CBE Fall Seminar: Yet-Ming Chiang (MIT)

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Yet-Ming Chiang is the Kyocera Professor of Ceramics and professor of materials science and engineering at MIT. Prof. Chiang earned a B.S. in materials science and engineering from MIT in 1980 and a doctorate in ceramics from MIT in 1985. Today, his laboratory’s work ranges from basic research to process and prototype development. He has brought several laboratory discoveries to commercialization, including high-power lithium iron phosphate batteries, more efficient lithium-ion battery manufacturing processes, batteries for long-duration grid storage, and electrochemical cement production. He co-directs a flagship project under MIT Climate Grand Challenges on the decarbonization of industrial materials production.