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Jason K. Ostanek

Engineering · Purdue University West Lafayette

OpenAlex ORCID
Mid career · publishing since 2006
Advanced Battery Technologies ResearchAdvancements in Battery MaterialsAdvanced Battery Materials and TechnologiesFluid Dynamics and Turbulent FlowsHeat Transfer Mechanisms

Publications

64

Citations

1,729

Est. group size

~5

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

20

Publishing since 2006

Research summary
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Jason K. Ostanek studies the safety of lithium-ion batteries, with a strong focus on understanding and modeling 'thermal runaway' — the process by which a battery cell overheats, vents gas, and can catch fire or explode. His work combines experiments (such as heating cells and measuring vented gas, heat transfer, and combustion) with computer simulations to predict how these failures start and spread in battery cells and packs. This research is relevant to designing safer batteries for devices, vehicles, and energy storage systems.

Lithium-ion battery safetyThermal runaway modeling and simulationBattery venting and gas combustionHeat transfer and heat source characterizationBattery pack failure propagation

Publication output grew from occasional papers in 2017-2019 to a peak around 2020-2021, then continued at a moderate, fluctuating pace through 2024-2025.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 3.8/year recently
2017: 1 publication17182019: 3 publications192020: 7 publications202021: 10 publications10212022: 4 publications222023: 5 publications232024: 8 publications242025: 2 publications2526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Applied Energy×3
  • Journal of Energy Storage×3
  • Journal of Power Sources×2
  • Journal of Power Sources Advances×2
  • Energy storage materials×1
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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