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Joint Seminar & Colloquia
Enabling Ambient Sodium Sulfur Batteries
by: Dr. Rachel Carter
Affiliation: U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
Date: Friday January 19, 2024
Time: 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Location: Houston Science Center – Building 593 — Room 102
Overview
Enabling Ambient Sodium Sulfur Batteries
Biography
Rachel Carter is Research Mechanical Engineer at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL). Prior to this role she has held the positions Karles Distinguished Scholar Fellow and National Research Council postdoctoral fellow at NRL. In fall of 2019 she was awarded the MRS Postdoctoral Award. Rachel received her Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Vanderbilt University in 2017. Her dissertation research focused on material and processing challenges for alkali-sulfur batteries, which boast 6X the energy of Li-ion with lower cost and more environmentally friendly materials. At NRL Rachel continues to work on sulfur chemistries, while also focusing on safer and more effective uses of conventional Li-ion batteries. In her 9 years as an energy storage researcher, she has published 61 peer-reviewed articles (h-index 34, i10-index 50) and obtained 3 patents. In 2019 Rachel was recognized by Nature as a top 5 emerging material scientist. In efforts to support women in STEM, Rachel was a co-founder of the Partnership of Women across the Naval Research Enterprise and has had the opportunity to mentor many young female researchers from the high school to graduate level.
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