| Description |
Yet-Ming Chiang is Kyocera Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at MIT. He holds S.B. and Sc.D. degrees from MIT, and has been a faculty member at MIT since 1984. His research and teaching focuses on advanced materials and their role in technologies for energy storage and generation, medical devices, “smart” structures, and micro/nano electronics. In these fields he has published approximately 180 research papers,one textbook, and holds about 40 granted or pending patents. Chiang is a Fellow of the American Ceramic Society and recipient of its Ross Coffin Purdy, R.M. Fulrath and F.H.Norton Awards, and a recipient of the ONR Young Investigator award. Basic research from his laboratory enabled new battery technology that was honored in 2006 with an R&D 100 Award and the R&D 100 Editor’s Choice Award. He is a founding scientist of American Superconductor, a leading manufacturer of high-temperature, super-conducting wire for energy and power applications, and A123Systems, known for ultrahigh power, long life rechargeable battery technology used in cordless power tools, hybrid and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs and PHEVs), and other developing energy storage applications. |
| Topics |
Seminars and Lectures, Home Page, Photonics, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science & Engineering, Systems Engineering/CISE, Clean Energy and Environmental Sustainability Initiative |
