CREB Semi-Annual Meeting: Commercializing Battery R&D

Friday, January 15, 2021
1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
Online Registration required
James Short
301 949 1285
jshort@umd.edu
https://creb.umd.edu

Theme: Commercializing Battery R&D & Getting COTS Cells in DOD Batteries

Special Guest: U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen

To register for the meeting, please contact James Short, PhD, Program Administrator for the Center for Research in Extreme Batteries (jshort@umd.edu)

1:00—Welcome: Professors Eric Wachsman & Chunsheng Wang

CREB Overview, DoD Batteries from past to present to future

1:15—Senator Chris Van Hollen of Maryland

1:30—Set the Stage for Batteries: Dr. Ashley Ruth, Army C5ISR Power Division

Challenges to Army & DoD batteries

R&D Observations:

2:00—Dr. Khalil Amine, Fellow, Argonne National Laboratory

2:30—Professor Arumugam Manthiram, University of Texas at Austin

3:00—Panel: Innovating new cell technology to meet DoD’s extreme performance needs

Dr. Ionel Stefan, Amprius, Chief Technical Officer

Dr. Jiang Fan, American Lithium Energy, President

Dr. Qichao Hu, Solid Energy Systems, Founder

Dr. Bruno Vanzieleghem, Cuberg, Technical Sales Engineer

3:40—Panel: Lessons learned in transitioning advanced cell technology to DOD COTS battery packs

Moderator: Matt Hutchens (invited), Defense Logistics Agency, R&D Program Manager

Kyle Roelofs, Bren-Tronics, Vice President Business Development

Tom Greszler, Saft America, Cell Development R&D Manager

Mike Manna, UltraLife, President & Energy Products

Chris Turner, Inventus Power, Chief Technical Officer

4:20—DoD Battery Certification/Safety: Dr. Daphne Fuentevilla, U.S. Navy Operational Energy

4:50—Closing discussions & CREB into the future: ALL

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Audience: Public

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