Erfan AsadipourPostdoctoral Scholar
Special Projects
(321) 638-1505
erfan.asadipour@fsec.ucf.edu
Education:
Ph.D., Energy, Environmental and Chemical EngineeringWashington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, 2025
M.Sc., Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering
Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, 2021
B.S., Mechanical Engineering
Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, 2018
Research Focus:
Dr. Erfan Asadipour began working on modeling the fluid dynamics of liquid-liquid redox flow batteries (RFBs) as alternative energy storage systems for the electrical grid resiliency of renewable energy sources. His model provided new insights in the behavior of the electrolyte in electrodes of RFBs, which was highlighted as the cover of the July 2023 issue of AIChE journal. Later, he developed interest in investigating polymeric materials for membranes and flow field plates of RFBs to improve their resistance. To address this, he studied morphological and electrochemical properties of polymeric blends and composites for the mentioned applications.
Erfan has joined FSEC in May 2025 to provide electrochemical and chemical engineering solutions for improving the durability and performance of electrochemical flow reactors as alternative energy production/storage systems, such as direct methanol fuel cells, proton-exchange membrane water electrolyzers, and hydrogen-based RFBs.
Recent Publications:
- E. Asadipour, S.A. Sahadevan, V. Ramani, Polymer-Blended and Reinforced Anion-Exchange Membranes for Methanesulfonic Acid-Based Titanium-Cerium Redox Flow Batteries, Journal of Membrane Science 2025, 718, 123696.
- E. Asadipour, V. Ramani, Morphology Control of Immiscible Polymer-Blended Anion-Exchange Membranes, ACS Applied Energy Materials 2025, 8 (7), 4681-4687.
- For more publications, please check out Google Scholar or ORCiD
Affiliations:
- Electrochemical Society, Member
- American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Member