Dr. Charles Lewinsohn recently joined CSU after spending over 20 years in industry scaling advanced energy technology incorporating electroactive or high-temperature materials for commercial applications. He has led a variety of complex, multi-disciplinary industrial research projects for energy conversion and power generation, which have included pre-combustion carbon capture technology, solid-state batteries, advanced nuclear fuel fabrication, high temperature heat exchangers for molten-salt thermal energy storage, and assembly of solid oxide fuel cells. He has also been involved in development of materials and components for high temperature gas turbines, supercritical CO2 cycles, cryogenic carbon capture, and NOx sensors.

Research interests include Solid state electrochemical energy conversion, thermal management devices, and high temperature materials. His current focus is decarbonization of energy systems through alternative power cycles, fuels, and materials. He has a track record of applying engineering fundamentals, to the development of novel devices for energy applications. There are urgent needs for technology that reduces harmful impacts of power generation and consumption that require early-stage discovery and innovation: i.e. academic research. He uses over 20 years of experience in government and industrially supported research to focus on electrochemical energy generation and transport, low-cost solar energy, safe nuclear energy, and efficient decarbonization of legacy, fossil fuel systems. He focuses on heat transfer devices, solid state energy conversion and storage – such as electrochemical electron carriers, solid oxide fuel cells, solid state batteries, solid state heat engines, etc. – and high temperature materials and composites, such as ceramics.