Thermal Management of Electrification Technologies (TherMET)
EDI Retreat 2025
An Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Workshop and Retreat was carried out in Aug 2025 at the University of Toronto on learnings and knowledge translation with the indigenous communities in engineering.
Featured Program
- ‘Listening with the Heart: Engineering Studies with a First Nation to Heal the Land and the People’ by Melanie Jeffrey, Director Indigenous Health
- ‘An Exploration of the Role or Electricity in the Sustainable Development of Warao Indigenous Communities in the Orinoco Delta of Venezuela’ by Prof. Vito Masi
- ‘Accelerating Sustainable Transitions: A Transdisciplinary Lens to Engineering for the More Than Human World’ by Prof. Luis Virla Alvardo
TherMET Annual Workshop 2025
TherMET’s third annual workshop features 4 innovative interdisciplinary projects on multiscale thermal modeling on batteries, experimental and numerical characterization of battery packs, thermal and electrochemical characterization for motorsports applications along with 2D nanostructures materials for battery electrodes.
Featured Program
- Poster and oral presentations of interdisciplinary projects by TherMET’s students and researchers
- Networking sessions with TherMET’s academic and industry partners
- Engineering Leadership Workshop
- Alumni Industrial Panel Discussions
Featured Interdisciplinary Projects
- Multi-Length-Scale Thermal Modeling and Characterization of Lithium-Ion Pouch Cells for Battery-Powered Electric Vehicle Fast-Charging Applications
- Experimental-Numerical Thermal Characterization Framework for Enhanced Electric Vehicle Battery Pack Thermal Performance, Fast Charging, and Lifespan
- Thermal and Electrochemical Characterization of High-Power Lithium-Ion Pouch Cells for Motorsport Applications
- Atomically Engineered Two-Dimensional Nanostructured Materials for High-Performance Battery Electrodes
TherMET Annual Workshop 2024
TherMET’s second annual workshop features 16 innovative interdisciplinary projects on multiscale thermal modeling on batteries, thermophysical characterization, battery thermal runaway, digital twins, topologically optimized heat sinks, electrode 3D printing, data management, aluminum-ion batteries, phase change materials, freight electrification, environmental impact, and Indigenous communities’ energy futures.
Featured Program
- Poster and oral presentations of interdisciplinary projects by TherMET’s students and researchers
- Keynote talk on Thermal Engineering of Lithium-Ion Batteries by Professor Amy Marconnet from the School of Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University
- Tour of the newly launched Thermal Management Systems (TMS) Laboratory for cutting-edge thermal research of battery systems
- Demonstration of a DC-sourced electric vehicle fast charging station by TherMET’s industry partner, Jule
- Networking sessions with TherMET’s academic and industry partners
Featured Interdisciplinary Projects
- A Multi-Metric, Spatially-Dependent, Physics-Based Lithium-Ion Battery Aging Model
- Characterization of large-format >100 Ah lithium-ion batteries to determine equivalent circuit model parameters
- Predicting cell-to-cell thermal runaway propagation in modular battery energy storage systems
- Electrochemical Properties of HfS2 Monolayer with Non-metal Doping as a Potential Anode Material for Na-ion Batteries
- Hierarchical Multiscale Modelling Framework and 3D thermo-electric couple model for Lithium-ion Batteries thermal management systems
- Digital Twin for Liquid-Cooled Prismatic Lithium Iron Phosphate Battery Packs: A Combined Numerical-Experimental Hierarchical Approach
- Thermophysical Characterization of a Lithium-Ion Pouch Cell with an Applied External Pressure
- Implementation of a topologically optimized heat sink for non-uniform heat fluxes in an electric-vehicle fast-charger
- Optimization of Graphene Oxide-Based Electrodes for 3D-Printed Lithium-Ion Batteries
- Proposing digital thread as an effective data management framework for modelling and simulation of EV battery thermal management systems
- A comparative study of carbonaceous cathode materials on electrochemical performance of aluminum-ion batteries
- Experimental investigation of effects of varying ambient temperature on PCM-based battery thermal management system performance
- Downscaling CTMs with mobile air quality measurements and Machine Learning: An investigation of the impact of different vehicle fleets on environmental justice
- Thermal management of NMC lithium battery during charging and discharging modes: Effect of incorporating PCM
- Legacy Energy Infrastructure in Yukon Carries Ongoing Implications for Indigenous Energy Futures
- Implications of Freight Electrification Scenarios for GHG Emissions, Air quality, Health, and Environmental Justice
TherMET Annual Workshop 2023
TherMET’s first annual workshop featured five innovative interdisciplinary projects on batteries, power electronics, and integration technologies for electric vehicles and stationary battery energy storage systems. Our students, researchers, industry partners, and collaborators highlighted TherMET training and research initiatives in collaboration with the Advanced Thermofluids Optimization, Modelling, and Simulation (ATOMS) Laboratory, Laboratory for Strategic Materials (LSM), University of Toronto Electric Vehicle (UTEV) Research Centre, Centre for Advanced Coating Technologies (CACT), and the READY Lab.