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Wenbo Du

PhD Candidate

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Wenbo Du is also a member of the Computational Thermo-Fluids group at the University of Michigan led by Prof. Wei Shyy, and the Advanced Battery Coalition for Drivetrains (ABCD).

Education

Ph.D. Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 2008 - Present
M.S.E. Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 2008 - 2010
B.S. Aerospace Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), 2004 - 2008

Research Interests

Multi-scale (particle- and cell-scale) model development for simulating lithium-ion battery performance
Characterization of porous media via graph/network theory
Surrogate modeling and analysis
Gradient-based optimization and design
Computational materials science and heat/mass transfer (FEA)
Computational fluid dynamics (CFD)

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Journal Articles

W. Du, N. Xue, A. M. Sastry, J. R. R. A. Martins, and W. Shyy, “Energy Density Comparison of Li-ion Cathode Materials Using Dimensional Analysis”, Journal of The Electrochemical Society, vol. 160, p. A1187-A1193, 2013.

DOI:10.1149/2.069308jes BibTex Google Scholar

A. Gupta, J. H. Seo, X. Zhang, W. Du, A. M. Sastry, and W. Shyy, “Effective Transport Properties of LiMn2O4 Electrode via Particle-Scale Modeling”, Journal of The Electrochemical Society, vol. 158, p. A487-A497, 2011.

DOI:10.1149/1.3560441 BibTex Google Scholar

W. Shyy, Y. - C. Cho, W. Du, A. Gupta, C. - C. Tseng, and A. Sastry, “Surrogate-based modeling and dimension reduction techniques for multi-scale mechanics problems”, Acta Mechanica Sinica, p. 1-21, 2011.

DOI:10.1007/s10409-011-0522-0 BibTex Google Scholar

W. Du, A. Gupta, X. Zhang, A. M. Sastry, and W. Shyy, “Effect of cycling rate, particle size and transport properties on lithium-ion cathode performance”, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, vol. 53, p. 3552 - 3561, 2010.

DOI:10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2010.04.017 BibTex Google Scholar

N. Xue, W. Du, A. Gupta, W. Shyy, A. M. Sastry, and J. R. R. A. Martins, “Optimization of a Single Lithium-Ion Battery Cell with a Gradient-Based Algorithm”, Journal of The Electrochemical Society, vol. 160, no. 8, p. A1071-A1078.

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