About
Kouhei Kiyama
Affiliation
Ph.D. student, Department of Energy Science and Technology, Graduate School of Energy Science, Kyoto University (Miyake Laboratory). Expected completion: March 2029.
Research
I search for electrolytes for aluminum (Al) electrodeposition and rechargeable batteries. The widely studied EMIC–AlCl3 system has a cost problem. I studied the physical properties of electrolytes made with lower alkylamine hydrochlorides, which cost about one tenth as much as EMIC, and showed that they perform comparably to EMIC-based electrolytes. I also showed a correlation between the viscosity–ionic conductivity relationship and the results of first-principles simulations. I expect this work to help lower the cost of Al electrodeposition and to make the search for Al electrolytes more efficient through computational methods.
Work history
- UNIMAP (2017–2023, internship): did everything for the Kyodai Map service, including development, planning, and PR. Django REST API server for about five years; Android app (Java, later ported to Flutter); web version (HTML/CSS/JS).
- Dream Craft (2020–2023): engineer.
- Activo (around 2018, internship, about one year): company homepage and server side (Ruby on Rails, React, TypeScript, HTML, CSS).
Student activities
The English names are our translations.
- Planning Committee member, Faculty of Engineering (2016–2020)
- Co-op representative (sōdai) (2016–2018)
- Chair, Faculty of Engineering welcome-event committee for new students (2019–2020)
Skills
- Expert: Python (including native extensions with Rust/PyO3)
- Advanced: Rust, TypeScript, Java, HTML/CSS, Linux
- Proficient: JavaScript, Docker
- Working knowledge: PHP, Ruby (Rails), SQL