New PhD position!
Deadline: February 11th, Uppsala University, Sweden.
Exciting PhD opportunity in electrochemistry, with research stay in Canada! Are you passionate about electrochemistry, battery research, or multiscale modeling? Looking to pursue a fully funded PhD in Sweden while also completing a research stay at the University of Waterloo? This is your chance! Apply now (through the online portal) for the PhD position in Multi-Scale Modeling of Aqueous Organic Redox Flow Batteries.

New minisymposium!
May 19-22nd, Nantes, France.
If you’re interested in both porous materials and electrochemistry, this is your chance to submit an abstract to a leading conference in porous media!
We’re excited to announce a new minisymposium at InterPore 2026 in Nantes, France, organized by Jonas Hereijgers and me. This session is fully dedicated to porous materials in electrochemical devices, think fuel cells, electrolyzers, (redox flow) batteries, and water treatment. Researchers working on porous materials for electrochemical systems, whether through modeling, design and manufacturing, experimental studies, or imaging approaches, are all welcome to join!
Keep an eye out for the abstract submission opening and make sure to submit yours to claim a spot in this exciting new minisymposium.

Jeremy joins our team!
January 1st, University of Waterloo.
We are delighted to welcome Jeremy Bijoux to our team. Jeremy is an undergraduate graduate student joining us part time in the winter term, contributing to the 3D printing and testing of porous electrodes for redox flow batteries

Adam joins our team!
January 1st, University of Waterloo.
Welcome Adam Huang to our team, we are excited to have you join us. Adam is an undergraduate graduate student who will be working with our group part time during the winter term, focusing on 3D printing and testing of porous electrodes for water electrolyzer applications

Jana joins our team!
January 1st, University of Waterloo.
Welcome Jana Al-Halimi to our team! Jana is an undergraduate graduate student that will join our group part-time in the winter term and will work on Designing, manufacturing, and testing of new lab-scale flow reactor concepts.

Group Activity
December 3rd, Waterloo.
We wrapped up the year with a great group outing: bowling at Splitsville followed by dinner at Prohibition Warehouse. Lots of laughs, questionable bowling techniques, and a chance to unwind together. It was a fun way to connect outside the lab and recharge as a team. Thank you all for a wonderful year!

Waterloo Engineering Awards Dinner
November 22nd, 5:30 pm, University of Waterloo.
Carina and Maxime attended the Waterloo Engineering Awards Dinner where they celebrated the Zeton Inc. Engineering Award won by Carina for her URA in our group! Congratulations Carina, well deserved!

Fall Open House
November 8th, 9 am – 4 pm, University of Waterloo.
The Fall Open House was a great success where many future UW students had the chance to chat with professors and students, take tours and visit the residences, and attend in-person sessions. Hope to see you next year at UWaterloo!

ChE Grad Fair
October 23rd, 9:00 – 13:30 pm, University of Waterloo.
The Chemical Engineering Graduate Recruitment Fair was a success, where potential students joined the fair to meet the faculty, current students, and to visit the ChE facilities (including our lab!).

248th ECS meeting
October 12th – 16th, Chicago, US.
Maxime van der Heijden attended the Electrochemical Society meeting in Chicago, where she presented our work entitled: Customizable Porous Electrodes for Redox Flow Batteries via Additive Manufacturing in Session L06.

Spotlight Member WIN
October, Waterloo.
Maxime van der Heijden is featured in the University of Waterloo Institute of Nanotechnology Annual Report as Spotlight Member! The article showcases our lab’s research on electrochemical devices and their potential integration in Ontario’s energy landscape. It also highlights Maxime’s commitment to inclusive mentorship and interdisciplinary collaboration in clean energy innovation. Read the Annual Report of WIN, including the Spotlight Member article here.

CSChE conference
October 5th – 8th, Montreal.
Maxime van der Heijden attended the Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering’s annual event in Montreal, where she presented our work entitled: Customizable Porous Electrodes for Redox Flow Batteries via Additive Manufacturing in Session 3.4.

News item!
September 23rd, University of Waterloo
We’re excited to be featured in the University of Waterloo’s Chemical Engineering news! The article showcases our lab’s research on redox flow batteries and the innovative strategies we’re developing to enhance their performance. Check it out here.

Travel grant for the 248th ECS Meeting!
October 12th – 16th, Chicago, US.
Maxime van der Heijden won a travel grant for the Electrochemical Society meeting in Chicago for her abstract: Customizable Porous Electrodes for Redox Flow Batteries via Additive Manufacturing, which she will present during the meeting in Session L06.

Welcome to the team, Andreina!
September 8th, University of Waterloo.
We are excited to welcome Andreina Camano Alcedo to our team as a PhD student, co-supervised by Prof. Pope! Andreina brings a strong foundation in nanotechnology and will apply this expertise in our group on a collaborative project with the 2D Materials and Electrochemical Devices Lab on Synthesis of High-Conductivity Electrochemically Exfoliated Graphene for Advanced Battery Applications.

Welcome to the team, Hamza!
September 4th, University of Waterloo.
We are excited to welcome Hamza Miran to our team as a Master’s student! Hamza brings a strong foundation in computational design and energy systems, and will apply this expertise in our group on Co-designing flow fields and porous electrodes for redox flow batteries using computational approaches.

Welcome to the team, Zain!
September 2nd University of Waterloo.
We are thrilled to welcome Muhammad Zain Qamar to our team as a PhD student! Zain brings a strong foundation in energy and materials science, and his research will focus on Additive manufacturing of hierarchically organized porous materials for electrochemical flow reactors.

Tova joins our team!
September 1st, University of Waterloo.
Welcome Tova Gilbert to our team! Tova is an undergraduate graduate student who will joining our group full-time in the fall, during her co-op term and will work on Performance evaluation of porous electrodes in redox flow batteries.

Carina joins our team!
September 1st, University of Waterloo.
Welcome Carina Gandhi to our team! Carina is an undergraduate graduate student that will join our group part-time in the fall term and will work on Designing, manufacturing, and testing of new lab-scale redox flow battery concepts.

Minyei joins our team!
September 1st, University of Waterloo.
Welcome Minyei Kim to our team! Minyei is an undergraduate graduate student that will join our group part-time in the fall term and will work on Designing 3D printed porous electrodes for electrochemical applications.

Patrick joins our team!
August 25th, University of Waterloo.
Welcome Patrick Rosenau to our team! Patrick is an undergraduate graduate student that will join our group part-time in the fall term and will work on Designing 3D printed porous electrodes for electrochemical applications.

Manuscript accepted!
August 1st.
Our manuscript entitled Neutron imaging to study the influence of flow fields and porous electrodes on concentration distributions in redox flow cells is accepted for publication in Sustainable Energy & Fuels!

Group picture on UWaterloo website!
August 1st, University of Waterloo.
Our amazing group picture is now also visible at the Chemical Engineering – Our people page of the University of Waterloo!

Aarnav joins our team!
July 28th, University of Waterloo.
Welcome Aarnav Shah to our team! Aarnav is a high school student from David Suzuki Secondary School that will join our group during the summer break to work on Neural networks for pore network modeling of redox flow batteries.

HI-AM conference
July 23rd – 24th, University of Waterloo.
Maxime van der Heijden attended the Holistic Innovation in Additive Manufacturing conference, where she presented our work entitled: Additive manufacturing of triply periodic minimal surface structures as porous electrodes for redox flow batteries in Session 11.

Arielle joins our team!
June 12th, University of Waterloo.
Welcome Arielle Chung to our team! Arielle is a high school student from Cameron Heights Collegiate Institute that will join our group during the summer break to work on Redox flow battery testing and 3D-printed porous electrodes.

Seminar at MIT
June 20th, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, US.
Maxime van der Heijden was invited to give a seminar at MIT in Yang Shao-Horn’s group on “Tailored Porous Materials for Redox Flow Batteries“.

GRC Electrolysis conference
June 15th – 19th, Waterville Valley, US.
Maxime van der Heijden attended the first Gordon Research Conference on Water Electrolysis – Empowering Low Temperature Electrolysis through Fundamentals Illumination and Materials Innovation.

Salah joins our team!
June 12th, University of Waterloo.
Welcome Jihad Salah Khan to our team! Jihad Salah is a visiting PhD student from NUST that will join our group for six months to work on Advanced Modeling, Optimization, and Uncertainty Quantification of Redox Flow Batteries Using Pore Network Models and AI-Based Approaches.

Cameron Heights Field Trip
June 5th, University of Waterloo
Grade 11 of Cameron Heights visited ChE to learn more about Chemical Engineering @UW. The students attended the ‘What is ChE‘ lecture presented by Maxime van der Heijden, had discussions with current students, and visited the ChE facilities.

InterPore2025 conference
May 19th – 22nd, Albuquerque, US.
Maxime van der Heijden attended the InterPore Annual conference in Albuquerque, where she presented our work entitled: Additive Manufacturing of Triply Periodic Minimal Surface Structures as Electrodes for Redox Flow Batteries in Session MS22.

Minh-Anh joins our team!
May 15th, University of Waterloo.
Welcome Minh-Anh Zaiser to our team! Min-Anh is an undergraduate graduate student that will join our group part-time in the spring and fall terms and will work on Simulating 3D printed porous electrodes in redox flow batteries using COMSOL Multiphysics.

Sehej joins our team!
May 12th, University of Waterloo.
Welcome Sehej Budhiraja to our team! Sehej is an undergraduate graduate student that will join our group part-time in the spring term and will work on Innovative resin formulations for 3D printing porous electrodes for redox flow batteries.

Ethan joins our team!
May 5th, University of Waterloo.
Welcome Ethan Park to our team! Ethan is an undergraduate graduate student that will join our group part-time in the spring term and will work on Designing, manufacturing, and testing of new lab-scale redox flow battery concepts.

Sonia joins our team!
May 5th, University of Waterloo.
Welcome Sonia Khalghollah to our team! Sonia is a graduate student that will join our group full-time in the spring term and will work on 3D printing of porous electrodes for flow electrochemical applications.

University of Waterloo Teaching and Learning Conference
April 30th – May 1st, University of Waterloo.
Maxime van der Heijden joined UW’s teaching and learning conference, full of inspiring lectures on the theme Disruption and Uncertainty as Drivers for Change.

Top Viewed Article
April 16th, Advanced Materials Technologies.
Great news! Our article entitled Investigating Mass Transfer Relationships in Stereolithography 3D Printed Electrodes for Redox Flow Batteries is amoung the most widely read papers published in Advanced Materials Technologies between January 1, 2023 – December 31, 2023!

Guest Lecture ChE 516
March 25th, University of Waterloo.
Maxime van der Heijden gave a guest lecture at ChE 516 about Redox flow batteries for large-scale energy storage, which was a great opportunity to share her knowledge on redox flow batteries with UW students!

March Open House
March 22nd, 10 am – 4 pm, University of Waterloo.
The March Open House was a great success where future UW students had the chance to chat with professors and students, take tours and visit the residences, and attend in-person sessions.

ChE Grad Fair
January 24th, 3:30 – 5:30 pm, University of Waterloo.
The first Chemical Engineering Graduate Recruitment Fair was a big success! Many potential students joined the fair to meet the faculty, current students, and to visit the ChE facilities.