Yasser Ashraf Gandomi / News

July 2023	We are very excited to announce that we were just granted a US Patent for our latest invention at MIT regarding conformal and ultrathin polymer coating on porous electrodes for boosting the performance as well as mitigating the degradation in high-performance batteries (US Patent 11,677,078, entitled "Ultrathin conformal oCVD PEDOT coatings on porous electrodes and applications thereof").
July 2023	Our latest work, "Sodium Super Ionic Conductor-Type Hybrid Electrolytes for High-Performance Lithium Metal Batteries", is now published in "Membranes" where we have designed and fabricated composite solid electrolytes, composed of NASICON-type LATP, PVDF-HFP, and LiTFSI salt, for lithium-metal batteries.
June 2023	"Synthesis and Electrochemical Properties of Co3O4@Reduced Graphene Oxides Derived from MOF as Anodes for Lithium-Ion Battery Applications" is a new paper we published in "Sustainability".
June 2023	We are excited to announce that we just published a new chapter in "Flow Batteries: From Fundamentals to Applications" entitled "Advanced Flowfield Architecture for Vanadium Flow Batteries".
May 2023	"Hydrothermal Synthesis of Functionalized Carbon Nanodots and Their Clusters as Ionic Probe for High Sensitivity and Selectivity for Sulfate Anions with Excellent Detection Level" is a new paper we published in "Polymers".
April 2023	We published a new paper in "Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects" entitled "Electrochemical detection of parathyroid hormone using graphene-incorporated conductive polymer decorated with MoS2 nanoparticles".
March 2023	"Microwave synthesis of boron-and nitrogen-codoped graphene quantum dots and their detection to pesticides and metal ions" is a new paper we published in "Chemosphere".
February 2023	We published a new paper in "Energies" entitled "Strategies on Visual Display Terminal Lighting in Office Space under Energy-Saving Environment".
January 2023	"Employing Functionalized Graphene Quantum Dots to Combat Coronavirus and Enterovirus" is a new paper we published in the "Journal of Colloid and Interface Science".
December 2022	We published a new paper in the "Polymers" entitled "Fabrication of Inorganic Coatings Incorporated with Functionalized Graphene Oxide Nanosheets for Improving Fire Retardancy of Wooden Substrates".
October 2022	Solid fuel flow battery (SFFB) systems, combining the energy density of metal−air batteries with the modularity of redox flow batteries, are novel, scalable, inexpensive, and new frontier technology for long-duration energy storage. Check out our latest work from MIT ("Toward a Mechanically Rechargeable Solid Fuel Flow Battery Based on Earth-Abundant Materials") that just published in the “ACS Omega”.
September 2022	We published a new paper in the Journal of "Electrochimica Acta" entitled "Hybrid solid state electrolytes blending NASICON-type Li1+xAlxTi2–x(PO4)3 with poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-hexafluoropropene) for lithium metal batteries".
July 2022	"Improvement on high-temperature electrochemical performance of lithiumion pouch cells by spatial atomic layer deposition" is a new paper we published in the "Electrochimica Acta".
June 2022	A new paper entitled "Enhanced fireproof performance of construction coatings by adding hexagonal boron nitride nanosheets" is now avaialble in the "Ceramics International".
April 2022	We published a new paper in the Journal of "ChemSusChem" entitled "Hierarchical Carbon Composites for High-Energy/Power-Density and High-Reliability Supercapacitors with Low Aging Rate".
March 2022	"Towards a mechanically-rechargeable solid fuel flow battery based on earth-abundant materials" is our latest work from Brushett group at MIT. It is available as a preprint in the "ChemRxiv".
March 2022	We published a new paper in the "Frontiers in Energy Research" entitled "Performance and Economic Analysis of Organosolv Softwood and Herbaceous Lignins to Activated Carbons as Electrode Materials in Supercapacitors".
March 2022	We filed a new provisional patent at MIT regarding our recent work on novel oCVD conformal coating technique for synthesizing complex 3D porous electrodes for electrochemical energy storage/conversion devices. (Link: "Ultrathin Conformal oCVD PEDOT Coatings on Porous Electrodes and Applications Thereof")
February 2022	We published a new paper in the "Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers" entitled "Oxygen reduction reactions from boron-doped graphene quantum dot catalyst electrodes in acidic and alkaline electrolytes".
January 2022	"Synthesis and characterization of high-performance ZnO/graphene quantum dot composites for photocatalytic degradation of metronidazole" is a new paper we published recently in "Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers".
January 2022	We published a new paper in the "Ceramics International" entitled "Hexagonal boron nitride nanosheets as metal-free electrochemical catalysts for oxygen reduction reactions".
November 2021	Through a collaborative project between MIT and our international partners, we have developed novel lithium-conducting composite polymer−ceramic membranes for redox flow batteries. Here, we demonstrate that the ceramic compounds with NASICON-type crystal structure blended within the polyvinylidene fluoride polymeric matrix are promising composite membranes for lithium-based non-aqueous flow batteries. Further details are available in our recently published paper ("Synthesis and Characterization of Lithium-Conducting Composite Polymer−Ceramic Membranes for Use in Nonaqueous Redox Flow Batteries") in "ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces".
October 2021	"Improving high-temperature performance of lithium-rich cathode by roll-to-roll atomic layer deposition of titania nanocoating for lithium-ion batteriess" is a new paper we published in the "Journal of Energy Storage".
August 2021	Dr. Yasser Ashraf Gandomi will give a seminar at MIT (ChemE and MechE) regarding fundraising strategies for pre-tenure faculty members and early-stage tech startups.
July 2021	"Synthesis and characterization of lithium-conducting composite polymer-ceramic membranes for use in nonaqueous redox flow batteries" is a new preprint we published in the "ChemRxiv".
July 2021	We filed an invention disclosure at MIT regarding our recent work on novel fabrication technique for synthesizing high-performance porous electrodes for electrochemical energy devices.
June 2021	We published a new paper in the "Nanomaterials" entitled "Effect of Solvent on Fluorescence Emission from Polyethylene Glycol-Coated Graphene Quantum Dots under Blue Light Illumination".
May 2021	“State of the Art of Polymeric Membranes for Energy Storage and Conversion” is a Special Issue with the Membranes journal. For further details, please contact Dr. Yasser Ashraf Gandomi (Special Issue Editor).
April 2021	Dr. Yasser Ashraf Gandomi has been selected as the Editor for a Special Issue published by the Membranes journal.
April 2021	"Recent Progress and Future Perspective on Atomic Layer Deposition to Prepare/Modify Solid-State Electrolytes and Interface between Electrodes for Next-Generation Lithium Batteries" is a new paper we published recently in "Nanoscale Advances".
March 2021	We published a new paper in the "Carbon" entitled "Highly Fluorescent Green and Red Emissions from Boron-doped Graphene Quantum Dots under Blue Light Illumination".
February 2021	"Electrocatalytic Oxidation of Glucose on Boron and Nitrogen Codoped Graphene Quantum Dot Electrodes in Alkali Media" is a new paper we published recently in "Catalysts".
January 2021	Yasser Ashraf Gandomi joins the editorial board of "Membranes" journal.
December 2020	"Roll-To-Roll Atomic Layer Deposition of Titania Nanocoating on Thermally Stabilizing Lithium Nickel Cobalt Manganese Oxide Cathodes for Lithium Ion Batteries" is a new paper we published recently in "ACS Applied Energy Materials".
November 2020	We published a new paper in the "Journal of Materials Chemistry C" entitled "Highly luminescent aggregate-induced emission from polyethylene glycol-coated carbon quantum dot clusters under blue light illumination".
November 2020	"Gradients for Improving Energy Storage Performance of Ruthenium Oxide Electrodes" is a new paper we published recently in "Journal of Alloys and Compounds".
October 2020	Yasser Ashraf Gandomi and his team received the "Outstanding Paper Award" from Taiwan Chemical Engineering Academy for their recent achievement in developing highly efficient carbon quantum dot suspensions and membranes.
October 2020	We published a new paper in the Journal of Power Sources entitled "Roll-to-roll atomic layer deposition of titania coating on polymeric separators for lithium ion batteries".
September 2020	Yasser Ashraf Gandomi gave an invited lecture on Redox Flow Batteries in the Department of Chemical Engineering at MIT. This lecture was an invited talk for the "Principle of Electrochemical Engineering" course.
September 2020	We published a new paper in Electrochimica Acta entitled "Infrared-assisted Synthesis of Highly Amidized Graphene Quantum Dots as Metal-free Electrochemical Catalysts".
September 2020	"Graphene induced crystallinity and hydrous state variations of ruthenium oxide electrodes for superior energy storage performance" is a new paper we published recently in Electrochimica Acta.
August 2020	We published a new paper in Advanced Materials Interfaces entitled "Ultrathin Conformal oCVD PEDOT Coatings on Carbon Electrodes Enable Improved Perormance of Redox Flow Batteries". This project was in collaboration with Prof. Yet-Ming Chiang and Prof. Karen Gleason's groups at MIT.
August 2020	"Decorating sulfur and nitrogen Co-doped graphene quantum dots on graphite felt as high-performance electrodes for vanadium redox flow batteries" is a new paper we published recently in the Journal of Power Sources.
July 2020	We filed an invention disclosure on a novel and high-performance porous electrode material (synthesized with advanced coating technology at MIT) for electrochemical devices.
June 2020	Yasser Ashraf Gandomia new paper in Membranes entitled "Direct Measurement of Crossover and Interfacial Resistance of Ion-Exchange Membranes in All-Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries". This paper has been pubished in Special Issue "Development of Membranes in Battery & Membrane Based Devices".
June 2020	We published a new paper in the Journal of Applied Surface Science entitled "Novel Electrochemical Sensor Based on Highly Amidized Graphene Quantum Dots to Electrochemically Detect Hydrogen Peroxide".
June 2020	We filed an invention disclosure on a new device enabling advanced diagnostics for electrochemcial energy storage and conversion systems.
June 2020	We published a new paper in Electrochimica Acta entitled "Improved Lithium Storage Capacity and High Rate Capability of Nitrogen-doped Graphite-like Electrode Materials Prepared from Thermal Pyrolysis of Graphene Quantum Dots".
May 2020	"Assessing levelized cost of vanadium redox flow batteries with capacity fade and rebalancing" is a new paper we published recently in the Journal of Power Sources in collaboration with the United Technology Research Center (UTRC).
January 2019	Yasser Ashraf Gandomi joined Prof. Fikile Brushett's group at MIT as a Postdoctoral Associate.
December 2018	Yasser Ashraf Gandomi received his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from University of Tennessee under supervision of Prof. Matthew Mench in Fall 2018.
December 2018	Paper entitiled "Functionalization of activated carbons with magnetic Iron oxide nanoparticles for removal of copper ions from aqueous solution" accepted for publication in the Journal of Molecular Liquids.
December 2018	"IAHE e-newsletter Volume 10 Issue 6" published. Editor-in-Chief: Dr. M. M. Mench Editor: K. Williams Co-editors & Writers: Yasser Ashraf Gandomi, C. Daugherty
November 2018	Paper entitiled "Flexible Transformer Based Multilevel Inverter Topologies" accepted for publication in IET Power Electronics.
October 2018	"IAHE e-newsletter Volume 10 Issue 5" published. Editor-in-Chief: Dr. M. M. Mench Editor: K. Williams Co-editors & Writers: Yasser Ashraf Gandomi, C. Daugherty
September 2018	Paper entitiled "Prior vacuuming for supercritical fluid synthesis of SnO2/graphene nanocomposites with superior electrochemical Li+ storage performance" accepted for publication in Electrochimica Acta.
August 2018	The 2017 impact factor of the International Journal of Hydrogen Energy (IJHE) has increased to 4.10. Yasser Ashraf Gandomi and other members of the IJHE editorial team thank the reviewers and authors for their significant contributions. - Link for the International Journal of Hydrogen Energy (IJHE) submission website - Link for the International Journal of Hydrogen Energy (IJHE) editorial board
August 2018	Paper entitiled "Atomic Layer Oxidation on Graphene Sheets for Tuning Their Oxidation Levels, Electrical Conductivities, and Band Gaps" accepted for publication in Nanoscale. This paper has been ranked within "2018 Nanoscale HOT Article Collection" by the editorial board. - Link to access this paper.
August 2018	"IAHE e-newsletter Volume 10 Issue 4" published. Editor-in-Chief: Dr. M. M. Mench Editor: K. Williams Co-editors & Writers: Yasser Ashraf Gandomi, C. Daugherty
July 2018	The Electrochemical Society (ECS) has featured Yasser Ashraf Gandomi's international IEEE award in the “INTERFACE” magazine. (Volume 27, Issue 2, Summer 2018)
June 2018	"IAHE e-newsletter Volume 10 Issue 3" published. Editor-in-Chief: Dr. M. M. Mench Editor: K. Williams Co-editors & Writers: Yasser Ashraf Gandomi, C. Daugherty
June 2018	Yasser Ashraf Gandomi collaborates with the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Tennessee as a Sole Course Instructor for Fluid Mechanics (AE341).
May 2018	Yasser Ashraf Gandomi received "The Industrial Electrochemistry and Electrochemical Engineering (IEEE) Achievement Award" from the Electrochemical Society (ECS).
May 2018	Paper entitiled "Tuning oxidation level, electrical conductance and band gap structure on graphene sheets by cyclic atomic layer reduction technique" accepted for publication in Carbon.
May 2018	Paper entitiled "Optimization of graphene quantum dots by chemical exfoliation from graphite powders and carbon nanotubes" accepted for publication in Materials Chemistry and Physics.
May 2018	Paper entitiled "Amino-Functionalization of Graphene Nanosheets by Electrochemical Exfoliation Technique" accepted for publication in Diamond & Related Materials.
May 2018	Yasser Ashraf Gandomi is the recipient of an international award (The Industrial Electrochemistry and Electrochemical Engineering (IEEE) Achievement Award) from the Electrochemical Society (ECS). "The Industrial Electrochemistry and Electrochemical Engineering (IEEE) Achievement Award" is an international award from the Electrochemical Society (ECS) being awarded to a single individual worldwide. The IEEE award was established in 1989 to recognize young engineers and scientists in the field of electrochemical engineering. (More information regarding this award is available in this link). Media coverage: I. The Electrochemical Society, International Awards Division (Link) II. The Electrochemical Society (Link) III. The Electrochemical Society Interface Magazine (Link) IV. The ECS newshub (Link) V. 233rd Electrochemical Society Meeting (Link)
May 2018	Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering at University of Tennessee has featured Yasser Ashraf Gandomi's recent international award from the Electrochemical Society in the Spring 2018 edition of the newsletter accessible in this link.
April 2018	Yasser Ashraf Gandomi gave two talks at "2018 Materials Research Society (MRS) Spring Meeting & Exhibit" at Phoenix, Arizona (April 2 - 6, 2018). I. Yasser Ashraf Gandomi, D. S. Aaron, M. M. Mench, “Interplay Between Diffusivity and Surface Barriers on Vanadium Ion Transport in Polymeric Membranes for All-Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries” II. Yasser Ashraf Gandomi, J. Houser, D. S. Aaron, M. M. Mench, “Asymmetric Cell Designs: A Novel Technique for Passively Retaining Capacity in All-Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries”
April 2018	Paper entitiled "Electrochemical energy storage of nanocrystalline vanadium oxide thin films prepared from various plating solutions for supercapacitors" accepted for publication in Electrochimica Acta.
April 2018	"IAHE e-newsletter Volume 10 Issue 2" published. Editor-in-Chief: Dr. M. M. Mench Editor: K. Williams Co-editors & Writers: Yasser Ashraf Gandomi, C. Daugherty
March 2018 [CRES³T Article]	A CRES³T paper entitiled "Critical Review of Experimental Diagnostics and Material Characterization Techniques Used on Redox Flow Batteries" accepted for publication in the Journal of Electrochemical Society (JES). CRES³T Article: Critical Reviews in Electrochemistry and Solid-State Science and Technology. For further details, please refer to the Journal of Electrochemical Society' descriptive link. Acknowledgments: Yasser Ashraf Gandomi would like to acknowledge University of Tennessee for providing Chancellors Graduate Fellowship support.
March 2018	Paper entitiled "Enabling High Rate Charge and Discharge Capability, Low Internal Resistance, and Excellent Cycleability for Li-Ion Batteries Utilizing Graphene Additives" accepted for publication in Electrochimica Acta.
February 2018	Paper entitiled "Thermal Rectification via Asymmetric Structural Defects in Graphene" accepted for publication in Carbon.
February 2018	"IAHE e-newsletter Volume 10 Issue 1" published. Editor-in-Chief: Dr. M. M. Mench Editor: K. Williams Co-editors & Writers: Yasser Ashraf Gandomi, C. Daugherty
January 2018	Yasser Ashraf Gandomi is selected as the "Assistant Subject Editor" for the International Journal of Hydrogen Energy (IJHE). Link to: Editorial board of the International Journal of Hydrogen Energy (IJHE)
January 2018	Two papers accepted for presentation at "233th Electrochemical Society (ECS) Meeting and Electrochemical Energy Summit" at Seattle, WA (May 13-17, 2018). I. Yasser Ashraf Gandomi, D. S. Aaron, M. M. Mench, “(Industrial Electrochemistry and Electrochemical Engineering Division Student Achievement Award Address) Mitigating Ionic and Water Transport through Polymeric Membranes in All-Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries Via Design, Engineering, and Prototyping Novel Asymmetric Cell Topologies” [Invited Presentation] II. C. S. Swanson, Yasser Ashraf Gandomi, G. Goenaga, S. Medina, T. A. Zawodzinski, D. S. Aaron, M. M. Mench, “Non-Platinum Group Catalysts to Improve Performance of a Membraneless Microbial Fuel Cell”
January 2018	Two papers accepted for presentation at "2018 Materials Research Society (MRS) Spring Meeting & Exhibit" at Phoenix, Arizona (April 2 - 6, 2018). I. Yasser Ashraf Gandomi, D. S. Aaron, M. M. Mench, “Interplay Between Diffusivity and Surface Barriers on Vanadium Ion Transport in Polymeric Membranes for All-Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries” II. Yasser Ashraf Gandomi, J. Houser, D. S. Aaron, M. M. Mench, “Asymmetric Cell Designs: A Novel Technique for Passively Retaining Capacity in All-Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries”
December 2017	"IAHE e-newsletter Volume 9 Issue 6" published. Editor-in-Chief: Dr. M. M. Mench Editor: K. Williams Co-editors & Writers: Yasser Ashraf Gandomi, C. Daugherty In this issue: (I) IAHE team (Yasser Ashraf Gandomi and Cyrus Daugherty) riding experience with TOYOTA Mirai (Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle). (II) Microsoft is getting hungry for Fuel Cells
November 2017	The editorial board of the Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry awarded Yasser Ashraf Gandomi as "Outstanding Reviewer". (awarded May 2017)
October 2017	Yasser Ashraf Gandomi is selected as the "2018 winner of The Industrial Electrochemistry and Electrochemical Engineering (IEEE) Student Achievement Award" (Link for the news) "The Industrial Electrochemistry and Electrochemical Engineering (IEEE) Student Achievement Award" is an international award from Electrochemical Society (ECS). "The IEEE Student Achievement Award" was established in 1989 to recognize young engineers and scientists in the field of electrochemical engineering. (More information regarding this award is available in this link)
October 2017	"IAHE e-newsletter Volume 9 Issue 5" published. Editor-in-Chief: Dr. M. M. Mench Editor: K. Williams Co-editors & Writers: Yasser Ashraf Gandomi, C. Daugherty
October 2017	Yasser Ashraf Gandomi co-authored three talks and presented two talks at "232th Electrochemical Society (ECS) Meeting and Electrochemical Energy Summit" at National Harbor, MD (Oct. 1-5, 2017).
October 2017	Yasser Ashraf Gandomi and C. Daugherty participated in the TOYOTA Mirai (Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle) ride experience at ECS conference (National Harbor). We thank all the support from Dr. Satyapal (Director of Fuel Cell Technologies Office at DOE), Dr. Miller (Program Manager, Hydrogen Production & Delivery at DOE) and Mr. Rob Gerth (Director of Marketing and Communications at ECS).
October 2017	Department of Mechnical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering newsletter at University of Tennessee has featured Yasser Ashraf Gandomi's recent "Extraordinary Professional Promise Award" and "Excellence in Research Award" in the Fall 2017 edition of the newsletter accessible in this link.
September 2017	A new paper ("Kinetic enhancement via passive deposition of carbon-based nanomaterials in vanadium redox flow batteries) accepted for publication in the Journal of Power Sources. Acknowledgments: This work was mainly supported by the Volkswagen USA Corp.(Grant R011370023) and partially supported by the University of Tennessee equipment funding for the Raman spectroscopy system (Grant R011371077).
August 2017	"IAHE e-newsletter Volume 9 Issue 4" published. Editor-in-Chief: Dr. M. M. Mench Editor: K. Williams Writers: Yasser Ashraf Gandomi, C. Daugherty
July 2017	Three papers accepted for presentation at "232th Electrochemical Society (ECS) Meeting and Electrochemical Energy Summit" at National Harber, MD (Oct. 1-5, 2017). I. Yasser Ashraf Gandomi, T. Y. Ertugrul, J. T. Clement, D. S. Aaron, M. M. Mench, “Direct Observation of Crossover and Current Distribution in All-Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries” II. M. C. Daugherty, Yasser Ashraf Gandomi, A. Pezeshki, D. S. Aaron, M. M. Mench, “Delineating Contributions from Vanadium Crossover and Electrode Degradation to Capacity Decay in Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries” III. D. Aaron, S. Yeom, Yasser Ashraf Gandomi, T. Ertugrul, K. Kihm, M. M. Mench, “Passive Deposition of Carbon Nanoparticles for Robust Kinetic Enhancement in Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries”
June 2017	Our recent work on the effect of "Ion exchange membrane's equivalent weight and reinforcement on the vanadium ion crossover and capacity fade in all-vanadium redox flow batteries" got accepted for publication in the Journal of Membranes.
June 2017	Yasser Ashraf Gandomi will be teaching AE341 (Fluid Mechanics) as "Sole Course Instructor" for the summer semester in the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering (MABE) at University of Tennessee.
June 2017	"IAHE e-newsletter Volume 9 Issue 3" published. Editor-in-Chief: Dr. M. M. Mench Editor: K. Williams Writers: Yasser Ashraf Gandomi, C. Daugherty
May 2017	Our latest work on the high-performance polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells has been featured in the latest technical report to DOE. Acknowledgments: We thank for the financial support for this work from the Department of Energy (DOE), project number: DE-FC36-086018052 "Manufacturing of Low-cost, Durable Membrane Electrode Assemblies Engineered for Rapid Conditions". We also thank W. L. Gore for providing the materials.
May 2017	Yasser Ashraf Gandomi gave a talk entitled "Passive Mitigation of Capacity Decay in Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries through Asymmetric Cell Configuration" at the "231th Electrochemical Society (ECS) Meeting and Electrochemical Energy Summit" at New Orleans, Louisiana on May 29. (US patent filed for the novel cell design presented in this work).
May 2017	Yasser Ashraf Gandomi presented a poster entitled "Detection of DMMP Gas by Laser Direct Written Interdigitated Electrochemical Sensor" at "2017 Mini-symposium on Bio-chips and Sensors" held at University of Tennessee.
April 2017	Yasser Ashraf Gandomi won the "Excellence in Research Award" administrated by Graduate Student Senate at University of Tennessee, Knoxville. This news is featured in the TICKLE College of Engineering website.
April 2017	Yasser Ashraf Gandomi received the "Extraordinary Professional Promise Award" administrated by Chancellor's Honors Program at University of Tennessee, Knoxville. More information is available in the Chancellor's Honors Program website.
April 2017	Our recent work on the design of a novel three-phase hybrid multilevel inverter accepted for publication in IET Power Electronics (S. Saeidabadi, A. A. Gandomi, S. H. Hosseini, E. Babaei, Yasser Ashraf Gandomi, “A New Improved Three-Phase Hybrid Multilevel Inverter with Reduced Number of Components”)
April 2017	"IAHE e-newsletter Volume 9 Issue 2" published. Editor-in-Chief: Dr. M. M. Mench Editor: K. Williams Writers: Yasser Ashraf Gandomi, C. Daugherty
March 2017	Yasser Ashraf Gandomi gave an invited lecture in Prof. T. A. Zawodzinski's course (Advanced Batteries) on the "Theory of Electrochemical Kinetics based on Non-equilibrium Thermodynamics".
January 2017	Our recent work on the mitigation of crossover in all-vanadium redox flow batteries (VRFBs) has been accepted for presentation in ECS spring meeting. (Yasser Ashraf Gandomi, , J. Houser, D. S. Aaron, M. M. Mench, “Passive Mitigation of Capacity Decay in Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries through Asymmetric Cell Configuration”, Accepted for oral presentation at 231th Electrochemical Society (ECS) Meeting & Electrochemical Energy Summit, New Orleans, Louisiana, May 28 - June 1, 2017).
January 2017	Yasser Ashraf Gandomi received the full membership of the "Sigma Xi, The International Scientific Research and Honor Society".
December 2016	Yasser Ashraf Gandomi won the "Best Presentation Award" in the "Secondary Batteries and Environmental Materials" section at the Fifth International Education Forum on Environment and Energy Science in San Diego, California.
November 2016	Yasser Ashraf Gandomi received the full membership of the "Gamma Beta Phi Engineering Honor Society". This news is featured in the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering newsletter.
April 2016	Yasser Ashraf Gandomi received the "Outstanding Graduate Student Award" among all the graduate students of the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering at University of Tennessee, Knoxville. This news is featured in the Tickle College of Engineering website and also in the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering newsletter.
April 2016	Yasser Ashraf Gandomi won the "Runner-up Award" at the "Three-Minute Thesis Competition (3MT)" among all the graduate students at University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
February 2015	Dr. Eric Wade and Yasser Ashraf Gandomi gave an invited speech in the Technical Society of Knoxville entitled “Introduction of the University of Tennessee American Society of Engineers: Leveraging East Tennessee Expertise". This event was supported by ASME East Tennessee professional society. Detailed news is available in the Technical Society of Knoxville's website.
June 2014	Yasser Ashraf Gandomi received the East Tennessee ASME Honor for leadership of the ASME student chapter at University of Tennessee. This news has been featured in the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering e-newsletter.
December 2013	Yasser Ashraf Gandomi was accepted into Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest, largest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines. Detailed news is available in the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering website.
November 2013	ASME design team at University of Tennessee with the leadership of Yasser Ashraf Gandomi developed a robot to compete in the Student Professional and Development Conference (SPDC) which was held at Clemson University. Detailed news is available in the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering e-Newsletter.
May 2013	ASME team at University of Tennessee with the leadership of Yasser Ashraf Gandomi administrated an invited lecture for DENSO Corporation (with Tim Newport and Brian Crawford). Detailed news is available in the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering e-Newsletter.