Featured Short Courses

Thermal Management of Electrification Technologies (TherMET)

Advances in Nanoscale Heat Transfer Modelling: Applications in Novel Battery Electrode Materials

Speaker: Dr. Dipali Nayak & Dr. Himanshu Murari

Affiliation: University of Toronto, Canada

Date: Wednesday, April 1st, 2026, 12:00-1:00 pm EST

 

Thermal Energies of Lithium-Ion Bateries

Speaker: Prof. Dr. Amy Marconnet

Affiliation: Purdue University, USA

Date: Friday, September 13th, 2024, 5:00-6:00 pm EST

Recordings of this short course are available here.

Electric-Drive Vehicle Power Electronics Thermal Management: Current Status, Challenges, and Future Directions

Speaker: Dr. Sreekant Narumanchi, Ph.D., Dr. Gilbert Moreno Ph.D.

Affiliation: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

Date: Tuesday, March 5th, 2024, 4:30-6:20 pm EST

Recordings of this short course are available here.

Energy Security of Canada’s Northern, Remote, and Indigenous Communities

Speaker: Dr. Michael Ross, Ph.D., P.Eng., P.E., PMP

Affiliation: NSERC Industrial Research Chair in Northern Energy Innovation, Yukon University

Date: Tuesday, May 23rd, 2023, 2:00-5:00 pm EST

Recordings of this short course are available here.

Other Short Technical Courses & Workshops

  1. Energy Sustainability: A Key Pathway to Sustainable Development“, by Prof. Marc Rosen, February 2026
  2. Sustainable Power in Action: Geothermal Exchange Plant Student Session“, by Aahil Sheikh (Ecosystems Energy), December 2025
  3. Undergraduate Excellence: Career-Focused Training & Development Session” by Aaron Wang (Student Admissions & Recruitment Office), December 2025
  4. Experimental Battery Testing with Chroma Cyclers” by Chroma Systems Solutions, October 2025
  5. Best Practices on Experimental Testing of Modular Battery Energy Storage Systems” by Dr. Monsoon Fu, September, 2025
  6. Advanced Power Electronics and Electric Machines (APEEM)” by Dr Gilbert Moreno & Dr Sreekant Narumanchi, April 2025
  7. Discrete Power Device Packaging with Integrated Direct Two-Phase Cooling” by Prof. Cristina Amon, March 2025
  8. Automotive Thermal Management“, by Dr. Aydin Nabovati, March 2025
  9. ATOMS Laboratory’s Numerical-Experimental Thermal Management Research Applied to Lithium-ion Battery Systems“, by Dr. Carlos Da Silva, March 2025
  10. Experimental-Numerical Thermal Characterization of Lithium-ion Battery Cells“, by Dr. Carlos Da Silva, Feb 2024  
  11. Aging in Lithium-ion batteries“, by Dr. Daniela Galatro, March 2024
  12. Current Status, Challenges, and Future Directions of Electric-Drive Vehicle Thermal Management” by Dr. Gilbert Moreno from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, March 2024
  13.  “Multi-Physics Machine Learning-based Design Optimization of EV Battery Cold Plates” by Prof. Cristina Amon, October 2024
  14. Multiscale Thermal Management of Electrical Vehicle Technologies from Nanoscales to Vehicle-level Cooling Systems” by Prof. Cristina Amon, August 2024
  15. Multiscale Thermal Modeling of Electric Vehicle Batteries from Nanoscale Electrodes to Battery Pack Cooling Systems: Illustration of DeepEDH Neural-Network-Based Optimization of Battery Cold Plates” by Prof. Cristina Amon, May 2024
  16. Multiscale Hierarchical Modeling and Thermal Management of Electrification Technologies” by Prof. Cristina Amon, May 2023
  17. Effect of Cell-to-Cell Thermal Imbalance and Cooling Strategy on Electric Vehicle Battery Performance and Longevity” by Prof. Cristina Amon, June 2022