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Overview

Ahmad Pesaran is affiliated with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on engineering, with significant contributions in electrical and electronic engineering, automotive engineering, mechanical engineering, and renewable energy, sustainability, and the environment.

Their published work covers topics including advanced battery technologies research, electric vehicles and infrastructure, advancements in battery materials, extraction and separation processes, advanced battery materials and technologies, and energy, environment, and transportation policies.

  • Advanced Battery Technologies Research
  • Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure
  • Advancements in Battery Materials
  • Advanced battery technologies research
  • Extraction and Separation Processes
  • Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies
  • Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies

They have co-authored multiple papers with frequent collaborators such as Matteo Muratori, D. J. Arent, Morgan Bazilian, P. Cazzola, and Ercan M. Dede.

  • Matteo Muratori
  • D. J. Arent
  • Morgan Bazilian
  • P. Cazzola
  • Ercan M. Dede

Ahmad Pesaran's publications have appeared in various academic venues, including Progress in Energy, IEEE Electrification Magazine, Applied Thermal Engineering, and Nature Reviews Clean Technology.

  • Progress in Energy
  • IEEE Electrification Magazine
  • Applied Thermal Engineering
  • Nature Reviews Clean Technology

Their selected recent papers include:

  • The rise of electric vehicles-2020 status and future expectations, 2021, Progress in Energy
  • Lithium-Ion Battery Technologies for Electric Vehicles: Progress and challenges, 2023, IEEE Electrification Magazine
  • High-heat transfer lithium-ion batteries: A new era in battery thermal management, 2025, Applied Thermal Engineering
  • Trends and 2025 insights on the rise of electric vehicles in the USA, 2025, Nature Reviews Clean Technology

Best Publications

  • A three-dimensional thermal abuse model for lithium-ion cells

    Gi-Heon Kim;Ahmad Pesaran;Robert Spotnitz

  • Comparison of different cooling methods for lithium ion battery cells

    Dafen Chen;Dafen Chen;Jiuchun Jiang;Gi Heon Kim;Chuanbo Yang

  • A parametric study on thermal management of an air-cooled lithium-ion battery module for plug-in hybrid electric vehicles

    Liwu Fan;J.M. Khodadadi;A.A. Pesaran

  • Enabling fast charging – A battery technology gap assessment

    Shabbir Ahmed;Ira Bloom;Andrew N. Jansen;Tanvir Tanim

  • The ability of battery second use strategies to impact plug-in electric vehicle prices and serve utility energy storage applications

    Jeremy Neubauer;Ahmad Pesaran

  • Multi-Domain Modeling of Lithium-Ion Batteries Encompassing Multi-Physics in Varied Length Scales

    Gi-Heon Kim;Kandler Smith;Kyu-Jin Lee;Shriram Santhanagopalan

  • The rise of electric vehicles—2020 status and future expectations

    Matteo Muratori;Marcus Alexander;Doug Arent;Morgan Bazilian

  • Enabling fast charging – Battery thermal considerations

    Matthew Keyser;Ahmad Pesaran;Qibo Li;Shriram Santhanagopalan

  • Coupled mechanical-electrical-thermal modeling for short-circuit prediction in a lithium-ion cell under mechanical abuse

    Chao Zhang;Shriram Santhanagopalan;Michael A. Sprague;Ahmad A. Pesaran

  • Three dimensional thermal-, electrical-, and electrochemical-coupled model for cylindrical wound large format lithium-ion batteries

    Kyu-Jin Lee;Kyu-Jin Lee;Kandler Smith;Ahmad Pesaran;Gi-Heon Kim

  • Temperature-Dependent Battery Models for High-Power Lithium-Ion Batteries

    V.H. Johnson;A.A. Pesaran;T. Sack

  • An Approach for Designing Thermal Management Systems for Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Battery Packs

    Ahmad A. Pesaran;Matthew Keyser;Steve Burch

  • Enabling fast charging - Infrastructure and economic considerations

    Andrew Burnham;Eric J. Dufek;Thomas Stephens;James Francfort

  • Enabling fast charging – Vehicle considerations

    Andrew Meintz;Jiucai Zhang;Ram Vijayagopal;Cory Kreutzer

  • Identifying and Overcoming Critical Barriers to Widespread Second Use of PEV Batteries

    J. Neubauer;K. Smith;E. Wood;A. Pesaran

  • Battery Requirements for Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles -- Analysis and Rationale

    A. A. Pesaran;T. Markel;H. S. Tataria;D. Howell

  • Thermal Performance of EV and HEV Battery Modules and Packs

    Ahmad A. Pesaran;Steven D. Burch

  • Cooling and Preheating of Batteries in Hybrid Electric Vehicles

    Ahmad Pesaran;Andreas Vlahinos;Thomas Stuart

  • Pseudocapacitive Lithium-Ion Storage in Oriented Anatase TiO2 Nanotube Arrays

    Kai Zhu;Qing Wang;Jae-Hun Kim;Ahmad A. Pesaran

  • Comparison of Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle Battery Life Across Geographies and Drive Cycles

    Kandler Smith;Matthew Earleywine;Eric Wood;Jeremy Neubauer

Frequent Co-Authors

Kandler Smith
Kandler Smith National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Partha P. Mukherjee
Partha P. Mukherjee Purdue University West Lafayette
Khalil Amine
Khalil Amine Argonne National Laboratory
Christopher S. Johnson
Christopher S. Johnson Argonne National Laboratory
Daniel P. Abraham
Daniel P. Abraham Argonne National Laboratory
Esther S. Takeuchi
Esther S. Takeuchi Stony Brook University
Arumugam Manthiram
Arumugam Manthiram The University of Texas at Austin
Glenn G. Amatucci
Glenn G. Amatucci Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
John B. Goodenough
John B. Goodenough The University of Texas at Austin
Amy C. Marschilok
Amy C. Marschilok Stony Brook University

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