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22 May 2025
Energies Webinar | Innovations in Thermal Energy Processes and Management, 6 June 2025
As the global push for sustainable energy intensifies, thermal energy systems are undergoing a transformative shift. This webinar presents recent innovations in thermal energy processes and management, with a spotlight on emerging solutions in battery thermal management, high-efficiency heat exchangers, and AI-enabled control strategies.
This webinar explores how advances in materials, system integration, and smart control are improving the thermal performance of next-generation technologies. Particular emphasis is placed on thermal challenges in battery safety, lifespan, and rapid charging, as well as how novel cooling architectures and phase-change materials are addressing them.
By reinventing how heat is managed, stored, and utilized, these innovations support greater energy efficiency, system reliability, and progress toward net-zero goals.
Date: 6 June 2025 at 8:30 a.m. CEST | 2:30 a.m. EDT | 2:30 p.m. CST Asia
Webinar ID: 872 4117 0552
Register now for free!
| Speaker/Presentation | Time in CEST | Time in CST Asia |
| Dr. Xin Cui Chair Introduction |
8:30–8:40 a.m. | 2:30–2:40 p.m. |
| Dr. Kian Jon Chua Smart Heat - Innovations in Thermal Energy Recovery and Utilization |
8:40–9:00 a.m. | 2:40–3:00 p.m. |
| Dr. Yunlin Shao A Thermally Induced Flexible Composite Phase Change Material for Battery Thermal Management |
9:00–9:20 a.m. | 3:00–3:20 p.m. |
| Dr. Will Chang Liu Broadband Thermal Management Using Thermo-Responsive Polymer Composite Films |
9:20–9:40 a.m. | 3:20–3:40 p.m. |
| Q&A Session | 9:40–9:55 a.m. | 3:40–3:55 p.m. |
| Dr. Xin Cui Closing of Webinar |
9:55–10:00 a.m. | 3:55–4:00 p.m. |
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information on how to join the webinar. Registrations with academic institutional email addresses will be prioritized.
Unable to attend? Register anyway and we will inform you when the recording is available.
Webinar Chair and Keynote Speakers:
- Dr. Xin Cui (Chair), School of Human Settlements and Civil Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China;
- Dr. Kian Jon Chua, Department of Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore;
- Dr. Yunlin Shao, School of Energy and Power Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China;
- Dr. Will Chang Liu, Department of Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
“Innovations in Thermal Energy Processes and Management”
Guest Editors: Dr. Xin Cui and Dr. Yunlin Shao
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 November 2025
