Assistant Professor (Starting in August 2025)
cshi21@syr.edu
Degrees and Training:
Postdoc., Brown University, 2025
Ph.D., University of Maryland, College Park, 2023
M.S., Columbia University, 2019
B.E., University of Science and Technology Beijing, 2017
Areas of Expertise:
- Battery Materials and Manufacturing
- Passive Thermal Management Materials and Manufacturing
- AI-Driven Manufacturing and Prediction
- Micro/Nano Fabrication
- Recycling
Dr. Shi’s group research is at the interface of materials, advanced manufacturing, and AI-driven methodology to push the frontiers of extreme batteries for energy storage and passive thermal-management technologies for temperature regulation and water harvesting. The group designs novel electrolyte chemistries and manufacturing approaches to achieve extremely safe, extremely fast-charging, and extremely energy–dense batteries. In parallel, the group designs novel passive materials and materials architectures that enable temperature regulation and water harvesting. By combining fundamental science and applied engineering, the group eventually advances sustainable solutions to address grand challenges in energy and environment for a circular economy.
Selected Honors and Awards:
Nominated Sigma Xi Full Member, The Scientific Research Honor Society, 2025
Inventor of the Year, 2024
All America Chinese Youth Federation Top Under 30, 2024
Nano Research Energy Young Star Researcher Gold Award, 2023
Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-Financed Students Abroad, 2023
Future Faculty Program Fellow, 2022
Outstanding Graduate Assistance Award, 2020
Selected Publications:
=: equal contribution | *: corresponding author
10. Changmin Shi*, S. Billinge*, Teaching Materials Science and Engineering Students in the 21st Century, Matter, 7 (12), 4130–4133, 2024.
9. Changmin Shi*,= (lead corresponding author), S. Kim=, N. Warren=, N. Guo=, X.G. Zhang, Y. Wang, A. Willemsen, C. López-Pernía, Y. Liu, A. Kingon, H.J. Yan, Y. Zheng, M.J. Chen*, E. Sprague-Klein*, B. Sheldon*, Hierarchically Micro- and Nanostructured Polymer via Crystallinity Alteration for Sustainable Environmental Cooling, Langmuir, 40 (38), 20195–20203, 2024.
8 N. Guo=, Changmin Shi*,= (lead corresponding author), N. Warren,E. Sprague-Klein, B. Sheldon, M.J. Chen*, Challenges and Opportunities for Passive Environmental Temperature Regulation, Advanced Energy Materials, 2401776, 2024. (Invited)
7. M.J. Chen*, S. Li, X.Y. Chen, Y.M. Huang, H.J. Yan, B. Sheldon, Q. Li*, Changmin Shi*, 3D Bridge-Arch Structured Dual-Sided Evaporator for Practical-Level, All Weather Water Harvesting and Desalination, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 12 (16), 9574–9583, 2024.
Being featured in the 2024 Most Popular Articles Collection for Journal of Materials Chemistry A
6. Changmin Shi, S. Takeuchi, G. Alexander, T. Hamman, J. O’Neill, J.A. Dura, E. Wachsman*, High Sulfur Loading and Capacity Retention in Bilayer Garnet Sulfurized-polyacrylonitrile/Lithium-Metal Batteries with Gel Polymer Electrolytes, Advanced Energy Materials, 2301656, 2023.
5. Changmin Shi, G. Alexander, J. O’Neill, G. Godbey, E. Wachsman*, All-Solid-State Garnet type Lithium-Sulfur Battery Enabled by Inorganic Conductive Lithium Salt and 3D Electrolyte Architecture, ACS Energy Letters,8 (4), 1803–1810, 2023.
4. Changmin Shi*, M.P. Yu,Flexible Solid-State Lithium-Sulfur Batteries Based on Structural Designs, Energy Storage Materials, 57, 429–459, 2023.
3. Changmin Shi=, T. Hamman=, S. Takeuchi, G. Alexander, A. Nolan, M. Limpert, Z.Z. Fu, J. O’Neill, G. Godbey, E. Wachsman*, 3D Asymmetric Bilayer Garnet Hybridized High-Energy-Density Lithium-Sulfur Batteries, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 15 (1), 761–760, 2023.
2. Changmin Shi=, T.Y. Wang=, X.B. Liao=, B.Y. Qie, M.J. Chen, X. Wang, A. Srinivasan, Q. Cheng, Q. Ye, A.C. Li, X. Chen, Y. Yang*, Accordion-like Stretchable Li-ion Batteries with High Energy Density, Energy Storage Materials, 17,136–142, 2019.
1. X.B. Liao=, Changmin Shi=, T.Y. Wang=, B.Y. Qie=, Y.L. Chen, M.J. Chen, X. Wang, Q. Cheng, H.W. Zhai, X. Chen*, Y. Yang*, High-Energy-Density Foldable Battery Enabled by Zigzag-like Design. Advanced Energy Materials, 1802998, 2019.