Group Members

Primary Investigator

Ömer Özgür Çapraz

Assistant Professor in the School of Chemical Engineering
2022 NSF CAREER Award
2019 BSF Start-up Award

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B.S., Chemical Engineering, Middle East Technical University

Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Iowa State University

Post-Doc, Material Science and Engineering, University of Illinois

Email: ocapraz@okstate.edu

CV (updated on March 2022)

Graduate Students

Bertan Özdoğru

Lyman Yarborough Distinguish Graduate Fellowship

Research Topic: Chemo-Mechanics of Cathodes in Na-ion and K-ion Batteries.
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B.S. Chemical Engineering, Izmir Institute of Technology

M.S. Chemical Engineering, Izmir Institute of Technology

Email: bertan.ozdogru@okstate.edu

Batuhan Bal

Research Topic: Chemo-Mechanics of Cathodes in Na-ion and K-ion Batteries
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B.S. Material Science and Eng., Gebze Institute of Technology

M.S. Material Science and Eng., Gebze Institute of Technology

Email: batuhan.bal@okstate.edu

Minal Wable

Research Topic: Instability Mechanisms in Layered Metal Oxide Cathodes for Na-ion Batteries
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B.S - M.S. Dual Degree in ChemistrIndian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune, India

Bret Marckx

Research Topic: Performance of Li-ion and All-solid State Batteries at Extreme Conditions
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B.S. Chemical Engineering, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK

Undergraduate Researchers

Cameron Ketelsleger

Wentz Research Fellowship

Chemical Engineering Class of 2021,Oklahoma State University

Email: cameron.ketelsleger@okstate.edu

Tanner Hagerman

Ceat Research Scholar

Chemical Engineering Class of 2020, Oklahoma State University

Email: hagermt@okstate.edu

Gerald DeRogers

Chemical Engineering Class of 2023, Oklahoma State University

Email: gerald.derogers_jr@okstate.edu

Laney Lynch

Graphic Design, 2022, Oklahoma State University

Email: laney.lynch@okstate.edu

Hugh Spector

Graphic Design, 2022, Oklahoma State University

Email: hughos@okstate.edu

Alumni

Hannah Dykes

M.S. Thesis: In Situ Stress Evolution on an Au Thin Film Cathode Electrodes during Discharge / Charge of Li-Oxygen Batteries
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B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Kentucky, 2015-2019

M.S. Chemical Engineering, Oklahoma State University, 2019-2021

Battery Application Engineer at Chroma ATE, California, 2021 -

Darrell Gregory

M.S. Thesis: Electrochemical Behaviour and Morphological Evolution in Carbonaceous and Metal Anodes for Li-ion and Zn-ion Batteries

B.S. Chemical Engineering, Oklahoma State University, 2015-2019