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Battery Integration Lab: Design and Experimentation Lab

The Battery Integration Lab: Design and Experimentation (BILDE) is part of the Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Science Department at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. The research goal of the lab is to solve system level problems associated with the scaling of Li-ion batteries through system level design optimization, experimentation and modeling. Research topics of interest include: mechanical safety of Li-ion battery packs, thermal modeling and control of pack cooling systems, multifunctional battery structure design, battery degradation modeling and range estimation in dynamic testing environments.

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UNC Charlotte’s BILDE lab advances next-generation battery technology through cutting-edge research in safety, performance and design. Their work drives innovation in energy storage for electric vehicles and advanced electronics.

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Publications

The BILDE publications page highlights the lab’s research contributions in battery science and energy storage, showcasing peer-reviewed work advancing the field through experimentation and collaboration.

Publications
  • Sherman, John, and Anthony Bombik. “Investigating the Correlation Between Mechanical Impact and Long Term Performance Degradation in Li-Ion Batteries.” Batteries 12.6 (2026): 217.
  • Sherman, John, and Anthony Bombik. “Manufacturing and Measuring Lithium-Ion Batteries to Isolate Reduction of Performance From Mechanical Damage.” ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. Vol. 89374. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2025.
  • Huhn, Eric, et al. “Lithium-ion battery thermal runaway suppression using water spray cooling.” Energies 18.11 (2025): 2709.
  • Roghani, Soroush, et al. “Complex Battery Storage Fire Propagation Translational Forensic Study Using Cellular Automata.” Applied Sciences 14.24 (2024): 11539.
  • Bombik, Anthony, et al. “A systematic approach to resolve high impedance of multifunctional energy storage composites.” Journal of Energy Storage 54 (2022): 105191.
  • Bombik, Anthony, et al. “Mechanical-Electrical Behavior of Multifunctional Energy Storage Composites” ASME 2021 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE 2021. American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021.
  • Bombik, Anthony, et al. “Li-ion Battery Health Estimation Using Ultrasonic Guided Wave Data and an Extended Kalman Filter.” 2021 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC). IEEE, 2021.
  • Bombik, Anthony, et al. “Design of a Multi-functional Energy Storage Composite Electric Skateboard.” Proceedings of the American Society for Composites—Thirty-fourth Technical Conference. 2019.

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Anthony Bombik, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Sciences
abombik@charlotte.edu
704-687-7943
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