UMD startup accelerating modular sustainable-fuel production
Wachsman and Agonafer honored for shaping the tech industry
UMD startup continues to shine
Highest power density reported for a SOFC
Seven of 11 collaborative projects include contributions from engineering
New energy bill will not fix soaring electric bills alone
Award Supports Innovation Infrastructure Development
Conversations, collaboration, and climate and energy innovation
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First U.S. Solid State Battery Company to Achieve Milestone
We are equally focused on what AI can achieve
and the infrastructure required to achieve it.
InsideEVs questions Donut Lab new battery
MEII company to scale up membrane reactor
Memorandum of Understanding signed by both institutes
MRS honors lifetime contribution to energy technologies
Maryland Comptroller Lierman cites commitment to service
Dr. Eric Wachsman discusses U.S. - French collaboration
Dr. Eric Wachsman weighs in on the technology
Clark School faculty among those honored with 2025 Invention of the Year Awards, special recognitions
Paper published in
Materials Today
16 booths and 3 tech demos highlighted
Join us this March as we celebrate Women’s History Month and Multiracial Heritage Month.
At the A. James Clark School of Engineering, we honor the contributions of Black engineering trailblazers, whose accomplishments improve our society through innovation and leadership.
Student team led by Yifei Mo publishes solid-state battery innovation in ACS Energy Letters.
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$2.3M in State Grants Awarded to University of Maryland-Affiliated Projects
Company has established commercially scalable route to production of solid-state batteries
Maryland Energy Innovation Institute receives additional funding
Ion Storage Systems holds commissioning ceremony
Ji-Cheng (JC) Zhao, chair of the Clark School’s Department of Materials Science and Engineering, will be the next dean of the University of Connecticut’s College of Engineering.
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Hu and Wachsman became the only UMD faculty featured together with outstanding alumni inventors and entrepreneurs.
Materials Science and Engineering celebrated its anniversary on November 7, 2023.
Innovative materials and 3D design published in Nature Materials
ARPA-E Energy Innovation Showcase with Rep. Brandon Hill
Elsevier releases updated science-wide database
Eric Wachsman and Ji-Cheng “JC” Zhao have been named to the National Academy of Inventors’ (NAI) Class of 2022 Fellows, joining the ranks of some of the nation’s most prestigious and creative academic inventors.
MEI2/UMD Start-up Company Selected by Shell GameChanger to Prove New Concept to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Dr. Eric Wachsman discusses energy storage with Maryland Public Television
Eric Wachsman on battery myths and facts
Toyota Ventures, Tenaska, and Bangchak Corporation Join Oversubscribed Round Led by Clear Creek Investments, VoLo Earth Ventures, and Alsop Louie Partners
Ion Storage aims to offer longer-lasting power source
Proceeds – provided by Clear Creek Investments, VoLo Earth Ventures and Alsop Louie Partners – will be used to produce 1st Generation commercial cells.
CREB held its 2021 fall meeting to discuss battery chemistry designed for super-cold environments.
Elsevier study indicates UMD has highest publication citation index globally
Pioneering discovery would cut energy waste and create valuable industrial chemicals.
Six Clark School faculty and staff will be honored at UMD's 38th annual Convocation on Sept. 15, 2021.
For the third consecutive year, the Clark School's rises in
U.S. News & World Report ranking.
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The title is a recognition of excellence, impact, and significant contribution to the nominee's field, knowledge, profession, and/or practice.
Wachsman’s appointment effective June 10, 2021 for a two-year term.
Among the nine 2021 Invention of the Year nominees, four are led by or include Clark School researchers.
The virtual meeting aimed to bolster battery technology under extreme conditions.
Report prepared by Stanford University experts.
The Solar District Cup challenges multidisciplinary student teams to design and model optimized distributed energy systems for a campus or urban district.
Advancing Transformational Army Batteries
The University of Maryland College Park's research partnership with the U.S. Army Research Laboratory will establish an ecosystem for revolutionary additive manufacturing technology and concepts to expedite national readiness and response.
Each year, the dean of the University of Maryland’s A. James Clark School of Engineering honors exemplary faculty members for their dedication to excellence in research and teaching.
Ion Storage Systems highlighted in SiliconRepublic
States Race for Battery Breakthrough. Who's Winning?
UMD’s Materials Science and Engineering Department hits #23 in U.S. graduate school rankings – its highest ranking yet.
Project will develop lithium and sodium metal solid-state-batteries for advanced energy storage applications.
A superthin electrolyte with three layers could deliver safe, fast-charging batteries
Ashley Ruth was honored at a ceremony on July 25, 2019.
Wachsman and Hu received funding.
ARPA-E Spotlights UMD Awardee Eric Wachsman.
3-year appointment commences May 2018
Energy storage breakthroughs
Transforming energy research into useable technology
UMD Energy Innovation Technologies dominate
Novel garnet-fiber textiles maintain desired electrolyte flexibility while enabling high-capacity Li-metal anodes.
Join us for an
energetic discussion!
FIB/SEM utilized to perform nanotomography on solid oxide fuel cells.
The institute was created to turn research breakthroughs into commercial, clean energy solutions.
Drs. Wachsman, Hu and Wang receive awards.
Sakbodin, Liu and Wachsman have created a membrane reactor that converts methane gas into more valuable material.
Award will be presented at the 232nd ECS Meeting in October.
Electrochemical Society honors UMD's Eric Wacshman
MSE/ChBE Professor Eric Wachsman will tak a lead role in its development.
Clark School researchers are developing game-changing solid-state battery technology
CBS featured UMD innovative energy research on its national morning news show.
UMERC Director Eric Wachsman will deliver the Keynote Presentation at the 7th Annual Battery Safety Conference, Nov 3-4, 2016.
Shows "promise [for] significant and lasting impact" in nanoscience
University of Maryland Electrochemical Society Students win Student Chapter Award for the third year in a row.
UMD researchers receive award for the tri-generation of heat, power, and potable water from waste.
UMD researchers awarded NASA funding for advanced energy storage technology
The Maryland Incubator Company of the Year Awards Best Environmental/Energy Company to Redox Power Systems.
New research center expands scope and draws regional experts.
Office of Technology Commercialization to announce winners at the Celebration of Innovation and Partnerships, April 29.
Redox Fuel Cell Technology Highlighted in Gigaom, the leading global voice on emerging technologies.
UMERC Faculty promoted their transformative energy research last week at the ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit
Professor describes how each relies on, and is affected by, the other.
Materials Science professors receive awards from the Md. Academy of Sciences and Md. Science Center.
Chapter honored at annual meeting.
Energy storage research at UMERC has been selected by NASA to potentially power future space missions.
The goal of the project is to further advance Redox's high-performance fuel cells and drive them to market-readiness for a broad range of applications.
Wachsman Wins Pfeil Award for work on new photocatalyst.
MSE/UMERC professors team with U. Calgary to create advanced Li-ion batteries.
Redox Power Systems, UMD develop breakthrough fuel cells to provide efficient, affordable electricity.
UMD Invention of the Year Finalists Charge Ahead
Professor receives 2014 Sir William Grove Award.
Division of Research honors faculty for funded research.
MIT Technology Review highlights Wachsman's plan to reduce grid strain and energy costs.
Eric Wachsman and Chunsheng Wang receive funding to create innovative batteries for electric vehicle energy storage systems.
Clark School energy research, including solid oxide fuel cells and wood battery, featured in variety of mainstream media outlets.
Young group named ECS' first Outstanding Student Chapter.
Award supports grad student's continuing development of fuel cell technology.
American Ceramic Society blog features talk on role of solid oxide fuel cells in nation's energy strategy.
UMD's Student Chapter of the Electrochemical Society met with Congress on March 12-13 to show value of R&D funding.
Wachsman joins distinguised panel of advisory members.
Publication focuses on opportunities in mesoscale science.
Energy Center director honored for work to commercialize fuel cells.
American Ceramic Society honors professor's work in fuel cell development.
TAP-based Redox Power Systems offers future energy solutions.
Clark School's Ayyub also provides testimony for roundtable on improving Maryland's electric distribution system.
Clark School fuel cell expert honored by Electrochemical Society.
RedOx takes second place in division, wins Warren Citrin Social Impact Award.
MSE graduate student named ARCS Hesse Endowment Fellow.
Recent press release gets attention from
Scientific American, others.
Energy expert advocates investing in "the other fuel cell" to reduce reliance on fossil fuels now, not in decades.
Top federal and state energy advisors speak at event. Watch online.
Program includes tuition, stipend, internships, and employment.
Presentations covered fuel cells, storage, reclaimed waste heat, thermoelastic cooling.
UMERC director appointed to Board of Directors of the Maryland Clean Energy Center.
Article discusses current deployment, development challenges.
$500K DOE ARPA-E grant for groundbreaking energy research.
Students recognized at annual Clark School event.
UMERC director invited to participate in UPenn's prestigious energy colloquium.
Fuel cell expert, national panelist Eric Wachsman to lead energy research efforts.
