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Assistant Professor, Engineering and Public Policy/Materials Science and Engineering
Materials for energy technologies, power system design and implementation, energy storage and generation (emphasis on Li-ion batteries, fuel cells, and solar power)
Education
B.A. With Honors (Physics) 1994, Oberlin College
M.S.E. (Materials Science) 1997, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Ph.D. (Materials Science) 1999, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Positions Held
Carnegie Mellon, 2007 - Assistant Professor
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 2000-2007, Senior Member Technical Staff
California Institute of Technology, 1999-2000, Postdoctoral Scholar (at JPL)
Description of Research
Professor Whitacre examines the materials science of synthesizing, characterizing, and implementing promising materials and device architectures for energy storage and generation technologies such as Li-ion batteries, fuel cells, and photovoltaics. He will concurrently be addressing the policy implications involved with selecting and implementing these renewable technologies. Other research topics include hybrid power systems for distributed and mobile platforms, high throughput materials selection methods, and ultra fast laser modification of materials for solid-state electrochemical devices.
Dr. Whitacre holds 5 patents (granted or pending), has authored or co-authored over 20 peer-review journal articles, and has received several awards in his career that include: the MRS Graduate Research Award, fall 1998 (silver medal); 1999 University of Michigan Departmental Graduate Student Research Award, 1999 American Vacuum Society Graduate Research Award (Thin Films Division), the 2001 Norman Hackerman Young Author Award (Electrochemical Society), and multiple JPL and NASA Space Act R&D Awards from 2002 to 2006.
Representative 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 .A 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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