To realize an electric future of aviation, I am moving to @UMich this fall to be a part of @MichiganAero oldest aerospace department in the world. Four transformative events led to this move: 🧵 and @business Zero podcast with @AkshatRathi

PhD#21 in the books. Congrats to @__amyao__ on textbook defining work on physics-consistent modeling of all-solid-state batteries. @umichme

A fun video showcasing some of our planned capabilities:

Here is @UMengineering coverage on our effort (with @greganem):

Thanks to @elanhead for a feature story covering this at @theaircurrent.

The launch also aligns with @GovWhitmer 's executive directive (@MEDC) announced at @reindsummit in a fireside chat with @BenMarchionna, establishing the Michigan Advanced Air Mobility Initiative.

Excited to announce the launch of M-Air, with anchor funding from Michigan's AAM Activation Fund to build iron-bird test capabilities for electric powertrain and a flight corridor connecting Ann Arbor to Michigan Central.

Thanks to @ACSEnergyLett @ACS_ENFL division for hosting the Energy Lectureship Award Symposium. So many gems in @ACSEnergyLett with a great group of collaborators!

PhD#20 in the books! Congrats to @mbabar1618 for successfully defending his @umichme PhD thesis on Atomic and geometric modifications for high-performance Li-ion electrodes. Excellent collaborations with @DKBediako, Kaxiras, Arun Bansil, etc. and support from @USNavyResearch!

PhD#19 in the books! Congrats to Keith Phuthi on defending his @umichme PhD thesis! Great collaborations with @ekindogus @simonbatzner (@GoogleDeepMind) @bkoz37 (@hseas) etc, and thanks to @Google for funding the work.

Excited to welcome @sanjaysub to Ann Arbor and looking forward to the performance on Sept 14.

RT @ssripad1: This is nonintuitive but flying can (is frequently) more efficient than driving. @venkvis and I analyzed this for urban aircr….

After a 3 week long SciFM Summer School, we wrap up with hackathon teams presenting progress they made on four thrusts: (i) Materials, (ii) Biology, (iii) Computational Science Agents, (iv) PDEs! Incredible summer school with 30 enlightening talks and 25 hackathon participants.

RT @KamatlabND: Check out this thread to capture the key highlights in Energy Storage from the winner of @ACSEnergyLett lectureship award w….

(ii) the need to move beyond transition metal oxide cathodes and @venk_kris sketched the possibilities in the design space of AFx cathodes for enabling electric aviation.

Two battery chemistry options to meet these challenging targets: (i) anode-free batteries. @VikramPande18 analyzed criterion needed for current collectors to realize good nucleation and fast diffusion.

In 2020, @AlecBills1 analyzed battery requirements needed for commercial aircraft and identified the goalpost of Bat1k (1000 Wh/kg) as "Bannister moment" for electric aviation. Subsequently, I led a @Nature perspective with Alan, @YetMingChiang & others.

Following year, @leif_fredericks led a beautiful work with Geoff Bower (then at @AirbusSV) on battery requirements for electric VTOL. We first pointed out the possibility of power fade limiting cycle life rather than capacity fade typical in EVs.

In 2017, with @ssripad1, we assessed performance requirements needed of batteries for electric semi-truck and showed feasible range limits for all-electric class-8 semi-trucks. This work got featured in @BillGates book, How to Avoid a Climate Disaster.

Thanks to @ACSEnergyLett for selecting me for the 2024 Energy Lectureship Award for Energy Storage. Thanks to @Amystery91 @steingart @GroupHelms for the nomination. A huge honor. Some of my group's best work has been published in @ACSEnergyLett! 🧵.

@ianfoster @metaai @argonne @UChicago @Jan_J @MPISusMat @LangChainAI Excellent demonstration of closing the loop by @pschwllr with ChemCrow! Foundation models for chemistry not there yet!