Current Projects
Creating inexpensive neutral-pH aqueous flow batteries with support from the NSF CREST Center for Advancement toward Sustainable Urban Systems
Development of Wide Operating Temperature Batteries via Design-of-Experiment (DOE) Studies of Electrolyte Formulations with support from NASA/JPL
Cal State LA and Jet Propulsion Lab Partnership for Improving Lithium-Ion Battery Performance in High-Temperature Applications with support from Sikand Siti Center
Additive Manufacturing on the Moon: Exploring the Potential of Laser Wire Directed Energy Deposition for Metallic Component Fabrication with support from the NASA M-STAR program
Battery Workforce Development with support from the Department of Energy
Previous Projects
Designing zinc/manganese dioxide flow batteries with support of the Cal State LA PREM center
Modeling of solid-state batteries in collaboration with the Charles Stark Draper Labs
Inexpensive electrochemical metal 3D printing
Using Asset-based Participatory Design Thinking to Develop Culturally-Relevant STEM Video Modules to Promote Intrinsic Motivation with support from CSU STEM-NET
Creation of the ECST Makerspace and study of the impact of project based learning on student success with support from the W.M. Keck Foundation
Cal State LA News and Manufacturing Tomorrow
Understanding the effect of engineering identity on student success and the formation and erosion of engineering identity. This project is in collaboration with institutions across the US and is done with the support of the NSF
Design of continuously-variable transmissions for off-road applications and overall vehicle design of Formula SAE vehicles
Recent Publications
Horii M., Chistianson R., Mutha H., Bachman J., Modeling Solid-State Battery Performance Including the Effects of Electrolyte Morphology, Journal of Power Sources 528 (2022) 231177.
Patrick A., Andrews M., Vignesh S., Bachman J., Kendall M., Borrego M., Sense of Belonging in Engineering and Identity Centrality among Undergraduate Students at Hispanic Serving Institution, Journal of Engineering Education 112 (2023) 316.
Burrola S., Horii S., Gonzalez‐Guerrero M.J., Bachman J., Gomez F., Production of a NiO/Al Primary Battery Employing Powder‐Based Electrodes, Electrophoresis Nov 41 (2020) 131-136.
Perez S., Bachman J., Design of Baja SAE Gearbox for Optimal Performance and Minimum Weight, SAE Technical Paper, Small Powertrain and Energy Systems Technology Conference, 2020-32-2311, 2020.
Carranza R., Rico A., Leguizamon J., Bachman J., Measurement of the Forces from the Ground on the Tires for a Baja SAE Vehicle, SAE Technical Paper, Small Powertrain and Energy Systems Technology Conference, 2020-32-2309, 2020.
Hayes O., Dong J., Chen P., Bachman J., Kuo J., Using Asset-based Participatory Design Thinking to Develop Culturally-Relevant STEM Video Modules to Promote Intrinsic Motivation, ASEE Pacific Southwest Conference, 2021.
Horii M., Chistianson R., Mutha H., Bachman J., Solid-state Li-ion battery modeling in Python, CSU Student Research Competition Oral Presentation, 2020.
Horii M., Chistianson R., Mutha H., Bachman J., Solid-state Li-ion battery modeling in Python, Cal State LA Student Symposium Oral Presentation, 3rd Place Overall, Outstanding Presentation Award, 2020.
Dizon A. (Speaker), Ali A., Barron P., Rezian S., Bachman J., Aqueous pH-Neutral Flow Batteries, SWE WE Local Data-Blitz Oral and Poster Presentation Competition, San Diego, CA, 2020.
M. Horii, R. Chistianson, H. Mutha, J. Bachman, Solid-State Li-Ion Battery Modeling in Python, SCCUR 2019 Poster.
A. Ali, A. Dizon, S. Rezian, J. Bachman, Aqeous pH-Neutral Flow Batteries, SCCUR 2019 Poster.
J. Rochin, M. Horii, D. Reyes-Ramirez, J. Bachman, Increased Reversibility of Zinc/MnO2 Batteries with Electrolyte Additives, SCCUR 2019 Poster.
Bachman J., Muy S., Grimaud A., Chang H.-H., Pour N., Lux S., Paschos O., Maglia F., Lupart S., Lamp P., Giordano L., Shao-Horn Y., Inorganic Solid-State Electrolytes for Lithium Batteries: Mechanisms And Properties Governing Ion Conduction, Chemical Reviews 116 (2016) 140-162.
Bachman J., Kavian R., Graham D., Kim D.Y., Noda S., Nocera D., Shao-Horn Y., Lee S.W., Electrochemical Polymerization of Pyrene Derivatives on Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes for Pseudocapacitive Electrodes, Nature Communications 6 (2015) 7040.
Muy S., Bachman J., Chang H-H., Giordano L., Maglia F., Lupart S., Lamp P., Zeir W., Shao-Horn Y., Lithium Conductivity and Meyer-Neldel Rule in Li3PO4-Li3VO4-Li4GeO4 Lithium Superionic Conductors, Chemistry of Materials (2018).
Muy S., Bachman J., Giordano L., Chang H-H., Abernathy D., Bansal D., Delaire O., Hori S., Kanno R., Maglia, F., Lupart S., Lamp P., Shao-Horn Y., Tuning Mobility and Stability of Lithium Ion Conductors Based on Lattice Dynamics, Energy and Environmental Science 11 (2018) 850-859.
Sheberla D., Bachman J., Elias J., Shao-Horn Y., Dinca M., Conductive MOF Electrodes for Stable Supercapacitors with High Areal Capacitance, Nature Materials 16 (2017) 220-224.
