Rate My Professor Tazdin Amietszajew

Dr. Tazdin Amietszajew serves as Professor in Smart Batteries at Coventry University, based in the Centre for E-Mobility and Clean Growth. He earned his PhD in Engineering from the University of Warwick in 2016, with a thesis titled 'Valuable metals recovery by molten salts electrolysis,' supervised by Rohit Bhagat and Sridhar Seetharaman. His doctoral research developed novel electrolysis methods for recovering valuable metals such as Co, Cu, Ni, and Mn from batteries and e-waste using molten borate salts. Prior to his appointment at Coventry, Amietszajew conducted pioneering work at WMG, University of Warwick, where he advanced in-situ instrumentation for lithium-ion batteries. At Coventry, he has progressed from Assistant Professor and Associate Professor roles, leading research in battery technologies and accepting PhD students.

Amietszajew's research focuses on experimental battery diagnostics, hybrid thermo-electrochemical sensors, plasmonic fibre optic sensors, AI-enabled thermal monitoring, and impedance-based techniques for lithium-ion cells. He leads contributions to the Horizon Europe ENERGETIC project (2023-2026), developing data-rich digital twin-based Battery Management Systems for enhanced state-of-health prediction and predictive maintenance. Key publications include 'Internal Temperature Estimation for Lithium-ion Batteries Through Distributed Equivalent Circuit Network Model' (Journal of Power Sources, 2024), 'Mechanistic Insights and Technical Challenges in Sulfur-Based Batteries: A Comprehensive In Situ/Operando Monitoring Toolbox' (ACS Energy Letters, 2024), 'AI-enabled thermal monitoring of commercial (PHEV) Li-ion pouch cells with Feature-Adapted Unsupervised Anomaly Detection' (Journal of Power Sources, 2025), 'Development and evaluation of in-situ instrumentation for Li-ion cells' (HardwareX, 2018), and 'Hybrid Thermo-Electrochemical In Situ Instrumentation for Lithium-Ion Energy Storage' (Batteries & Supercaps, 2019). His scholarship has amassed over 1,600 citations and an h-index of 18 (Google Scholar). In 2022, he secured a Faraday Institution Industry Fellowship to collaborate with Breathe Battery Technologies on battery management software validation using bespoke monitoring at the Centre for Advanced Low Carbon Propulsion Systems.