th ECS Meeting in San Francisco, CA

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    05-2024: ETSL Reunion at the 245th ECS Meeting in San Fransico, CA

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    05-2024: Prof. Mukherjee delivers a talk on Thermo-Electrochemical Stability of Solid-State Batteries at the 245th ECS Meeting in San Francisco, CA

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    04-2024: Congratulations to Sourim on receiving the "Outstanding Service Scholarship Award" for his service to the graduate student community at Purdue.

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    04-2024: Prof. Babak Anasori delivers a talk on "Tunable Chemistry of 2D Carbide MXenes for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction".

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    04-2024: First MoCha workshop with Dr. Justin Andrews from Purdue Chemistry on "How to design a cathode material: Insights from X-ray spectroscopy and scattering.".

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    03-2024: Abhinand's research poster presentation at the Gordon Research Conference in Ventura, CA.

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    03-2024: Prof. Jennifer L. Schaefer from University of Notre Dame delivers a talk on "Polymers for Next-Generation Electrochemical Energy Storage Devices".

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    12-2023: ETSL celebrates Navneet's and Venkatesh's successful Ph.D. thesis defense

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    11-2023: Prof. Peng Bai from Washington University, St. Louis delivers a talk on "Analytical Electrochemical Engineering of Safe and Sustainable Batteries".

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    11-2023: Congratulations to Debanjali on winning the Best Poster Award at the 2023 ASME-IMECE NSF Poster Competition in New Orleans, LA

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    11-2023: Lunch with Prof. Justin L. Andrews post his talk at the MoCha seminar.

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    11-2023: Dinner with Prof. Alejandro Franco in Gothenburg, Sweden.

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    11-2023: ETSL at the A07 Symposium Luncheon on the Interplay between Temperature and Battery Phenomena in Gothenburg, Sweden.

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    11-2023: Debanjali as the Student Ambassador at the 244th ECS Meeting in Gothenburg, Sweden.

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    11-2023: Prof. Justin L. Andrews gives a talk on Atomic and Mesoscale approaches to improving capacity and rate in V2O5 cathode materials.

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    09-2023: Lunch with Dr. Eva Allen post her talk at the MoCha seminar.

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    09-2023: Dr. Eva Allen gives a research talk on "Advanced Techniques of 3D Spatial Characterization for the Diagnosis, Synthesis, and Recycling of Lithium-Ion Batteries"

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    08-2023: ECS Call Out Event

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    08-2023: ETSL Group Photo - Fall'23

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    06-2023: ECS Student Chapter Team Dinner, Summer'23

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    06-2023: ETSL celebrates Bairav's and Susmita's successful Ph.D. thesis defense

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    06-2023: Congratulations to Susmita for successfully defending her Ph.D. thesis!

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    06-2023: Congratulations to Susmita for successfully defending her Ph.D. thesis!

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    04-2023: Bairav, Debanjali and Navneet receive Outstanding Purdue Grad Awards!

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    04-2023: Dr. Scott A. Roberts from Sandia National Labs visits ETSL

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    04-2023: Congratulations to Bairav for successfully defending his Ph.D. thesis!

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    11-2022: Prof. Brian Tackett from Purdue ChemE gives a talk

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    11-2022: Thanksgiving celebration at Prof. Mukherjee's

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    11-2022: ETSL celebrates Trent's successful Master's thesis defense

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    11-2022: Prof. Jeffrey Dick from Purdue Chemistry gives a talk

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    10-2022: Prof. Jordi Cabana with Prof. Mukherjee

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    10-2022: Prof. Jordi Cabana from UIC gives a talk at Purdue

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    10-2022: Diwali celebration at ETSL!

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    10-2022: Prof. Mukherjee gives an invited talk at EU-US Frontiers of Engineering Symposium in Bled, Slovenia

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    10-2022: Prof. Mukherjee with colleagues at EU-US Frontiers of Engineering Symposium in Bled, Slovenia

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    10-2022: First ETSL reunion at 242nd ECS Meeting in Atlanta, GA!

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    10-2022: ETSL members at 242nd ECS Meeting in Atlanta, GA

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    10-2022: ETSL members at 242nd ECS Meeting in Atlanta, GA

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    08-2022: Congratulations to Chance for successfully defending his Ph.D. thesis!

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    08-2022: Fahim and Conner with Prof. Mukherjee at Summer Graduation 2022

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    06-2022: ECS Purdue Student Chapter receives 2022 Outstanding Chapter Award!

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    06-2022: ETSL celebrates Conner's successful Ph.D. thesis defense

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    06-2022: Prof. Mukherjee's birthday celebration

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    06-2022: ETSL members at Batteries GRC in Ventura, CA

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    06-2022: ETSL members at Batteries GRC in Ventura, CA

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    05-2022: ETSL Solid-State team visits Braun Research Group at UIUC

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    05-2022: Finally an in-person group photo!

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    05-2022: Kicking off Summer 2022 with a Korean dinner together!

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    04-2022: Dr. Matt Glasscott from U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center visits ETSL

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    04-2022: Prof. Devesh Ranjan, School Chair- Geogria Tech ME, visits ETSL

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    04-2022: Prof. Rohan Akolkar from Case Western Reserve University, Ohio visits ETSL

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    04-2022: Dr. Corey Love from US Naval Research Lab visits ETSL

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    04-2022: Lunch with Dr. Corey Love

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    06-2021: ETSL Summer Picnic at Happy Hollow Park

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    04-2021: Congratulations to Amy Bohinsky for successfully defending her M.S. thesis!

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    01-2020: Professor Vijay Ramani from the Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering at Washington University visits ETSL

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    10-2019: Farewell Dinner for Dr. Daniel Juarez Robles

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    10-2019: Dr. Yuichiro Tabuchi, Dr. Koichiro Atani and Dr. Masafumi Shibata from Nissan R&D, Japan visits ETSL

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    10-2019: Farewell Dinner for Dr. Feng Hao

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    07-2019: ETSL Group Photo, Summer 2019

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    07-2019: UG Summer Research Mini-symposium 2019

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    06-2019: Congratulations to Anjul Arun Vyas for his successful M.S. thesis defense

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    10-2016: Congratulations to Kelsey for receiving the Outstanding Engineering Graduate Student Award from the Dwight Look College of Engineering at Texas A&M

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    09-2016: Darren receiving the Best Poster Presentation Award at the Texas A&M Conference on Energy

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    05-2016: ETSL celebrates successful thesis defense of Chien-Fan Chen and Zhixiao Liu

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    05-2016: ETSL Group Dinner

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    05-2016: Congratulations to Chien-Fan Chen for his successful Ph.D. thesis defense

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    05-2016: Congratulations to Zhixiao Liu for his successful Ph.D. thesis defense

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    03-2016: Dr. Stephen Harris from the Lawrence Berkeley Lab visits ETSL

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    03-2016: Congratulations to Nihar Kotak, Deepak Bhatia, and Seshendra Palakurthy for their successful M.S. thesis defense

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    12-2015: Farewell Graduation Dinner for Dr. Pallab Barai

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    12-2015: Aggie Challenge Group for Fall 2015

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    11-2015: Prof. Alejandro A. Franco from Chemistry, LRCS, University of Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens, France visits ETSL & delivers ME department seminar at Texas A&M University

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    11-2015: ETSL presents at ASME IMECE 2015 at the Geroge R. Brown Convention Center, Houston, Texas

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    11-2015: Dr. Yuichiro Tabuchi from Nissan R&D, Japan visits ETSL

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    11-2015: Dr. Li from Lynntech, Inc., College Station, Texas visits ETSL

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    10-2015: Prof. Sundar Manoharan from Karunya University, Tamil Nadu, India visits ETSL

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    09-2015: Students from the University of Guanajuato get a demo in lithium-ion coin cell fabrication process from Daniel

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    06-2015: Semester get together at Dr. Mukherjee's

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    05-2015: Prof. Volker Schmidt, from Ulm University of Germany, visits ETSL & delivers ME department seminar at Texas A&M University

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    04-2015: Malcolm Stein demos lithium coin cell fabrication process for MEEN 689: Fundamentals on Energy Storage

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    03-2015: Dr. Judy Jeevaranjan visits the ETSL lab for Carlos Lopez's thesis defense

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    09-2014: Wilhelm Wiebe visits ETSL experimental lab from DHBW

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    09-2014: Wilhelm Wiebe fabricating a half cell at ETSL experimental lab

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    09-2014: Pallab Barai lecturing at the DHBW International Summer School hosted by Texas A&M University

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    09-2014: Students from DHBW International Summer School on a Texas A&M campus tour

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    09-2014: Students from DHBW International Summer School learning Texas A&M yells

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    09-2014: Students from DHBW International Summer School visits ETSL experimental laboratory

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    09-2014: Students from DHBW International Summer School leading Texas A&M yells

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    11-2014: Dr. Yevgen Barsukov, from Texas Instruments, visits ETSL & delivers ME department seminar at Texas A&M University

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    12-2014: Semester get together at Dr. Mukherjee's