Research Overview
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.
Research Interest
- Energy Materials and Devices
- Advanced Manufacturing (e.g., direct laser reactive additive manufacturing, ultrasonic spray coating)
- Efficient Energy Conversion/Storage, Fuel Processing, and Natural Gas Utilization
- Critical Materials Separation and Recycling
- Autonomous High-Throughput Experimentation
- AI/ML Assisted Materials Discovery and Device Design/Manufacturing