Lucas Griffith

Scientist II

DMSE

Email: lucasg1@ameslab.gov
Office: 259 Spedding
Websites:
Photograph of Lucas Griffith

Credentials

Education

  • Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Michigan
  • B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Iowa State University

Areas of Expertise

  • Heat transport, electrochemistry

Research

Research Interests

  • Projects:

    Industrial Energy and Decarbonization Office
    $2.6 M for 2025 to 2028
    Distillation with ElastoCaloric Active Regenerator Bending: DECARB

    Lab Directed Research and Development (LDRD)
    $150 k for 10/2024 to 10/2025
    Thermal Energy Recovery with Magnetocaloric Materials

    Army, Small Business Innovation and Research (SBIR)
    $600 k for 07/2024 to 12/2025
    Energy-Efficient Hydrofluorocarbon-Free Elastocaloric Cooling Technology

    Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP)
    $1.8 M for 03/2023 to 03/2026
    WP23-3605
    Zero Global Warming Potential Elastocaloric Cooling for Military Use

Patents

  • “Low-Force Compressive and Tensile Actuation for Elastocaloric Heat Pumps” Slaughter-Zrostlik et al. 2020, US Patent No. 12,158,291

Publications