Todd Kingston
Title(s):
Building a World of Difference Faculty Fellow in Engineering
Assistant Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Office
2036 Black Engr.
2529 Union Dr.
Ames, IA 50011-2030
Information
The Kingston Research Group in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Iowa State University is a diverse and vibrant team with primary research interests in energy transport and conversion processes involving electrochemistry, multiphase flows, and/or heat transfer.
Research Website: Kingston Research Group
Research Areas: Multiphase thermal-fluid transport, Thermal management, Energy transfer and conversion, Microfluidics, Boiling heat transfer, Thermo-electrochemical phenomena, Battery science and safety
Education
PhD, Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University
MS, Mechanical Engineering, Iowa State University
BS, Mechanical Engineering, Iowa State University
Publications
R.W. Atkinson, A. Raj, T.A. Kingston, R. Carter, M. Li, and C.T. Love, “Thermal gradient strategy to improve seeding for high rate zero excess lithium metal batteries,” Frontiers in Energy Research, 12, 1327955, 2024 (doi.org/10.3389/fenrg.2024.1327955).
A. Thelen, M. Zohair, J. Ramamurthy, A. Harkaway, W. Jiao, M. Ohja, M.U. Ishtiaque, T.A. Kingston, C.L. Pint, and C. Hu, “Sequential Bayesian optimization for accelerating the design of sodium metal battery nucleation layers,” Journal of Power Sources, 581, 233508, 2023 (doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2023.233508)
T.A. Kingston, B.D. Olson, J.A. Weibel, and S.V. Garimella, “Transient flow boiling and maldistribution characteristics in heated parallel channels induced by flow regime oscillations,” IEEE Transactions on Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology, 11(10), 2021 (special issue) (doi.org/10.1109/TCPMT.2021.3106226).
R. Carter, T.A. Kingston, R.W. Atkinson, M. Parmananda, M. Dubarry, C. Fear, P.P. Mukherjee, and C.T. Love, “Directionality of thermal gradients in Li-ion batteries dictates diverging degradation modes,” Cell Reports Physical Science, 2(3), 100351, 2021 (doi.org/10.1016/j.xcrp.2021.100351).
R.W. Atkinson, T.A. Kingston, E.J. Klein, A. NewRingeisen, R. Carter, and C.T. Love, “Minimizing lithium deactivation during high-rate electroplating via sub-ambient thermal gradient control”, Materials Today Energy, 18, 100538, 2020 (doi.org/10.1016/j.mtener.2020.100538).
T.A. Kingston, J.A. Weibel, and S.V. Garimella, “Time-resolved characterization of microchannel flow boiling during transient heating: Part 1 – Dynamic response to a single heat flux pulse”, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 154, 119643, 2020 (doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2020.119643)
T.A. Kingston, J.A. Weibel, and S.V. Garimella, “Time-resolved characterization of microchannel flow boiling during transient heating: Part 2 – Dynamic response to time-periodic heat flux pulses”, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 154, 119686, 2020 (doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2020.119686)
R. Carter, E.J. Klein, T.A. Kingston, and C.T. Love, “Detection of lithium plating during thermally transient charging of Li-ion batteries”, Frontiers in Energy Research, 7:144, 2019 (doi.org/10.3389/fenrg.2019.00144).
T.A. Kingston, J.A. Weibel, and S.V. Garimella, “Ledinegg instability-induced temperature excursion between thermally isolated, Heated Parallel Microchannels”, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 132, pp. 550-556, 2019 (doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2018.12.017).
T.A. Kingston, J.A. Weibel, and S.V. Garimella, “High-frequency thermal-fluidic characterization of dynamic microchannel flow boiling instabilities: Part 1 – Rapid-bubble-growth instability at the onset of boiling”, International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 106, pp. 179-188, 2018 (doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2018.05.007).
T.A. Kingston, J.A. Weibel, and S.V. Garimella, “High-frequency thermal-fluidic characterization of dynamic microchannel flow boiling instabilities: Part 2 – Impact of operating conditions on instability type and severity”, International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 106, pp. 189-201, 2018 (doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2018.05.001).
T.A. Kingston, J.A. Weibel, and S.V. Garimella, “An experimental method for controlled generation and characterization of microchannel slug flow boiling”, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 106, pp. 619-628, 2017 (doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2016.09.036).
T.A. Kingston, T.A. Geick, T.R. Robinson, and T.J. Heindel, “Characterizing 3D granular flow structures in a double screw mixer using X-ray particle tracking velocimetry”, Powder Technology, 278, pp. 211-222, 2015 (doi.org/10.1016/j.powtec.2015.02.061).
T.A. Kingston, T.B. Morgan, T.A. Geick, T.R. Robinson, and T.J. Heindel, “A cone-beam compensated back-projection algorithm for X-ray particle tracking velocimetry”, Flow Measurement and Instrumentation, 39, pp. 64-75, 2014 (doi.org/10.1016/j.flowmeasinst.2014.06.002).
T.A. Kingston and T.J. Heindel, “Granular mixing optimization and the influence of operating conditions in a double screw mixer”, Powder Technology, 266, pp.144-155, 2014 (doi.org/10.1016/j.powtec.2014.06.016).
T.A. Kingston and T.J. Heindel, “Optical visualization and composition analysis to quantify continuous granular mixing processes”, Powder Technology, 262, pp. 257-264, 2014 (doi.org/10.1016/j.powtec.2014.04.071).
Primary Strategic Research Area
Energy Systems