How can we make better batteries?
Talk given at TEDxChicago 2023 and selected for TEDx Editor’s Pick
Chicago, October 6th, 2023
Dr. Shirley Meng
Materials Scientist & Doctor for Batteries
About the Talk
Dr. Shirley Meng makes the case for hope by demonstrating some of the exciting technologies and new batteries her lab is developing that could close the energy storage gap we need to create a democratization of energy that also enables a fully renewable energy grid.
Source: TEDxChicago
About Shirley
Dr. Y. Shirley Meng is a professor at the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, and the Chief Scientist at the Argonne Collaborative Center for Energy Storage Sciences (ACCESS) at Argonne National Laboratory. Her research focuses primarily on energy storage materials and systems – including rechargeable batteries for electric vehicles and heavy-duty trucks, power sources for Internet of Things (IOTs), as well as grid-scale storage for deep renewable energy penetration. She is a member of scientific advisory boards to SES AI, LG Energy Solution, Shell and Applied Materials. In addition, Dr. Meng is the principal investigator of Laboratory for Energy Storage and Conversion (LESC), from which startup companies such as South 8 Technologies and UNIGRID are spun out. She serves as the Editor-in-Chief of Materials Research Society MRS Energy & Sustainability. She has authored over 290 peer-reviewed journal articles, two book chapters, and holds six issued patents. Dr. Meng has received numerous prestigious awards and fellowships for her significant contributions to energy technology.
Source: TEDxChicago
TEDxChicago 2023
There comes a time in every generation when the hazy view of tomorrow challenges us, as a human collective, to chart a path forward. Some step back, allowing doubt to bridle their hope. Others leap, sewing the fiber of the years ahead. In these moments we find success in togetherness as we share ideas, provoke new thoughts, and bond over a common enemy: idleness.
This year, TEDxChicago is celebrating the courage that ignites us and the community which propels us as we hurdle into the world’s most paramount topics. With a rich history of championing togetherness and embracing creativity in times of change, Chicago is poised for this challenge. In 2023, to take the stage means there’s no going back. We dare. Do you?
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