Wachsman, Eric

Professor
Director, Maryland Energy Innovation Institute
William L. Crentz Centennial Chair in Energy Research
Vice-President, Electrochemical Society

Materials Science and Engineering
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Maryland Energy Innovation Institute

1206A Engineering Lab Building

ewach@umd.edu

301-405-8193

Website(s):
https://energy.umd.edu/wachsman-research-lab

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Stanford University, 1990

BACKGROUND

Prior to joining the A. James Clark School of Engineering as the founding director of the University of Maryland Energy Research Center, Professor Wachsman spearheaded the creation of the Florida Institute on Sustainable Energy at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Fla. Before pursuing his career in academia, he rose through the ranks from post-doctorate to senior scientist at SRI International. He has more than 180 peer reviewed publications, 75+ peer reviewed proceedings, and 25 patents on ionic and electronic transport in ceramics, their catalytic properties, and device performance.

Professor Wachsman is also a frequent invited panelist on fuel cell and hydrogen energy research, ranging from the U.S. Department of Energy "Fuel Cell Report to Congress" and "Basic Research Needs Related to High Temperature Electrochemical Devices for Hydrogen Production, Storage and Use," to the National Science Foundation "Workshop on Fundamental Research Needs in Ceramics," NATO "Mixed Ionic-Electronic Conducting (MIEC) Perovskites for Advanced Energy Systems,” and the National Academies “Global Dialogues on Emerging Science and Technologies." He is a member of the Board of Directors for both the Maryland Clean Energy Center (Governor appointed and Senate confirmed) and The Electrochemical Society.

HONORS AND AWARDS

Fellow of The Electrochemical Society, 2008
Fellow of The American Ceramic Society, 2012
World Academy of Ceramics, 2017
Carl Wagner Memorial Award, The Electrochemical Society, 2017
Sir William Grove Award, International Association for Hydrogen Energy, 2014
Pfeil Award, The Institute of Materials, Minerals, and Mining, 2014
Outstanding Invention of 2013, University of Maryland, Office of Technology Licensing
Fuel Cell Seminar & Exposition Award, 2012
HTM Outstanding Achievement Award, The Electrochemical Society, 2012
Rhines Chair Professor of Materials Science & Engineering, 2008-2009
University of Florida Research Foundation Professor, 2005-2008
Materials Science & Engineering Faculty Excellence Award, 2007-2008
Materials Research Society, Top 5 Hot Talks/Cool Papers, Spring 2007 Meeting
University of Florida Faculty Achievement, 2007
NASA Johnson Space Center Achievement Award, 2007
Materials Science & Engineering Faculty Excellence Award, 2006-2007
Materials Science & Engineering Faculty Excellence Award, 2005-2006
Materials Science & Engineering Faculty Excellence Award, 2004-2005
Progress in Ceramic Basic Science: Challenge Toward the 21^st Century, The Basic Science Division, The Ceramic Society of Japan, 1996
Xerox Achievement Award, 1984

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

Board of Directors, The Electrochemical Society
Board of Directors, Maryland Clean Energy Center
Councilor, Florida Section of the American Ceramic Society
Past chair, ECS High Temperature Materials Division
American Chemical Society
Editor-in-chief, Ionics
Former associate editor, Journal of the American Ceramic Society
International Society for Solid State Ionics
Materials Research Society

Research Interests include:

For more information on Dr. Wachsman's research groups, click here.

Profesor Wachsman has focused his career on developing advanced, efficient, energy conversion devices and technologies. His research is on ionic transport in solids and the heterogeneous electrocatalysis at their surface. This research includes the development of solid oxide fuel cells, gas separation membranes, solid-state gas sensors, the electrocatalytic conversion of CH₄, and the post-combustion reduction of NO_xusing advanced ion conducting materials.

Most recently, his research group has made advancements in several fields related to ceramic ion conductivity, developing intermediate and low temperature solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC's), ion transport membranes, and solid state sensors. Through this research, Professor Wachsman and his team have contributed to the fundamental understanding of electrocatalysis and fundamentals of ion transport.

For detailed project descriptions, please visit Professor Wachsman's web site

For a complete list of selected publications, please visit Professor Wachsman's web site

“High-rate lithium cycling in a ascalable trilayer Li-garnet-electrolyte architecture”, Gregory T. Hitz, Dennis W. McOwne, Lei Zhang, Zhaohui Ma, Zhezhen Fu, Yang Wen, Yunhui Gong Jiaqi Dai, Tanner R. Hamann, Liangbing Hu, and Eric D. Wachsman (2018), Materials Today, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mattod.2018.04.004

“3D lithium metal anodes hosted in asymmetric garnet frameworks toward high energy density batteries”, Boyang Liu, Lei Zhang, Shaomao Xu, Dennis W. McOwen, Yunhui Gong, Chunpeng Yang, Glenn R. Pastel, Hua Xie, Kun Fu, Jiaqi Dai, Chaoji Chen, Eric D. Wachsman and Liangbing Hu, (2018), Energy Storage Materials, Vol 14, pp. 376-382. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ensm.2018.04.015

“Three-Dimensional, Solid-State Mixed Electron–Ion Conductive Framework for Lithium Metal Anode”, Shaomao Xu, Dennis W. McOwen, Chengwei Wang, Lei Zhang, Wei Luo, Chaoji Chen, Yiju Li, Yunhui Gong, Jiaqi Dai, Yudi Kuang, Chunpeng Yang, Tanner R. Hamann, Eric D. Wachsman and Liangbing Hu, (2018), Nano Letters, 18(6), pp. 3926-3933, DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.8b01295