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...
Exploring new materials through collaboration
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1655159667535{padding-bottom: 10px !important;}"]Jim De Yoreo’s career full of insights about materials will continue at the Energy Sciences Center[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1655154121223{padding-bottom: 10px !important;}"]June 13, 2022 | By Beth Mundy, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1655159679514{padding-bottom: 10px !important;}"]Scientists who study materials can be divided into three categories. “You have people who make things, people who make things do things, and people who try to understand why things do what they do,” said Jim De Yoreo, a Battelle fellow at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). He places himself into the third category.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1655159687342{padding-bottom: 10px !important;}"]Through advanced microscopy techniques, De Yoreo has spent his career trying to understand and predict the...
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...
Powering the future of transportation
UW energy storage researchers are working with Nobel laureates to build a better battery for electric vehicles. ...
University of Washington, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory team up to make the materials of tomorrow
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height="20px"][vc_column_text]By James Urton January 31, 2018[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="20px"][vc_column_text]Many innovations of 21st century life, from touch screens and electric cars to fiber-optics and implantable devices, grew out of research on new materials. This impact of materials science on today’s world has prompted two of the leading research institutions in the Pacific Northwest to join forces to research and develop new materials that will significantly influence tomorrow’s world.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="20px"][vc_column_text]With this eye toward the future, the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and the University of Washington announced the creation of the Northwest Institute for Materials Physics, Chemistry and Technology — or NW IMPACT — a joint research endeavor to power discoveries and...
A new battery for grid-scale energy storage
Dr. Mengyu Yan, Dr. Shanyu Wang, and Professor Jihui Yang have published breakthrough research on the mechanics of a zinc-ion, aqueous-electrolyte battery. Zinc-based models have the potential to be ideal for grid-scale energy storage, due to their high-performance, low-cost, safe, and environmentally-friendly characteristics. ...