Professor Kevin Huang is a SmartState Endowed Chair and Director of the Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Center at University of South Carolina. He teaches Advanced Thermodynamics and Energy Storage to graduate students. He is the associate editor of Journal of Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including the 2018 Breakthrough Leadership in Research Award and the 2017 Educational Foundation Award for Research in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering.