Dr. Haleh Ardebili

Kamel Salama Endowed Professor of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Assistant Vice President of Entrepreneurship and Startup Ecosystem

Office Location N208 Engineering Building 1

Phone 713-743-5562

Fax 713-743-4503

Email hardebili [at] uh.edu

Education

Ph.D., 2001, Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland at College Park

M.S., 1996, Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University

B.S., 1994, Engineering Science & Mechanics, Penn State University

Professional Experience

2020-present: Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Houston

2016-2020: Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Houston

2010-2016: Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Houston

2009-2010: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Rice University

2004-2010: Lecturer, University of Houston

2000-2003: Research Scientist, General Electric R&D, Niskayuna, NY

Research Interests

Lithium-Ion Batteries: Development of advanced electrodes and electrolytes, performance enhancement through novel nanocomposites
Polymer Nanocomposite Electrolytes: High ion conductivity and mechanical properties of flexible polymer-based electrolytes
Materials for Energy Storage: Innovations in battery technologies, including flexible and stretchable systems
Electronics Materials: Encapsulation technologies for electronics, stress and strain effects in battery materials

Awards & Honors

2021: Abraham E. Dukler Distinguished Engineering Faculty Award

2021: Undergraduate Research Mentor Award

2020: 50-in-5 Scholar Award

2018: NASA iTECH Top Ten Finalist

2016: Kittinger Teaching Excellence Award

2014-2015: Texas Space Grant Consortium New Investigators Award

2013: NSF CAREER Award

2010-2018: TcSUH Award

2011: Top selected image for “Science as Art” Exhibition and Contest at MRS Conference

2003: Invention Fulcrum of Progress-General Electric Award to Inventors

1988: Women in Science Award from Saint John’s University, NY.

Aderyani, S., Flouda, P., Shah, S.A., Green, M.J., Lutkenhaus, J.L., & Ardebili, H. (2021). Simulation of cyclic voltammetry in structural supercapacitors with pseudocapacitance behavior. Electrochimica Acta, 390, 138822.
Aderyani, S., Shah, S.A., Masoudi, A., Green, M.J., Lutkenhaus, J.L., & Ardebili, H. (2020). Comparison of Nanoarchitecture to Porous Media Diffusion Models in Reduced Graphene Oxide/Aramid Nanofiber Electrodes for Supercapacitors. ACS Nano, 14(5), 5314-5323.
Ghadi, B.M., Yuan, M., & Ardebili, H. (2019). Stretchable fabric-based LiCoO2 electrode for lithium ion batteries. Extreme Mechanics Letters, 32, 100532.
Kelly, T.D., Yuan, M., Kammoun, M., & Ardebili, H. (2019). In situ strain-dependent electrochemical characterization of a stretchable-sliding battery. AIP Advances, 9, 085012.
Berg, S., Kelly, T., Porat, I., Moradi-Ghadi, B., & Ardebili, H. (2018). Mechanical deformation effects on ion conduction in stretchable polymer electrolytes. Applied Physics Letters, 113(8), 083903.
Kammoun, M., Berg, S., & Ardebili, H. (2017). Flexible batteries under extreme bending: Interfacial contact pressure and conductance. Extreme Mechanics Letters, 13, 108-115.

Ardebili, H., & Zito, R. Energy Storage: A New Approach, Second Edition, Scrivener-Wiley, 2019.
Ardebili, H., Zhang, J., & Pecht, M. Encapsulation Technologies for Electronic Applications, Second Edition, Elsevier, 2018.
Ardebili, H., & Pecht, M. Encapsulation Technologies for Electronic Applications, Elsevier, 2009.

Ardebili, H., & Moradi, B. “Stretchable Fabric Based Electrode-Polymer Electrolyte Battery,” Attorney Docket No. 109293.00099 (UHID 2017-038), Provisional Patent Application, 2017.
Ardebili, H., Kammoun, M., & Dizon, T. “Stretchable and Multifunctional Batteries,” U.S. Serial No. 14/671,812, 2015.
Baumgartner, C.E., Fobare, D.F., DeJule, M.C., Wei, C.Y., Hennessy, W.A., Wojnarowski, R.J., Ardebili, H., & Burdick, Jr., W.E. “Direct CsI scintillator coating for improved digital X-ray detector assembly longevity,” Patent No. 6,720,561, April 13, 2004.