Designing for Manufacturing Scalability in Clean Energy Research

Abstract

Kevin Huang is a postdoctoral associate in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He studies methods for assessing and enhancing the manufacturing scalability of laboratory-derived clean energy technologies. He has a PhD from MIT, an MS from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and a BS from Cornell University, all in materials science and engineering. Liang Li is a graduate student in the Technology and Policy Program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Her current research is focused on the manufacturing scalability of materials for clean energy applications. She holds a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from the National University of Singapore. Elsa Olivetti is the Atlantic Richfield Associate Professor of Energy Studies in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Her research focuses on improving the environmental and economic sustainability of materials using methods informed by materials economics, machine learning, experimental inquiry, and techno-economic analysis. Dr. Olivetti received her BS degree in engineering science from the University of Virginia. Her PhD in materials science and engineering from MIT focused on the development of cathode materials for lithium ion batteries.