Email: cdrahn@engr.psu.edu
Faculty page: ME Faculty Profile
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Christopher D. Rahn
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Christopher D. Rahn received a B.S. degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Michigan in 1985 and a M.S. in mechanical engineering from the University of California at Berkeley in 1986. He worked for three years as a Research and Development Engineer in spacecraft attitude dynamics and control at Ford Aerospace in Palo Alto, CA. He then returned to Berkeley, receiving a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering in 1992. Dr. Rahn was a faculty member in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Clemson University from 1992 to 2000 where he co-directed the Robotics and Mechatronics Laboratory and focused his research on the development and experimental validation of control systems for distributed vibration and noise and nonlinear models of high-speed textile manufacturing processes. In 2000, Dr. Rahn joined The Pennsylvania State University where he is currently a Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Director of the Mechatronics Research Laboratory, and co-director of the Battery and Energy Storage Technology Center. His research in the modeling, analysis, design, and control of mechatronic systems has been supported by ONR, AFOSR, Army, DARPA, NSF, DOE, NIH, ARPA-E and industry and garnered the Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award, Board of Trustees Award for Faculty Excellence, McQueen Quattlebaum Faculty Achievement Award, the PSES Outstanding Research Award, an ASME Best Paper Award, and the PSEAS Premier Research Award. He has published two books, over two hundred refereed publications, and several patents. A Fellow of ASME, Dr. Rahn has served as an Associate Editor of the ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control and the ASME Journal of Vibration and Acoustics, chaired the ASME Technical Committee on Vibration and Sound, and served on the Executive Committee of the ASME Design Engineering Division. Dr. Rahn has also been a technical consultant and expert witness on several patent cases.
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Jihoon Moon,
Ph.D. Candidate
Education:
M.S., Texas Tech University in Mechanical Engineering '22
B.S., SeoulTech University in Mechanical System Design Engineering '20
Research Interest: Modeling, Estimation, and Control
Project: Fault Diagnostics in Lithium-Ion Battery Packs with Stranded Energy
Email: jihoonmoon@psu.edu
Google Scholar: Link
LinkedIn: Link
Github: Link
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Nitisha Ahuja, Ph.D. Candidate
Education:
M.S., Michigan Technological University in Mechanical Engineering '18
B.Tech, National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur, India '14
Research Interest: Energy Storage Systems, Optimization & Controls, Battery Modelling and Simulation
Project: Development of fully open source toolset for optimizing Energy Storage and Power systems
Email: nqa5412@psu.edu
Google Scholar: Link
LinkedIn: Link
Github: Link
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Mohammadreza Shariatmadari, Ph.D. Candidate
Education:
M.Sc., Southern Illinois University, '21
Research Interest:
Project: State of health prediction of batteries
Email: shariatmadari@psu.edu
Google Scholar: Link
LinkedIn: Link
Github: Link
Personal Website: Link
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Yeon-Joon Ko, Ph.D. student
Education:
M.S., Pennsylvania State University in Mechanical Engineering '25
B.S., Sungkyunkwan University in Mechanical Engineering '23
Research Interest:Battery Design, Electrochemical Performance Enhancement
Project: Flow-Through Ni-Zn Batteries for Safe, Powerful, Energy Dense, and High Cycle Life Energy Storage
Co-advisor: Dr. Bed Poudel
Email: yqk5286@psu.edu
LinkedIn: Link
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Alexei Leonidovich Severnyak, Ph.D. student
Education:
M.S., The Citadel in Mechanical Engineering '22
B.S., The Citadel in Mechanical Engineering '21
Research Interest:Battery Design, Electrochemical Performance Enhancement
Project: eVTOL Active Vibration Control via Rotor Torque Modulation with Rotor Pitch-Lag Coupling
Co-advisor: Dr. Edward C. Smith
Email: als8043@psu.edu
LinkedIn: Link
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Jacob Maley, M.S. student
Education:
B.S., Pennsylvania State University in Mechanical Engineering '23
Research Interest:Advanced Battery Technology, Optimization
Project: Gas Evolution Testing in Zn-Ion Batteries
Email: jcm6187@psu.edu
LinkedIn: Link
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Alumni
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Xiaokun Ma, Ph.D.
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering
Tsinghua University, '12
Project: Designing Optimized Mechanical Structures for Body-Based Piezoelectric Harvesting
Email: xum104@psu.edu
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Shawn Treacy, Ph.D.
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering
Kettering University, '11
Project: Flutter Stability of Rotors with Fluidic Pitch Links
Email: smt249@psu.edu
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Matthew Krott, Ph.D.
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering
Pennsylvania State University, '13
Project: Passive Helicopter Vibration Control Using F2MC Tubes
Email: krott@psu.edu
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Mayank Garg, Ph.D.
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering
IIT Kharagpur, '10
Project: Model-Based Lithium Ion Battery Management, Control, Estimation, and Aging
Email: mxg1042@psu.edu
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Jun Ma, Ph.D.
B.S. in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
Peking University, '13
Project: PowerPanels: Multifunctional Composites with Li-Ion Battery Cores
Email: jxm1153@psu.edu
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Tahzib Safwat, Ph.D.
B.E., M.S. in Mechanical Engineering
Stony Brook University, '11
Project: Haptics and Energy Harvesting Using Electromechanical Polymers for Wearable Applications
Email: tahzib@psu.edu
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Nick Papavizas, M.S.
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering
University of Maryland, '13
Project: Dynamics of Off-Highway Haul Trucks
Email: npapavizas@psu.edu
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Greg Brulo, M.S.
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering
Pennsylvania State University, '12
Project: Wide-angle Planar Microtracking Microcell Concentrating Photovoltaics
Email: gsb155@psu.edu
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Mihir Parekh, Ph.D.
B.S., M.S. in Energy Science Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology, India '18
Project: Effect of electrolyte flow on dendrite and SEI growth in lithium metal batteries
Email: mzp523@psu.edu
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George Rai, Ph.D.
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering
University of Balamand, Lebanon '18
Project: Fluid Free Vibration Isolators
Co-advisor:
Dr. Edward C. Smith
Email: ghr16@psu.edu
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Gabe Worman, M.S. student
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering
Brigham Young University Idaho, '21
Project: Machine learning on improving Battery Performance
Email: gjw5282@psu.edu
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Seth Isaiah Kelley, M.S. student
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering
Brigham Young University Idaho, '20
Project: Battery Performance Control based on variability in manufacturing
Email: sqk6283@psu.edu
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Changik Cho, Ph.D. student
B.S., M.S. in Mechanical Engineering
Sungkyunkwan University, '19
Project1: Wing vibrations of electric Vertically Takeoff and Landing(eVTOL) aircraft
Co-advisor: Dr. Edward C. Smith
Project2: Improving nonuniform utilization in Li battery with calendering process
Email: cmc7589@psu.edu
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Shuhua Shan, Ph.D. student
B.E, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Dalian University of Technology, China '18
Project: Multifunctional NCM-Si battery project
Co-advisor:
Dr. Donghai Wang
Email: sxs2472@psu.edu
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Kiran Bhaskar, Ph.D. student
B.S., M.S. in Mechanical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology, India '19
Project: Anomaly detection in battery systems
Email: kxb5761@psu.edu
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