Ryan Wartena

 

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, Postdoc in the Department of Material Science and Engineering with Yet-Ming Chiang.

Research: Self and Directed Assembly of Energy Systems; 3D Microbatteries; Nanoarchiectures (and scale-up thereof); Full-Spectrum Energy Harvesting, Storage and Delivery; Holistic Integration; Wireless and Distributed Communication/Function Nodes.

Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, American Society for Engineering Education Postdoc with the Advanced Electrochemical Materials Section of the Surface Chemistry Branch in the Chemistry Division.

Research: Small Distributed Energy Systems. Laser Direct-Write of Power Sources. Energy Sources with Self-Charging Capabilities. Autostereoscopic Displays. Power Distribution Theory with Love.

Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering with focus on industrial electrochemical processes and molten salts, International Business/Information Technology Management minor.

Dissertation Title: The Electrochemical Production of Sodium Oxide and the Removal of Carbon Containing Gasses from Molten Salt Mixtures: A Recycle Process for Pulping Chemicals.

University of California, San Diego, Bachelor's of Science in Chemical Engineering, Psychology and Philosophy minors.

Research: Computational Chemistry; Data Visualizations for Equations of State and Quantum-Dynamical Calculations. Chemical Engineering/Engineering Physics; Thin-Film Deposition by Supercritical Fluid Jets, High-Resolution Radiation Detection Devices.

Download the the old Vita circa July 2004

 

Recent Papers

Power Sources for Nanotechnology

Li-ion Microbatteries by Laser Direct-Write

 

Current Works

Energy Harvesting and Storage from Photo/Thermal Energy between Semiconductor Electrodes and Water

Nanostructuring Low Dimensions into Devices: Thermoelectric Materials and Form Factors

Nanostructuring Low Dimensions: Semiconductor/Liquid Interface, Photovoltaics, Catalysts and Induction Coils

Growing Archiectures with Elizabeth Marley

Distributed Energy Systems for Voxels

The Natural Reversion: Revolution Natural

The Energy Harvester for All Occasions and Seasons

Energy Systems for Electronic Reading and Ink

Making Them

How to Make Things Blink

Groovie

Blooming Wallpaper - Technical Displays and Context Clues

Display of Global Information on a Globe

WireCapper - Conversion of Everything to Wireless

Solar Capacitive and Optical Shifting Oxides - A Medium for Stained Glass and Energy Storage

Time to Redefine What is Useful

Origami Electronics

Nanotechnology Pop-up book