Currently working on electrifying aviation. He has a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University advised by Venkat Viswanathan where he worked on batteries for electrified terrestrial and aerial mobility systems. His research has been published by the National Academy of Sciences, ACS Energy Letters, Journal of the Electrochemical Society, Nature Energy, and other journals. These publications have informed electrification and transportation policy in various regions across the globe. His work is also featured in Forbes, WIRED, MIT Technology Review, Quartz, Axios, and other media outlets, where he regularly critiques developments in batteries and electric mobility. He was named in the 2023 Forbes 30 Under 30 List in Energy.

Co-host of the Battery Modeling Webinar Series (BMWS)
Contact: ssripad at cmu dot edu

Select Publications

Media & Sci-Comm.

Select Mentions:
  • The Guardian, Apr. 2023 - Feasibility of electric aircraft
  • Forbes, Dec. 2022 - Feasibility of electric aircraft
  • The Air Current, Nov. 2022 - EVTOL aircraft batteries
  • Revolution.Aero, Sept. 2022 - EVTOL aircraft batteries
  • Fast Company, Aug. 2022 - EVTOL aircraft
  • The Electric, Jun. 2022 - EVTOL aircraft batteries
  • The Electric, May. 2022 - UAM and EVTOL aircraft
  • Army Futures Command, Vertex, Apr. 2022 - Distributed charging
  • The Electric, Dec. 2021 - Solid-state batteries
  • eVTOL.com, Dec. 2021 - Supersonic EVTOL aircraft 🔋👮
  • The Electric, Aug. 2021 - Iron-air batteries
  • Forbes, Jun. 2021 - EVTOL energy efficiency
  • Cell Siders podcast, May. 2021 - Electric aircraft
  • Bloomberg, Apr. 2021 - Solid-state batteries
  • The Mobilist, Mar. 2021 - Battery manufacturing
  • Forbes, Feb. 2021 - EVTOL battery design 🔋👮
  • Forbes, Nov. 2020 - EVTOL battery sizing 🔋👮
  • WIRED, Nov. 2020 - EV powertrains
  • The Verge, Oct. 2020 - Battery manufacturing
  • WIRED, Sept. 2019 - EV motors
  • WIRED, Apr. 2019 - EV range 🔋👮
  • Quartz, Apr. 2019 - EV range 🔋👮
  • Quartz, Nov. 2018 - EV battery sizing 🔋👮
  • The Drive, Nov. 2018 - EV battery sizing 🔋👮
  • Real Engineering, Dec. 2017 - Electric semi-trucks
  • The Drive, Nov. 2017 - Electric hypercars
  • Axios, Aug. 2017 - EV battery sizing
    • By-lines:
  • Sustainable aviation: Taking innovation to new heights [The Economist, Jun. 2023]
  • How to Prevent Electric Dreams from Going Up in Flames [Battery Bits, Feb. 2022]
  • Flying cars and the future in cities [The Hindu, Jan. 2022]  [in-print]
  • The road to electric vehicles with lower sticker prices... [The Conversation, July. 2020]
  • Better batteries are fueling a surge of electric scooters [The Conversation, Oct. 2019]
  • India's EV success story will ride on two wheels [The Hindu, Mar. 2019]  [in-print]
  • Mass-market electric pickup trucks and SUVs... [The Conversation, Mar. 2019]
  • Why aren’t there electric airplanes yet? [The Conversation, Nov. 2018]
  • High precision battery testing [CHARGED, Aug. 2016]

    • Talks & Presentations

  • IEEE/AIAA Transportation Electrification Conf. and Electric Aircraft Technologies Symposium (2022)
  • Gordon Research Seminar – Batteries (2022)
  • Army Futures Command – Vertex, Energy (2022)
  • International Battery Seminar (2022)
  • Aionics Fortnightly (2021) [webinar]
  • Battery Modeling Webinar Series (2020)
  • Gordon Research Conference – Batteries (2020)
  • Oxford Battery Modelling Symposium (2019) [poster]
  • American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics – Electric Aircraft Technologies Symposium (2018)
  • Gordon Research Conference – Batteries (2018)
  • The Electrochemical Society Meeting (2017) [abstract]
  • Energy Storage and Management in Supercapacitors for Energy Harvesting Systems. (2015) [pdf]