David Wetz, Ph.D.

Research Interests:

• Electrochemical Energy Storage
  Emphasis on studying performance and aging of lithium-ion batteries, electric double layer capacitors, lead acid batteries, fuel cells, etc. at very high high charge/discharge rates
  Capability of studying energy storage at the material up to the 1200 V battery levels
• Power Systems
  Emphasis on studying power system design and control when energy storage is utilized as a buffer to installed transient loads
  Small and large scale power system testbeds already installed on university campus
• Pulsed Power
  High voltage & high current capacitive power supplies, pulsed dielectric breakdown of fluids, solid and plasma armature electromagnetic railguns, among others
  11 kV - 5 MJ pulsed power supply and 500 kV Marx generator on site
• Power Electronics
  DC/DC converters, AC/DC rectifiers, component level study, thermal characterization, among others

Active Sponsoring Agencies:

• U.S. Office of Naval Research supporting NSWC-Philadelphia, NSWC Dahlgren, and Naval Research Labs
• U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory Kirtland
• Small businesses in support of ongoing SBIR/STTR efforts

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