Yet-Ming Chiang (April 25, 1958) is a Taiwanese American materials scientist and engineer currently the Kyocera Professor at

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. He has been influential in the development of new materials for energy storage, transfer, and power of a variety of different devices and vehicles. Chiang was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2009 for contributions to understanding of new energy storage materials and their commercialization.

Background and Career

Chiang was born in

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, Republic of China, in 1958, and emigrated to the United States in 1964. His SB and Sc.D. degrees, 1980 and 1985 respectively, are both from MIT. He is the author of over 200 peer-reviewed publications and holds over 30 patents. Chiang was the postdoctoral advisor for L'Oreal Awardee Dorthe Ravnsbæk.

Entrepreneurship

Chiang has founded or provides expert consultation to a number of companies in the materials and energy storage spaces, including:
Form Energy
- Iron-Air battery * A123 Systems - automotive

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maker, based out of

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, China and

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. * Desktop Metal - 3D printing of metal components * 24M -

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start-up investigating battery technology for planes and other aircraft * American Superconductor - superconducting materials

Awards

* 2009 - Elected to U.S. National Academy of Engineering * 2006 - R&D 100 Award * 2001 -

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Award of the Ceramics Society * Fellow of the American Ceramic Society

References

MIT School of Engineering faculty American materials scientists American people of Taiwanese descent 21st-century American engineers Living people 1958 births Taiwanese scientists Members of the United States National Academy of Engineering Fellows of the American Ceramic Society MIT School of Engineering alumni {{US-engineer-stub