Yet-Ming
Chiang
Kyocera Professor
National Academy of Engineering
SB Materials Science and Engineering, MIT, 1980
ScD Ceramics, MIT, 1985
Disciplines:
- Ceramics
- Electrochemistry
- Energy
- Energy Storage
- Nanotechnology
- Surfaces, Interfaces, and Thin Films
Research:
Prof. Chiang's research focuses on the design, synthesis, and characterization of advanced inorganic materials and related devices. Current topics include new cathode and anode materials for lithium ion batteries, phase transformations in electroactive materials, electrochemical device design, electrochemical-to-mechanical energy conversion, self-assembling colloids, and the stability and defect chemical properties of interfaces in inorganic materials.
