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Personal Profile
Wale Odukomaiya joined NLR’s Building Energy Science group in 2018 as a director’s fellow. His research focuses on innovating heat transfer and energy storage in ways that improve building efficiencies and support low-carbon buildings. This research applies fundamental heat transfer and thermodynamics to advanced energy technologies and building components, with an emphasis on thermal and electromechanical energy storage technologies; heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC); and advanced manufacturing of related components.
Prior to joining NLR, Odukomaiya was a postdoctoral research fellow in the Building Technologies Research and Integration Center at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, where he worked on the development of energy storage and magnetocaloric refrigeration technologies. His research background includes developing advanced energy technologies and building components, energy policy and economics, and thermal and electro-mechanical energy storage.
Research Interests
Thermal energy storage materials and systems
Electro-mechanical energy storage
Thermal and moisture control in buildings
HVAC
Advanced materials and manufacturing for building components
Education/Academic Qualification
PhD, Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
Master, Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
Bachelor, Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
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Collaborations and Top Research Areas From the Past 5 Years
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Experimental Characterization of a Triply Periodic Minimal Surface PCM-to-Air Thermal Energy Storage Device: Article No. 127716
Troxler, C., Freeman, T., Odukomaiya, A. & Boetcher, S., 2026, In: International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 255, Part 2, 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Additive Manufacturing of Thermal Energy Storage Composites with Microencapsulated Phase Change Materials Supported in a Multipolymer Matrix: Article No. 2501289
Foster, K., Freeman, T., Lizier-Zmudzinski, I., Dudt, S., Morgan, K., Boetcher, S. & Odukomaiya, A., 2025, In: Advanced Engineering Materials. 27, 20, 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Fused Filament Fabrication of Thermoplastic Polyurethane Composites with Microencapsulated Phase-Change Material
Freeman, T., Foster, K., Morgan, K., Melendez, I., Odukomaiya, A. & Boetcher, S., 2025, In: Progress in Additive Manufacturing. 10, p. 11109-11129 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Phase Change Material Core Thermoplastic Shell Filament
Odukomaiya, A. (Inventor), Singh, P. (Inventor), Mahvi, A. (Inventor), Smith, M. (Inventor) & Dosani, K. (Inventor), 2025, National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR), Patent No. 12,504,238 B2, 23 Dec 2025Research output: Patent
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Additive Manufacturing of Thermal Energy Storage Composites with Microencapsulated Phase Change Materials Supported in a Multi-Polymer Matrix
Foster, K., Freeman, T., Lizier-Zmudzinski, I., Dudt, S., Morgan, K., Boetcher, S. & Odukomaiya, A., 2024, 13 p.Research output: NLR › Presentation