Meet & Greet and Seminar With Jeff Dahn, Founder of Tesla Battery Technology, April 19

Electrochemical Society hosts meet & greet and seminar with Prof. Jeff Dahn, the person behind Tesla's battery technology.
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Electrochemical Society hosts meet & greet and seminar with Prof. Jeff Dahn, the person behind Tesla's battery technology.

Electrochemical Society invites you to attend a Meet & Greet and seminar with professor Jeff Dahn of Dalhousie University, the person behind Tesla's battery technology, at 1:45 p.m. today, Tuesday, April 19, with lecture starting at 2 p.m. in MEEG 217 or join us on Zoom (Meeting ID: 851 9173 1347 Passcode: Dahn-ECS1). Food and drinks will be provided.

Dahn has worked on lithium and lithium-ion batteries for 43 years. In 2016, Dahn began a five-year partnership with Tesla, which has been extended till 2026. Dahn is the co-author of over 750 refereed journal papers and 73 inventions with patents issued or filed. Dahn has received national and international awards, including the Battery Division Research Award from the Electrochemical Society in 1996 and the Gerhard Herzberg Gold Medal in Science and Engineering, Canada's top science award. Learn more about his research group.

This event is supported by the Student Activities Fee as a funded event by the Associated Student Government and is free to all currently enrolled University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, students who pay the student activities fee. For questions about the event or for accommodations due to disability, please contact Aida Sheibani, asheiban@uark.edu, or call 479-575-5255.

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