We are excited to share two new publications highlighting our research at the intersection of advanced manufacturing, data-driven materials research, and energy harvesting!

🔹 Graph-Structured Hyperdimensional Computing for Data-Efficient and Explainable Process–Structure–Property Prediction
J. Ge, A. Vellore, A. Palwe, A. Khan, D. Gorsich, M. P. Castanier, S. Kang, and F. Imani, Information Sciences, 762 (2027), 124237
DOI: [to be updated]

This work explores a graph-structured hyperdimensional computing framework for data-efficient and explainable prediction of process–structure–property relationships in advanced manufacturing.

🔹 Enhancement of Piezo-Electrochemical Energy Harvesting with Scalable Li-ion Battery-Based Distributed Embedded Energy Converters (DEECs)-Tec: Roles of Multi-DEEC Topologies and Laser-Patterning of the Constituting Electrodes
Md. A. Aziz, A. Khan, N. Karan, and S. Kang, iScience, 29(10) (2026)
DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2026.117319

This work advances our Li-ion battery-based piezo-electrochemical energy harvesting technology, investigating scalable multi-DEEC configurations and laser-patterned electrodes to enhance energy-harvesting performance.

Congratulations to all of our students and collaborators on these exciting publications! 🎉

Dr. Kang will give two invited talks at the Materials Science & Technology 2026 (MS&T26) conference in Pittsburgh, PA!

🔹 Nanotechnology for Energy, Environment, Healthcare and Industry – Session II
Femtosecond Laser Nano/Micro Manufacturing for Energy and Functional Materials

🔹 Additive Manufacturing: Design, Materials, Manufacturing, Challenges and Applications – Session IV
Multi-Scale, Multi-Material Light-Based Additive Manufacturing for Functional 3D Devices

Come listen to our talks and learn more about the research we are passionate about! 🙂

MS&T26 | October 4–7, 2026 | Pittsburgh, PA
MS&T26 Conference Website

We are thrilled to share that Ahsan Khan has once again been awarded the Pratt & Whitney Institute for Advanced Systems Engineering (IASE) Fellowship for Fall 2026, following his successful fellowship award in Fall 2025. Congratulations, Ahsan, on this continued recognition!

Dr. Kang will deliver an invited talk titled “Shaping Matter with Light: Ultrafast Lasers for Advanced Manufacturing” as part of the Brain Korea 21 (BK21) Seminar Series in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) in Suwon, South Korea, on June 1, 2026.

Slightly late update but we are excited to share two more recent publications from our group! 🎉

1. Palwe, A., Awasthi S., Shukla, S., Saxena, S. and Kang, S.
   Single‐Step Fabrication of Monolithic Flexible Capacitive Pressure Sensors With Enhanced Sensitivity via Femtosecond Laser Direct Writing and Microhole Structuring, Adv. Sensor Res., 4: e00068 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1002/adsr.202500068

   → This study reports a novel single-step femtosecond-laser direct writing method to fabricate monolithic flexible capacitive pressure sensors with enhanced sensitivity through engineered microhole structuring, advancing next-generation wearable sensing technologies.

2. Awasthi, S., Balaj, A., Ni, Z. and Kang, S.
   New framework for design and mechanical testing of 3D structures printed via digital light processing (DLP), Int J Adv Manuf Technol (2026). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-025-16923-8

   → This work presents a new experimental framework that enables systematic design and mechanical testing of digital light processing (DLP) 3D-printed structures by correlating printing parameters like layer thickness and tilt angle with mechanical performance, offering a reproducible workflow for advancing additive manufacturing characterization.

Congratulations to Md. Abdul Aziz, who has been awarded a Travel Grant to attend the 248th ECS Meeting (October 12–16, 2025, Chicago, IL).

He will be representing our group with both an oral presentation and a poster presentation. Come hear about his exciting research on piezo-electrochemical energy harvesting!

Presentation Details:

• Oral Presentation

  • Abstract #: A01-0015

  • Title: Enhancing Piezo-Electrochemical Energy Harvesting Via Deec-Tec: Impact of Multi-Deec Configurations, Laser-Patterned Electrodes, and Piezoelectric Separators

  • Authors: Md. Abdul Aziz

  • Date/Time: October 12, 2025, 14:40

  • Symposium: A01: New Approaches and Advances in Electrochemical Energy Systems

• Poster Presentation

  • Abstract #: A01-0074

  • Title: Mechano-Electrochemical Performance of Lithium-Ion Batteries for Piezo-Electrochemical Energy Harvesting

  • Authors: Md. Abdul Aziz

  • Date/Time: October 14, 2025, 18:00

  • Symposium: A01: New Approaches and Advances in Electrochemical Energy Systems

We are thrilled to share that Ahsan Khan has been awarded the Pratt & Whitney Institute for Advanced Systems Engineering (IASE) Fellowship for Fall 2025.

In addition, he has recently passed his qualifying exam and is now an official PhD candidate.
Please join us in giving him double congratulations! 🎉

We are excited to share two recent publications from our group! 🎉

1. Md. Abdul Aziz, S. Awasthi, and S. Kang
   Evaluating the Mechano-Electrochemical Performance of LCO and LFP Batteries for Low-Temperature Piezo-Electrochemical Energy Harvesting Applications, Electrochimica Acta, Article 178047 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2025.147047

   → This work explores the mechano-electrochemical behavior of lithium-ion batteries under low-temperature conditions, providing insights into advancing piezo-electrochemical energy harvesting technologies.

2. S. Awasthi and S. Kang
   Revolutionizing 3D Electronics: Single-Step Femtosecond Laser Fabrication of Conductive Embedded Structures and Circuitry, Materials Today Advances, Vol. 25, 100544 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtadv.2024.100544

   → This paper demonstrates a novel single-step femtosecond laser fabrication technique for building embedded conductive structures, paving the way for breakthroughs in 3D electronics and integrated circuitry.

ME 2234. Applied Thermodynamics
Thermodynamic first and second law analysis of vapor and gas cycles, property relations for simple pure substances, properties of ideal gas mixtures, psychrometry, fundamentals of combustion thermodynamics, application of thermodynamics in the design of thermal engineering systems.

Team “PECWEC,” consisting of PhD student Md. Abdul Aziz and ME professor SeungYeon Kang, has won Phase II of the American-Made Innovating Distributed Embedded Energy Prize (InDEEP) awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO). This achievement, which focuses on novel wave energy technology, builds on our success in winning Phase I of the challenge. The team will receive $80,000, in addition to the $15,000 from Phase I, to further develop their wave energy harvesting technology.

https://americanmadechallenges.org/challenges/indeep/results