Welcome

Hi! I’m Dr. Billy Wu, Associate Professor (Reader) and Director of Research at the Dyson School of Design Engineering at Imperial College London.

I’m an Electrochemical Design Engineer working at the interface of fundamental science and engineering applications.

My work focuses on energy technologies such as batteries, hydrogen fuel cells and supercapacitors with research on: new materials, modelling, understanding degradation, thermal management, control, design and technoeconomics.

Explore this site to learn more about my work.

About me

What I’m doing now?

Dyson School of Design Engineering, Imperial College London

  • Associate Professor (Reader)

  • Director of Research

  • Head of Programme, MRes in Design Engineering Research

  • Module leader, 1st year Materials and Manufacturing

Faraday Institution

  • Co-investigator, Multi-Scale Battery Modelling

  • Chair, Training and Diversity Panel

Journals

  • Editorial Board Member, Energy & AI

  • Collection Editor, Communications Engineering

What I did before?

Imperial College London

  • 2018-2023 - Associate Professor (Senior Lecturer), Dyson School of Design Engineering

  • 2015-2018 - Assistant Professor (Lecturer), Dyson School of Design Engineering

  • 2014-2015 - Post-doctoral research associate, Department of Earth Science and Engineering

  • 2010-2014 - PhD in Hydrogen fuel cells and batteries for automotive applications, Department of Earth Science and Engineering

  • 2006-2010 - MEng (Hons) Mechanical Engineering