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Eric Kazyak

Eric Kazyak

Assistant Professor
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Prof. Kazyak’s research is focused on making the way we convert, store, use energy more sustainable. He is particularly interested in:

Enabling next-generation “beyond-lithium” batteries through advanced materials and interface design.

Understanding the coupled electro-chemo-mechanics that dictate behavior of solid-state electrochemical devices with multi-modal operando characterization across length-scales

Improving the end-of-life prospects of lithium batteries toward a more circular materials economy

Controlling and optimizing interfaces in advanced structural material manufacturing

Department

Mechanical Engineering

Contact

Mechanical Engineering Bldg
1513 University Ave
Madison, WI
p: (608) 265-2580

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Professor Eric Kazyak, Mechanical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison

  • PhD 2020, Univ. of Michigan
  • MS 2019, Univ. of Michigan
  • BS 2014, Univ. of Maryland

  • Energy and Sustainability
  • Batteries/energy storage
  • Electrochemistry
  • Operando and In situ characterization
  • Interfacial engineering
  • Atomic layer deposition
  • Earth-abundant materials
  • Solar Fuels

  • 2022 National Academy of Engineering , National Academy of Engineering Frontiers of Engineering Nominee/Participant
  • 2020 Ereztech Bridgeforward Award
  • 2019 University of Michigan, Richard and Eleanor Towner Prize for Outstanding Ph.D. Research Finalist (Nominated)
  • 2016 Beyond Li-Ion Battery IX Best Poster Award
  • 2016 Joint US-Africa Materials Initiative , Fellow
  • 2014 National Science Foundation, Graduate Research Fellowship

  • Cheng, E. J., Yang, T., Liu, Y., Chai, L., Garcia-Mendez, R., Kazyak, E., Fu, Z., Luo, G., Chen, F., Inada, R., Badilita, V., Duan, H., Wang, Z., Qin, J., Li, H., Orimo, S., & Kato, H. (2024). Correlation between mechanical properties and ionic conductivity of polycrystalline sodium superionic conductors: A relative density-dominant relationship. Materials Today Energy, 44, 101644 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtener.2024.101644
  • Kazyak, E., & García-Méndez, R. (2024). Recent progress and challenges for manufacturing and operating solid-state batteries for electric vehicles. MRS Bulletin, 49(7), 717--729 https://doi.org/10.1557/s43577-024-00740-7
  • Lee, K., Kazyak, E., Wang, M. J., Dasgupta, N. P., & Sakamoto, J. (2022). Analyzing void formation and rewetting of thin in situ-formed Li anodes on LLZO. Joule, 6(11), 2547--2565 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joule.2022.09.009
  • Kazyak, E., Wang, M. J., Lee, K., Yadavalli, S., Sanchez, A. J., Thouless, M., Sakamoto, J., & Dasgupta, N. P. (2022). Understanding the electro-chemo-mechanics of Li plating in anode-free solid-state batteries with operando 3D microscopy. Matter, 5(11), 3912--3934 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matt.2022.07.020
  • Kazyak, E., Chen, K. H., Chen, Y., Cho, T. H., & Dasgupta, N. P. (2022). Enabling 4C Fast Charging of Lithium-Ion Batteries by Coating Graphite with a Solid-State Electrolyte. Advanced Energy Materials, 12(1) https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202102618
  • Chen, Y., Chen, K., Sanchez, A. J., Kazyak, E., Goel, V., Gorlin, Y., Christensen, J., Thornton, K., & Dasgupta, N. P. (2021). textitOperando video microscopy of Li plating and re-intercalation on graphite anodes during fast charging. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 9(41), 23522--23536 https://doi.org/10.1039/D1TA06023F
  • Rodriguez, R. E., Lee, T. H., Chen, Y., Kazyak, E., Huang, C., Cho, T. H., Lepage, W. S., Thouless, M. D., Banu, M., & Dasgupta, N. P. (2021). Electrically Conductive Kevlar Fibers and Polymer-Matrix Composites Enabled by Atomic Layer Deposition. ACS Applied Polymer Materials, 3(11), 5959--5968 https://doi.org/10.1021/acsapm.1c01236
  • Vishnugopi, B. S., Kazyak, E., Lewis, J. A., Nanda, J., McDowell, M. T., Dasgupta, N. P., & Mukherjee, P. P. (2021). Challenges and Opportunities for Fast Charging of Solid-State Lithium Metal Batteries. ACS Energy Letters, 6(10), 3734--3749 https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.1c01352
  • Davis, A. L., Goel, V., Liao, D. W., Main, M. N., Kazyak, E., Lee, J., Thornton, K., & Dasgupta, N. P. (2021). Rate Limitations in Composite Solid-State Battery Electrodes: Revealing Heterogeneity with textitOperando Microscopy. ACS Energy Letters, 6(8), 2993--3003 https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.1c01063
  • Davis, A. L., Kazyak, E., Liao, D. W., Wood, K. N., & Dasgupta, N. P. (2021). Operando Analysis of Interphase Dynamics in Anode-Free Solid-State Batteries with Sulfide Electrolytes. Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 168(7), 070557 https://doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/ac163d

  • M E 352 - Interdisciplinary Experiential Design Projects II (Spring 2025)
  • M E 489 - Honors in Research (Spring 2025)
  • M E 491 - Mechanical Engineering Projects I (Spring 2025)
  • M E 601 - Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering (Spring 2025)
  • M E 790 - Master's Research and Thesis (Spring 2025)
  • M E 890 - PhD Research and Thesis (Spring 2025)
  • E M A 202 - Dynamics (Fall 2024)
  • M E 351 - Interdisciplinary Experiential Design Projects I (Fall 2024)
  • M E 489 - Honors in Research (Fall 2024)
  • M E 890 - PhD Research and Thesis (Fall 2024)
  • M E 890 - PhD Research and Thesis (Summer 2024)
  • M E 352 - Interdisciplinary Experiential Design Projects II (Spring 2024)
  • M E 489 - Honors in Research (Spring 2024)
  • M E 491 - Mechanical Engineering Projects I (Spring 2024)
  • M E 601 - Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering (Spring 2024)
  • M E 890 - PhD Research and Thesis (Spring 2024)
  • M E 351 - Interdisciplinary Experiential Design Projects I (Fall 2023)
  • M E 489 - Honors in Research (Fall 2023)
  • M E 890 - PhD Research and Thesis (Fall 2023)
  • M E 890 - PhD Research and Thesis (Summer 2023)