Research Overview

CORES: “CO Reacting-flows, Electrochemistry, and Surface-science.” Our research group focuses on clean energy and water systems, with an emphasis on electrochemistry and material surfaces. By understanding the processes occuring in and controlling system performance, we can design technologies to improve quality of life for diverse populations while easing human impacts on the environment.

Our research combines experiments with numerical simulations to identify microstructures, material chemistries, or control strategies for applications such as batteries, polymer electrolyte fuel cells, chemically reacting flows (chemical processing and combustion), and water filtration systems.

The figure below gives a general overview of our research philosophy, how the different activities in our group fit together, and the iterative nature of scientific discovery and engineering design. Fundamental discoveries made at the nano-scale can inform device design and control strategies. Meanwhile, evaluating material structure-property relationships at the device scale can provide insights to guide materials discovery and design.

Learn more about research projects in the CORES Group.

Group Members

Interactions between group members strengthen productivity and provide group members with new skills, perspectives, and connections. We use our group meetings to discuss our research  and to gain and practice skills for successful and fulfilling careers. These skills include communicating with diverse audiences, organizing and maintaining datasets, and lifelong learning (keeping up with literature and maintaining a reference library). Because our research projects are diverse, students in the group bring a diverse array of experiences and perspectives. This diversity provides enriching interactions that benefit group members during their time at Mines and throughout their careers.

Learn about the CORES Group members.

Research Products

The primary “output” from our work is a contribution to the body of knowledge underpinning advances in clean energy and water technology. Openness is a core value of our group—for the greatest possible impact, we strive to make our research products as accessible as possible, and also attempt to provide the tools and information needed so that anyone interested can reproduce or extend our work.

In that spirit, our research output is shared in three main ways:

• Peer-reviewed publications are summarized on the Publications page. Preprints are provided where possible.
• Software and data analysis tools are uploaded on our GitHub repository.
• Conference presentations are freely accessible on our FigShare profile.

Click here for a list of research projects and sponsors for the CORES Research Group.