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 Jay
Whitacre
Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and Engineering
and Public Policy Ph.D., The University of Michigan
4323 Wean Hall
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890
Email address:
Phone: (412) 268-5548
Fax: (412) 268-7596
Professor Whitacre's Web Site |
| Research Interests |
Professor Whitacre studies the materials science of synthesizing
and implementing promising materials and device architectures for
energy storage and generation technologies. Ongoing or recent work
topics include:
- The production and analysis of controlled Li-ion battery cathode
surfaces to enhance the
fundamental understanding of materials performance and functionality
in the battery environment
- The creation and testing of optimized
mixed active material
composite cathode structures
for dual rate batteries
- Low temperature synthesis routes for
Li-ion battery active
materials
- Catalyst selection
for fuel cells
- Fuel cell
proton exchange membrane
surface modification
for increased current densities
- Ultra fast laser modification
of materials for solid-state
electrochemical devices
- Hybrid
power systems for distributed
and mobile platforms
- Concurrent
engineering design
- Low cost batteries for non-mobile applications
- High energy density electrode materials systems
Dr. Whitacre holds a joint appointment with the Department of
Engineering and Public Policy,
where he studies the policy implications
involved with materials and technologies
for the energy sector. These topics include the economics of scaled
production, lifecycle analyses (including analyzing the "energy
footprint" of
manufacturing energy related
products), the implications of broad adoption
of new energy technologies,
large-scale energy storage devices, and concurrent engineering
analyses of power systems.
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| Biography |
Dr. Whitacre earned a BA in Physics from Oberlin College in
1994, followed by a Masters (1997) and Ph.D. (1999) in Materials
Science and Engineering from the University of Michigan, where
his doctoral work was focused on thin film and surface preparation
and characterization. He was then a Postdoctoral Scholar at The
California Institute of Technology (at JPL) from 1999 to 2000,
where he worked to characterize and optimize the performance of
thin film solid-state electrochemical devices. He subsequently
accepted a technical staff position at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory
and was promoted to Senior Member Technical Staff in 2003. His
work at JPL was focused on developing materials system for energy
storage technologies. During this time, he was also trained as
a systems engineer and became a member of several mission design
groups as well as the Mars Science Laboratory development team.
Dr. Whitacre became an assistant professor at CMU in fall 2007.
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| Recent Publications |
"Reversible Intercalation of Fluoride-Anion
Receptor Complexes in Graphite," W.C. West, J.
F. Whitacre, N. Leifer, S. Greenbaum, M.C. Smart,
R.V. Bugga, M. Blanco, S. R. Narayanan, Journal
of The Electrochemical Society 154(10) A929-A936,
2007
"Direct Methanol Fuel Cells: Progress, Problems
and prospects," S. R. Narayanan, Thomas Valdez,
J.F. Whitacre, S.Surampudi, JPL/NASA External
report, From collection "JPL TRS 1992+". URI:
http://hdl.handle.net/2014/38331, 2006
"Electrochemical Performance and Kinetics of
Li1+x (Co1/3Ni1/3Mn1/3) 1-xO2 Electrodes in Low
Temperature Electrolytes," Marshall Smart, Jay
Whitacre and Ratnakumar Bugga, Khalil Amine,
Journal of Power Sources, 168(2) 501-508 (2007)
"Effect of Electrolyte Type upon the High-Temperature
Resilience of Lithium-Ion Cells," M.C. Smart,
B.V Ratnakumar, Jay F. Whitacre, L.D. Whitcanack,
K.B. Chin, M.D. Rodreguez, D. Zhao, S.G.
Greenbaum, S. Surampudi, Journal of The Electrochemical
Society, 152(6) A1096 1104, 2005
"Fabrication Method for Thermoelectric Nanodevices,"
J.R. Lim, J.F. Whitacre, J.F. Pleurial, C.K.
Huang, M.A. Ryan, N.V. Myung, Advanced Materials
Communications 17 1488-1492, 2005
"LiCoO2 Batteries, Structural Changes and Charge
Compensation," F. M. Alamgir, E. Strauss, M.
den Boer, S. Greenbaum, J. F. Whitacre, C.-C.
Kao, and S. Neih, Journal of the Electrochemical
Society, 152(5), A845-A849, 2005
"Investigation of Direct Methanol Fuel Cell
Electrocatalysts Using a Robust Combinatorial
Technique," Jay F. Whitacre, T. Valdez, and S.
R. Narayanan, Journal of The Electrochemical
Society, 152(9), A1780-A1789, 2005
"Long cycle life elevated temperature thin-film
batteries incorporating MoO3 cathodes," W.C.
West J.F. Whitacre, Journal of the Electrochemical
Society 152 (5) A966-A969, 2005
"Electrodeposited amorphous manganese oxide
nanowire arrays for high energy and power density
electrodes," W. C. West, N. V. Myung, J. F. Whitacre
and B. V. Ratnakumar, Journal of Power Sources
126 (1-2), 203-206, 2004
"An Integrated Power Generation and Storage
System: The "Power Tile," Jay Whitacre, Jean-Pierre
Fleurial, Mohammad Mojarradi, Travis Johnson,
Nosang Myung, Amy Ryan, Simon Neigh, Proc. Of
the Electrochemical Society, Fall 2002, Micro
power source symposium, Volume 2002-25, pages
203-214, 2002.
"Crystallographically Oriented Thin-Film Nanocrystalline
Cathode Layers Prepared Without Exceeding 300°C,"
J.F. Whitacre, W.C. West, E. Brandon, B.V. Ratnakumar,
Journal of the Electrochemistry Society, 148(10)
A1078-A1084 (2001).
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