C. Ramesh Koripella

C. Ramesh Koripella

Materials Scientist

Contact Information

C. Ramesh Koripella / (505) 845-7644

Biography

Ramesh Koripella is a Principal Member of Technical Staff at Sandia National Laboratories since 2011. He is a materials scientist and engineer with more than 30 years R&D experience in electronic components and power sources development. In the energy storage systems group, he performs technical analysis of different battery technologies and hydrogen storage technologies for grid storage applications. He is the technical lead for the thermoelectric power sources development in the power sources group at Sandia. Prior to Sandia, he was with Motorola research labs, GenTherm and KEMET electronics. At Motorola, he led the small fuel cells development effort, where the team explored a broad range of technologies including direct methanol fuel cells, methanol fuel reformer, reformed hydrogen fuel cells, solid oxide fuel cells, hydrogen generation and PEM fuel cells for portable power applications.

Research Interests

Energy storage technologies related to batteries and hydrogen

Thermoelectric materials

Design and development of RTGs and energy harvesting power generators

Fuel cells

Dielectric materials, ceramic processing, and failure analysis

Education

Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 1985

M.Tech. in Metallurgical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India, 1981

B.E. in Metallurgy, Andhra University College of Engineering, Visakhapatnam, India, 1979

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Key Publications

D.T. Crane, C. Ramesh Koripella, V. Jovovic “Validating Steady-State and Transient Modeling Tools for High Power Density Thermoelectric Generators” J. Electron. Mater., 41, 1524–1534 (2012), DOI: 10.1007/s11664-012-1955-3.

C. Ramesh Koripella, L.E. Bell, D. Crane “Portable Power Thermoelectric Generator – Design and Characterization” MRS Online Proceedings Library, 1267, 204 (2010), DOI: 10.1557/PROC-1267-DD02-04.

D. Gervasio, S. Rogers, C. Ramesh Koripella, S. Tasic, D. Zindel, R. Changrani, C.K. Dyer, J. Hallmark, D. Wilcox “Multilayered Ceramic Reactor for the Steam Reforming of Methanol into Hydrogen Enriched Gas” Materials for Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage, 127 (2006): 157-166.

C. Ramesh Koripella “Mechanical Behavior of Ceramic Capacitors” IEEE Trans. of CHMT, Vol. 14, No. 4, pp718 -724, 1991. Microelectronics and reliability, 1992, Vol.32(9), pp.1332-1332, DOI: 10.1109/ECTC.1991.163916.

C. Ramesh Koripella, H.V. DeMatos “Fractography of Thermal Shock Cracked Multilayer Ceramic Capacitors” J. Am. Ceram. Soc., 72 [12] 2241-46 (1989), DOI: 10.1111/j.1151-2916.1989.tb06068.x.

Key Patents

C.R. Bryan, J.E. Heath, C. Ramesh Koripella, T. Dewers “System and Method Thermopile Energy Harvesting for Subsurface Well Bore Sensors” US16/912778, filed 06/26/2020.

C. Ramesh Koripella, K.W. Eisenbeiser, R. Krishnan “Method for Forming a Micro Fuel Cell” US patent # 7776386, Aug 17, 2010.

C. Ramesh Koripella, C.K. Dyer, S.P. Rogers, D.F. Gervasio “Hydrogen Generator Utilizing Ceramic Technology”, US Patent # 7048897, May 23, 2006.

C. Ramesh Koripella, W.J. Ooms, D.L. Wilcox, J.W. Bostaph “Direct Methanol Fuel Cell System and Method of Fabrication” US Patent # 6497975, May 14, 2002

C. Ramesh Koripella, A.D. Moya, D. Wilcox Sr. “Integrated Ceramic Exhaust Gas Sensors” US Patent #5795545, Aug 18, 1998.