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Research Overview

The Kingston Research Group in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Iowa State University is a diverse and vibrant team with primary research interests in energy storage, transport, and conversion processes involving electrochemistry, multiphase flows and/or heat transfer.

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K. Ahasan, N.J. Schnoebelen, P. Shrotriya, T.A. Kingston, Continuous Sampling of Aerosolized Particles Using Stratified Two-Phase Microfluidics, ACS sensors, (2024).

Sadiqul Islam and Sam De Penning present research at SPIE Conference

PhD students Sadiqul Islam and Sam De Penning each presented their research at the SPIE Defense + Commercial Sensing conference in National Harbor, Maryland. Sadiqul’s presentation focused on the condensation-based growth of nanoparticles. Sam highlighted his work on a compact biosensing platform for integration with an airborne particle capture device.

Sam De Penning completes preliminary defense

Sam De Penning completed his preliminary defense. Sam is pursuing a Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering. Sam’s research focuses on using electrochemical aptasensors for rapid detection of biothreats. Great job, Sam!

Dr. Kingston and Dr. Yurkiv (U. of Arizona) receive DURIP grant from the Office of Naval Research

Dr. Todd Kingston and collaborator Dr. Vitaliy Yurkiv from the University of Arizona receive a three-year, $600,000 award from the Office of Naval Research via the Department of Defense (DoD) Defense Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (DEPSCoR) Research Collaboration program.

Kawkab Ahasan completes preliminary defense

Kawkab Ahasan successfully completed his preliminary defense as part of his pursuit to become a Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering. Kawkab’s research focused on aerosol particle transport in multiphase flows with a focus on microfluidic devices for continuous biothreat monitoring. Keep up the good work, Kawkab.

ISU researchers Dr. Todd Kingston and Dr. Cary Pint were selected to receive a nearly $368,000 award from the Office of Naval Research through the Department of Defense (DoD) Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP) for their project entitled Quantifying Li‐ion Battery Safety and Thermal Characteristics Using Accelerating Rate Calorimetry.

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Please contact Dr. Kingston if you are interested in joining our research group.  We are always looking for highly motivated and outstanding postdocs, graduate students, and undergraduate students to join our team.