Allison Mahvi Assistant Professor Department Mechanical Engineering Contact Mechanical Engineering Bldg 1513 University Ave Madison, WI p: (608) 890-1435 e: allison.mahvi@wisc.edu Featured news Focus on new faculty: Allison Mahvi, enabling new energy storage systems September 6, 2022 Professor Allison Mahvi, Mechanical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison Close Video Education PhD 2018, Georgia Institute of TechnologyBS 2012, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison Research interests Thermal energy storage materials and systemshigh-efficiency thermal systemsHVAC systemstwo-phase fluid dynamicsheat transfer Awards 2017 Georgia Institute of Technology, Serve-Learn-Sustain Teaching Grant2016 ASME , Graduate Teaching Fellowship2015 Sam Nunn Security Program , Sam Nunn Security Program Fellowship2014 ASHRAE, ASHRAE Grant-in-Aid2012 University of Wisconsin-Madison, Honors in Research2012 Georgia Institute of Technology, Woodruff Graduate Fellowship Recent publications Huang, R., Mahvi, A., James, N., Kozubal, E., & Woods, J. (2024). Evaluation of phase change thermal storage in a cascade heat pump. Applied Energy, 359, 122654.Kocher, J. D., Woods, J., Odukomaiya, A., Mahvi, A., & Yee, S. K. (2024). Thermal battery cost scaling analysis: minimizing the cost per kW h. Energy & Environmental Science, 17(6), 2206--2218.Guittet, D., Bonnema, E., Mitchell, M. S., Mahvi, A., & Woods, J. (2024). To Freeze or Not to Freeze: Model-Predictive vs. Schedule-Based Control of an Ice-Based Thermal Energy Storage System. Schedule-Based Control of an Ice-Based Thermal Energy Storage System.Freeman, T. B., Foster, K. E., Troxler, C. J., Irvin, C. W., Aday, A., Boetcher, S. K., Mahvi, A., Smith, M. K., & Odukomaiya, A. (2023). Advanced materials and additive manufacturing for phase change thermal energy storage and management: a review. Advanced Energy Materials, 13(24), 2204208.Kishore, R. A., Mahvi, A., Singh, A., & Woods, J. (2023). Finned-tube-integrated modular thermal storage systems for HVAC load modulation in buildings. Cell Reports Physical Science, 4(12).Thorpe, C., Berson, A., & Mahvi, A. (2023). Shock location effect on direct contact condensation stability. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 214, 124380.Kommandur, S., Mahvi, A., Bulk, A., Odukomaiya, A., Aday, A., & Woods, J. (2023). The impact of non-ideal phase change properties on phase change thermal energy storage device performance. Journal of Energy Storage, 72, 108470.Mahvi, A., Shete, K. P., Odukomaiya, A., & Woods, J. (2022). Measuring the maximum capacity and thermal resistances in phase-change thermal storage devices. Journal of Energy Storage, 55, 105514.James, N., Mahvi, A., & Woods, J. (2022). Optimizing phase change composite thermal energy storage using the thermal Ragone framework. Journal of Energy Storage, 56, 105875.Singh, P., Odukomaiya, A., Smith, M. K., Aday, A., Cui, S., & Mahvi, A. (2022). Processing of phase change materials by fused deposition modeling: Toward efficient thermal energy storage designs. Journal of Energy Storage, 55, 105581. Courses M E 352 - Interdisciplinary Experiential Design Projects II (Spring 2025)M E 364 - Elementary Heat Transfer (Spring 2025)M E 489 - Honors in Research (Spring 2025)M E 491 - Mechanical Engineering Projects I (Spring 2025)M E 790 - Master's Research and Thesis (Spring 2025)M E 890 - PhD Research and Thesis (Spring 2025)M E 351 - Interdisciplinary Experiential Design Projects I (Fall 2024)M E 489 - Honors in Research (Fall 2024)M E 491 - Mechanical Engineering Projects I (Fall 2024)M E 790 - Master's Research and Thesis (Fall 2024)M E 790 - Master's Research and Thesis (Summer 2024)M E 352 - Interdisciplinary Experiential Design Projects II (Spring 2024)M E 364 - Elementary Heat Transfer (Spring 2024)M E 491 - Mechanical Engineering Projects I (Spring 2024)M E 699 - Advanced Independent Study (Spring 2024)M E 790 - Master's Research and Thesis (Spring 2024)M E 351 - Interdisciplinary Experiential Design Projects I (Fall 2023)M E 491 - Mechanical Engineering Projects I (Fall 2023)M E 790 - Master's Research and Thesis (Fall 2023)M E 964 - Special Advanced Topics in Mechanical Engineering (Fall 2023)M E 790 - Master's Research and Thesis (Summer 2023)