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Alexis Maurel

Research Assistant Professor
Metallurgical, Materials and Biomedical Engineering (MMBME)

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Office Room: Interdisciplinary Research Building (IDRB) #3.101
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Email: amaurel@utep.edu

Bio

Dr. Alexis Maurel is a materials scientist specializing in 3D printing, energy storage, and advanced materials, with research collaborations across NASA, DOE, DOD, and national laboratories.

Awards and Honors

National Science Foundation (NSF) Manufacturing Blue Sky Competition – Finalist - National Science Foundation (NSF) (01/01/2023-12/31/2023)
1st Prize - Best PhD Thesis Award, UPJV, France - Universite Picardie Jules Verne - France (01/01/2022-12/31/2022)
Electrochemical Society ECS Battery Division Postdoctoral Associate Research Award - Electrochemical Society ECS (01/01/2022-12/31/2022)
Electrochemical Society – 240th Meeting Travel Award - Electrochemical Society (ECS) (01/01/2021-12/31/2021)
Fulbright Scholar Award - Fulbright France (01/01/2021-12/31/2021)

Education

Ph D in Materials Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Université de Picardie Jules Verne (2020)
MS in Materials for Energy Storage and Conversion, Universidad de Cordoba (2017)
MS in Materials for Energy Storage and Conversion, Université de Picardie Jules Verne (2017)
MS in Materials for Energy Storage and Conversion, Université Toulouse III Paul Sabatier (2017)
MS in Materials for Energy Storage and Conversion, Warsaw University of Technology (2017)
BS in Chemistry of Materials, Université Toulouse III Paul Sabatier (2015)

Publications

Combining 3D printing of copper current collectors and electrophoretic deposition of electrode materials for structural lithium-ion batteries Advances in Manufacturing (2024), Ana C. Martinez Maciel, Alexis Maurel, Bharat Yelamanchi, A. A. Talin, Sylvie Grugeon, Stéphane Panier, Loic Dupont, Ana Aranzola, Eva Schiaffino, Sreeprasad T. Sreenivasan, Pedro Cortes, Eric MacDonald.
3D printing of cyanate ester resins with interpenetration networks for enhanced thermal and mechanical properties Journal of Applied Polymer Science 141 21 (2024), Saqlain Zaman, Sergio Favela, Nicolas E. Herrera, Alejandro Gandara, Laura Molina, Md. S. Hassan, Sofia G. Gomez, Jean E. Ramirez, Md. S. Mahmud, Ana C. Martinez Maciel, Alexis Maurel, Zhengtao Gan, Eric MacDonald, Yirong Lin.
The Transformative Power of Additive Manufacturing for Batteries AM&P Technical Articles 182 (3) (2024), Ana C. Martinez Maciel, Alexis Maurel.
Solvent-free extrusion of a LiFePO4-based monofilament for three-dimensional printing of a lithium-ion battery positive electrode Journal of Power Sources (2024), Alexis Maurel, .
3D Printed Alumina for Geometrically-Complex Electronic Substrates With High-Performance Printed Conductors IEEE Access 12 (2024), Alexander Gomez, Bharat Yelamanchi, Alexis Maurel, Ana C. Martinez Maciel, Thomas Feldhausen, Jayaprakash Shivakumar, Eduardo Rojas, Yirong Lin, Pedro Cortes, Eric MacDonald, David A. Roberson.
Additive manufacturing of LiCoO2 electrodes via vat photopolymerization for lithium ion batteries Energy Advances 3 5 (2024), Ana C. Martinez Maciel, Ana P. Aranzola, Eva Schiaffino, Eric MacDonald, Alexis Maurel.
Doping of Sodium-Ion Cathodes for in-Situ Resource Utilization on the Moon and Mars 10 (2024), William Huddleston, Donald Dornbusch, Alexis Maurel, Ana C. Martinez Maciel, Eric MacDonald, Myeonglok Seol, Bharat Yelamanchi, Sina B. Chavari, Pedro Cortes, Cameroun Sherrard, others.
Symmetric Sodium-Ion Batteries Incorporating 3D Printed Na3V2 (PO4) 3 Electrodes PRiME 2024 (October 6-11, 2024) (2024), Ana C. Martinez Maciel, Sina B. Chavari, Pedro Cortes, Carol Putman, Eric MacDonald, Alexis Maurel.
Manufacturing-oriented review on 3D printed lithium-ion batteries fabricated using material extrusion Virtual and Physical Prototyping 18 1 (2023), Alexis Maurel, Antonio Pavone, Gianni Stano, Ana C. Martinez Maciel, Eric MacDonald, Gianluca Percoco.
3D Printed TiO2 Negative Electrodes for Sodium-Ion and Lithium-Ion Batteries Using Vat Photopolymerization Journal of The Electrochemical Society 170 10 (2023), Alexis Maurel, Ana C. Martinez Maciel, Sina B. Chavari, Bharat Yelamanchi, Myeong-Lok Seol, Donald A. Dornbusch, William H. Huddleston, Sreeprasad T. Sreenivasan, Cameroun G. Sherrard, Eric MacDonald, Pedro Cortes.
3D Printed TiO2 Negative Electrodes for Sodium-Ion and Lithium-Ion Batteries Using Vat Photopolymerization Journal of The Electrochemical Society 170 10 (2023), Alexis Maurel, Ana C. Martinez Maciel, Sina B. Chavari, Bharat Yelamanchi, Myeong-Lok Seol, Donald A. Dornbusch, William H. Huddleston, Sreeprasad T. Sreenivasan, Cameroun G. Sherrard, Eric MacDonald, Pedro Cortes.
Multiprocess 3D printing of sodium-ion batteries via vat photopolymerization and direct ink writing Journal of Physics: Energy 5 4 (2023), Ana C. Martinez Maciel, Eva M. Schiaffino, Ana P. Aranzola, Christian A. Fernandez, Myeong-Lok Seol, Cameroun G. Sherrard, Jennifer Jones, William H. Huddleston, Donald A. Dornbusch, Sreeprasad T. Sreenivasan, Pedro Cortes, Eric MacDonald, Alexis Maurel.
What Would Battery Manufacturing Look Like on the Moon and Mars? ACS Energy Letters 8 2 (2023), Ana C. Martinez Maciel, Alexis Maurel, Sreeprasad T. Sreenivasan, Pedro Cortes, Eric MacDonald.
3D Printing of Batteries from Lunar and Martian Regolith 56 (2023), Alexis Maurel, Ana C. Martinez, Pedro Cortes, Bharat Yelamanchi, Sina B. Chavari, Sreeprasad T. Sreenivasan, Cameroun Sherrard, Eric MacDonald.
Sodium-Ion Cathodes Designed for in-Situ Resource Utilization on the Moon and Mars 57 (2023), William Huddleston, Donald Dornbusch, Alexis Maurel, Ana C. Martinez, Myeonglok Seol, Christopher Henry, Jennifer M. Jones, Bharat Yelamanchi, Sina B. Chavari, Jennifer E. Edmunson, others.
What would battery manufacturing look like on the Moon and Mars? American Chemical Society (2023), Alexis Maurel, Ana C. Martinez Maciel, Donald A. Dornbusch, William H. Huddleston, Myeong-Lok Seol, Christopher R. Henry, Jennifer M. Jones, Bharat Yelamanchi, Sina Bakhtar Chavari, Jennifer E. Edmunson, others.
Additive manufacturing of LiNi1/3Mn1/3Co1/3O2 battery electrode material via vat photopolymerization precursor approach Scientific Reports 12 1 (2022), Ana C. Martinez, Alexis Maurel, Ana P. Aranzola, Sylvie Grugeon, Stéphane Panier, Loic Dupont, Jose A. Hernandez Viezcas, Bhargavi Mummareddy, Beth L. Armstrong, Pedro Cortes.
Additive manufacturing of LiNi1/3Mn1/3Co1/3O2 battery electrode material via vat photopolymerization precursor approach SCIENTIFIC REPORTS 12 1 (2022), Ana C. Martinez, Alexis Maurel, Ana P. Aranzola, Sylvie Grugeon, Stephane Panier, Loic Dupont, Jose A. Hernandez Viezcas, Bhargavi Mummareddy, Beth L. Armstrong, Pedro Cortes, Sreeprasad T. Sreenivasan, Eric MacDonald.
Additive manufacturing of LiNi1/3Mn1/3Co1/3O2 battery electrode material via vat photopolymerization precursor approach Scientific Reports 12 1 (2022), Ana C. Martinez Maciel, Alexis Maurel, Ana P. Aranzola, Sylvie Grugeon, Panier, St\'ephane, Loic Dupont, Jose A. Hernandez Viezcas, Bhargavi Mummareddy, Beth L. Armstrong, Pedro Cortes, others.
Toward High Resolution 3D Printing of Shape-Conformable Batteries via Vat Photopolymerization: Review and Perspective IEEE Access 9 (2021), Alexis Maurel, Ana C. Martinez, Sylvie Grugeon, Stephane Panier, Loic Dupont, Pedro Cortes, Cameroun G. Sherrard, Ian Small, Sreeprasad T. Sreenivasan, Eric MacDonald.
Toward high resolution 3D printing of shape-conformable batteries via vat photopolymerization: review and perspective IEEE Access 9 (2021), Alexis Maurel, Ana C. Martinez Maciel, Sylvie Grugeon, Panier, St\'ephane, Loic Dupont, Pedro Cortes, Cameroun G. Sherrard, Ian Small, Sreeprasad T. Sreenivasan, Eric MacDonald.
Considering lithium-ion battery 3D-printing via thermoplastic material extrusion and polymer powder bed fusion Additive Manufacturing 37 (2021), Alexis Maurel, Matti Haukka, Eric MacDonald, Lauri Kivijärvi, Elmeri Lahtinen, Hyeonseok Kim, Michel Armand, Aurélie Cayla, Arash Jamali, Sylvie Grugeon, Loic Dupont, Stéphane Panier.

Presentations

Maciel Doping of Sodium-Ion Cathodes for in-Situ Resource Utilization on the Moon and Mars (2024), William Huddleston, Donald Dornbusch, Alexis Maurel, Ana C. Martinez Maciel, Eric MacDonald, Myeonglok Seol, Bharat Yelamanchi, Pedro Cortes, Carol Putman.
Extrusion Printing of Polypropylene/Polyethylene Copolymer Gaskets in Custom-Form Batteries (2024), Jorge Antonio Cardenas, Laura C. Merril, Benjamin Warren, Ana C. Martinez Maciel, Alexis Maurel.
4D Printed Actuation with Spatially-varying Lattices (2024), Katia L. Delgado Ramos, Ana Aranzola, Aaron Cervantes, Alejandra G. Castellanos, Mohamed El Mansori, Akbar Ijaz, Ana C. Martinez Maciel, Alexis Maurel, Eric MacDonald, David A. Roberson.
3D Printing of Batteries: Fiction or Reality? (2022), Volume Atlanta, Alexis Maurel, Sreeprasad T. Sreenivasan.
3D Printing of Batteries from Lunar and Martian Regolith (2022), Volume Austin, Alexis Maurel, Ana Cristina Martinez Maciel , Ana Aranzola , E Schiaffino , Sreeprasad T. Sreenivasan, Eric MacDonald.

Grants

No info available.

Current/Future Courses

Term	Course	Section
Spring 2025	MASE 6398 - Dissertation	20329
Spring 2025	MASE 6399 - Dissertation	21369
Spring 2025	MME 5396 - Graduate Projects	26702
Spring 2025	MME 5397 - Graduate Projects	26703
Spring 2025	MME 5294 - Graduate Research	23046
Spring 2025	MASE 6194 - Graduate Research Projects	25972
Spring 2025	MASE 6294 - Graduate Research Projects	20093
Spring 2025	MASE 6394 - Graduate Research Projects	20099
Spring 2025	MASE 6191 - Individual Studies	26714
Spring 2025	MASE 6291 - Individual Studies	20086
Spring 2025	MASE 6391 - Individual Studies	20097
Spring 2025	MME 5391 - Individual Studies	26711
Spring 2025	MME 5398 - Thesis	26705
Spring 2025	MME 5399 - Thesis	26709
Spring 2025	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	27599

Past Courses

Select Term:

Term	Course	Section
Fall 2024	MME 5398 - Thesis	17847
Fall 2024	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	18233
Summer 2024	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	31014

Course Evaluations

No info available.

Bio

Dr. Alexis Maurel is a materials scientist specializing in 3D printing, energy storage, and advanced materials, with research collaborations across NASA, DOE, DOD, and national laboratories.

Awards and Honors

National Science Foundation (NSF) Manufacturing Blue Sky Competition – Finalist - National Science Foundation (NSF) (01/01/2023-12/31/2023)
1st Prize - Best PhD Thesis Award, UPJV, France - Universite Picardie Jules Verne - France (01/01/2022-12/31/2022)
Electrochemical Society ECS Battery Division Postdoctoral Associate Research Award - Electrochemical Society ECS (01/01/2022-12/31/2022)
Electrochemical Society – 240th Meeting Travel Award - Electrochemical Society (ECS) (01/01/2021-12/31/2021)
Fulbright Scholar Award - Fulbright France (01/01/2021-12/31/2021)

Ph D in Materials Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Université de Picardie Jules Verne (2020)
MS in Materials for Energy Storage and Conversion, Universidad de Cordoba (2017)
MS in Materials for Energy Storage and Conversion, Université de Picardie Jules Verne (2017)
MS in Materials for Energy Storage and Conversion, Université Toulouse III Paul Sabatier (2017)
MS in Materials for Energy Storage and Conversion, Warsaw University of Technology (2017)
BS in Chemistry of Materials, Université Toulouse III Paul Sabatier (2015)

Publications

Combining 3D printing of copper current collectors and electrophoretic deposition of electrode materials for structural lithium-ion batteries Advances in Manufacturing (2024), Ana C. Martinez Maciel, Alexis Maurel, Bharat Yelamanchi, A. A. Talin, Sylvie Grugeon, Stéphane Panier, Loic Dupont, Ana Aranzola, Eva Schiaffino, Sreeprasad T. Sreenivasan, Pedro Cortes, Eric MacDonald.
3D printing of cyanate ester resins with interpenetration networks for enhanced thermal and mechanical properties Journal of Applied Polymer Science 141 21 (2024), Saqlain Zaman, Sergio Favela, Nicolas E. Herrera, Alejandro Gandara, Laura Molina, Md. S. Hassan, Sofia G. Gomez, Jean E. Ramirez, Md. S. Mahmud, Ana C. Martinez Maciel, Alexis Maurel, Zhengtao Gan, Eric MacDonald, Yirong Lin.
The Transformative Power of Additive Manufacturing for Batteries AM&P Technical Articles 182 (3) (2024), Ana C. Martinez Maciel, Alexis Maurel.
Solvent-free extrusion of a LiFePO4-based monofilament for three-dimensional printing of a lithium-ion battery positive electrode Journal of Power Sources (2024), Alexis Maurel, .
3D Printed Alumina for Geometrically-Complex Electronic Substrates With High-Performance Printed Conductors IEEE Access 12 (2024), Alexander Gomez, Bharat Yelamanchi, Alexis Maurel, Ana C. Martinez Maciel, Thomas Feldhausen, Jayaprakash Shivakumar, Eduardo Rojas, Yirong Lin, Pedro Cortes, Eric MacDonald, David A. Roberson.

Presentations

Maciel Doping of Sodium-Ion Cathodes for in-Situ Resource Utilization on the Moon and Mars (2024), William Huddleston, Donald Dornbusch, Alexis Maurel, Ana C. Martinez Maciel, Eric MacDonald, Myeonglok Seol, Bharat Yelamanchi, Pedro Cortes, Carol Putman.
Extrusion Printing of Polypropylene/Polyethylene Copolymer Gaskets in Custom-Form Batteries (2024), Jorge Antonio Cardenas, Laura C. Merril, Benjamin Warren, Ana C. Martinez Maciel, Alexis Maurel.
4D Printed Actuation with Spatially-varying Lattices (2024), Katia L. Delgado Ramos, Ana Aranzola, Aaron Cervantes, Alejandra G. Castellanos, Mohamed El Mansori, Akbar Ijaz, Ana C. Martinez Maciel, Alexis Maurel, Eric MacDonald, David A. Roberson.
3D Printing of Batteries: Fiction or Reality? (2022), Volume Atlanta, Alexis Maurel, Sreeprasad T. Sreenivasan.
3D Printing of Batteries from Lunar and Martian Regolith (2022), Volume Austin, Alexis Maurel, Ana Cristina Martinez Maciel , Ana Aranzola , E Schiaffino , Sreeprasad T. Sreenivasan, Eric MacDonald.

No info available.

Current/Future Courses

Term

Spring 2025

Course

MASE 6398 - Dissertation

Section

20329

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

MASE 6399 - Dissertation

Section

21369

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

MME 5396 - Graduate Projects

Section

26702

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

MME 5397 - Graduate Projects

Section

26703

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

MME 5294 - Graduate Research

Section

23046

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

MASE 6194 - Graduate Research Projects

Section

25972

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

MASE 6294 - Graduate Research Projects

Section

20093

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

MASE 6394 - Graduate Research Projects

Section

20099

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

MASE 6191 - Individual Studies

Section

26714

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

MASE 6291 - Individual Studies

Section

20086

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

MASE 6391 - Individual Studies

Section

20097

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

MME 5391 - Individual Studies

Section

26711

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

MME 5398 - Thesis

Section

26705

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

MME 5399 - Thesis

Section

26709

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research

Section

27599

Syllabus

Past Courses

Select Term:

Term

Fall 2024

Course

MME 5398 - Thesis

Section

17847

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2024

Course

RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research

Section

18233

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2024

Course

RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research

Section

31014

Syllabus

No info available.

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