Tong Group’s research encompasses the creation, synthesis, and characterization of energy materials, as well as the design, fabrication, manufacturing, testing, and application of energy devices. The processing techniques include direct laser reactive additive manufacturing of ceramics, metal alloys, and ceramic/metal composites, laser sintering/synthesis/machining, solid-state reactive sintering, and ultrasonic spray coating. The applications include resilient and efficient energy conversion/storage, fuel processing, membrane separation, natural gas utilization, isotope separation, and production/separation/recycling of critical materials. Modern AI/ML-related tools are used to accelerate all the research.