Initiative wins $113M to bolster domestic battery manufacturing, reinvigorate region
The U.S. Economic Development Administration announced Friday that the region would receive $63.7 million; the State of New York will support the project with an additional $50 million. Read more
Chemist focuses on battery safety
Binghamton graduate student Carrie Kaplan is part of Battery 500, a project aimed at developing next-generation batteries with higher energy capacity. Read more
Grad student aims to build a better battery
Marc Francis Hidalgo works with the NorthEast Center for Chemical Energy Storage, where he studies a compound that allows batteries to double their energy capacity. Read more
Chemist named to national academy
Binghamton researcher M. Stanley Whittingham was elected to the National Academy of Engineering for pioneering contributions to battery technologies. Read more
‘Science Studio’ features lithium batteries discussion
Binghamton chemist M. Stanley Whittingham speaks with KTEP’s Science Studio about why lithium batteries are so efficient and why they are sometimes subject to rupture, overheating or even exploding. Read more
Grad student aims to better understand batteries
Doctoral student Shawn Sallis will spend this school year on a prestigious fellowship at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, where he’ll work with a tool that produces a beam a billion times brighter the sun. Read more
Binghamton engineer creates origami battery
Inexpensive paper batteries could one day power biosensors for use in remote locations. Read more
