Dr. Vitaliy R. Yurkiv

Dr. Vitaliy Yurkiv is presently an assistant professor at the Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, University of Arizona. Prior to the UA, Dr. Yurkiv was working as a research professor at the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago. Dr. Yurkiv received his PhD (12/2010) at the Interdisciplinary Centre for Scientific Computing (IWR) from Heidelberg University (Heidelberg, Germany) focusing on the modeling and simulation of energy storage and conversion technologies. After obtaining his PhD degree, he was working (01/2011 – 11/2015) as a research associate with further advancement to principal investigator at the Institute of Engineering Thermodynamics, German Aerospace Center, as well as Stuttgart University (Stuttgart, Germany). He received his M.S. and B.S. degrees from Ivan Franko National University of Lviv (Lviv, Ukraine) in July 2006. His primary research interest is a multidisciplinary study of fundamental processes as occur in energy storage (batteries) and conversion (fuel/electrolysis cells) devices. He has published 43 research papers in various refereed journals, as well as numerous conference proceedings. He has been working on numerous research projects in industry and academia.