Research

My research combines the areas of battery combustion, energetic materials, and advanced manufacturing to lay the fundamental ground work for innovations, from leveraging advanced additive manufacturing technology to multifunctional piezo- and flexo-electric properties of reactive materials to modification of particulate fuels. Through my research, I seek to understand and unite the chemical and physical contributions of multifunctional materials in novel ways. Importantly, if we only understand and subsequently design through fundamental chemical routes, we will miss the structure-property relationships and physiochemical effects that fundamentally influence performance and can be leveraged by design. There are many instances in which energetic systems are an art, continuing to be fielded due to the persistence of what has historically met standards. My research seeks to bring that art into a scientific focus, laying a robust foundation for innovation.