Curriculum Vitae, Dr. Majid Beidaghi Majid Beidaghi Research associate 3141 Chestnut Street, LeBow 332D, Philadelphia, PA 19104 A. J. Drexel nanomaterials Institute Phone: (305) 607-7974 Department Materials Science and Engineering Email: [email protected] Drexel University Education 2008-2012 Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering Florida International University (Miami, FL) 2003-2006 M.Sc., Materials Science and Engineering K. N. Toosi University of Technology (Tehran, Iran) 1999-2003 B.Sc., Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Isfahan University of Technology (Isfahan, Iran) Professional Experience 8/ 2012– Post Doctoral Research Associate-Department of Materials Science and Engineering Present Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA; Supervisor: Prof. Yury Gogotsi 1- Directing “Electrochemical Energy Storage” research group: (15 graduate and undergraduate students) o Advising PhD students on their research projects related to materials synthesis for electrochemical energy storage applications. o Serving as the lab and safety supervisor for the Drexel Nanomaterials Group. o Writing research proposals and applying for research grants. 2- Directing group’s collaborative work as a part of Fluid Interface Reactions, Structures and Transport (FIRST) Energy Frontier Research Center (EFRC) managed by Oak Ridge National Lab (ORNL). 3- Leading several independent and collaborative research projects including: o Synthesis of 3D structures of graphene/Nb2O5 composites for high power Li ion capacitor applications. o Studying the electrochemical performance of 2D transition metal carbides (MXenes) and their oxides. o Development of materials for electrochemical flow capacitors (EFC) (collaboration with the group of Prof. Caglan Kumbur, Drexel University). o Development of composites of porous carbon materials and metal oxides for supercapacitor applications (collaboration with the group of Prof. Bruce Dunn, UCLA). 1 Curriculum Vitae, Dr. Majid Beidaghi o Studying the structure of 2D transition metal carbides (MXenes) (collaboration with the group of Prof. Simon Billinge, Columbia University). o Studying the dynamics of the intercalation of ions into MXene (collaboration with Prof. Mikhael Levi, Bar-Ilan University). o In-situ electrochemical atomic force microscopy (AFM) study of porous carbon materials and MXenes (collaboration with the group of Dr Nina Balke, Oak Ridge National Lab). o Synthesis and characterisation of transition metal oxides for intercalation pseudo- capacitors (collaboration with the group of Prof. Jun Zhou, Huazhong University of Science and Technology) 2008-2012 Research Assistant - Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Advanced Materials Research Institute (AMERI), Florida International University, Miami, FL, Supervisor: Prof. Chunlei Wang o Synthesizing nanomaterials for application as supercapacitor electrodes. o Design and fabrication of micro-supercapacitors using microelectromechanical (MEMS) techniques. o Fabrication of 3D carbon microstructures using Carbon-MEMS (C-MEMS) technology and development of methods for their activation. o Deposition of active materials such as transition metal oxides and conducting polymers on 3D carbon microstructures. o Electrostatic Spray Deposition (ESD) and electro-spinning of nanomaterials for supercapacitor and battery applications. o Development of micro-patterned structures of graphene and graphene/CNT hybrid films through a combination of photolithography and Electrostatic Spray Deposition (ESD) for micro-supercapacitor applications. o Super user of microfabrication facilities and SEM equipment at AMERI (in charge of training students for several equipment). 2003- 2007 Materials Selection Expert - Materials Research Center, Supplying Automotive Parts Company (SAPCO), Tehran, Iran. o Overseeing production of automotive parts in several affiliated companies. o Development of manufacturing methods for several automotive parts based on powder metallurgy. Teaching o Guest lecturer for the course “Materials For Energy Storage” (MATE 582), Spring 2014, Drexel University o Worked as a Teaching Assistant (including classroom teaching and recitation) for courses such as Introduction to Materials Science and Engineering, Materials Characterization Methods, Materials Thermodynamics, Statics, and Dynamics, Florida International University (FIU) o Classroom teaching for undergraduate course Materials Engineering (EGN 3365) course, FIU, USA (on behalf of Prof. Chunlei Wang). 2 Curriculum Vitae, Dr. Majid Beidaghi o Offered free tutorship (for Material Advantage chapter at FIU) to undergraduate students in Mechanical and Materials Engineering, FIU, USA. o Worked as laboratory instructor for the Materials Science Lab and Transport Phenomena Lab, Khaje Nasir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran. Honors and Awards 2014 First Prize and People Choice Award, 2014 NSF Visualization Challenge 2013 Best Poster Award, 2013 Materials Research Society (MRS) spring meeting 2013 Best Poster Award, 224th Electrochemical Society (ECS) meeting 2012 Worlds Ahead Graduate Award, Florida International University 2011 Dissertation Year Fellowship (DYF), Florida International University 2010 Doctoral Evidence Acquisition (DEA) Fellowship, Florida International University Membership 2008-P Materials Research Society (MRS), Electrochemical Society (ECS), The Minerals, Metals, and Materials society (TMS) Professional Activities and Services Reviewer/ Referee Services: Journals: ACS Nano, Carbon, ACS applied Materials & Interfaces, Electrochemistry Communications, Electrochimica Acta, Materials Express (over 30 papers are reviewed for various journals). Funding Agencies: Indo-US Science & Technology Forum (IUSSTF) Other professional activities: o Vice Chair (2009-10), Material Advantage chapter, FIU, USA. o Led Material Advantage chapter at FIU to win several international awards including Chapter of Excellence Awards, ASM Materials Education Foundation Grant, Fall Membership Challenge (Most Innovative Recruitment Strategy Award), and World Materials Day Award. o President (2010-11), Electrochemical Society Chapter at FIU o In-charge of SEM, Electrochemical Tests Stations, E-beam lithography system, Mask Aligner and Nanoimprint systems at FIU Cleanroom facilities. o Judging for best poster award at Drexel Research Day (2013). 3 Curriculum Vitae, Dr. Majid Beidaghi Publications Patents: 1. M. Beidaghi, Chunlei Wang, Wei Chen, “Electrochemically activated C-MEMS electrodes for on- chip micro-supercapacitors” No. US 2014/0029161A1, Publication Date: January 30, 2014 Published or accepted journal papers: (331 citations, h-index: 10, as of October 2014) Google scholar profile: http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=AvUqNcwAAAAJ 1. C. Zhang, R. Maloney, M. R. Lukatskaya, M. Beidaghi, B. Dyatkin, E. Perre, D. Long, W Qiao, B. Dunn, Y. Gogotsi, “Synthesis and electrochemical properties of niobium pentoxide deposited on layered carbide-derived carbon” Accepted for publication in the Journal of Power Sources, (2014). 2. X. Xiao, Z. Peng, C. Zhang, M. Beidaghi, Z. Yang, B. Yao, T. Li, N. Wu, Q. Luo, Y. Gogotsi, and J. Zhou. “Freestanding MoO3-x Nanobelt/Carbon Nanotube Films for Li-Ion Intercalation Pseudocapacitors” NanoEnergy (Accepted)(2014). DOI: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2014.08.001 3. H Ghassemi, W Harlow, O Mashtalir, M Beidaghi, Y Gogotsi, ML Taheri, “In Situ Environmental Transmission Electron Microscopy Study of Oxidation of Two-Dimensional Ti3C2 and Formation of Carbon-Supported TiO2”, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, (Accepted)(2014). DOI: 10.1039/C4TA02583K. 4. M. D. Levi, M. R. Lukatskaya, S. Sigalov, M. Beidaghi, N. Shpigel, L. Daikhin, D. Aurbach, Y. Gogotsi, “Solving the Capacitive Paradox of 2D Ti3C2-Based MXene by Electrochemical Quartz-Crystal Admittance Combined with in situ Electronic Conductance Measurements” Advanced Energy Materials, (Accepted) (2014). DOI: 10.1002/aenm.201400815 5. B. Anasori, M. Beidaghi, Y. Gogotsi. "Graphene–transition metal oxide hybrid materials." Materials Today, 17(5), 253-254 (2014). 6. M. Boota, K. B. Hatzell, M. Beidaghi, C. R. Dennison, E. C. Kumbur, Y. Gogotsi, “Activated Carbon Materials as a Flowable Electrode in Electrochemical Flow Capacitors”, Journal of Electrochemical Society,161 (6) A1078-A1083 (2014). 7. K. B. Hatzell, L. Fan, M. Beidaghi, M. Boota, C. R. Dennison, E. C. Kumbur, Y. Gogotsi, “Charge Storage Properties of a Manganese Oxide Flowable Electrode”, ACS Applied Materials&Interfaces , 6, 8886−8893 (2014). 8. C. Zhang, K. B. Hatzell, M. Boota, B. Dyatkin, M. Beidaghi, D. Long, W. Qiao, E. C. Kumbur, Y. Gogotsi,” Highly Porous Carbon Spheres for Electrochemical Capacitors and Capacitive Flowable Suspension Electrodes” Carbon , 77, 155–164 (2014). 9. M. Beidaghi, Y. Gogotsi, “Capacitive Energy Storage in Micro-scale devices: Recent Advances in Design and Fabrication of Micro-supercapacitors”, Energy and Environmental Science, 7, 867–884 (2014). 4 Curriculum Vitae, Dr. Majid Beidaghi 10. C. Shi, M. Beidaghi, M. Naguib, O. Mashtalir, P. Juhas, Y. Gogotsi, S. J. L. Billinge “Studying Structure of Nanocrystalline Ti3C2 MXene Using Atomic Pair Distribution Function”, Physical Review Letters , 112, 125501 (2014). 11. C. R. Dennison, M. Beidaghi, K. B. Hatzell, J. W. Campos, E.C. Kumbur, and Y. Gogotsi, “Effects of Flow Cell Design on Charge Transfer and Storage in the Carbon Slurry Electrodes of Electrochemical Flow Capacitors”, Journal of Power Sources, 247, 489–496 (2014). 12. B. Dyatkin, V. Presser, M. Heon, M. R. Lukatskaya, M. Beidaghi,