2025 Posters

Analytics & Tools

Poster Title	Lead Author	Organization
Assessing ESS Revenue Potential in PJM’s Energy and Ancillary Markets	Astha Rai	Sandia National Laboratories
Computationally Tractable Battery Degradation Models for Optimization and Control	Ujjwol Tamrakar	Sandia National Laboratories
Expaning QuESt 2.0’s Data Integration Capabilities	Rodrigo Trevizan	Sandia National Laboratories
Global Energy Storage Database (GESDB): Database Updates and Backend Features	Ujjwol Tamrakar	Sandia National Laboratories
IEEE std P1815.2: From Codes to Code	Tylor Slay	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Lifetime Failure and Degradation Analysis of Grid-Connected Battery Energy Storage Systems	Atri Bera	Sandia National Laboratories
QuESt PCM: Production Cost Modeling Tool with Improved Energy Storage System Models	Dilip Pandit	Sandia National Laboratories
Software Tools Voucher Program: QuEST for Evaluating Microgrid Designs in Puerto Rico	Emily Moog	Sandia National Laboratories
Storage Sizing and Placement Tool in Distribution Grids	Ujjwol Tamrakar	Sandia National Laboratories
Tribal Energy Storage Analysis	Rodrigo Trevizan	Sandia National Laboratories

Demonstration Projects

Poster Title	Lead Author	Organization
ARES Gravity Energy Storage Overview and Lessons Learned	Donald Bender	Sandia National Laboratories
Battery Energy Storage For Utility System Peak Demand Reduction In Vermont	Henry Guan	Sandia National Laboratories
CEC-CRADA Update and Other DOE-ES Demonstration Projects	Ramesh Koripella	Sandia National Laboratories
Deployment of Battery Storage Systems for Resilience and Off-grid Applications	Henry Guan	Sandia National Laboratories

Flow Batteries

Poster Title	Lead Author	Organization
Mediated Biredox Flow Batteries	Leo Small	Sandia National Laboratories

Grid Reliability and Resilience

Poster Title	Lead Author	Organization
Delivering Energy Storage Outcomes for Resiliency	Adrienne Rackley	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Quantifying Resilience for Distributed Energy Storage Systems	Lin Zeng	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Next Generation, Large Scale Energy Storage

Poster Title	Lead Author	Organization
Freeze-Thaw Molten Salt Batteries: Unlocking Low-Cost Energy Storage	Henry Han	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Optimal Dispatch Models for Long-Duration Hybrid Energy Storage and Microgrids in Electricity Markets	Alberto Grimaldi	Argonne National Laboratory

Power Electronics

Poster Title	Lead Author	Organization
Advanced Magnetics for High Frequency Link Converters and an Agile Grid	Todd Monson	Sandia National Laboratories
Enhancing Resilience: Upgrades and Integration Strategies for a Hybrid Energy Storage System (HESS)	Armando Montoya	Sandia National Laboratories
Hardware Validation of a Direct DC-AC Dual Active Bridge Converter for Single-Stage Energy Storage Interfacing	Alvaro Cardoza	Sandia National Laboratories
Medium-voltage Power Electronics for Grid-tied Energy Storage Applications	Pengyu Fu	Ohio State University
Power Electronics for Flow Batteries -Single Real-Time Framework for Flow Battery Model with Power Electronics Integration	Renata Kimpara	Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Resilient “Plug-n-Play” Storage Integrated Electricity Solutions for Off-Grid Communities	Joseph Benzaquen	Georgia Institute of Technology

Safety & Reliability

Poster Title	Lead Author	Organization
Battery Archive – A Standardized Data Repository to Accelerate Evaluation of Energy Storage Systems	Yuliya Preger	Sandia National Laboratories
Impact of Aging on the Safety of Lithium-ion Batteries	Yuliya Preger	Sandia National Laboratories
Impact of Module Configuration on Li-ion Battery Performance and Degradation	Yuliya Preger	Sandia National Laboratories
Li-ion Pouch Cell Thermal Abuse Test and Cylindrical Cell Mechanical Abuse Test	Lianshan Lin	Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Modeling Thermal Runaway Behavior of Silicon-Graphite Anodes and Microcells	Randy Shurtz	Sandia National Laboratories
Understanding Li-ion Battery Module Performance under Peak Shaving using Single Cell Data	Daiwon Choi	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Understanding the Thermal Behavior and Safety of Silicon-Graphite anodes	Bryan Wygant	Sandia National Laboratories
Toward Algebraic Modeling of Natural Convection Inside Simplified Energy Storage Systems	Michael Meehan	Sandia National Laboratories

Sodium Batteries

Poster Title	Lead Author	Organization
Advanced Characterization of Sodium-Ion Battery Cathodes: Synergy, Heterogeneity, and Reaction Mechanism	Ahamed Irshad Maniyanganam	SLAC-Stanford Battery Center
Low Temperature Sodium Batteries	Leo Small	Sandia National Laboratories
Understanding Electronic Conduction in NaSICON to Improve Sodium Batteries	Ethan Lauricella	University of Kentucky

Zinc & Lead Batteries

Poster Title	Lead Author	Organization
Cycling and Failure Mechanisms of Rechargeable Alkaline Calcium Zincate (CaZn₂(OH)₆·2H₂O) Anodes for Grid Storage Applications	Patrick Yang	City College of New York
Earth Abundant Multivalent Materials for Metal-Air Batteries: Al-Air Battery	Stephen Percival	Sandia National Laboratories
Effect of Externally Applied Pressure on Rechargeable Alkaline Zinc Batteries	Deepak Kharel	University of Kentucky
Electrochemical and In-situ Spectroscopic Investigation of Bifunctional Electrocatalysts for Rechargeable Metal-Air Batteries	Prakhar Sharma	University of Kentucky
Electrode and Electrolyte Modification Towards Rechargeable Aqueous Batteries	Zhitao Chen	Georgia Institute of Technology
Low-Cost Zinc-Ion Battery with Carbothermally Modified MnO₂ Cathode	Erfan Mohebolkhames	City College of New York
Mildly Acidic Acetate-Based Electrolytes for Zinc-Ion Batteries	Debayon Dutta	City College of New York
Molecular Simulations of Gas and Ion Transport in Potassium Polyacrylate Electrolytes	Amalie Frischknecht	Sandia National Laboratories
Nickel Sulfoselenide Electrocatalysts for Flowing Zinc-Air Batteries	Bryan Wygant	Sandia National Laboratories
Unraveling the Role of Layered ZHX Materials in Zn-Ion Battery Cycling	Calvin Quilty	Sandia National Laboratories