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Personal Profile
Wale Odukomaiya joined NREL’s Building Energy Science group in 2018 as a director’s fellow. His research focuses on innovating heat transfer and energy storage in ways that improve building efficiencies and support low-carbon buildings. This research applies fundamental heat transfer and thermodynamics to advanced energy technologies and building components, with an emphasis on thermal and electromechanical energy storage technologies; heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC); and advanced manufacturing of related components.
Prior to joining NREL, Odukomaiya was a postdoctoral research fellow in the Building Technologies Research and Integration Center at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, where he worked on the development of energy storage and magnetocaloric refrigeration technologies. His research background includes developing advanced energy technologies and building components, energy policy and economics, and thermal and electro-mechanical energy storage.
Research Interests
Thermal energy storage materials and systems
Electro-mechanical energy storage
Thermal and moisture control in buildings
HVAC
Advanced materials and manufacturing for building components
Education/Academic Qualification
PhD, Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
Master, Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
Bachelor, Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
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Additive Manufacturing of Thermal Energy Storage Composites with Microencapsulated Phase Change Materials Supported in a Multi-Polymer Matrix
Foster, K., Freeman, T., Lizier-Zmudzinski, I., Dudt, S., Morgan, K., Boetcher, S. & Odukomaiya, A., 2024, 13 p.Research output: NREL › Presentation
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Enabling Thermal Energy Storage in Structural Cementitious Composites with a Novel Phase Change Material Microcapsule Featuring an Inorganic Shell and a Bio-Inspired Silica Coating: Article No. 110677
Ismail, A., Bahmani, M., Wang, X., Aday, A., Odukomaiya, A. & Wang, J., 2024, In: Journal of Energy Storage. 83, 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open-Cycle Thermochemical Energy Storage for Building Space Heating: Practical System Configurations and Effective Energy Density: Article No. 124218
Zeng, Y., Clark, R.-J., Galazutdinova, Y., Odukomaiya, A., Al-Hallaj, S., Farid, M., Kaur, S. & Woods, J., 2024, In: Applied Energy. 376, Part A, 28 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Thermal Battery Cost Scaling Analysis: Minimizing the Cost per kWh
Kocher, J., Woods, J., Odukomaiya, A., Mahvi, A. & Yee, S., 2024, In: Energy and Environmental Science. 17, 6, p. 2206-2218 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Use of a Lignin-Based Admixture for Tailoring the Rheological Properties of Mortars for 3D Printing
Rodriguez, F., Foster, K., Fross, X., Schmidt, R., Aday, A., Odukomaiya, A., Himmel, M. & Griffin, M., 2024, p. 225-233. 9 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper