Joshua Gallaway

DiPietro Assistant Professor,  Chemical Engineering

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Office

  • 215 Cullinane
  • 617.373.3769

Lab

  • 252 Egan

Research Focus

Electrochemical engineering, batteries and energy storage, and energy sustainability

Education

  • PhD, Columbia University, 2007
  • Postdoctoral Research Associate, Columbia University, 2007-2009
  • Senior Research Associate, CUNY Energy Institute, 2009-2017
  • DiPietro Assistant Professor, Northeastern University, 2017-present

Research Overview

Electrochemical engineering, batteries and energy storage, and energy sustainability

Analysis of Complex Electrochemical Systems Lab

In our lab we study mechanisms within complex electrochemical systems. Practical electrochemical systems such as batteries, sensors, and fuel cells are often complex, involving engineered high surface area electrodes, starved electrolyte conditions, phase transformations, and interplay of the two electrodes. For these reasons there are significant deviations from ideal behavior as well as emergent or unexpected phenomena. We seek to understand these to engineer better devices for broad societal benefit, such as the worldwide adoption of sustainable energy.

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Selected Research Projects

Selected Publications

  • Zhang, Qing, Bruck, Andrea M., Stavola, Alyssa M., Liang, Wentao, Aurora, Peter, Gallaway, Joshua W. (2021). Enhanced Electrochemical Stability of Sulfide‐Based LiNi 0.8 Mn 0.1 Co 0.1 O 2 All‐Solid‐State Batteries by Ti Surface Doping. Batteries & Supercaps, 4(3),529-535. 10.1002/BATT.202000213
  • Sun, Xiao, Stavola, Alyssa M., Cao, Daxian, Bruck, Andrea M., Wang, Ying, Zhang, Yunlu, Luan, Pengcheng, Gallaway, Joshua W., Zhu, Hongli (2021). Operando EDXRD Study of All‐Solid‐State Lithium Batteries Coupling Thioantimonate Superionic Conductors with Metal Sulfide. Advanced Energy Materials, 11(3),2002861. 10.1002/AENM.202002861
  • Bruck, A.M.; Kim, M.A.; Ma, L.; Ehrlich, S.N.; Okasinski, J.S.; and Gallaway, J.W., “Bismuth Enables the Formation of Disordered Birnessite in Rechargeable Alkaline Batteries.” Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 2020, 167, 110514.
  • Marschilok, A. C.; Bruck, A.; Abraham, A.; Stackhouse, C.; Takeuchi, K. J.; Takeuchi, E. S.; Croft, M.; Gallaway, J.W., “Energy dispersive X-ray diffraction (EDXRD) for operando materials characterization within batteries.” Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2020.
  • J.W. Gallaway, G.G. Yadav, D.E. Turney, M. Nyce, J. Huang, Y.-C.K. Chen-Wiegart, G. Williams, J. Thieme, J.S. Okasinski, X. Wei, An Operando Study of the Initial Discharge of Bi and Bi/Cu Modified MnO2, Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 165 (13), 2018, A2935-A2947
  • G.G. Yadav, J.W. Gallaway, D.E. Turney, M. Nyce, J. Huang, X. Wei, S. Banerjee, Regenerable Cu-Intercalated MnO2 Layered Cathode for Highly Cyclable Energy Dense Batteries, Nature Communications, 8, 2017, 14424
  • J.W. Gallaway, B.J. Hertzberg, Z. Zhong, M. Croft, D.E. Turney, G.G. Yadav, D.A. Steingart, C.K. Erdonmez, S. Banerjee, Operando Identification of the Point of [Mn2]O4 Spinel Formation During γ-MnO2 Discharge Within Batteries, Journal of Power Sources, 321, 2016, 135-142
  • J.W. Gallaway, M. Menard, B. Hertzberg, Z. Zhong, M. Croft, L.A. Sviridov, D.E. Turney, S. Banerjee, D.A. Steingart, C.K. Erdonmez, Hetaerolite Profiles in Alkaline Batteries Measured by High Energy EDXRD, Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 162(1), 2015, A162-A168
  • N.D. Ingale, J.W. Gallaway, M. Nyce, A. Couzis, S. Banerjee, Rechargeability and Economic Aspects of Alkaline Zinc-Manganese Dioxide Cells for Electrical Storage and Load Leveling, Journal of Power Sources, 276, 2015, 7-18

Faculty

Feb 01, 2024

Faculty and Staff Awards 2024

The College of Engineering recognized faculty and staff at the annual faculty and staff awards event and thanked everyone for their hard work and dedication in support of our students, college, and university during the 2023-2024 academic year. View award recipients and photo gallery.

Faculty

Sep 15, 2023

Announcing Fall 2023 PEAK Experiences Awardees

Several engineering students and science students mentored by COE faculty are recipients of Northeastern’s Fall 2023 PEAK Experiences Awards. Projects this fall are tackling a range of topics and modes with students developing an autobiographical zine, studying the development of amphibian limbs, building better rocket parts, and more. BASE CAMP AWARDS Farhad Ibrahimzade COE’26 & […]

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Faculty

May 24, 2023

A First Step to Designing Better Solid-State Batteries

ChE DiPietro Assistant Professor Joshua Gallaway was featured in the EurekAlert article “A first step to designing better solid-state batteries.”

Faculty

Apr 27, 2023

Announcing Summer 2023 PEAK Experiences Awardees

Several engineering students and science students mentored by COE faculty are recipients of Northeastern’s Summer 2023 PEAK Experiences Awards. They will be pursuing a diverse set of projects, including a study of a pathogen that haunts hospitals, an examination of segregationist rhetoric in Boston newspapers, and an analysis of creativity in music.

Faculty

Jan 25, 2023

Announcing Spring 2023 PEAK Experiences Awardees

Several engineering students and science students mentored by COE faculty are recipients of Northeastern’s Spring 2023 PEAK Experiences Awards. Base Camp Awardees Sophia Nguyen COE’26, “Neuromodulation of Motor Cortex’s Response to Different Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Pulse Waveforms” Mentor: Mathew Yarossi, Bouvé, Physical Therapy/Movement/Rehab Science This project seeks to use transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), a noninvasive […]

Faculty

Jan 24, 2023

Faculty and Staff Awards 2023

Congratulations to all the winners of the faculty and staff awards, and to everyone for their hard work and dedication during the 2022-2023 academic school year. COE Distinguished Faculty Award Yun Raymond Fu, ECE Auroop Ganguly, CEE Luke Landherr, ChE Sinan Müftü, MIE Mark Niedre, BioE Alison Nogueira, Co-op Nian Sun, ECE Constantinos Mavroidis Translational […]

Faculty

Feb 04, 2022

Announcing Spring 2022 PEAK Experiences Awardees

Several engineering students and science students mentored by COE faculty are recipients of Northeastern’s Spring 2022 PEAK Experiences Awards.

Undergraduate

Oct 12, 2021

Announcing Fall 2021 PEAK Experiences Awardees

Several engineering students and science students mentored by COE faculty are recipients of Northeastern’s Fall 2021 PEAK Experiences Awards. The PEAK Experiences Awards are a progressively structured sequence of opportunities designed to support learners as they continue climbing to new heights of achievement in undergraduate research and creative endeavor throughout their Northeastern journeys. ASCENT AWARDS […]

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Students

May 13, 2021

Creating a Cobalt-free Battery

Chemical engineering student Sydney Morris, E’21, is researching ways to make an efficient, powerful battery that doesn’t require the rare earth mineral cobalt.

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Graduate

Apr 26, 2021

Congratulations RISE: 2021 Winners

Congratulations to our engineering students who won awards at the RISE:2021 Research, Innovation and Scholarship Expo!

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