Principal Investigator

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Zhenxing Feng

Associate Professor 
School of Chemical, Biological, and Environmental Engineering
216D Johnson Hall
105 SW 26th Street 
Oregon State University
Corvallis, Oregon, 97331
 
Office: 216D Johnson Hall
Phone: 541-737-0508
Fax: 541-737-4600
 

 

 

Graduate Students

Mason Lyons

Mason Lyons

Ph.D. student, Chemical Engineering                           
Research: Aqueous metal-ion batteries
Office: Johnson 200
 
Eric Chang

Chun-Wai (Eric) Chang

Ph.D. student, Chemical Engineering                            
Research: Lithium-ion batteries, battery recycling
Office: Johnson 200
 

Saowaluk (Sarah) Soonthornkit

Ph.D. student, Materials Science                           
Research: Electrocatalysis, metallic glasses, pair distribution function
Office: Johnson 200
 

Alvin Chang

Ph.D. student, Materials Science                            
Research: Electrocatalysis and 3D printing
Office: Johnson 200
 

Samuel Miller

Ph.D. student, Chemical Eningeering                            
Research: Battery, fuel cells, advanced manufacturing
Office: Argonne National Lab
 

Kai Shen Choong

Ph.D. student, Chemical Engineering                            
Research: Electrocatalysts and (photo)electrochemical reactions
Office: Johnson 200
 

Qi Liu

Ph.D. student, Chemical Engineering                            
Research: Metal-ion batteries
Office: Johnson 200
 

Micah Hickethier

Ph.D. student, Chemical Engineering                            
Research: Aqueous metal-ion batteries
Office: Johnson 200
 

Andrew Yang

Ph.D. student, Chemical Engineering                          
Research: Critical materials recovery
Office: Johnson 200
 

Nicolai Andreas

M.S. student, Materials Science                           
Research: Metal-ion battery and battery recycling
Office: Johnson 200
 

Brian Muhich

M.S. student, Chemical Engineering                          
Research: Atomic layer deposition and battery
Office: Johnson 200
 
 

Undergraduate Students

Tovah Maas

UG Researcher and USRA intern, Honors College                                                      
Research: Battery recycling
 

Caiden Kealey

UG Researcher, REU intern                                                      
Research: Battery recycling
 

Jonah Buck

UG Researcher and URSA intern, Honors College                                                    
Research: Critical materials recovery
 
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Tigran Saribekian

UG Researcher                                                   
Research: Critical materials recovery
 
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Samuel Perkins

UG Researcher, URSA Intern                                                  
Research: Critical materials recovery
 

Carmen Kerr

UG Researcher                                                  
Research: Materials recovery
 

Sydnee Allen

UG Researcher                                                  
Research: Battery recycling
 
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Sydnee Byres

UG Researcher                                                  
Research: Battery recycling
 

Feng Group Alumni

PhD Students
Marcos Lucero, PhD, 2017-2022, currently working as a staff scientist in Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA.
Widitha Samarakoon, PhD, 2017-2022, currently working as a processing engineer in Intel, USA.
Maoyu Wang, PhD, 2016-2021, currently working as a staff scientist in Chinese Academy of Sciences, China.
 
MS Students
Kuan-Hsun Chou, MS, 2020-2022, currently working as engineer in Taiwan TSMC.
Youngjoon Hong, MS, 2019-2022, currently working as thin film engineer in Intel, USA
Yan Wang, MS, 2016-2019, currently working as engineer in A123 Systems, China.
 
Undergraduate Researchers
24. Alex Quarenghi, undergraduate researcher, 2023-2024
23. Jacob Hungerford, undergraduate researcher, 2023
22. Sauda Namiiro, undergraduate researcher, Honors College, 2022-2023 
21. Jackson Mitchell, Clean Water Initiative REU, 2022-2023 
20. Gage Ekstrom, STEM Leaders Program internship, 2022
19. Kamen Schaefle, USRA, 2022 
18. Chao Chen, USRA, 2022 
17. Stuart Helikson, undergraduate researcher, 2021
16. Tristan Kryle, undergraduate researcher, Honors College, 2021-2024
15. Meilani Bolding, undergraduate researcher, 2020-2023, currently an engineer in OnTo Technology
14. Davis Armitage, undergraduate researcher, Honors College, 2020-2022
13. William Bachman, undergraduate researcher, 2020-2021
12. Brian Muhich, Johnson Scholar and undergraduate researcher, 2018-2022, currently an engineer in HP.
11. Tucker Holstun, Johnson Scholar and undergraduate researcher, 2017-2021, currently a PhD student in University of California, Berkeley.
10. Román Vega, STEM Leaders Program internship, 2020 
9. Megan Williams, USRA, Johnson Scholar, and Cleanwater REU, 2018-2020 
8. Peiwen Liu, undergraduate researcher, 2019-2020, currently MS student in University of California, Davis
7. Manasi Vyas, undergraduate researcher, 2017-2019, currently MS student in Colorado School of Mines
6. David So, URSA undergraduate researcher, 2018
5. Wentao Wang, undergraduate researcher, 2017-2018
4. Ryan Rogers, undergraduate researcher, 2017-2018, currently working as a processing engineer at WaferTech, Portland, Oregon
3. Morgan Messer, URSA undergraduate researcher, 2017
2. Michael Barden, URSA undergraduate researcher, 2017
1. Joseph Pedersen, undergraduate researcher, 2016-2017, currently working as Systems Integration Engineer at ASML, Hillsboro, Oregon