About
Emily M. Ryan is an Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science & Engineering at Boston University's College of Engineering, and the Associate Director of the Institute for Global Sustainability (IGS). She holds a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University (2009) and has expertise in computational modeling of energy systems. Her research focuses on reactive transport, electrochemistry, and multi-scale modeling for energy technologies like fuel cells and batteries.
Education:
- PhD, Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University (2009)
- MS, Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University (2008)
- BS, Mechanical Engineering, Tufts University (2004)
Research Interests:
- Computational modeling of energy systems
- Reactive transport in porous media
- Validation, verification, and uncertainty quantification (VVUQ)
- Computational materials design using informatics
- Applications in fuel cells, batteries, and carbon capture
Publications: Over 50 peer-reviewed articles focus on lithium batteries, electrochemical systems, and multi-physics modeling. Recent work emphasizes interfacial phenomena in energy storage and machine learning-aided design.
Awards:
- Scialog Fellowship for Advanced Energy Storage (2017)
- Member of The Electrochemical Society
Advising & Grants: Leads the Computational Energy Laboratory (CEL), which develops advanced computational frameworks for energy research. Collaborates on NSF-BSF grants for interfacial stability studies.
Labs & Teams: Directs the CEL, focusing on multi-scale modeling and sustainable energy technologies. Affiliated with BU's Center for Computational Science and Hariri Institute.
