GSET Battery Thermal Conductivity Research

Kevin's Governor's School research project on anisotropic thermal conductivity in lithium-ion polymer batteries, later published in the 2024 IEEE MIT Undergraduate Research Technology Conference proceedings.

• Repo: https://github.com/Kevin-Liu-01/Probing-the-Anisotropic-Thermal-Conductivity-in-Lithium-Ion-Polymer-Batteries
• IEEE page: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10937635
• DOI: 10.1109/URTC65039.2024.10937635
• Conference: 2024 IEEE MIT Undergraduate Research Technology Conference, Cambridge, MA, October 11-13, 2024. Source: raw/articles/ieee-gset-battery-thermal-conductivity-2026-06-25.md

What it is

The project measured anisotropic thermal conductivity in lithium-ion polymer batteries, comparing through-plane and in-plane thermal conductivity. The IEEE abstract reports a custom setup with a Wheatstone Bridge, current source maintenance circuits, and a flexible heater. Results were 1.57 W/m K through-plane and 24.88 W/m K in-plane, showing that the layered through-plane structure significantly reduces thermal conductivity. Source: raw/articles/ieee-gset-battery-thermal-conductivity-2026-06-25.md

The GitHub repo stores Python/Matplotlib environments for the GSET research and is tagged with LabVIEW, Matplotlib, Python, batteries, data visualization, research, and thermal conductivity. Source: raw/github/kevin-repos-2026-06-25.json

Research significance

The paper's applied point is battery safety and thermal management. Lithium-ion cells can face thermal runaway risk if thermal behavior is not managed correctly. The measured anisotropy implies that cooling/heating strategies should prioritize the in-plane dimension where thermal conductivity is highest. Source: raw/articles/ieee-gset-battery-thermal-conductivity-2026-06-25.md

Why it matters in Kevin's profile

This is the best proof of physical-science research range in Kevin's project portfolio. It is not an agent or web project; it shows experimental design, instrumentation, data analysis, and publication through IEEE URTC. It should sit next to HD Transcribe and CoTCodec when summarizing research breadth. Source: raw/articles/ieee-gset-battery-thermal-conductivity-2026-06-25.md; raw/github/kevin-repos-2026-06-25.json

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Timeline

• 2026-07-01 | Project graph refresh checked this page against Kevin's live GitHub inventory and PortfolioMon scrape. No direct repo/card match was promoted here, so the page remains a context or umbrella project page. Source: raw/github/kevin-repos-2026-07-01.json; raw/sites/kevinliu-biz-2026-07-01/portfolio-projects.json

• 2023-07-27 | GitHub repo created for GSET research Matplotlib environments. Source: raw/github/kevin-repos-2026-06-25.json

• 2024-10-11 to 2024-10-13 | Paper appeared in the 2024 IEEE MIT Undergraduate Research Technology Conference. Source: raw/articles/ieee-gset-battery-thermal-conductivity-2026-06-25.md

• 2025-03-31 | IEEE Xplore date added. Source: raw/articles/ieee-gset-battery-thermal-conductivity-2026-06-25.md

• 2026-06-25 | IEEE page and GitHub metadata captured into the wiki as a project artifact. Source: User request, 2026-06-25