Wes Chang
weschang.bsky.social
Wes Chang
@weschang.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Drexel University

Battery processing and manufacturing science, electrochemistry, and non-destructive characterization

https://research.coe.drexel.edu/mem/changlab/
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My colleagues and I are excited to chair Symposium MF04: Advanced Processing and Manufacturing for Batteries at the 2026 MRS Spring Meeting in Hawaii! We look forward to seeing your abstract submissions starting Sep 17!
www.mrs.org/meetings-eve...
My colleagues and I are excited to chair Symposium MF04: Advanced Processing and Manufacturing for Batteries at the 2026 MRS Spring Meeting in Hawaii! We look forward to seeing your abstract submissions starting Sep 17!
www.mrs.org/meetings-eve...
August 11, 2025 at 3:20 PM
My group is excited to begin our work on understanding fluid propagation dynamics in porous materials with the PRF Doctoral New Investigator Award!
June 29, 2025 at 11:24 PM
If you’re new to the battery workforce or pivoting from an adjacent field, I encourage you to check out the following course offerings by the Electrochemical Society, meant to onboard and teach the essentials of battery diagnostics in 20 hours: www.electrochem.org/battery-educ...

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June 17, 2025 at 7:56 PM
New paper out in the June 1 issue of Electrochimica Acta, detailing our latest efforts to make ultrasound accessible to all battery scientists and engineers: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Same platform deployed at SES AI, and funded by the same company.
Design of a low-cost ultrasonic testing instrument for battery metrology
Nondestructive ultrasonic testing is finding increasing use in battery science. We provide instructions and software for the development of a low cost…
www.sciencedirect.com
June 14, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Group lunch to end the academic year and start off a fun summer of research (also welcoming our new undergrad summer researchers). This is on the rooftop of Cira Green overlooking downtown Philly
June 14, 2025 at 12:48 AM
First preprint from my research group - for less than $10k you can setup a complete battery ultrasound platform (Windows compatible, w/user interface) in your lab/startup with multiple trabsmission and cell scanning capabilities. Vetted/sponsored by SES AI. chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...

#battchat
Design of a Low-Cost Ultrasonic Testing Instrument for Battery Metrology
Nondestructive ultrasonic testing is finding increasing use in battery science. We provide instructions and software for the development of a low cost, modular, and easy to use scanning acoustic micro...
chemrxiv.org
December 24, 2024 at 5:20 PM