Fish-inspired, self-charging electric battery may help power space applications

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By Mary Fetzer

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — A research lab at Penn State will equally share a three-year, $2.55 million grant from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) with three other teams at Carnegie Mellon University and the Adolphe Merkle Institute of the University of Fribourg in Switzerland. The multidisciplinary research collaboration aims to develop a framework for the design and production of soft, self-charging, bio-inspired power sources for applications in space.  

Sulin Zhang

Sulin Zhang

Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics and Bioengineering

(e) suz10@psu.edu
(o) 814-865-7640
N-231 Millennium Science Building

https://sites.esm.psu.edu/wiki/research:suz10:start
Feifei Shi

Feifei Shi

Assistant Professor of Energy Engineering

(e) fzs5183@psu.edu
(o) 814-865-3437
113 Hosler Building

https://sites.psu.edu/feifeilab/
Derek Hall

Derek Hall

Assistant Research Professor, EMS Energy Institute

(e) dmh5373@psu.edu
(o) 814-863-9807
166 Energy & Environmental Lab

https://www.eme.psu.edu/faculty-research/eme-research-clusters/renewable-energy-technologies-and-power-systems
Satadru Dey

Satadru Dey

Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering

(e) skd5685@psu.edu
(o) 814-865-2519
338C Reber Building

https://sites.psu.edu/deylab/
Sukwon Choi

Sukwon Choi

Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering

(e) sfc5185@psu.edu
(o) 814-863-4355
306 Reber Building

https://sites.psu.edu/choi/