Sangwon Kang

​M.Sc., University of Kansas, 2023

M.Sc. Thesis: Physics-inspired equivalent circuit modeling and early detection of thermal runaway triggered by internal short circuits for lithium-ion batteries
Defended on June 4, 2025

First Position after Graduation: Battery Quality Engineer, LG Energy

Amir Farakhor

​Ph.D., University of Kansas, 2025

Ph.D. Dissertation: Advanced Battery Energy Storage Systems: Design, Control and Validation 
Defended on May 7, 2025

First Position after Graduation: Senior Power Electronics Engineer, Vicor Corporation

Thomas Woodruff

M.Sc., University of Kansas, 2023

M.Sc. Thesis: Model predictive control of nonlinear latent force models
Defended on December 7, 2023

First Position after Graduation: Electrical Engineer, Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies

Nikhil Biju

M.Sc., University of Kansas, 2023

M.Sc. Thesis: On equivalent circuit modeling for lithium-ion batteries operating over broad current ranges
Defended on April 28, 2023

First Position after Graduation: Battery Application Engineer, Gamma Technologies

Mason Lieb

M.Sc., University of Kansas, 2022
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M.Sc. Project: Autonomous vehicle motion planning via particle filtering and smoothing
Defended on August 15, 2022

First Position after Graduation: Mechatronics Development Engineer, Kalmar USA

Chuan Yan

​Ph.D., University of Kansas, 2022

​Ph.D. Dissertation: Distributed tracking control design for leader-follower multi-agent systems
Defended on January 26, 2022

First Position after Graduation: Embedded Systems Engineer, Zyno Medical

Mason Proctor

M.Sc., University of Kansas, 2021
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M.Sc. Thesis: State of charge estimation for rechargeable batteries based on the nonlinear double-capacitor model
Defended on May 13, 2021

First Position after Graduation: Battery Test Engineer, Spear Power Systems

Ning Tian

Ph.D., University of Kansas, 2021

Ph.D. Dissertation: A study of computationally efficient advanced battery management: Modeling, identification, estimation and control
Defended on December 1, 2020
Finalist for the Argersinger Dissertation Award

First Position after Graduation: Battery Engineer, Romeo Power Technology