Education

• Ph.D., University of California-Berkeley, 1977
• M.S., University of California-Berkeley, 1973
• B.S., University of South Carolina, 1971

Research

Dr. White and members of his research group are working on projects in the areas of fuel cells, batteries, electro-deposition, corrosion, and numerical methods. Their work on numerical methods consists of developing efficient algorithms to solve the equations that represent the phenomena that occur in electrochemical and chemical systems.

Selected Publications

• Niloofar Kamyab, Paul T. Coman, Shiv Krishna Madi Reddy, Shriram Santhanagopalan, and Ralph E. White, “Mathematical Model for Li-S Cell with Shuttling-Induced Capacity Loss Approximation,” Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 2020 167 130532.
• Paul T. Coman, Eric C. Darcy, Brad Strangways, and Ralph E. White, “A Reduced- Order Lumped Model for Li-Ion Battery Packs during Operation,” Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 2021 168 100525.
• Paul T. Coman, Eric C. Darcy, and Ralph E. White, “Simplified Thermal Runaway Model for Assisting the Design of a Novel Safe Li-Ion Battery Pack,” Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 2022 169 0405516.
• David Petrushenko, Ziba Rahmati, Darun Barazanchy, Wout De Backer, William E. Mustain, Ralph E. White, Paul Ziehl, and Paul T. Coman “Dip-Coating of Carbon Fibers for the Development of Lithium Iron Phosphate Electrodes for Structural Lithium-Ion Batteries,” Energy Fuels 2023, 37, 711−723.
• Danyi Sun, Nan Wu, Changyoung Qin, Ralph White, and Kevin Huang, “Synthesis and Characterization of Impurity-Free Li6/16Sr7/16Ta3/4Hf1/4O3 Perovskite as a Solid- State Lithium-Ion Conductor,” Energy Technology, 2023, 2202201455.
• Paul T. Coman, Rafid Mollah, Nocholas Irish, Saranraj Karuppuswami, Sean T. Dix, Wade Johnson, Taylor R. Garrick, and Ralph E. White, “Electrochemical- Electromagnetic Coupled Physics-Based Mathematical Modeling of Li-Ion Batteries: A Theoretical Proof of Concept,” Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 2023 170 120528.
• Paul T. Coman, David Petrushenko, Eric C. Darcy, Ralph E. White, “Electrical - thermal modeling and electrical design optimization of fuses in a nickel bus-plate for a Li-ion battery pack,” Journal of Energy Storage, 86 (2024) 111226.
• Nasser Nikfarjam, Paul T. Coman, Colton Free, Paul Ziehl, Monirosadat Sadati, Ralph E. White, “Advancing ionic conductivity in solid electrolytes: Insights from polymerization-induced phase separation and microstructural optimization,” Journal of Energy Storage 93 (2024) 112287.
• Shiv Reddy, Meng Guo, Long Cai, and Ralph E. White, “Analytical solutions for boundary value problems using Maple,” Chemical Engineering Education, Winter 2024, 73-83.
• Kyra Glassey, Gabriela Roman-Martinez, Lillana DeLatte, Thomas Burns, Monirosadat Sadati, Paul T. Coman, and Ralph E. White, “Probing Ion-Blocking Electrode Rigs for Ionic Conductivity in Hybrid Solid Polymer Electrolytes,” Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 2025, 172, 020523.
• Thomas Burns, Lillana DeLatte, Gabriela Roman-Martinez, Kyra Glassey, Paul Ziehl, Monirosadati Sadati, Ralph E. White and Paul T. Coman, “Ultrasonic Spray Coating of Carbon Fibers for Composite Cathodes in Structural Batteries,” Electrochem 2025, 6, 13.
• Matthew R. King, Paul T. Coman, Rafid Mollah, Md Rayhan Khan, Saranraj Karuppuswami, Taylor R. Garrick, and Ralph E. White, “High-Frequency Impedance Spectroscopy: Measurement Reproducibility, Electromagnetic, and Ionic Effects in Cylindrical Lithium-Ion Cells,” Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 2025, 172, 060533.
• Paul T. Coman and Ralph E. White, “Modeling Self-Discharge in Li/S Batteries Through Electrochemical Anode Reactions: A Theoretical Perspective,” Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 2025, 172, 070517.
• Mohamed Atwair, Paul Coman, and Ralph E. White, “Modeling the Influence of Silicon Content on Electrochemical Performance of Silicon-Graphite Blended Electrodes Considering Voltage Hysteresis,” Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 2025, 172, 070519.
• David Petrushenko, Thomas Burns, Paul Ziehl, Ralph E. White and Paul T. Coman, “Exploring Different Metal-Oxide Cathode Materials for Structural Lithium-Ion Batteries Using Dip-Coating,” Energies 2025, 18, 4354.
• Mohamed Atwair, Paul Coman, and Ralph E. White, “Corrigendum: Modeling the Influence of Silicon Content on Electrochemical Performance of Silicon-Graphite Blended Electrodes Considering Voltage Hysteresis,” Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 2025, 172, 070519.
• Giulio Sicilano, Bridgette Sims, Thomas C. Burns, Wout De Backer, Paul Ziehl, Ralph E. White, and Paul T. Coman, “Hybrid Graphite-Carbon Fiber Anodes and NFM Cathodes for Structural Sodium-Ion Batteries,” Solids 2026, 7, 1.