Faculty Scholarship and Patents

Our community of faculty scholars engage in interdisciplinary research that focuses on real world problems and lays the groundwork for the innovations of tomorrow that can improve the lives and the livelihood of people around the world. Their research generates the knowledge and understanding needed for a better society, and it strengthens our teaching mission by enriching our students' learning experience in and out of the classroom. We encourage you to further explore our featured undergraduate research work.

The 10 featured or most recent scholarship and patent listings are displayed for each faculty member listed below.

Codd, Daniel

Journal Articles

• With Joseph McCrink, "Advances in Solar Energy: Heliostat Systems Design, Implementation, and Operation II," 2025.
• With Joseph McCrink, Timothy Lach, and Xiang (Frank) Chen, "Creep performance and microstructure of grade 91 steel weldments with integrated welding and thermal processing," vol. 145, 2025.
• With Siddharth Padmanabha, Thalia Koutsougeras, Tim Keegan, Owen Harris, and Axel Nielsen, "Building Integration and Optimization of a Solar Electric-Thermal Energy Cogeneration System," IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 2024.
• With Skelton, Will; Ji, Yaping; Artz, Luke, Spitler, Christopher, Ingrish, George, Islam, Kazi, and Escarra, Matthew D, "Design and field testing of a sunflower hybrid concentrator photovoltaic-thermal receiver," Cell Reports Physical Science, vol. 3, p. 100887, 2022.
• With Ji, Yaping; Artzt, Luke E; Adams, Will; , Spitler, Christopher, Islam, Kazi, and Escarra, Matthew D, "A transmissive concentrator photovoltaic module with cells directly cooled by silicone oil for solar cogeneration systems," Applied Energy, vol. 288, p. 116622, 2021.
• With Calvet, Nicolas; Slocum, Alexander H, Gil, Antoni; Grange, Benjamin, Lahlou, Radia; Hamer, Tyler T, Diago, Miguel; Tetreault-Friend, Melanie, and Trumper, David L, "Dispatchable solar power using molten salt directly irradiated from above," Solar Energy, vol. 220, pp. 217-229, 2021.
• With Antoni Gil, Muhammad Taha Manzoor, and Melanie Tetreault-Friend, "Concentrating Solar Power (CSP)—Thermal Energy Storage (TES) Advanced Concept Development and Demonstrations," Sustainable/Renewable Energy Reports, vol. 7, 2, pp. 17-27, 2020.
• With Escarra, M.D., Riggs, B., Islam, K., Ji, Y., Robertson, J., Spitler, C., Platz J., Gupta, N., and Miller, F.J., "Solar Cogeneration of Electricity with High Temperature Process Heat," Cell Reports Physical Science, vol. 100135, 2020.
• With Khalil, I., Pratt, Q., and Spitler, C., "Modeling a thermoplate conical heat exchanger in a point focus solar thermal collector," International Journal of Mass and Heat Transfer, 130, pp. 1-8, 2019.
• With Khalil, I., Hayes, R., Pratt, Q., and Spitler, C., "Experimental and Numerical Modeling of Heat Transfer in Directed Thermoplates," International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, vol. 123, pp. 89-96, 2018.
• With Ji, Y., Xu, Q., Riggs, B., Islam, K., Ollanik, A., Ermer, J., Krut, D., Romanin, V., and Escarra, M., "Optical Design and Validation of an Infrared Transmissive Spectrum Splitting Concentrator Photovoltaic Module," IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, vol. 7, 5, pp. 1469-1478, 2017.
• With Riggs, B., Biedenharn, R., Dougher, C., Ji, Y., Xu, Q., Romanin, V., Zahler, J., and Escarra, M., "Techno-economic analysis of hybrid PV/T systems for process heat using electricity to subsidize the cost of heat," Applied Energy, vol. 208, pp. 1370-1378, 2017.
• With Xu, Q., Ji, Y., Riggs, B., Ollanik, A., Farrar-Foley, N., Ermer, J., Romanin V., and Lynn, P., "A transmissive, spectrum-splitting concentrating photovoltaic module for hybrid photovoltaic-solar thermal energy conversion," Solar Energy, vol. 137, pp. 585-593, 2016.
• With Grange, B., Kumar, V., Gil, A., Armstrong, P., Slocum, A., and Calvet, N., "Preliminary Optical, Thermal and Structural Design of a 100 kW_th CSPonD Beam-down On Sun Demonstration Plant," Energy Procedia, vol. 75, pp. 2163-2168, 2015.
• With Slocum, A., Buongiorno, J., Forsberg, C., McKrell, T., Nave, J., Papanicolas, C., Ghobeity, A., Noone, C., Passerini, S., and Mitsos, A., "Concentrated solar power on demand," Solar Energy, vol. 85, 7, pp. 1519-1529, 2011.
• With Carlson, A., Rees, J., and Slocum, A., "A low cost high flux solar simulator," Solar Energy, vol. 84, 12, pp. 2202-2212, 2010.

Chapters of Books or Articles within Books

• "Lightweight Materials in the Transportation (Automotive Industry)" in Lightweight Materials: Understanding the Basics. Materials Park, OH: ASM International, 2012, pp. 660-669.

Patents

• With Joseph McCrink, "Integrated additive manufacturing and thermal processing method for microstructure control," US20250162034A1 - Pending, 2025.
• With Matthew David Escarra, Kazi M Islam, Yaping Ji, David M BAR-OR, and Jacqueline C Failla, "Spectrum-splitting concentrator photovoltaic module with direct fluid cooling, and associated methods," 12376419, 2025.
• With Matthew David Escarra, Luke Artzt, Yaping Ji, Matthew Barrios, and Kazi M Islam, "Hybrid receiver for concentrated photovoltaic-thermal power systems, and associated methods," US20240339964A1 - Pending, 2024.
• With Escarra, M.D. , Xu, Qi, Ji, Yaping, Riggs, Brian C., and Ollanik, Adam, "Transmissive concentrated photovoltaic module with cooling system," U.S. Patent 11909352, 2024.
• With Brown, T., "Sport stick training weight," U.S. Patent 10,004,962, 2018.
• With Brister, M., Neale, P., Saint, S., Petisce, J., McGee, T., Petersen, D., and Kline, D., "Transcutaneous analyte sensor," U.S. Patent 9,833,176, 2017.
• With Brister, M., Neale, P., Saint, S., Petisce, J., Thrower, J., Kamath, A., Kline, D., Guerre, J., McGee, T., and Petersen, D., "Transcutaneous analyte sensor," U.S. Patent 9,814,414, 2017.
• With O'Connor, S., Hanson, I., Bente IV, P., Ramaswamy, R., Beaver, S., Bokelman, K., and Love, J., "Sterile fluid pathway connection to drug containers for drug delivery pumps," U.S. Patent 9,707,337, 2017.
• With Brister, M., Neale, P., Saint, S., Petisce, J., Thrower, J., Kamath, A., Kline, D., Guerre, J., McGee, T., and Petersen, D., "Transcutaneous analyte sensor," U.S. Patent 9,414,777, 2016.
• With Slocum, A., Buongiorno, J., and Forsberg, C., "Concentrated solar power system," U.S. Patent 9,273,883, 2016.
• With Slocum, A. and Paxson, A., "Concentrated solar power system receiver," U.S. Patent 9,488,386, 2016.
• With Brister, M., Neale, P., Saint, S., Thrower, J., McGee, T., Petersen, D., and Kline, D., "Transcutaneous analyte sensor," U.S. Patent 8,801,611, 2014.
• With Brister, M., Neale, P., Saint, S., Thrower, J., McGee, T., Petersen, D., and Kline, D., "Transcutaneous analyte sensor," U.S. Patent 8,721,545, 2014.
• With Brister, M., Neale, P., Thrower, J., Kline, D., Saint, S., and Masterson, S., "Transcutaneous analyte sensor," U.S. Patent 8,515,519, 2013.
• With Brister, M., Neale, P., Saint, S., Thrower, J., McGee, T., Petersen, D., and Kline, D., "Transcutaneous analyte sensor," U.S. Patent 8,475,373, 2013.
• With Brister, M., Neale, P., Thrower, J., Kline, D., Saint, S., and Masterson, S., "Transcutaneous analyte sensor," U.S. Patent 8,457,708, 2013.
• With Goh, E., Sutherland, M., and Duong, M., "Input tray media de-slouch system," U.S. Patent 8,360,417, 2013.
• With Brister, M., Neale, P., Saint, S., Petisce, J., McGee, T., Codd, D.S., Petersen, D., and Kline, D., "Transcutaneous analyte sensor," U.S. Patent 8,229,534, 2012.
• With McCrink, E., "Method for manufacturing gas and liquid storage tanks," U.S. Patent 7,926,180, 2011.
• With Brister, M., Neale, P., Saint, S., Thrower, J., McGee, T., Codd, D., Petersen, D., and Kline, D., "Transcutaneous analyte sensor," U.S. Patent 7,654,956, 2010.
• With McCrink, E., "Method for improving the performance of seam-welded joints using post-weld heat treatment," U.S. Patent 7,618,503, 2009.
• With McCrink, E., "Method for controlling weld metal microstructure using localized controlled cooling of seam-welded joints," U.S. Patent 7,540,402, 2009.
• With Brister, M., Neale, P., Thrower, J.,, Kline, D., Saint, S., and Masterson, S., "Transcutaneous analyte sensor," U.S. Patent 7,497,827, 2009.
• With McCrink, E., "Method for manufacturing automotive structural members," U.S. Patent 7,475,478, 2009.
• With Brister, M., Neale, P., Saint, S., Petisce, J., McGee, T., Petersen, D., and Kline, D., "Methods and systems for inserting a transcutaneous analyte sensor," U.S. Patent 7,310,544, 2007.

Conference Papers and Other Media

• With Calvet, N., Slocum, A., Gil, A., Grange, B., Lahlou, R., Hamer, T., Diago, M., Tetreault-Friend, M.,Trumper, D., and Armstrong, P., "Direct Absorption Volumetric Molten Salt Solar Receiver/Thermal Energy Storage System Tested at the Masdar Institute Solar Platform." SolarPACES: International Conference on Concentrating Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems, 2018.
• With Gil, A., Grange, B., Perez, V., Tetreault-Friend, M., Calvet, N., and Slocum, A., "CSPonD demonstrative project: Start-up process of a 25 kW prototype." Proc. AIP Conference, 2017, p. 110003.
• With Riggs, B., Biedenharn, R., Dougher, C., Ji, Y., Xu, Q., Romanin, V., Zahler, J., and Escarra, M., "Cost Competitive Concentrator Photovoltaics for Solar Thermal Applications." IEEE 44th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference (PVSC), 2017.
• With Gil, A., Codd, D., Zhou, L., Trumper, D., Calvet, N., and Slocum, A., "Concentrated solar power on demand demonstration: Construction and operation of a 25 kW prototype." Proc. AIP Conference, 2016, p. 50017.
• With Rodriguez, I. and Cerda, J., "Experimental Exploration of a Small Scale Pneumatically Pumped Thermal Storage System." ASME 10th International Conference on Energy Sustainability, 2016.
• With Riggs, B., Farrar-Foley, N., Deckoff-Jones, S., Xu, Q., Romanin, V., and Escarra, M., "Thermal characterization of concentrated solar absorbance using resistive heaters." IEEE 43rd Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), 2016, pp. 3086-3090.
• With Grange, B., Kumar, V., Armstrong, P., Stefancich, M., Gil, A., Slocum, A., and Calvet, N., "Preliminary optical, thermal and structural design of a 100kWth CSPonD beam-down pilot plant." The 7th International Conference on Applied Energy (ICAE2015), Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, March 2015.
• With Gil, A., Zhou, L., Trumper, D., Campbell, R., Grange, B., Calvet, N., Armstrong, P., and Slocum, A., "Design of a 100 kW Concentrated Solar Power on Demand Volumetric Receiver With Integral Thermal Energy Storage Prototype." ASME Power Conference, 2015, p. V001T01A011.
• "Experimental Investigation of Divider Plate Assisted Thermocline Storage." ASME 9th International Conference on Energy Sustainability, 2015, p. V001T05A002.
• With Grange, B., Kumar, V., Armstrong, P., Stefancich, M., Gil, A., Slocum, A., and Calvet, N., "Preliminary optical, thermal and structural design of a 100kWth CSPonD beam-down pilot plant." vol. 75, Energy Procedia, 2015, pp. 2163-2168.
• With Ji, Y., Ollanik, A., Farrar-Foley, N., Madrone, L., Lynn, P., Romanin, V., and Escarra, M., "Transmissive spectrum splitting multi-junction solar module for hybrid CPV/CSP system." IEEE 42nd Photovoltaic Specialist Conference (PVSC), 2015, pp. 1-5.
• "Automotive mass reduction with martensitic stainless steel." Achieving Lightweight Vehicles, Society of Automotive Engineers World Congress, 2011.
• With Slocum, A., "Direct absorption volumetric molten salt receiver with integral storage." ESFuelCell2011, ASME 5th International Conference on Energy Sustainability, Washinton, D.C., 2011.
• "Martensitic stainless steels make inroads with automakers." vol. 83, Machine Design, 2011, pp. 42-45.
• "Achieving lightweight products: Martensitic stainless steels." FABTECH International and AWS Welding Show, Including METALFORM, Las Vegas, NV, October 2008.
• "Advances in martensitic stainless processing." vol. 75, Industrial Heating, 2008, pp. 59-62.
• "Post-weld induction heating provides controlled cooling of MSS welds." vol. 8, Heat Treating Progress, 2008, pp. 57-65..
• "Seam welding and cooling-control heat treatment of martensitic stainless steel." Welding and Joining and Fastening, Society of Automotive Engineers World Congress, 2008.

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