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Yet-Ming Chiang

Yet-Ming Chiang

American materials scientist

Yet-Ming Chiang (born April 25, 1958)[1] is a Taiwanese American materials scientist and engineer currently the Kyocera Professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[2] He has been influential in the development of new materials for energy storage, transfer, and power of a variety of different devices and vehicles.

Yet-Ming Chiang at the NTSB's Lithium Ion Batteries in Transportation forum

Chiang was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2009 for contributions to understanding of new energy storage materials and their commercialization.

Background and career

Chiang was born in Taiwan, in 1958, and emigrated to the United States in 1964.[1] His SB and Sc.D. degrees, 1980 and 1985 respectively, are both from MIT.

He is the author of over 200 peer-reviewed publications and holds over 30 patents.

Chiang was the postdoctoral advisor for L'Oreal Awardee Dorthe Ravnsbæk.

Entrepreneurship

Chiang has founded or provides expert consultation to a number of companies in the materials and energy storage spaces, including:

Awards

References

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    "Yet-Ming Chiang | Lemelson-MIT Program". lemelson.mit.edu. Retrieved 2020-07-17.
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    "A powerful new battery could give us electric planes that don't pollute". MIT Technology Review. Retrieved 2020-07-17.
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    "About A123 - Our Story". A123 Systems. Retrieved 2020-07-17.
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    Metal, Desktop. "Yet-Ming Chiang, Sc.D." Desktop Metal. Retrieved 2020-07-17.
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    Moretti, Enrico (2013). The New Geography of Jobs (1st ed.). Boston, Mass.: Mariner Books. p. 194. ISBN 978-0-544-02805-0.
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    "Dr. Yet-Ming Chiang". NAE Website. Retrieved 2020-07-17.
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    Society, Ceramic (2019). "Ross Coffin Purdy Award Recipients" (PDF).


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