Publications

   Lead author

1. High-temperature blackbody emitters for enhanced radiative energy transport [Preview]

   Minok Park*, Shomik Verma*, Alina LaPotin, Dustin P. Nizamian, Ravi Prasher, Asegun Henry, Sean D. Lubner, Costas P. Grigoropoulos, and Vassilia Zorba

   Coming Soon!

2. Decarbonizing industry: policy approaches to eliminate hard-to-abate emissions [PDF]

   Kyle Buznitsky*, Shomik Verma*, Michael Nitzsche

   MIT SPR, August 2024.

3. Thermophotovoltaic performance metrics and technoeconomics: efficiency vs. power density [PDF]

   Shomik Verma, Kyle Buznitsky, Asegun Henry

   Applied Energy, Accepted.

   Supporting Information

   Data and code on GitHub: shomikverma/TPV_TEA

   Webapp: sites.mit.edu/tpvsim

4. Designing for effective heat transfer in a solid thermal energy storage system [PDF]

   Shomik Verma, Kyle Buznitsky, Colin Kelsall, Alina LaPotin, Ashwin Sandeep, Asegun Henry

   arXiv, February 2024.

   Supporting Information

   Data and code on GitHub: shomikverma/graphite-discharge

5. High-temperature thermal conductivity measurements of macro-porous graphite [PDF]

   Shomik Verma, Michael Adams, Mary Foxen, Bryan Sperry, Shannon Yee, Asegun Henry

   International Heat Transfer Conference 17, August 2023.

   Supporting Information

   Data and code on GitHub: shomikverma/graphite-modeling

6. Ray trace modeling to characterize efficiency of unconventional luminescent solar concentrator geometries [PDF]

   Shomik Verma, Daniel Farrell, Rachel Evans

   ACS Applied Optical Materials, May 2023.

   Supporting Information

   Code on GitHub: shomikverma/pvtrace-sv

7. Machine learned calibrations to high-throughput molecular excited state calculations [PDF]

   Shomik Verma, Miguel Rivera, David O. Scanlon, Aron Walsh

   Journal of Chemical Physics, April 2022.

   Supporting Information

   Data on GitHub: shomikverma/xTB-ML-data

   Code on Github: shomikverma/xTB-ML-workflow

8. Modeling a Concentrated Solar Thermal Collector for Methane Dry Reforming [PDF] [Poster]

   Shomik Verma and Nico Hotz.

   COMSOL Conference, October 2018.

   News

   Award-Winning Papers and Posters: COMSOL Conference 2018 Boston, COMSOL Blog.

   * denotes equal contribution

   Co-author

1. Power availability of PV plus thermal batteries in real-world electric power grids [PDF]

   Odin Foldvik Eikeland, Colin C. Kelsall, Kyle Buznitsky, Shomik Verma, Filippo Maria Bianchi, Matteo Chiesa, Asegun Henry

   Applied Energy, October 2023.

2. Thermophotovoltaic efficiency of 40% [PDF]

   Alina LaPotin, Kevin L. Schulte, Myles A. Steiner, Kyle Buznitsky, Colin C. Kelsall, Daniel J. Friedman, Eric J. Tervo, Ryan M. France, Michelle R. Young, Andrew Rohskopf, Shomik Verma, Evelyn N. Wang, Asegun Henry

   Nature, April 2022.

   News

   A new heat engine with no moving parts is as efficient as a steam turbine, MIT News.

3. A Study of Energy Losses in the World's Most Fuel-Efficient Vehicle [PDF]

   Patrick Grady, Gerry Chen, Shomik Verma, Aniruddh Marellapudi, Nico Hotz

   IEEE Vehicle Power and Propulsion Coneference, October 2019.

   Supporting Information

   Code on Github: DukeElectricVehicles/EnergyLossSim

   
   

   News

   Duke team sets world record for most efficient vehicle, Duke Chronicle.

   Duke Electric Vehicles Team Breaks Guinness World Record for Fuel Efficiency, Duke Energy Initiative (video).

   Most Fuel-Efficient Vehicle (Prototype) Guinness World Records 2020 (Page 173).

Perspectives

1. Don't Bother Going Vegan to Save the Planet. Do This Instead

   Shomik Verma

   Newsweek, January 2025.

2. Recycling isn’t the solution to the climate crisis

   Shomik Verma

   Yale Climate Connections, September 2024.

3. We Can't Ignore the Human Toll of Climate Change

   Shomik Verma

   Fair Observer, September 2024.

4. We need to make polluters pay — but not consumers

   Shomik Verma

   The Hill, August 2024.

Posters and Presentations

1. [Best Student Presentation] Enhancement of TPV power density with surface-engineered emitters

   Shomik Verma, Minok Park, Sean Lubner, Asegun Henry

   TPV-15 Conference, October 2024.

2. [Best Paper Award] Thermophotovoltaic systems can provide cost-effective, dispatchable clean power (Video)

   Shomik Verma, Kyle Buznitsky, Mehdi Pishahang, Asegun Henry

   MIT A+B Applied Energy Symposium, August 2024.

3. Designing a high-efficiency, low-NOx hydrogen combustor for thermophotovoltaic power generation

   Shomik Verma, Kyle Buznitsky, Mehdi Pishahang, Ahmed Ghoniem, Asegun Henry

   ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference, July 2024.

4. [Best Poster Award Finalist] Additively-manufactured ceramic combustor for dispatchable clean electricity generation

   Shomik Verma, Nicholas Orf, Brian LaCourse, Asegun Henry

   Materials Research Society (MRS) Fall Meeting, November 2023.

5. End-to-end performance analysis of 3D printed luminescent devices for energy conversion applications

   Shomik Verma, Rachel Evans

   Materials Research Society (MRS) Fall Meeting, November 2023.

6. High-temperature thermal conductivity measurements of macro-porous graphite

   Shomik Verma, Michael Adams, Mary Foxen, Bryan Sperry, Shannon Yee, Asegun Henry

   International Heat Transfer Conference 17, August 2023.

7. [Student Presentation Award Honorable Mention] Design of an all-ceramic hydrogen combustor paired with thermophotovoltaic power generation

   Shomik Verma, Mehdi Pishahang, Kyle Buznitsky, Alina LaPotin, Santosh Shanbogue, Asegun Henry.

   TPV-14 Conference, May 2023.

8. Improving the performance of cheap thermal energy grid storage

   Shomik Verma, Kyle Buznitsky, Colin Kelsall, Alina LaPotin, Michael Adams, Mary Foxen, Bryan Sperry, Shannon Yee, Asegun Henry.

   MIT GSC Poster Expo, April 2023.

9. [Best Student Presentation] Clean, dispatchable power with hydrogen combustion and thermophotovoltaics (Video)

   Shomik Verma, Kyle Buznitsky, Alina LaPotin, Mehdi Pishahang, Santosh Shanbogue, Asegun Henry.

   ARPA-E Summit, March 2023.

10. Analyzing the performance of low-quality graphite for high-temperature thermal storage

    Shomik Verma, Colin Kelsall, Michael Adams, Kyle Buznitsky, Alina LaPotin, Shannon Yee, Asegun Henry.

    Materials Research Society (MRS) Fall Meeting, November 2022.

11. A unified active learning framework for designing energy-relevant molecules

    Shomik Verma, Jiali Li, Kevin Greenman, Rafael Gomez-Bombarelli, Xiaonan Wang, Aron Walsh.

    Materials Research Society (MRS) Fall Meeting, November 2022.

12. Machine learning for accurate and fast bandgap prediction of solid-state materials

    Shomik Verma, Shivam Kajale, Rafael Gomez-Bombarelli.

    IEEE High Performance Extreme Computing Conference (HPEC), September 2022.

13. [3rd Place Poster Award] Finite element modeling of a concentrated solar collector for hydrogen production

    Shomik Verma and Nico Hotz.

    Duke University Energy Conference, November 2018.

14. Design and optimization of the hydrogen fuel cell drivetrain of the world’s most fuel-efficient vehicle

    Gerry Chen, Shomik Verma, Josiah Knight, and Nico Hotz.

    Duke University Energy Conference, November 2018.

15. Optimizing and fabricating a high-temperature selective absorption coating for a concentrated solar thermal collector

    Shomik Verma, Qingyu Xiao, and Nico Hotz.

    North Carolina Energy Conference, April 2018.

16. Developing a numerical heat transfer model for a high-temperature concentrated solar thermal collector

    Shomik Verma and Nico Hotz.

    Duke University Energy Conference, November 2017.

17. Optimizing the operational efficiency of a PEM hydrogen fuel cell for applications in a hybrid electric vehicle

    Gerry Chen, Shomik Verma, Patrick Grady, Nico Hotz, and Josiah Knight.

    Duke University Energy Conference, November 2017.