Tuesday, August 5, 2025

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Topic	Presenter/Organization
Roundtable: ES Program Managers	Ray Byrne, Sandia National Laboratories Mali Balasubramanian, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Patrick Balducci, Argonne National Laboratory David Reed, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Session 1: Next Generation, Large Scale Energy Storage

Session Lead: Erik Spoerke

Topic	Presenter	Organization
Opening Remarks	Erik Spoerke	US Department of Energy
Brief Overview: Next Generation, Large-Scale Energy Storage Technologies	Will McNamara	Sandia National Laboratories
Redox Flow Batteries Utilizing Soluble Iron Complexes	Aaron Hollas	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Dendrite-Resistant Solid Sodium Anodes to Enable Long-Duration Solid-State Sodium Batteries	Mark Weller	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Design of Gel Polymer Electrolytes and Performance Assessment of Electrocatalysts for Durable Zn–Air Batteries	Ruhul Amin	Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Incorporating Multivariate Weather Hazards into System Planning with Energy Storage	Neal Mann	Argonne National Laboratory
Q&A

Session 2: Flow Batteries

Session Lead: Reed Wittman

Topic	Presenter	Organization
A Primer on Office of Electricity Funded Flow Battery Research	Reed Wittman	Sandia National Laboratories
Material Development for Redox Flow Batteries at PNNL	Wei Wang	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Fluorenone-based Material Development for Redox Flow Batteries	Ruozhu Feng	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Development of Cost-effective Hydrocarbon Membranes and Electrolytes for High-Energy Nonaqueous Redox Flow Batteries	Guang Yang	Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Flow Battery Research at Sandia National Laboratories	Sam Macchi	Sandia National Laboratories
An Industry Perspective on the State-of-the-Art RFBs	Mike Perry/Brian Berland	Storion
Q&A

Session 3: Demonstration Projects

Session Lead: Waylon Clark

Topic	Presenter	Organization
Energy Storage Demonstration Projects Session	Waylon Clark	Sandia National Laboratories
ARES Lessons Learned	Don Bender	ARES
Energy Storage Component and System Level Codes, Standards, & Regulations	David Rosewater	Sandia National Laboratories
Washington Dept. of Commerce Energy Storage Deployments	Diane Baldwin	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Energy Storage Interconnection Codes and Standards	Michael Ropp	Sandia National Laboratories
Q&A

Topic	Presenter	Organization
Sponsorship Remarks	Jeff Reeves	The Flow Battery Industry Group, a part of BCI

Wednesday, August 6, 2025

Session 4: Safety and Reliability

Session Lead: Loraine Torres-Castro

Topic	Presenter	Organization
Safety and Reliability of Energy Storage Systems	Loraine Torres-Castro	Sandia National Laboratories
Understanding BESS Fire Hazards at the System Level with Experiments and Modeling	Andrew Kurzawski	Sandia National Laboratories
Reducing Cost and Increasing Confidence Through Interoperability	Jaime Kolln	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Acoustic Emission During Thermal Runaway Induced by Mechanical Indentation and Thermal Abuse	Hsin Wang	Oak Ridge National Laboratories
Performance and Degradation of Li-ion Batteries from Cells to Systems	Yuliya Preger	Sandia National Laboratories
Microcell DSC Analysis of Si-Graphite Anodes Paired with High Energy Density Cathodes	Bryan Wygant	Sandia National Laboratories
Q&A

Session 5: Analytics and Tools

Session Lead: Patrick Balducci

Topic	Presenter	Organization
A Brief Overview of Ongoing Energy Storage Analytics Research at Argonne National Laboratory	Patrick Balducci	Argonne National Laboratory
Advanced Storage Planning for a Cost-Effective and Resilient Grid	Konstantinos Oikonomou	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Model Selection Platform for Energy Storage	Dexin Wang	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Development of Computational Framework for BESS Aging and Degradation for Grid Use Cases	Srikanth Allu	Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Sandia Energy Storage Analytics – FY25 Updates	Tu Nguyen	Sandia National Laboratories
EverBESS: Evaluating End-of-life-Management for Battery Energy Storage Systems	Jakob Elias	Argonne National Laboratory
Q&A

Session 6: Regulatory

Session Lead: Jeremy Twitchell

Topic	Presenter
Energy Storage Regulatory Research and Outreach	Jeremy Twitchell
Reducing Investment Risk in Energy Storage Financing	Richard Baxter, Mustang Prairie Energy
Emerging Finance Models	Dan Boff
Siting and Permitting Energy Storage	Devyn Powell
State and Federal Regulatory Support	Will McNamara, Sandia National Laboratories Dylan Poindexter, Sandia National Laboratories Shiv Mani, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Todd Olinsky-Paul, CESA/ESTAP
Q&A

Session 7: Sodium Batteries

Session Lead: Leo Small

Topic	Presenter	Organization
Sodium Batteries Session Overview	Leo Small	Sandia National Laboratories
Sodium-Ion Battery Development	Fred Omenya	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Intermediate Temperature Sodium-Metal Halide Battery Technologies for Grid Energy Storage Applications	Guosheng Li	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Hybrid Redox Flow Batteries Containing Sodium Metal Anodes and Sodium Thiophosphate Catholytes	Ethan Self	Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Calorimetric Investigation of Heat Flows in Na-ion Battery Materials	Alex Bates	Sandia National Laboratories
Process R&D for Electrochemical Energy Storage Materials Manufacturing	Runming Tao	Argonne National Laboratory
Understanding Na-ion’s Roadmaps to Competitiveness	Adrian Yao	Stanford-SLAC
Q&A

Thursday, August 7, 2025

Session 8: Power Electronics

Session Lead: Stan Atcitty

Topic	Presenter	Organization
Energy Storage Power Electronics Program	Stan Atcitty	Sandia National Laboratories
Power Electronics Research at Oak Ridge National Laboratory	Michael Starke	Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Modeling, Control, and Implementation of Next-Generation Storage Systems	Jacob Mueller	Sandia National Laboratories
Hybrid Battery Energy Storage System: Enabling Safer Controls and Cybersecurity with Battery Modeling	Victoria O’Brien	Sandia National Laboratories
Enhancing Energy Storage Power Electronics Design through Artificial Intelligence	Alex Huang	UT Austin
Reliable Distributed Optical Fiber Sensing System for Early Warning of Failure in Energy Storage Systems	Nick Frank	Sensible Photonics
Q&A

Session 9: Grid Reliability and Resilience

Session Lead: Diane Baldwin

Topic	Presenter	Organization
Grid Reliability and Resilience Panel Overview	Diane Baldwin	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Voltage Support Using Battery Storage for KPP	Christine Holland	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Enhancing Grid Reliability using Energy Storage Systems	Atri Bera	Sandia National Laboratories
Energy Storage Benefit Quantification for Grid Reliability and Resilience	Buxin She	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
BESS Applications to Enhance Transmission and Distribution System Performance	Alok Bharati	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Q&A

Session 10: Zinc and Lead Batteries

Session Lead: Esther Takeuchi

Topic	Presenter	Organization
Opening Remarks	Esther Takeuchi	Stony Brook University
Origins of Positive Electrode Failure Modes in Lead Acid Batteries	Tim Fister	Argonne National Laboratory
Advancing Lead Acid Batteries for Grid Resilience	Ajay Karakoti	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Latest Developments in Mild Acidic Zinc Batteries at PNNL	Matt Fayette	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Aqueous Zn-Based Batteries	Calvin Quilty	Sandia National Laboratories
Engineering Zn and Mn Anodes for Aqueous Batteries	Nian Liu	Georgia Tech
Development of Copper Oxide Cathodes for Rechargeable Alkaline Zinc Batteries	Josh Gallaway	Northwestern
Q&A

Analytics & Tools

Poster Title	Lead Author	Organization
Assessing ESS Revenue Potential in PJM’s Energy and Ancillary Markets	Astha Rai	Sandia National Laboratories
Computationally Tractable Battery Degradation Models for Optimization and Control	Ujjwol Tamrakar	Sandia National Laboratories
Energy Storage Evaluation Tool	Dexin Wang	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Energy Storage System Performance and Reliability Analytics From Shared Data	Alasdair Crawford	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
ES4G: Energy Storage to Support Generation	Walker Olis	Sandia National Laboratories
Expaning QuESt 2.0’s Data Integration Capabilities	Rodrigo Trevizan	Sandia National Laboratories
Global Energy Storage Database (GESDB): Database Updates and Backend Features	Ujjwol Tamrakar	Sandia National Laboratories
IEEE std P1815.2: From Codes to Code	Tylor Slay	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Integration of Battery Archive Degradation Data into QuESt Tool for Enhanced Technoeconomic Analysis	Alex Headley	University of Memphis
Lifetime Failure and Degradation Analysis of Grid-Connected Battery Energy Storage Systems	Atri Bera	Sandia National Laboratories
QuESt PCM: Production Cost Modeling Tool with Improved Energy Storage System Models	Dilip Pandit	Sandia National Laboratories
QuESt Planning: A Long-term Capacity Expansion Planning Tool for Energy Storage Systems & Modeling Flexibility	Cody Newlun	Sandia National Laboratories
Recommended Practice for ESMS in Grid Applications	David Schoenwald	Sandia National Laboratories
Software Tools Voucher Program: QuEST for Evaluating Microgrid Designs in Puerto Rico	Emily Moog	Sandia National Laboratories
Storage Sizing and Placement Tool in Distribution Grids	Ujjwol Tamrakar	Sandia National Laboratories
Tribal Energy Storage Analysis	Rodrigo Trevizan	Sandia National Laboratories

Demonstration Projects

Poster Title	Lead Author	Organization
ARES Gravity Energy Storage Overview and Lessons Learned	Donald Bender	Sandia National Laboratories
Battery Energy Storage For Utility System Peak Demand Reduction In Vermont	Henry Guan	Sandia National Laboratories
Capybara Energy: Advancing Grid Resilience with American Innovation	Matthew Millard	Capybara Energy
CEC-CRADA Update and Other DOE-ES Demonstration Projects	Ramesh Koripella	Sandia National Laboratories
Deployment of Battery Storage Systems for Resilience and Off-grid Applications	Henry Guan	Sandia National Laboratories
Practical Solutions for Power Resilience in Modern Facilities, Grids, and Microgrids	Joe Sleppy	Capacitech Energy

Flow Batteries

Poster Title	Lead Author	Organization
Mediated Biredox Flow Batteries	Leo Small	Sandia National Laboratories
Voltage Modulation Strategy of Deactivated Fluorenone Anolyte via Electron Abstraction by Redox Mediator	Jongwha Shon	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Grid Reliability and Resilience

Poster Title	Lead Author	Organization
BESS Test Systems & Applications to System Resilience and Reliability	Alok Bharati	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Delivering Energy Storage Outcomes for Resiliency	Adrienne Rackley	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Energy Storage Innovation for a Reliable, Affordable, and Secure Electric Power Grid	Vince Sprenkle	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Energy Storage Techno-Economic Optimization for Resilience, Reliability and Value Stacked Benefits	Shahnawaz Siddiqui	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
ES4RR – Energy Storage Optimization Using Technoeconomic and Power System Modeling	Todd Wall	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Quantifying Resilience for Distributed Energy Storage Systems	Lin Zeng	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
(SAGES) Sodium-ion Alliance for Grid Energy Storage	Xiaolin Li	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Next Generation, Large Scale Energy Storage

Poster Title	Lead Author	Organization
Dendrite-Resistant Solid Sodium Anodes to Enable Long-Duration Solid-State Sodium Batteries	Mark Weller	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Freeze-Thaw Molten Salt Batteries: Unlocking Low-Cost Energy Storage	Henry Han	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Incorporating Multivariate Weather Hazards into System Planning with Energy Storage	Neal Mann	Argonne National Laboratory
Optimal Dispatch Models for Long-Duration Hybrid Energy Storage and Microgrids in Electricity Markets	Alberto Grimaldi	Argonne National Laboratory
Soluble Iron-Based Redox Flow Electrolytes	Gabriel Nambafu	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Power Electronics

Poster Title	Lead Author	Organization
7.5 kW Galvanically Isolated Transformerless AC-DC Converter for Energy Storage Systems with Paralleled Bi-GaN Devices	Jin Wang	Ohio State University
Analogous Boost Converter Switching Scheme for Single-Phase Direct Dual Active Bridge (DAB) Battery Charger with Optimal Setpoints	Ronald Matthews	Sandia National Laboratories
Advanced Magnetics for High Frequency Link Converters and an Agile Grid	Todd Monson	Sandia National Laboratories
Enhancing Resilience: Upgrades and Integration Strategies for a Hybrid Energy Storage System (HESS)	Armando Montoya	Sandia National Laboratories
Hardware Validation of a Direct DC-AC Dual Active Bridge Converter for Single-Stage Energy Storage Interfacing	Alvaro Cardoza	Sandia National Laboratories
High Conversion Cell-Level Battery Power Converter	Chris Recio	Mainstream Engineering
High-Frequency, high-voltage, and high-insulation magnetics for modular energy storage systems	Luciano Garcia Rodriguez	Sandia National Laboratories
Immersion Cooling of Power Electronics – Analytical Modeling and FEM Simulation	James Loveless	Sandia National Laboratories
Medium-voltage Power Electronics for Grid-tied Energy Storage Applications	Pengyu Fu	Ohio State University
Modeling and Control of Cascaded DC-DC Converter System for MV Storage Applications	Jacob Mueller	Sandia National Laboratories
Multiport Multi-directional Modular and Scalable Power Conversion Platform with DC/AC Source/Storage Integration using Wide Bandgap Power Electronics	Trevor Warren	Higher Wire Inc.
Power Electronics for Flow Batteries -Single Real-Time Framework for Flow Battery Model with Power Electronics Integration	Renata Kimpara	Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Resilient “Plug-n-Play” Storage Integrated Electricity Solutions for Off-Grid Communities	Joseph Benzaquen	Georgia Institute of Technology
Storage Integrated AC-AC Converters	Johnathan Kimball	Missouri University of Science and Technology
Unified Power Flow Control Framework for BESS Based Microgrids	Kaushik Rajashekara	University of Houston

Regulatory

Poster Title	Lead Author	Organization
Emerging State Approaches for Energy Storage Development	Prathit Dave	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Financing Emerging Applications of Energy Storage	Dan Boff	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Siting and Permitting Energy Storage	Devyn Powell	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Safety & Reliability

Poster Title	Lead Author	Organization
A Thermal Perspective on Battery Degradation Mechanisms	Qian Huang	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Are Solid-state Batteries Non-Flammable? Identifying Lithium Thermite Reactions	Nathan Johnson	Sandia National Laboratories
Battery Archive – A Standardized Data Repository to Accelerate Evaluation of Energy Storage Systems	Yuliya Preger	Sandia National Laboratories
Battery Materials Reliability Analytics	Bhuvana Sivakumar	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Development of Temperature Sensitive Paint for Energy Storage System (ESS) Safety	Chanaka Kumara	Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Evaluating Safety of Battery Cells in Energy Storage Systems	Marm Dixit	Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Impact of Aging on the Safety of Lithium-ion Batteries	Yuliya Preger	Sandia National Laboratories
Impact of Module Configuration on Li-ion Battery Performance and Degradation	Yuliya Preger	Sandia National Laboratories
Integrated Inductively Coupled DC-DC Battery Interface	Marcio Kimpara	Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Li-ion Pouch Cell Thermal Abuse Test and Cylindrical Cell Mechanical Abuse Test	Lianshan Lin	Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Modeling Thermal Runaway Behavior of Silicon-Graphite Anodes and Microcells	Randy Shurtz	Sandia National Laboratories
Understanding Li-ion Battery Module Performance under Peak Shaving using Single Cell Data	Daiwon Choi	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Understanding the Thermal Behavior and Safety of Silicon-Graphite anodes	Bryan Wygant	Sandia National Laboratories
Toward Algebraic Modeling of Natural Convection Inside Simplified Energy Storage Systems	Michael Meehan	Sandia National Laboratories

Sodium Batteries

Poster Title	Lead Author	Organization
Advanced Characterization of Sodium-Ion Battery Cathodes: Synergy, Heterogeneity, and Reaction Mechanism	Ahamed Irshad Maniyanganam	SLAC-Stanford Battery Center
Designing 3D Interfaces and Enhancing Sodium Wettability for Next-Generation Molten Sodium Batteries	Isaac Dyer	Sandia National Laboratories
High-voltage Electrolyte Design for Sodium-ion Batteries	Dejian Dong	University of Maryland
Low-cost and Long-life Cathodes for Sodium-ion Batteries	Feng Lin	Virginia Tech
Low Temperature Sodium Batteries	Leo Small	Sandia National Laboratories
Low Temperature Na-Metal Halide Batteries: Low Cost, Long Cycle Life, and Safe Energy Storage System	Guosheng Li	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Materials Innovation and Cell Development for Room Temperature Sodium-Sulfur Batteries	Xueli (Sherry) Zheng	SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Multi-Scale Safety of Commercial Na-ion Cells – Layered Metal Oxide	Alex Bates	Sandia National Laboratories
Realistic Demonstration of Sodium-Ion Pouch Cells for Secure Energy Storage	Marcos Lucero	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Understanding Electronic Conduction in NaSICON to Improve Sodium Batteries	Ethan Lauricella	University of Kentucky

Zinc & Lead Batteries

Poster Title	Lead Author	Organization
Acoustic Characterization of Lead Acid Batteries	Tim Officer	Argonne National Laboratory
Cycling and Failure Mechanisms of Rechargeable Alkaline Calcium Zincate (CaZn₂(OH)₆·2H₂O) Anodes for Grid Storage Applications	Patrick Yang	City College of New York
Development of Copper Oxide Cathodes for Rechargeable Alkaline Zinc Batteries	Yogeshwaran Agilan	Northeastern University
Development of Gel Polymer Electrolytes and Electrocatalysts for Long-Duration Zn-Air Batteries	Ruhul Amin	Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Earth Abundant Multivalent Materials for Metal-Air Batteries: Al-Air Battery	Stephen Percival	Sandia National Laboratories
Effect of Externally Applied Pressure on Rechargeable Alkaline Zinc Batteries	Deepak Kharel	University of Kentucky
Electrochemical and In-situ Spectroscopic Investigation of Bifunctional Electrocatalysts for Rechargeable Metal-Air Batteries	Prakhar Sharma	University of Kentucky
Electrode and Electrolyte Modification Towards Rechargeable Aqueous Batteries	Zhitao Chen	Georgia Institute of Technology
Flowable Zinc Slurry Battery for Long Duration Energy Storage Technology	Dan Thien Nguyen	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Hybrid Metallic Cation−Anionic Surfactant Additives Regulating Interfacial Chemistry for High−Stability Zn Metal Anodes	Xingbo Liu	West Virginia University
Interfacial Stabilization of Zn anode in Mildly Acidic Aqueous Zn Batteries via Electrolyte Formulation	Won-Gwang Lim	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Large-Scale, Structured 3D Zinc Anodes for Practical Pouch Cells	Cheng Zhu	Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Low-Cost Zinc-Ion Battery with Carbothermally Modified MnO₂ Cathode	Erfan Mohebolkhames	City College of New York
Mildly Acidic Acetate-Based Electrolytes for Zinc-Ion Batteries	Debayon Dutta	City College of New York
Molecular Simulations of Gas and Ion Transport in Potassium Polyacrylate Electrolytes	Amalie Frischknecht	Sandia National Laboratories
New Capabilities in Zinc Battery Testing	Igor Bezsonov	Sandia National Laboratories
Nickel Sulfoselenide Electrocatalysts for Flowing Zinc-Air Batteries	Bryan Wygant	Sandia National Laboratories
Unraveling the Role of Layered ZHX Materials in Zn-Ion Battery Cycling	Calvin Quilty	Sandia National Laboratories