University of Waterloo Electrochemical Society Student Chapter
Past Committee Members
2022 - 2024 Committee Members
Mariam Gad
President
Mariam is a PhD candidate in Dr. Michael Pope's 2D Materials and Electrochemical Devices Group. Her research focuses on developing a new generation of lithium-ion batteries using a silicon-based anode coupled with a solid electrolyte and a commercially available cathode. She aims at developing a scalable procedure with abundant and non-toxic materials.
Vipin Kumar Singh
Vice President
Vipin is a PhD candidate doing research on improving the electrode and electrolyte architecture for solid state batteries under the supervision of Prof. Linda F. Nazar in the Department of chemistry. My research involves the synthesis of novel solid electrolytes and studying their modes of degradation and ageing, with alkali-based metals and high voltage cathode materials
Mohammed Emadi
Outreach Coordinator
Mohammad is a PhD student in his 2nd year in Chemical Engineering under the supervision of Professor Eric Croiset. He completed his bachelor’s and master’s program in mechanical engineering and has expertise in multigeneration energy systems with fuel cells as the prime mover. His doctoral work in general focuses on the fabrication of perovskite cells for solid oxide electrolysis. At the moment, he is working on the different material synthesis methods and cell fabrication techniques.
Saikiran Khamgaonkar
Media Chair
Saikiran is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Chemistry under the supervision of Dr. Vivek Maheshwari. His research interest includes organic–inorganic halide perovskites for photovoltaic and photocatalytic applications.
Elizabeth Esther Miller
Treasurer
Elizabeth is a MASc candidate in Dr. Michael Pope’s 2D Materials and Electrochemical Devices Group. Her work focuses on the applications of graphene and its derivative materials in vanadium redox flow batteries. She is applying novel coating techniques in order to achieve high quality monolayers of these materials to be used in her own research in addition to a collaboration between uWaterloo and the University of Calgary.
2022 - 2023 Committee Members
Gillian Hawes
President
Gillian is a PhD candidate in her 3rd year in Dr. Michael Pope’s 2D Materials and Electrochemical Devices Group. Her doctoral work focuses on the design of high capacity, stable sulfur cathodes and protection of lithium metal anodes for improved cycle life of lithium-sulfur batteries, with previous side projects including the development of laser induced graphene supercapacitors. Her main interests in electrochemistry focus on next generation battery chemistries with high energy density and long cycle life, prepared from abundant and inexpensive materials.
Moin Ahmed
Vice President - External Affairs
Moin is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Waterloo under the supervision of Professor Zhongwei Chen. His current research area focuses on the application of electrochemical models and artificial intelligence for the design, development, and management of lithium-ion battery technology. He also has previous research experience in the use of various (1D and 2D) nanomaterials to improve the cycling performance of aqueous lithium-ion batteries.
Mariam
Vice President - Internal Affairs
Mariam is a PhD candidate in Dr. Michael Pope's 2D Materials and Electrochemical Devices Group. Her research focuses on developing a new generation of lithium-ion batteries using a silicon-based anode coupled with a solid electrolyte and a commercially available cathode. She aims at developing a scalable procedure with abundant and non-toxic materials.
Mohammed Emadi
Media Chair
Mariam is a PhD candidate in Dr. Michael Pope's 2D Materials and Electrochemical Devices Group. Her research focuses on developing a new generation of lithium-ion batteries using a silicon-based anode coupled with a solid electrolyte and a commercially available cathode. She aims at developing a scalable procedure with abundant and non-toxic materials.
Elizabeth Miller
Treasurer
Elizabeth is a MASc candidate in Dr. Michael Pope’s 2D Materials and Electrochemical Devices Group. Her work focuses on the applications of graphene and its derivative materials in vanadium redox flow batteries. She is applying novel coating techniques in order to achieve high quality monolayers of these materials to be used in her own research in addition to a collaboration between uWaterloo and the University of Calgary.
2021 - 2022 Committee Members
Gillian Hawes
President
Gillian is a PhD candidate in her 3rd year in Dr. Michael Pope’s 2D Materials and Electrochemical Devices Group. Her doctoral work focuses on the design of high capacity, stable sulfur cathodes and protection of lithium metal anodes for improved cycle life of lithium-sulfur batteries, with previous side projects including the development of laser induced graphene supercapacitors. Her main interests in electrochemistry focus on next generation battery chemistries with high energy density and long cycle life, prepared from abundant and inexpensive materials.
Hamed Fathiannasab
Vice President - External Affairs
Hamed is a postdoctoral fellow at University of Waterloo. He has expertise in lithium-ion batteries design and development. He is working on smart battery management system of electric vehicles based on integrating artificial intelligence and multiphysics modeling. He is also working on characterizing and analyzing 3D images of porous materials using PoreSpy.
Keith Cleland
Vice President - Internal Affairs
Keith is a master’s candidate in Chemical Engineering working in the Porous Materials Engineering and Analysis Lab (PMEAL) under supervision of Professor Jeff Gostick. His research focusses on utilizing electrochemical water treatment technology for large scale renewable energy storage. He is combining principles of electrodialysis and flow batteries to create cost effective energy storage solutions. He is utilizing pore scale modelling to predict and validate the electrochemical behavior of real systems.
Mike McKague
Outreach Coordinator
Mike is a graduate student doing research as part of the Porous Media Engineering Analysis Lab supervised by professor Jeff Gostick of the chemical engineering department at the University of Waterloo. His research is focused on studying electro-driven water treatment such as capacitive deionization. Mike has developed a pore network model which applies electrical double layer theory for modeling the uptake rate of ions in capacitive deionization. Mike helps test, develop, and maintain the open source pore network modeling package OpenPNM available on Github.
Mariam Gad
Media Chair
Mariam is a PhD candidate in Dr. Michael Pope's 2D Materials and Electrochemical Devices Group. Her research focuses on developing a new generation of lithium-ion batteries using a silicon-based anode coupled with a solid electrolyte and a commercially available cathode. She aims at developing a scalable procedure with abundant and non-toxic materials.
Moin Ahmed
Treasurer
Moin is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Waterloo under the supervision of Professor Zhongwei Chen. His current research area focuses on the application of electrochemical models and artificial intelligence for the design, development, and management of lithium-ion battery technology. He also has previous research experience in the use of various (1D and 2D) nanomaterials to improve the cycling performance of aqueous lithium-ion batteries.
2021 - 2022 Committee Members
Kiana Amini
President
Kiana is a PhD candidate in Chemical Engineering at University of Waterloo under the supervision of Professor Mark Pritzker. Her research focuses on the development of electrochemical storage devices, in particular, improvement of zinc-cerium redox flow batteries for energy storage applications. Her research interests include in situ characterization of electrochemical processes, novel battery designs and multi-physics modeling of electrochemical systems. Her research has been featured by the Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs office at University of Waterloo in a GradImpact profile (https://youtu.be/RyP58loKenk)
Hamed Fathiannasab
Vice President - External Affairs
Hamed is a postdoctoral fellow at University of Waterloo. He has expertise in lithium-ion batteries design and development. He is working on smart battery management system of electric vehicles based on integrating artificial intelligence and multiphysics modeling. He is also working on characterizing and analyzing 3D images of porous materials using PoreSpy.
Keith Cleland
Vice President - Internal Affairs
Keith is a master’s candidate in Chemical Engineering working in the Porous Materials Engineering and Analysis Lab (PMEAL) under supervision of Professor Jeff Gostick. His research focusses on utilizing electrochemical water treatment technology for large scale renewable energy storage. He is combining principles of electrodialysis and flow batteries to create cost effective energy storage solutions. He is utilizing pore scale modelling to predict and validate the electrochemical behavior of real systems.
Gillian Hawes
Treasurer
Gillian is a PhD candidate in her 3rd year in Dr. Michael Pope’s 2D Materials and Electrochemical Devices Group. Her doctoral work focuses on the design of high capacity, stable sulfur cathodes and protection of lithium metal anodes for improved cycle life of lithium-sulfur batteries, with previous side projects including the development of laser induced graphene supercapacitors. Her main interests in electrochemistry focus on next generation battery chemistries with high energy density and long cycle life, prepared from abundant and inexpensive materials.
Mariam Gad
Media Chair
Mariam is a PhD candidate in Dr. Michael Pope's 2D Materials and Electrochemical Devices Group. Her research focuses on developing a new generation of lithium-ion batteries using a silicon-based anode coupled with a solid electrolyte and a commercially available cathode. She aims at developing a scalable procedure with abundant and non-toxic materials.
2019 - 2020 Committee Members
Kiana Amini
President
Kiana is a PhD candidate in Chemical Engineering at University of Waterloo under the supervision of Professor Mark Pritzker. Her research focuses on the development of electrochemical storage devices, in particular, improvement of zinc-cerium redox flow batteries for energy storage applications. Her research interests include in situ characterization of electrochemical processes, novel battery designs and multi-physics modeling of electrochemical systems. Her research has been featured by the Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs office at University of Waterloo in a GradImpact profile (https://youtu.be/RyP58loKenk)
Hamed Fathiannasab
Vice President - External Affairs
Hamed is a PhD candidate in Chemical Engineering department under supervision of Dr. Zhongwei Chen. His research mainly focuses on Electrochemical Energy Storage modeling. He is working on predicting and enhancing the physical and electrochemical behavior of the lithium-ion batteries based on Artificial Intelligence and Multiphysics Simulation.
Christopher Deutschman
Vice President - Internal Affairs
Christopher is a master's candidate in Chemical Engineering, co-supervised by Dr. Michael Tam and Dr. Michael Pope. His research focuses on electrochemically active biomaterials where he explores the use of alloy nanoparticles in antibacterial applications.
Gillian Hawes
Treasurer
Gillian is a PhD candidate in her 3rd year in Dr. Michael Pope’s 2D Materials and Electrochemical Devices Group. Her doctoral work focuses on the design of high capacity, stable sulfur cathodes and protection of lithium metal anodes for improved cycle life of lithium-sulfur batteries, with previous side projects including the development of laser induced graphene supercapacitors. Her main interests in electrochemistry focus on next generation battery chemistries with high energy density and long cycle life, prepared from abundant and inexpensive materials.
Mariam Gad
Media Chair
Mariam is a PhD candidate in Dr. Michael Pope's 2D Materials and Electrochemical Devices Group. Her research focuses on developing a new generation of lithium-ion batteries using a silicon-based anode coupled with a solid electrolyte and a commercially available cathode. She aims at developing a scalable procedure with abundant and non-toxic materials.
Keith Cleland
Outreach Coordinator
Keith is a master’s candidate in Chemical Engineering working in the Porous Materials Engineering and Analysis Lab (PMEAL) under supervision of Professor Jeff Gostick. His research focusses on utilizing electrochemical water treatment technology for large scale renewable energy storage. He is combining principles of electrodialysis and flow batteries to create cost effective energy storage solutions. He is utilizing pore scale modelling to predict and validate the electrochemical behavior of real systems.