Q&A: Prof. Jie Xiao discusses how academia can help battery manufacturing in the US
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1731968550003{padding-bottom: 20px !important;}"]November 18, 2024[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1731968567410{padding-bottom: 20px !important;}"]By Sarah McQuate | UW News[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1731970664786{padding-bottom: 20px !important;}"]In September, the Biden-Harris Administration announced over $3 billion in funding to 25 projects focused on bringing battery manufacturing back to the U.S. as part of the administration’s “Investing in America” agenda. This new funding includes $200 million for a manufacturing and recycling project based in Moses Lake, Washington. While a new administration could bring changes, a focus on domestic manufacturing and growth in electric vehicles is likely to continue.[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width="1/4"][vc_single_image image="24820" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" css=".vc_custom_1731968853296{padding-top: 20px !important;}"][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width="3/4"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1731968593762{padding-bottom: 20px !important;}"]Jie Xiao, University of Washington professor of mechanical...
Meet new faculty member Jie Xiao
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1731969082622{padding-bottom: 20px !important;}"]A leader in clean energy research, Jie Xiao plans to help accelerate U.S. battery manufacturing.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1731969045989{padding-bottom: 20px !important;}"]November 18, 2024 | UW Mechanical Engineering[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1731969368871{padding-bottom: 20px !important;}"]This fall, Jie Xiao began her role as Boeing Martin Professor of Mechanical Engineering (ME) at the University of Washington (UW) with a joint appointment as a Battelle Fellow at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL).[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1731969182422{padding-bottom: 20px !important;}"]Xiao researches the fundamental study and practical applications of energy-related materials and systems, including batteries for electrical vehicles (EVs), sensors and grid energy storage. She has worked on battery research for the past 20 years.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1731969190254{padding-bottom: 20px...
New open-access battery lab aims to boost U.S. manufacturing and workforce development for electric vehicles and beyond
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1728683625430{padding-bottom: 20px !important;}"]Expansion of Washington Clean Energy Testbeds will enable fabrication of pouch cells to accelerate the next generation of faster-charging, higher-energy-density, and earth-friendly batteries[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1728946126575{padding-bottom: 20px !important;}"]Seattle, WA (October 11, 2024): The University of Washington Clean Energy Institute (UW CEI) unveiled plans to expand its open-access climate tech facility, the Washington Clean Energy Testbeds, to include state-of-the-art capabilities for scaled prototyping of emerging battery technologies. The new lab at the Testbeds will enable UW researchers and industry users to produce batches of pouch cells—a versatile battery format for electric transportation and beyond—to allow for development and testing at commercially-relevant scales. This capability...
Washington Clean Energy Testbeds launches Undergraduate Research Awards
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1715629295177{margin-top: 10px !important;margin-bottom: 20px !important;}"]UW students Sebastian Bustos-Nuno, Vyvyan Dao, Lily Leaverton, Joy Lee win grants to perform novel clean energy research at the UW’s open-access labs for climate tech innovation[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="10px"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1715798700907{margin-top: 10px !important;margin-bottom: 20px !important;}"]May 15, 2024[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="10px"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1715106075945{margin-top: 10px !important;margin-bottom: 20px !important;}"]The Washington Clean Energy Testbeds, an open-access lab for climate technology innovation operated by the University of Washington (UW)’s Clean Energy Institute, has established a student award to support undergraduate research in clean energy, advanced manufacturing, and related fields.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="10px"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1715625128365{margin-top: 10px !important;margin-bottom: 20px !important;}"]Thanks to a generous philanthropic gift to CEI's Innovation Fund, UW undergraduate students in their...
Driven to advance vehicle electrification
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height="10px"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1711497685006{margin-bottom: 50px !important;}"] UW Engineering research leads the next wave of electric vehicle technologies [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="10px"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1711497467191{margin-top: 10px !important;margin-bottom: 10px !important;}"]By Brooke Fisher, UW College of Engineering | Photos by Dennis Wise (UW Photo) and UW researchers[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1711497588128{margin-top: 10px !important;margin-bottom: 10px !important;}"]March 11, 2024[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="20px"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1711572283343{margin-top: 10px !important;margin-bottom: 20px !important;}"]When it comes to developing the next generation of electric vehicle (EV) technologies, University of Washington (UW) engineers are unstoppable. Their collective research, together with initiatives underway throughout the state, positions Washington to be a leader in this truly electrifying area.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="10px"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1711572294411{margin-bottom: 10px !important;}"]“The goal is for Washington state to be a leader in EV...
Advancing clean manufacturing research
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1709772763780{margin-bottom: 20px !important;}"] UW Mechanical Engineering researchers will work on projects funded by the U.S. Department of Energy that could improve the manufacturing of composites and electric vehicle batteries. [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1709772031386{margin-bottom: 20px !important;}"]By Lyra Fontaine | UW Mechanical Engineering[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1709772034868{margin-bottom: 20px !important;}"]January 24, 2024[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="20px"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1709771830327{margin-bottom: 20px !important;}"]The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy recently selected two projects for funding — led by or involving UW Mechanical Engineering researchers — that will accelerate clean energy solutions for manufacturing in the United States.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="10px"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1709771907853{margin-bottom: 20px !important;}"]The funding for both projects is approximately $6.26 million. The projects draw on the...
Preparing tomorrow’s clean energy leaders
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][mkd_section_title title="A multi-disciplinary course is training students across the scales of clean energy — from materials and devices to storage and power grid integration." title_size="small" title_color="" title_text_align="" margin_bottom="" width=""][vc_empty_space height="16px"][vc_column_text]December 12, 2022 By Chelsea Yates | Photos by Dennis Wise / University of Washington[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]“I’ve grown up witnessing climate change first-hand — more severe wildfires, draught, hurricanes, and the list keeps growing unfortunately,” says materials science and engineering (MSE) graduate student Arun Sundar. “We need to understand the broader effects of climate change, and we need to take action.” For him, this has meant a course of study in energy storage and emerging energy technologies. Sundar decided...
Elevating battery standards for the skies
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1635896569010{padding-bottom: 10px !important;}"]Astrolabe Analytics wins U.S. Air Force SBIR grant to accelerate battery innovation for electric aviation[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1635896545655{padding-bottom: 10px !important;}"]November 3, 2021[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1635896583212{padding-bottom: 10px !important;}"]Astrolabe Analytics has been awarded a Direct-to-Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract with the United States Air Force (USAF) through the AFWERX Program to address open questions around safely operating and maintaining battery systems in electric aircraft. Astrolabe aims to provide partners in the electric aviation industry with standard operating procedures for online fuel gauging in-flight, offline health maintenance, and end-of-life decommissioning of electric aviation batteries. These data points will allow for more accurate estimates of flight...
The technology to reach net-zero carbon emissions isn’t ready for prime time, but…
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1629999372609{padding-bottom: 10px !important;}"]It’s already under development in research labs.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1629999391926{padding-bottom: 10px !important;}"]August 25, 2021[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1629999462620{padding-bottom: 10px !important;}"]By Daniel T. Schwartz | Originally published in Scientific American[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1629999477119{padding-bottom: 10px !important;}"]U.S. climate envoy John Kerry recently stated that in order to reach net zero emission goals by 2045, we’ll “need technologies we don’t yet have.” Well, he’s half right. It’s true that battling climate change requires innovative, technologically driven ideas that can be tested, replicated and scaled, at warp speed. But inventing wholly new technology isn’t necessarily the answer, nor is the idea we can deploy today's technology all the way to 100 percent clean energy.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1629999489451{padding-bottom:...
Bridging the gap to clean energy research
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1612460527857{padding-top: 10px !important;padding-bottom: 5px !important;}"]Vanessa Zambrano kickstarted her clean energy career through CEI’s Research Experience for Undergraduates program[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1612460549979{padding-top: 5px !important;padding-bottom: 5px !important;}"]February 4, 2021[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1612460561249{padding-top: 5px !important;padding-bottom: 5px !important;}"]Vanessa Zambrano knew that she wanted to become a scientist when she enrolled at San Joaquin Delta College in Stockton, CA. But it wasn’t until a Spanish class discussion about energy crises in Latin America that she started to think about a career as a clean energy scientist, developing solutions that could have a positive impact on the world. At Delta, Zambrano didn’t have any direct connections to research opportunities — let alone with...
Designing cutting-edge materials from home
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1598373898336{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 10px !important;}"]UW professors Ting Cao and Xiaosong Li bring computational science to the virtual classroom during COVID-19[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1598377715538{padding-top: 10px !important;padding-bottom: 10px !important;}"]August 25, 2020[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1598373907152{padding-top: 10px !important;padding-bottom: 10px !important;}"]When Governor Jay Inslee issued the Stay Home, Stay Healthy order to combat the spread of COVID-19 on March 23rd, University of Washington scientists and engineers faced a new challenge: how could they continue to experiment, innovate, and learn while most labs were closed?[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1598373915648{padding-top: 10px !important;padding-bottom: 10px !important;}"]For materials science & engineering (MSE) professor Ting Cao and chemistry professor Xiaosong Li, both Clean Energy Institute (CEI) member faculty, the shift to...
PNNL-UW materials science pioneer James De Yoreo receives U.S. Department of Energy Distinguished Scientist Fellow Award
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height="20px"][vc_column_text]July 30, 2020[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="20px"][vc_column_text]The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science (SC) has named materials science pioneer James (Jim) De Yoreo a 2020 “Distinguished Scientist Fellow.” De Yoreo is co-director of the joint UW-Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) Northwest Institute for Materials Physics, Chemistry, and Technology (NW IMPACT), and deputy director of the UW-led Center for the Science of Synthesis Across Scales (CSSAS). De Yoreo is an affiliate professor in both chemistry and materials science & engineering at UW, and is recognized as a UW-PNNL Distinguished Faculty Fellow.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="20px"][vc_column_text]The DOE recognized De Yoreo for his “transformational discoveries that have reshaped our understanding of...