Jay Whitacre
Trustee Professor in Energy, Engineering and Public Policy, Materials Science and Engineering
Director, Wilton E. Scott Institute for Energy Innovation
Trustee Professor in Energy, Engineering and Public Policy, Materials Science and Engineering
Director, Wilton E. Scott Institute for Energy Innovation
1999 Ph.D., Materials Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
1997 Master of Science in Engineering, Materials Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
1994 BA, Physics, Oberlin College
Instigators of Change
Scott Institute Director Jay Whitacre was interviewed in a podcast on how batteries can still have a negative impact on the environment.
The Daily Beast
Scott Institute Director Jay Whitacre was quoted in The Daily Beast on lithium-ion batteries and their effect on climate disaster.
CMU Engineering
With major investments in infrastructure and innovation pending, a multi-disciplinary initiative lead by EPP’s Erica Fuchs is building the tools and innovations to inform government decisions.
CMU Engineering
A team of CMU mechanical engineering and materials science and engineering researchers are using AI to optimize battery electrolyte designs, and they found new electrolytes that researchers hadn’t thought of.
Carnegie Mellon University Africa
This past spring semester, about a dozen master’s students in Carnegie Mellon University’s Energy Science, Technology and Policy (EST&P) Project Course worked hands-on with batteries to potentially identify re-use applications that could improve Africa’s energy access problem.
Fortune
Scott Institute Director Jay Whitacre was quoted by Fortune in an article discussing the race to solve lithium-ion battery recycling as electric vehicles (EVs) gradually become more common over the next decade.
Wired
Scott Institute Director Jay Whitacre suggests VW’s new challenge by pointing out that the battery cells they plan to build have to be identical from a quality perspective.
WIRED
Scott Institute Director Jay Whitacre evaluates VW's recent move to manufacture its own battery cells for electric vehicles.
CMU Engineering
From March 25 – 28, 2019, the Wilton E. Scott Institute for Energy Innovation at Carnegie Mellon University will hold CMU Energy Week 2019.
CMU Engineering
In the quest for alternatives to gas-powered vehicles, experts believe one new method shows great promise: Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells.
The Wall Street Journal
EPP/MSE’s Jay Whitacre was interviewed for a video by the Wall Street Journal and explained the main reason why Tesla’s cars have high costs. The big portion of the costs is due to the battery. Whitacre studies these lithium-ion battery cells produced by Panasonic and explains how Tesla has worked extensively to reduce costs from the battery pack.
CMU Engineering
Widespread use of electric vehicles will go a long way toward eliminating the greenhouse gas emissions of the transportation sector—but these emissions don’t just come from the tailpipe.