Sean Lubner

Sean Lubner

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Bio

Sean Lubner is a Research Scientist and Seaborg Fellow in the Energy Technologies Area at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab (ThermalEnergy.lbl.gov). He earned his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from UC Berkeley where he was a National Science Foundation (NSF) fellow, after receiving Bachelor’s degrees in Applied Physics and in Mechanical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University. He spent two years as a postdoc at LBL before continuing on as a research scientist. Sean specializes in modeling and measurement of nano-to-macro scale heat transfer and energy conversion. He has worked on a variety of systems including energy storage, biomedical devices, water desalination, electronic materials characterization, and solid-state energy conversion.

Curriculum Vitae

seanlubner_cv_march2021.pdf

Education

Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D., UC Berkeley, 2016
Applied Physics, B.S., Carnegie Mellon University, 2011
Mechanical Engineering, B.S., Carnegie Mellon University, 2011

Publications

2023

Measurement of entropy change of a half-cell electrochemical reaction using Multi-harmonic ElectroThermal Spectroscopy (METS)

Authors: Chalise, Divya; Ravi S. Prasher; Venkat Srinivasan; Sean Lubner, and Sumanjeet Kaur.
03/2023

2022

Optical emissivity dataset of multi-material heterogeneous designs generated with automated figure extractionAbstract

Authors: Baibakova, Viktoriia; Mahmoud Elzouka; Sean Lubner; Ravi S. Prasher, and Anubhav Jain.
12/2022

Using thermal interface resistance for non-invasive operando mapping of buried interfacial lithium morphology in-solid state batteries

Authors: Chalise, Divya; Joseph Schaadt; Pallab Barai; Yuqiang Zeng; Robert Johnson; Sumanjeet Kaur; Sean D. Lubner; Venkat Srinivasan; Michael C. Tucker, and Ravi S. Prasher.
12/2022

Multi-Harmonic Electrothermal Spectroscopy (METS), a New Technique for Spatially Resolved Electrochemical Measurements

Authors: Chalise, Divya; Joseph Schaadt; Akshey Dhar; Venkat Srinivasan; Sean Lubner; Sumanjeet Kaur, and Ravi S. Prasher.
10/2022

Multi-Harmonic Electrothermal Spectroscopy (METS), a New Technique for Spatially Resolved Electrochemical Measurements

Authors: Chalise, Divya; Joseph Schaadt; Akshey Dhar; Venkat Srinivasan; Sean Lubner; Sumanjeet Kaur, and Ravi S. Prasher.
10/2022

Combined heat and electricity using thermal storage to decarbonize buildings and industries

Authors: Lubner, Sean D., and Ravi S. Prasher.
03/2022

Techno-economic Analysis of High-Temperature Thermal Energy Storage for On-Demand Heat and Power

Authors: Peng, ; Akanksha K. Menon; Nathaniel Weger; Ravi S. Prasher; Sean Lubner; Hanna Breunig, and Lin Yang.
01/2022

Techno-economic Analysis of High-Temperature Thermal Energy Storage for On-Demand Heat and Power

Authors: Peng, ; Lin Yang; Akanksha K. Menon; Nathaniel Weger; Ravi S. Prasher; Hanna Breunig, and Sean D. Lubner.

2021

Parametric study of solid-solid translucent phase change materials in building windows

Authors: Gao, Yuan; Qiye Zheng; Jacob C. Jonsson; Sean D. Lubner; Dragan C. Curcija; Luis L. Fernandes; Sumanjeet Kaur, and Christian Kohler.
11/2021

Operando spatial mapping of lithium concentration using thermal-wave sensing

Authors: Zeng, Yuqiang; Divya Chalise; Yanbao Fu; Joseph Schaadt; Sumanjeet Kaur; Vincent S. Battaglia; Sean D. Lubner, and Ravi S. Prasher.
07/2021

A review of thermal physics and management inside lithium-ion batteries for high energy density and fast charging

Authors: Zeng, Yuqiang; Divya Chalise; Sean Lubner; Sumanjeet Kaur, and Ravi S. Prasher.
06/2021

A Review of Existing and Emerging Methods for Lithium Detection and Characterization in Li‐Ion and Li‐Metal Batteries

Authors: Paul, Partha; Eric J. McShane; Eric M. Colclasure; Nitash P. Balsara; David E. Brown; Chuntian Cao; Bor-Rong Chen; Parameswara R. Chinnam; Yi Cui; Eric J. Dufek; Donal P. Finegan; Samuel Gillard; Wenxiao Huang; Zachary M. Konz; Robert Kostecki; Fang Liu; Sean D. Lubner; Ravi S. Prasher; Molleigh B. Preefer; Ji Qian; Marco-Tulio Fonseca Rodrigues; Manuel Schnabel; Seoung‐Bum Son; Venkat Srinivasan; Hans-Georg Steinrück; Tanvir R. Tanim; Michael F. Toney; Wei Tong; Francois Usseglio‐Viretta; Jiayu Wan; Maha Yusuf; Bryan D. McCloskey, and Johanna Nelson Weker.
03/2021

2020

Interpretable Forward and Inverse Design of Particle Spectral Emissivity Using Common Machine-Learning Models

Authors: Elzouka, Mahmoud; Charles Yang; Adrian Albert; Ravi S. Prasher, and Sean D. Lubner.
11/2020

Identification and characterization of the dominant thermal resistance in lithium-ion batteries using operando 3-omega sensors

Authors: Lubner, Sean D.; Sumanjeet Kaur; Yanbao Fu; Vincent S. Battaglia, and Ravi S. Prasher.
03/2020

Enhanced solar evaporation using a photo-thermal umbrella for wastewater management

Authors: Menon, Akanksha K.; Iwan Haechler; Sumanjeet Kaur; Sean D. Lubner, and Ravi S. Prasher.
01/2020

Gradient Polarity Solvent Wash for Separation and Analysis of Electrolyte Decomposition Products on Electrode Surfaces

Authors: Fang, Chen; Zhimeng Liu; Jonathan Lau; Mahmoud Elzouka; Guangzhao Zhang; Piyachai Khomein; Sean D. Lubner; Philip N. Ross, and Gao Liu.
01/2020

2018

Temperature dependence of secondary electron emission: A new route to nanoscale temperature measurement using scanning electron microscopy

Authors: Khan, M. I.; Sean D. Lubner; D. F. Ogletree, and C. Dames.
11/2018