Shabbir Ahmed
Senior Chemical Engineer
Biography
Shabbir’s experience includes component and process modeling across various technologies, such as municipal waste combustors, solid oxide fuel cells, hydrogen reformers, integrated fuel processors for fuel cells, and hydrogen enrichment devices. Additionally, Shabbir has conducted experimental studies focused on the design, development, and demonstration of hydrogen reformers, fuel processors for fuel cells, and hydrogen enrichment technologies. His recent work has been in techno-economic modeling and analysis for the design and manufacture of lithium-ion batteries.
Education
Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
M.Sc. Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology
B.Sc. Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology
Patents and Honors
• 17 Issued Patents, 3 Copyrights
• PNGV Gold Medal 1999 at the White House, Federal Laboratory Consortium Award, R&D100 awards (3X), Argonne Directors Award, DOE Fuel Cells for Transportation Award, Argonne Impact Award (2X)
Recent Publications
- Energy Consumption of Lithium-Ion Pouch Cell Manufacturing Plants, Journal of Cleaner Production, 468 (2024) 143050.
- Cost Analysis and Projections for U.S.-Manufactured Automotive Lithium-ion Batteries, ANL/CSE-24/1, (2024).
- Parametric Study of Lithium-Ion Batteries using BatPaC, ANL/CSE-23/1, (2023).
- From material properties to device metrics: a data-driven guide to battery design, Energy Advances, 2 (2023) 1326-1350.
- Battery Performance and Cost Modeling for Electric-Drive Vehicles: A Manual for BatPaC v5.0, ANL/CSE-22/1, (2022).
- The influence of temperature on area-specific impedance and capacity of Li-ion cells with nickel-containing positive electrodes, J. Power Sources, 543 (2022) 231864.
- Pathways towards managing cost and degradation risk of fast charging cells with electrical and thermal controls, Energy Environ. Sci., 14 (2021) 6564-6573.
- Comparing total cost of ownership of battery electric vehicles and internal combustion engine vehicles, Energy Policy, 158 (2021) 112564.
- BatPaC Manual, 3rd Edition, March 2019
- Producing LiPF6: Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2019, 58, 3754-3766
- Perry’s Chemical Engineers’ Handbook, 9th Edition, Contributor/Editor Section 24, D.W. Green and M.Z. Southard editors, 2018.
- Effect of upper cutoff voltage on performance and cost: Journal of Power Sources 403 (2018) 56-65
- Evolving estimates of … Electric Vehicles, 31st International EVS, Kobe, Japan, 2018
- Mass and heat transfer model for drying of the cathode layer: Journal of Power Sources 378 (2018) 660–670
- Fast charging automotive batteries: Journal of Power Sources 367 (2017) 250-262
- Dry room operations: Journal of Power Sources 326 (2016) 490-497
- NMC cathode material production model: Journal of Power Sources 322 (2016) 169-178
- Cathode drying and solvent (NMP) recovery: Journal of Power Sources 322 (2016) 169-178
- Battery production in a flex plant: Journal of Power Sources 283 (2015) 506-516