Dongjae Shin, a third-year Ph.D. student, received the Helen & Rolf Illsey Scholarship from the Society of Vacuum Coaters Foundation (SVCF). Dongjae is conducting research focused on vacuum deposition technologies, the findings from which could revolutionize applications in batteries, memories and synaptic transistors.
MSE Press Release: https://mse.engin.umich.edu/about/news/dongjae-kim-receives-scholarship-from-svcf
Jingxian Li is the first student to complete a PhD in the Li+ group. His thesis is titled "Thermodynamic Principles and Engineering of Resistive Memory." Jingxian will be joining Los Alamos National Laboratory as a postdoctoral fellow.
The Li+ group joins the Energy Storage Research Alliance, a US Department of Energy, Energy Innovation Hub led by Argonne National Laboratories. We will study zinc anodes and sodium solid electrolytes as part of this hub. Michigan press release.
Jinhong Min wins the prestigious Rackham Predoctoral Award for research that is unusually creative, ambitious, and impactful. Department press release.
Dongjae Shin leads a paper in Materials Horizons: Oxygen tracer diffusion in amorphous Hafnia films for resistive memory
Congratulations to our students Dongjae Shin and Leah Simakas for their outstanding academic achievements that earned them membership into Tau Beta Pi, The Engineering Honor Society. Undergraduates must be in the top 1/8th of their class and Graduate Students must be in the top 1/5th of their class and have completed over 50% of their degree requirements. Membership is by invitation only and is very selective.
Congratulations to Jingxian and Jinhong won the MRS Graduate Student Award at Fall MRS 2023 in Boston. Jingxian's research is on phase separation in resistive memory devices. Jinhong's research is on single-particle electrochemistry on battery materials. Jingxian and Jinhong launched the memory and battery research program in the Li+ group.
Riley's paper on Developing a Platform for Single-Particle Electrocatalyst Characterization was chosen as the winner of the Winter 2023 RISE Best Paper Award!
The Li+ group welcomes graduate students Sangyong Lee, Po-Yu Kung, Yerin Hong, and Harshada Suryawanshi. See their information on the "Members" page.
Our group's first battery paper, led by Jinhong Min, is published in the journal Energy and Environmental Sciences. https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2023/ee/d3ee00953j. Michigan Engineering Press Release: https://news.engin.umich.edu/2023/08/cracking-in-lithium-ion-batteries-speeds-up-electric-vehicle-charging/
Laszlo and Virgil both received their BSE in Materials Science and Engineering. Virgil will be starting his PhD at MIT as a NSF Graduate Research Fellow, while Laszlo will be working at Argonne National Laboratory. Congratulations to both.
Big week for Virgil! On Monday, Mar 27, the MSE department has featured Virgil Watkins for his outstanding accomplishments in the classroom, gym, and the lab. https://mse.engin.umich.edu/about/news/virgil-watkins-unparalleled-performance. On Wednesday, Mar 29, Virgil won the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. Congratulations to Virgil for both achievements.
Dina Ginkina at IEEE Spectrum did a feature article on ECRAM that highlighted our group's work, especially the recent paper led by Diana. The title is "Computing With Chemicals Makes Faster, Leaner AI Battery-inspired artificial synapses are gaining ground," which is strongly related to our research themes.
Our group's first paper was published in Advanced Electronic Materials. Thanks to Diana, Virgil, Laszlo, and Jingxian to their contributions. Paper at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/aelm.202200958
Our new website has launched. Thanks to UM-Computer Science student Raj Mulherkar for designing this site.
The Li+ group welcomes graduate students Dongjae Shin, Emily MacInnis, Andrew Jalbert, and undergraduate student Sabrina Wong. See their information on the "Members" page.
Yiyang wins the Intel Rising Star Award. Intel Press Release: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/research/blogs/intel-rising-stars-awards-2022.html. U-Mich Press Release: https://mse.engin.umich.edu/about/news/li-receives-intels-prestigious-rising-star-faculty-award
Six members of current and former group members attend the International Meeting for Solid State Ionics-23 in Boston. Jingxian, Lindsay, Jinhong, and Yiyang gave talks, while Laszlo presented a poster.
Our group has won the LG Energy Solution Battery Innovation Contest for our work on single-particle battery cycling. Thanks for Lindsay, Jinhong, and Brianna for contributing preliminary results. We look forward to working with the world’s second largest battery manufacturer to increase the impact of our research.