November 12, 2025

PEDLS Babu Chalamala — Panel

Event Date: November 12, 2025
Speaker: Babu Chalamala, Jonsson School Distinguished Chair, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Texas at Dallas
Time: 2:30-3:30 pm
Location: ARMS Atrium
Priority: No
School or Program: Mechanical Engineering
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Grid Energy Storage: Challenges and Opportunities
REGISTER
LECTURE

Hosted by the College of Engineering and the School of Mechanical Engineering 

Abstract

This panel will discuss the challenges and opportunities of energy storage systems for grid integration, resilience, and emerging AI data center needs.

Co-Moderators

  • Partha P. Mukherjee, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, and Associate Head for Research
  • Rebecca Ciez, Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering & Environmental and Ecological Engineering

Panelists

  • David Luke Oates, Executive Director of Markets and Grid Research at MISO
  • Vilas Pol, Professor, Purdue Chemical Engineering
  • Junjie Qin, Assistant Professor, Purdue Electrical and Computer Engineering