Principal Investigators

Dr. Partha P. Mukherjee

Director and Founder, ETSL (Energy and Transport Sciences Laboratory)
Director, CARES (Center for Advances in Resilient Energy Storage)
Professor of Mechanical Engineering and University Faculty Scholar

pmukherjee@purdue.edu

Academic Preparation

Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA, 2007
M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India, 1999
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, North Bengal University, West Bengal, India, 1997

Dr. Bairav S. Vishnugopi

Associate Director, ETSL (Energy and Transport Sciences Laboratory)
Associate Director, CARES (Center for Advances in Resilient Energy Storage)
Mesoscale Physics Lead
Member of the "ETSL Knights"

bvishnug@purdue.edu

Academic Preparation

Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA, 2023
B.E., Mechanical Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani-Hyderabad, India, 2018

Research Scholar

Dr. Avijit Karmakar

Computational Thermal Physics Lead
Member of the "ETSL Knights"

Research Scholar at ETSL since Fall 2021
akarmak@Purdue.edu

Academic Preparation

Ph.D., Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology, US, 2021
M.Tech., Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India, 2015
B.E., Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur, India, 2013

Dr. Abhinanda Sengupta

Research Scholar at ETSL since Spring 2025
abhinandasg.27@gmail.com

Academic Preparation

Ph.D., Energy Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India, 2024
M.Tech., Chemical Engineering, University of Calcutta, India, 2017
B.E., Chemical Engineering, West Bengal University of Technology, India, 2015

Graduate Students

	Julia Meyer Ph.D. Student at ETSL since Fall 2019 meyer222@Purdue.edu Academic Preparation B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 2019
	Debanjali Chatterjee Science Outreach Lead Member of the "ETSL Knights" Ph.D. Student at ETSL since Spring 2021 chatte22@Purdue.edu Academic Preparation B.Tech., Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India, 2020
	Sourim Banerjee Ph.D. Student at ETSL since Fall 2021 banerj47@Purdue.edu Academic Preparation B.Tech-M.Tech Dual Degree, Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India, 2021
	Anuththara Alujjage Experimental Lab Manager Thermo-electrochemical Analytics Lead Member of the "ETSL Knights" ETSL X Fellow - Leadership in Experimental Sciences for X Ph.D. Student at ETSL since Fall 2021 aalujjag@Purdue.edu Academic Preparation B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Northern Arizona University (NAU), Flagstaff, Arizona, 2020
	Aditya Singla Computational Interface Physics Lead ETSL X Fellow - Leadership in Computational Physics for X Ph.D. Student at ETSL since Fall 2021 singla4@Purdue.edu Academic Preparation M.Tech., Thermal Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India, 2021 B.Tech, Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India, 2020
	Md Toukir Hasan Deputy Lead - Experimental Lab Solid-state Analytics Lead Ph.D. Student at ETSL since Fall 2021 hasan50@Purdue.edu Academic Preparation M.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, USA, 2021 B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh, 2018
	Abhinand Ayyaswamy Computational Special Initiative Lead Member of the "ETSL Knights" ETSL X Fellow - Leadership in Computational Physics for X Ph.D. Student at ETSL since Summer 2022 aayyaswa@Purdue.edu Academic Preparation M.S., Aeronautics and Astronautics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 2020 B.Tech., Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli, India, 2018
	Alan Halverson Deputy Lead - Experimental Lab Member of the "ETSL Knights" Ph.D. Student at ETSL since Fall 2022 halversa@Purdue.edu Academic Preparation B.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, 2019
	Pooja Ranganathan Ph.D. Student at ETSL since Fall 2022 prangan@Purdue.edu Academic Preparation Integrated M.Sc. Degree (Chemistry), B.E. Degree (Mechanical Engineering), Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani-Hyderabad, India, 2018
	Pretty Mitra Communications Lead Ph.D. Student at ETSL since Spring 2023 mitra57@Purdue.edu Academic Preparation B.S., Petroleum and Mining Engineering, Military Institute of Science and Technology (MIST), Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2022
	Deep Chatterjee Electrochemical Interface Modeling Lead Ph.D. Student at ETSL since Fall 2023 chatte57@Purdue.edu Academic Preparation B.E., Mechanical Engineering, Jadavpur University, India, 2022
	Ranadip Saha Image Based Analytics Lead Online Content Lead Member of the "ETSL Rising Stars" Ph.D. Student at ETSL since Fall 2023 saha78@Purdue.edu Academic Preparation B.E., Chemical Engineering, Jadavpur University, India, 2023
	Anindya Nath Electrochemical Conversion Physics Lead Member of the "ETSL Rising Stars" Ph.D. Student at ETSL since Fall 2023 nath13@Purdue.edu Academic Preparation M.Tech., Thermal Engineering, National Institute of Technology Silchar, India, 2023 B.Tech., Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Silchar, India, 2018
	Kausthubharam Experimental Special Initiative Lead Member of the "ETSL Rising Stars" Ph.D. Student at ETSL since Fall 2023 kkausthu@Purdue.edu Academic Preparation M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Seoul National University, South Korea, 2023 B.Tech., Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Karnataka, India, 2019
	Arpan Kumar Sharma Mesoscale Electrochemical Physics Lead Member of the "ETSL Rising Stars" Ph.D. Student at ETSL since Fall 2023 sharm843@Purdue.edu Academic Preparation B.E., Mechanical Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, India, 2022
	Moonseong Kim Electrochemical Analytics Lead Member of the "ETSL Rising Stars" Ph.D. Student at ETSL since Fall 2023 kim2836@Purdue.edu Academic Preparation B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 2023
	Muhammad Abdun Nafi Electrode Architecture Lead Ph.D. Student at ETSL since Fall 2023 nafi@Purdue.edu Academic Preparation M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Miami University, OH, USA, 2023 B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Bangladesh, 2018
	Alvaro Miguel Ph.D. Student at ETSL since Fall 2024 amiguel@purdue.edu Academic Preparation B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 2024
	Sooyon Chang Ph.D. Student at ETSL since Fall 2024 chan1047@purdue.edu Academic Preparation M.E., Mechanical Engineeering, Cornell University, NY, USA, 2024 B.E., Mechanical Engineeering, The State University of New York- SUNY, Korea, 2021
	Bichen Shang Ph.D. Student at ETSL since Fall 2024 bshang@purdue.edu Academic Preparation M.Eng., Power Engineering and Engineering Thermophysics, Southeast University (SEU), China, 2022 B.Eng., Energy and Power Engineeering, China University of Mining and Technology (CUMT), China, 2019
	Aritra Jana Ph.D. Student at ETSL since Fall 2024 jana2@purdue.edu Academic Preparation B.E., Chemical Engineering, Jadavpur University, India, 2023
	Ritwik Bhattacharya Ph.D. Student at ETSL since Fall 2024 bhatt111@purdue.edu Academic Preparation M.S., Mechanical Engineeering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA, 2024 B.Tech., Mechanical Engineeering, Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur, 2022
	Md Shahriar Nahian Ph.D. Student at ETSL since Fall 2024 mnahian@purdue.edu Academic Preparation M.S., Mechanical Engineeering, Wayne State University (WSU), Detroit, MI, USA, 2023 B.S., Mechanical Engineeering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Bangladesh, 2018
	Saptaparna Patra Ph.D. Student at ETSL since Fall 2024 patra13@purdue.edu Academic Preparation B. Tech, Mechanical Engineeering, National Institute of Technology, Durgapur, India, 2023

Current Undergraduate Students

	George Lukman Education B.S. Student, Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
	Andre Hazbun Education B.S. Student, Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
	Ethan Stone Education B.S. Student, Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
	Nicolás Giesemann Education B.S. Student, Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
	Ryan Goffinet Education B.S. Student, Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
	Erik Rottinghaus Education B.S. Student, Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
	Meghna Nair Education B.S. Student, Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
	Vikash Gunalan Education B.S. Student, Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
	Satish Patel Education B.S. Student, Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
	Soumil Iyer Education B.S. Student, Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
	Patrick Wargo Education B.S. Student, Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA

Alumni

Research Scholar

*Mukul Parmananda*	Purdue University, Fall 2018 - Spring 2021; Now at Mahindra Electric Mobility Limited
*Hemanshul Garg*	Purdue University, Spring 2020 - Fall 2020
*Hamid Reza Seyf*	Purdue University, Summer 2019 - Summer 2020; Now at Apple R&D
*Feng Hao*	Purdue University, Summer 2017 - Fall 2019; Now a faculty member of Engineering Mechanics, Shandong University, China
*Zhixiao Liu*	Texas A&M University, Fall 2016 - Summer 2017; Now a faculty member of Materials Science and Engineering, Hunan University, China
*Rajib Mukherjee*	Texas A&M University, Fall 2015 - Fall 2016; Now a Process Engineer at ExxonMobil

Graduate

*Kaustubh Girish Naik*	Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, Fall 2024; Now a Director's Postdoctoral Fellow at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
*Hanwei Zhou*	Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, Summer 2024; Now a Staff Scientist at Industrial R&D
*Venkatesh Kabra*	Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, Fall 2023; Now a System Engineer at Texas Instruments
*Navneet Goswami*	Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, Fall 2023; Now a Postdoctoral Fellow at Los Alamos National Laboratory
*Susmita Sarkar*	Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, Summer 2023; Now an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at North Carolina State University
*Bairav Sabarish Vishnugopi*	Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, Spring 2023; Now Research Scientist and Assistant Director of ETSL, Purdue University
*Chance Norris*	Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, Fall 2022; Now a Data Scientist at Systems Planning and Analysis Inc.
*Conner Fear*	Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, Summer 2022; Now a Staff Engineer at Enphase Energy
*Sobana Rangarajan*	Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, Fall 2021; Now a Staff Engineer at General Motors
*Deepti Tewari*	Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, Spring 2020; Now a Staff Member at UL Research Institutes.
*Ankit Verma*	Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, Spring 2020; Now a Staff Member at National Renewable Energy Laboratory
*Daniel Juarez Robles*	Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, Fall 2019; Now a Staff Member at Southwest Research Institute.
*Aashutosh Mistry*	Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, Spring 2019; Now an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Colorado School of Mines
*Zhixiao Liu*	Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, Summer 2016; Now Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at Hunan University
*Chien-Fan Chen*	Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, Summer 2016; Now a Staff System Engineer at Enphase Energy
*Pallab Barai*	Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, Fall 2015; Now a Staff Member at Argonne National Laboratory

*Maria Terese*	M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, Summer 2023; Now at Tesla
*Trent James Murray*	M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, Fall 2022; Now at Caterpillar
*Fahim Vora*	M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, Summer 2022; Now at Tesla
*Daniel Reed*	M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, Spring 2022
*Amy Bohinsky*	M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, Spring 2021; Now at Fluence Energy
*Tanay Adhikary*	M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, Fall 2019; Now at Intel Corporation
*Akshay Parag Biniwale*	M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, Fall 2019; Now at Tesla Motors
*Anjul Arun Vyas*	M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, Summer 2019; Now at Tesla Motors
*Robert Minter*	M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, Summer 2017; Now at Johnson Controls
*Kelsey Rollag*	M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, Spring 2017; Now at Tennant Company
*Hanumanth Reddy Palle*	M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, Spring 2017; Now at Bayer
*Dickens Law*	M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, Spring 2017; Now at General Motors
*Darren Law*	M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, Spring 2017; Now at Pratt and Whitney
*Don Vu*	M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, Summer 2017; Now at Jabil
*Michael Kalan*	M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, Spring 2017
*Srivatsa Chakravarthy*	M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, Summer 2017; Now at Rivian
*Neha Gada*	M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, Spring 2017; Now at Apple
*Karan Narula*	M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, Spring 2017; Now at Rivian
*Sindy Tarazona-Cárdenas*	M.S., Mechanical Engineering, (primary advisor: Prof Abel Hernandez, University of Guanajuato, Mexico; co-advised by Dr. Mukherjee), Summer 2017
*Seshendra Palakurthy*	M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, Spring 2016; Now at Ecogensus
*Nihar Kotak*	M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, Spring 2016; Now at Apple
*Deepak Bhatia*	M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, Spring 2016; Now at Mathworks, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts, USA
*Fernando Cano*	M.S., Mechanical Engineering, (primary advisor: Prof Abel Hernandez, University of Guanajuato, Mexico; co-advised by Dr. Mukherjee), Spring 2016
*Carlos Lopez*	M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, Spring 2015; Now at Stress Engineering Services Inc.
*Malcolm Stein IV*	M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, Spring 2015; Now at Texas Instruments
*Mohammed Hasan*	M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, Spring 2014; Now at Southwest Research Institute
*Seongkoo Cho*	M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, Fall 2013; Continuing graduate studies
*Kai An*	M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, Fall 2013; Now at Texas First Industrial Corporation
*Michael Martin*	M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, Spring 2012; Now at The Boeing Company

Undergraduate

*Alvaro Miguel*	B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, 2022-24
*Trisha Boodhoo*	B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, 2024
*Erik Rottinghaus*	B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, 2024
*Arushi Bharadwaj*	B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, 2024
*Tanmaee Ledalla*	B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, 2024
*Tanmay Panchpor*	B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, 2024
*Patrick Wargo*	B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, 2024
*Shae Stonemeier*	B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, 2024
*Pranuti Venkat Devisetty*	B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, 2024
*Quoc(Paul)Phan*	B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, 2024
*Dev Lekhadia*	B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, 2024
*Michael A. Steffe*	B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, 2024
*Hari G. Subramanian*	B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, 2024
*Rodrigo J. Sanchez*	B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, 2024
*Aayush Iyengar*	B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, 2023
*George Ethan Lukman*	B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, 2023
*Sardar Konurbayev*	B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, 2023
*Alaina Heetderks*	B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, 2022-23
*Moonseong Kim*	B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, 2022-23
*Shatha Alrasheed*	B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, 2023
*Srikeerthan Annepu*	B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, 2023
*Kenneth Meng*	B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, 2023
*Wei-ting Pan*	B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, 2023
*Ajay Gourishankar*	B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, 2023
*Sriram Ganesh*	B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, 2023
*Julian Bransier*	B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, 2023
*Caleb Balzer*	B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, 2022
*Ayon Nag*	B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, 2022
*Ishika Mukherjee*	B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, 2022
*Adam McGoff*	B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, 2022
*Aidan Crowley*	B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, 2022
*Gayatri Joshi*	B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, 2022
*Jay Palamand*	B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, 2022
*Justin Harrington*	B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, 2022
*Kshitij Jain*	B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, 2022
*Aakar Jain*	B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, 2021
*Brennan Birn*	B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, 2021
*Devendra Sarnaik*	B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, 2021
*Julian R Tessarzyk*	B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, 2021
*Rithwik Raghuram*	B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, 2021
*Roberto Saito*	B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, 2021
*Ryan Vulich*	B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, 2021
*Tamara Sriram*	B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, 2021
*Nathan M Daniel*	B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, 2021
*Mohammed L Hoque*	B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, 2021
*Mario Trivella*	B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, 2021
*Shamya Dey*	B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, 2021
*Lauren Slater*	B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, 2020
*Nithean K Vannan*	B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, 2020
*Ege Murat Süer*	B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, 2020
*Andrew Shinnerl*	B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, 2020
*Dhruv Tewari*	B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, 2020
*Gaurav Dadlani*	B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, 2020
*Yuvraj Singh*	B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, 2020
*Samruddha M Gujrathi*	B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, 2020
*Fahim T Vora*	B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, 2020
*Shaunak P Deshpande*	B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, 2020
*Prathamesh Sankhe*	B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, 2019
*Conner Fear*	B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, 2017
*Sandra Fomete*	B.S., Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University, 2017
*Maricarmen del Toro*	B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, 2016
*Robert Minter*	B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, 2015
*Valerie Halsey*	B.S., Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University, 2015
*Deepak Bhatia*	B.S., Electrical Engineering, Texas A&M University, 2014
*Dion Hubble*	B.S., Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University, 2014
*Benjamin Powell*	B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, 2014
*Jordan Ellington*	B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, 2014
*Isabell Caldwell*	B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, 2013
*Carlos Lopez*	B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, 2013
*Henry Harrity*	B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, 2013
*Malcolm Stein IV*	B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, 2013
*Adam Vaclavik*	B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, 2013
*Sarah Widger*	B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, 2013
*Christopher Newkirk*	B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, 2013

Visiting Faculty/Scientists

*Dr. Bitta Mondal*	Spring 2014-2015, IUSTFF Research Fellow, CSIR, India
*Dr. Volker Schulz*	Fall 2014, Professor, Duale Hochschule Baden - Württemberg, Mannheim, Germany
*Dr. Amaresh Dalal*	Summer 2013, Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, India

Visiting Students

*Michael Giek*	Summer 2021, Undergraduate student, Mechanical Engineering, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
*KV Mridula*	Summer 2020, Undergraduate student, Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, India
*Sourim Banerjee*	Summer 2020, Undergraduate student, Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India
*Ángel Encalada*	Summer 2020, Undergraduate student, Mechatronics Engineering, Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, Ecuador
*Raul Reyna*	Summer 2020, Undergraduate student, Mechanical Engineering, Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, Ecuador
*Divya Rathore*	Summer 2019, Undergraduate student, Mechanical Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani, India
*Debanjali Chatterjee*	Summer 2019, Undergraduate student, Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India
*Bharadwaja Ryali*	Summer 2019, Undergraduate student, Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, India
*Abha Kumari*	Summer 2019, Undergraduate student, Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India
*Varad Mahajani*	Summer 2019, Undergraduate student, Metallurgical Engineering & Material Science, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India
*Timothy Transue*	Summer 2018, Undergraduate student, Electrical Engineeering, California State University, USA
*Richa Naik*	Summer 2018, Undergraduate student, Chemical Engineeering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India
*Pranjal Jhaveri*	Summer 2018, Undergraduate student, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India
*Peifeng Huang*	Fall 2016 - Summer 2017, Graduate student, Department of Safety Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, China
*Apoorva Jain*	Summer 2017, Undergraduate student, Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Delhi, India
*Sindy Tarazona-Cárdenas*	Spring 2017, Graduate student, Mechanical Engineering, University of Guanajuato, Mexico, (primary advisor: Prof Abel Hernandez, University of Guanajuato, Mexico; co-advised by Dr. Mukherjee)
*Chance Norris*	Summer 2016, Undergraduate student, Mechanical Engineering, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, USA
*Aakash Verma*	Summer 2016, Undergraduate student, Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, India
*Fernando Cano*	Summer & Fall 2015, Graduate student, Mechanical Engineering, University of Guanajuato, Mexico, (primary advisor: Prof Abel Hernandez, University of Guanajuato, Mexico; co-advised by Dr. Mukherjee)
*Leigha S. Lewis*	Summer 2015, Undergraduate student, Physics, Sam Houston State University, Houston, USA
*Aditya Tiwari*	Summer 2015, Undergraduate student, Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Surat, India
*Mohit Singhal*	Summer 2015, Undergraduate student, Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India
*Wilhelm Wiebe*	Fall 2014, Graduate student, Mechanical Engineering, DHBW, Mannheim, Germany
*Felix Nimtz*	Summer 2014, Graduate, Mechanical Engineering, Cooperative State University Mannheim, Germany
*Walter Reed*	Summer 2014, Undergraduate, Applied Physics, Angelo State University, San Angelo, USA
*Benjamin Priggemeier*	Spring 2014, Graduate, Mechanical Engineering, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany
*John Thomas III*	Summer 2013, Undergraduate, Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, Kingsville, TX, USA
*Avish Rana*	Summer 2013, Undergraduate, Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India
*Benjamin Zhang*	Summer 2012, High School, Now attending Drexel University, PA, USA for Biomedical Engineering
*Tanja Schmitt*	Spring 2012, Graduate, Applied Mathematics and Statistics, Ulm University, Germany
*Takuya Mabuchi*	Spring 2012, Graduate, Mechanical Engineering, Tohoku University, Japan

Visiting High-School Students

*Aniket Biswal*	Fall 2020-Summer 2021, High School Student, Carmel High School, Carmel, IN, USA
*Arka Chattaraj*	Fall 2020-Spring 2021, High School Student, Mira Loma High School, Sacramento, CA, USA
*Ishan Chattaraj*	Fall 2020-Spring 2021, High School Student, Mira Loma High School, Sacramento, CA, USA

Energy and Transport Sciences Laboratory

Purdue University

Principal Investigators

Dr. Partha P. Mukherjee

Director and Founder, ETSL (Energy and Transport Sciences Laboratory) Director, CARES (Center for Advances in Resilient Energy Storage) Professor of Mechanical Engineering and University Faculty Scholar

Academic Preparation

Dr. Bairav S. Vishnugopi

Associate Director, ETSL (Energy and Transport Sciences Laboratory) Associate Director, CARES (Center for Advances in Resilient Energy Storage) Mesoscale Physics Lead Member of the "ETSL Knights"

Academic Preparation

Research Scholar

Dr. Avijit Karmakar

Computational Thermal Physics LeadMember of the "ETSL Knights"

Academic Preparation

Dr. Abhinanda Sengupta

Academic Preparation

Graduate Students

Julia Meyer

Academic Preparation

Debanjali Chatterjee

Science Outreach Lead Member of the "ETSL Knights"

Academic Preparation

Sourim Banerjee

Academic Preparation

Anuththara Alujjage

Experimental Lab Manager Thermo-electrochemical Analytics Lead Member of the "ETSL Knights" ETSL X Fellow - Leadership in Experimental Sciences for X

Academic Preparation

Aditya Singla

Computational Interface Physics Lead ETSL X Fellow - Leadership in Computational Physics for X

Academic Preparation

Md Toukir Hasan

Deputy Lead - Experimental Lab Solid-state Analytics Lead

Academic Preparation

Abhinand Ayyaswamy

Computational Special Initiative Lead Member of the "ETSL Knights" ETSL X Fellow - Leadership in Computational Physics for X

Academic Preparation

Alan Halverson

Deputy Lead - Experimental Lab Member of the "ETSL Knights"

Academic Preparation

Pooja Ranganathan

Academic Preparation

Pretty Mitra

Communications Lead

Academic Preparation

Deep Chatterjee

Electrochemical Interface Modeling Lead

Academic Preparation

Ranadip Saha

Image Based Analytics Lead Online Content Lead Member of the "ETSL Rising Stars"

Academic Preparation

Anindya Nath

Electrochemical Conversion Physics Lead Member of the "ETSL Rising Stars"

Academic Preparation

Kausthubharam

Experimental Special Initiative Lead Member of the "ETSL Rising Stars"

Academic Preparation

Arpan Kumar Sharma

Mesoscale Electrochemical Physics Lead Member of the "ETSL Rising Stars"

Academic Preparation

Moonseong Kim

Electrochemical Analytics Lead Member of the "ETSL Rising Stars"

Academic Preparation

Muhammad Abdun Nafi

Electrode Architecture Lead

Academic Preparation

Alvaro Miguel

Academic Preparation

Sooyon Chang

Academic Preparation

Bichen Shang

Academic Preparation

Aritra Jana

Academic Preparation

Ritwik Bhattacharya

Academic Preparation

Md Shahriar Nahian

Academic Preparation

Saptaparna Patra

Academic Preparation

Current Undergraduate Students

George Lukman

Director and Founder, ETSL (Energy and Transport Sciences Laboratory)
Director, CARES (Center for Advances in Resilient Energy Storage)
Professor of Mechanical Engineering and University Faculty Scholar

Associate Director, ETSL (Energy and Transport Sciences Laboratory)
Associate Director, CARES (Center for Advances in Resilient Energy Storage)
Mesoscale Physics Lead
Member of the "ETSL Knights"

Computational Thermal Physics Lead
Member of the "ETSL Knights"

Science Outreach Lead
Member of the "ETSL Knights"

Experimental Lab Manager
Thermo-electrochemical Analytics Lead
Member of the "ETSL Knights"

ETSL X Fellow - Leadership in Experimental Sciences for X

Computational Interface Physics Lead
ETSL X Fellow - Leadership in Computational Physics for X

Deputy Lead - Experimental Lab
Solid-state Analytics Lead

Computational Special Initiative Lead
Member of the "ETSL Knights"

ETSL X Fellow - Leadership in Computational Physics for X

Deputy Lead - Experimental Lab
Member of the "ETSL Knights"

Image Based Analytics Lead
Online Content Lead
Member of the "ETSL Rising Stars"

Electrochemical Conversion Physics Lead
Member of the "ETSL Rising Stars"

Experimental Special Initiative Lead
Member of the "ETSL Rising Stars"

Mesoscale Electrochemical Physics Lead
Member of the "ETSL Rising Stars"

Electrochemical Analytics Lead
Member of the "ETSL Rising Stars"