Faculty from University of Illinois:
Principal Investigator – Narayana R. Aluru
Affiliation – Director of Computational Science and Engineering, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, Mechanical Science & Engineering at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Research Interests – Molecular Aspects of Interfaces, Fluid/Solid Mixtures, Proton and Oxygen Ion Transport in Liquids and Solids, Multiscale Methods
Gabrielle Allen
Affiliation – Astronomy, National Center for Supercomputing Applications
Research Interests – Computation and Cyber-Infrastructure
Mohsen Dadfarnia
Affiliation – Mechanical Science and Engineering
Research Interests – Chemomechanical Analysis of the Degradation, Micro and Macro-Scale Failure of Materials
Elif Ertekin (co-PI)
Affiliation – Mechanical Science and Engineering
Research Interests – First-Principles Analysis, Phase Diagrams, Semiconductor Physics
Sharon Hammes-Schiffer
Affiliation – Chemistry (co-PI)
Research Interests – Detailed Quantum Models of Chemical Reactions and Mechanisms-Oxidation, Reduction, Secondary Reactions
Petros Sofronis (co-PI)
Affiliation – Mechanical Science and Engineering
Research Interests – Chemomechanical Analysis of the Degradation, Micro and Macro-Scale Failure of Materials
Dallas Trinkle
Affiliation – Materials Science and Engineering
Research Interests – First-Principles Analysis of Ion Transport Mechanisms, Interfaces
Faculty from University of California Berkeley:
Lane W. Martin
Affiliation – Materials Science and Engineering
Research Interests – Oxide Growth and Synthesis, Model Systems
Faculty from Northwestern University:
Scott Barnett (co-PI)
Affiliation – Materials Science and Engineering
Research Interests – New Electrode Materials, Solid Oxide Cell Fabrication, Electrochemical Life Testing, and 3D Microstructure Characterization
Faculty from Kyushu University, Japan:
Tatsumi Ishihara (PI)
Affiliation – Applied Chemistry and Engineering, International Institute for Carbon-Neutral Energy Research
Research Interests – Low Energy Ion Scattering Spectroscopy with Fine Focus Ion Beam and Time of Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectroscopy
John Kilner
Affiliation – Materials Science and Engineering
Research Interests – Mixed Electronics and Ionics Conductors, Interface Phenomena via Isotopic Exchange and SIMS, Low Energy Ion Scattering
Hiroshige Matsumoto (co-PI)
Affiliation – International Institute for Carbon-Neutral Energy Research
Research Interests – Proton Conducting Systems, Electrochemical Hydrogen Devices
Nicola Perry (co-PI)
Affiliation – International Institute for Carbon-Neutral Energy Research
Research Interests – Thin Film Electrodes, Interface Transport, Chemical Expansion, Surface Exchange Kinetics
Aleksandar Staykov
Affiliation – International Institute for Carbon-Neutral Energy Research
Research Interests – Computation and Simulation
Helena Tellez
Affiliation – International Institute for Carbon-Neutral Energy Research
Research Interests – Surface Analysis and Characterization
John Druce
Affiliation – International Institute for Carbon-Neutral Energy Research
Research Interests – Surface Analysis and Characterization