Designing Better Materials and Systems for Future Batteries

September 25, 2024
3:30 pm – 4:30 pm

Perlstein Hall Auditorium, Room 131 Illinois Institute of Technology
10 West 33rd Street, Chicago, IL, USA

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Program Series:
Climate, Energy, and Environment

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This hybrid program is part of the Illinois Distinguished Lectureship Series. Presented by Chicago Council on Science and Technology, Illinois Tech Wanger Institute for Sustainable Energy Research (WISER), and Armour College of Engineering

High energy, long life rechargeable battery is considered as the key enabling technology for deep de-carbonization. Energy storage in the electrochemical form is attractive because of its high efficiency and fast response time. In this talk, Y. Shirley Meng, Ph.D. will discuss a few new perspectives for energy storage materials including new superionic conductors, reactive metal anodes and their interfacial engineering in a device and system. Meng will also discuss a few future priority research directions for electrochemical energy storage and answers questions from the audience.

Event Details

This talk is a hybrid, in-person program and will also be available to be live-streamed via the Illinois Tech YouTube Channel.

Access the live program by clicking this YouTube link. 

The talk is free and open to the public and light refreshments will be served after the program.

The Illinois Tech Campus is easily reached via the Green and Red line trains additionally parking is available at Mobile Pay (Credit/Debit Card Only) Guest Parking Available Lot A4-MTCC, 32nd and State Streets (Lot Code ILTECHA4).

The Chicago Council on Science and Technology is dedicated to providing an inclusive environment for everyone. Please respect diversity in individuals and in cultures.

Featured Guests

Y. Shirley Meng, Ph.D.

Y. Shirley Meng is a professor at the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering at the University of Chicago. She serves as the chief scientist of the Argonne Collaborative Center for Energy Storage Science (ACCESS) Argonne National Laboratory. Meng is the principal investigator of the research group Laboratory for Energy Storage and Conversion (LESC), that was established at University of California San Diego in 2009. She held the Zable Chair Professor in Energy Technologies at University of California San Diego (UCSD) from 2017–2022. Meng received several prestigious awards, including ACS Research Excellence in Electrochemistry (2024), ECS Battery Division Research Award (2023), the C3E Technology and Innovation Award (2022), the Faraday Medal of Royal Chemistry Society (2020), International Battery Association IBA Research Award (2019), Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists Finalist (2018), C.W. Tobias Young Investigator Award of the Electrochemical Society (2016) and NSF CAREER Award (2011). Meng is elected Fellow of Electrochemical Society (FECS), Fellow of Materials Research Society (FMRS), and Fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). She is the author and co-author of more than 300 peer-reviewed journal articles, two book chapters, and eight issued patents. She is the editor in chief for Materials Research Society (MRS) Energy and Sustainability. Meng received her Ph.D. in Advanced Materials for Micro and Nano Systems from the Singapore-MIT Alliance in 2005. She received her bachelor’s degree in materials science with first class honors from Nanyang Technological University of Singapore in 2000.