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Dr. Nicola Ferralis

Research Scientist
Program Manager, MITEI Low-Carbon Energy Center on Energy Storage
Director of Experimental Research, Grossman Group

Primary DLC

Department of Materials Science and Engineering

MIT Room: 13-5134
(617) 324-0372
https://gg.mit.edu/people/research-associates/

Areas of Interest and Expertise

Energy Harvesting Systems (from Photovoltaics to Geothermal Systems) Based on Carbon-Nanomaterials
Water Filtration, Electronic and Sensing Systems Based on Natural Carbonaceous Materials
Intelligent Automated Algorithms for Solid Carbon Detection and haracterization in Space Exploration, Hydrocarbon Recovery
Continuous Additive Manufacturing of Natural-Carbon Based Products, from Fibers to Thin Films
Design of Thermal Management Materials Based on Evaporative Cooling
Materials Design for thermal management for the reduction of residential buildings energy envelope
Novel Multi-Scale Integrated Methods and Tools for Chemo-Mechanical Characterization of Materials
Thermal and Mechanical Properties of Natural and Synthetic Carbon Materials

Research Summary

Natural and artificial carbon based materials for nano-filtration and separation, electronics and sensing systems; structural and high thermal conductivity carbon-based materials (including carbon fibers); materials for thermal management and mitigation from food to residential buildings; development of intelligent automated algorithms for materials classification and detection and characterization during space exploration, hydrocarbon recovery; continuous additive manufacturing.

Recent Work

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