Announcements from archive
Announcements from archive
October 11, 2019
Exciting News from 2019 SPEC Summit
The Dean of Jacobs School, Dr Albert P. Pisano gave his welcome address and shared the exciting progress on the new upcoming Franklin Antonio Hall Building. Full Story
July 10, 2019
Liquefied gas electrolyte highlighted in Physicsworld
Yang from Prof. Meng's group recently published in Joule and got highlighted in Physicsworld! Full Story
March 12, 2019
Check our new CMRR materials characterization facility
This facility provides access to an array of state-of-the-art equipment for nanomaterial characterization, including XRD, XPS, Hall effect, UV-Vis, AFM/MFM, SEM, etc. Facility Site
February 09, 2019
Science Nation video: Batteries of the future made with salt
NSF founded sodium battery research in Prof. Shirley Meng's group was recently featured in Science Nation video, which is a video series commissioned by the NSF Office. Full Story
October 10, 2018
Textile-based Energy Harvesting/Storage
Prof. Joseph Wang's group recently published their exciting results about 'Sweat-based Wearable Energy Harvesting-Storage Hybrid Textile Devices' in Energy & Environmental Science! Full Story
August 10, 2018
Research from Professor Shirley Meng's group is featured on Nature Energy Cover
Recently, our research on the Voltage Fade in Lithium-Rich NMC Cathode Materials was Published in Nature Energy. Full Story
February 22, 2018
Energy Applications of Ionic Materials
Prof. Doug MacFarlane from Monash University is giving a seminar on "Energy Applications of Ionic Materials." March 16th, Friday at 10 AM in Jack Keil Wolf Auditorium in CMRR ... Full Story
July 17, 2017
Advanced Electrochemical Energy Storage Systems for Vehicle Electrification
Dr. Mei Cai from General Motors is giving a seminar on "Advanced Electrochemical Energy Storage Systems for Vehicle Electrification." July 17th, Monday at 2 PM in Cymer Conference Center, SME ... Full Story
May 12, 2017
Modeling the LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4 High-Voltage Cathode: from bulk properties to interfacial chemistry
Dr. Marco Olguin from Army Research Lab is giving a seminar on "Modeling the LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4 High-Voltage Cathode." May 17th, Wednesday at 9 AM in Cymer Conference Center, SME ... Full Story
May 08, 2017
Tools for in-situ and operando microscopy
Mr. Norman Salmon from Hummingbird Scientific is giving a seminar on "Tools for in-situ and operando microscopy." May 10th, Wednesday at 11 AM in Jack Keil Wolf Auditorium in CMRR ... Full Story
February 03, 2017
In situ Imaging of Batteries with MRI
Prof. Alexej Jerschow from New York University is giving a seminar on "In situ Imaging of Batteries with MRI." February 1st, Wednesday at 11am in Cymer Conference Center, SME ... Full Story
January 18, 2017
ARPA-E: Agriculture Phenotyping, Methane Sensing & Opportunities at the Agency
Dr. David R. Brown from ARPA-E is giving a seminar on agriculture phenotyping, methane sensing and opportunities at ARPA-E. May 27th, Friday at 11am in Rm 4309 in EBU 1. ... Full Story
January 08, 2017
What a Trump Presidency means for the Global Climate Fight
Prof. David Victor from School of Global Policy and Strategy at UC San Diego is giving a seminar on "What a Trump Presidency means for the Global Climate Fight." December 1st, Thursday at 11am in ... Full Story
May 13, 2016
Understanding the Risk of Lithium-Ion Battery Thermal Runaway in Aerospace Applications
Dr. Thomas P. Barrera from Boing Satellite Development Center is giving a seminar on LIBs in aerospace applications. May 17th, Tuesday at 11am in Cymer Conference Center in SME ... Full Story
May 10, 2016
SPEC is funding 2015 Graduate Summer Fellowship program
The Sustainable Power and Energy Center is pleased to announce the Graduate Summer Fellowship program of 2015. Through this fellowship, students will be fully funded by SPEC to support the SPEC ... Full Story
April 28, 2016
Decoding structure-property relationships of materials using atom probe tomography and correlative microscopy
Dr. Arun Devaraj from Pacific Northwest National Lab is giving a seminar on Atom probe tomography. May 2nd, Monday at 11am in Cymer Conference Center in SME ... Full Story
March 15, 2016
Carbon Nano-Materials for Energy Application
Prof. Yun Hang Hu from Michigan Technological University is giving a seminar on Carbon Nano-Materials for Energy Application including his research overview. March 15th, Tuesday at 10am in Cymer ... Full Story
March 11, 2016
Understanding the Chemical Processes Involved in Electrical Energy Conversion and Storage
Prof. Anne Co from the Ohio State University is giving a seminar on Electrical Energy Conversion and Storage including her research group's recent analysis. March 10th, Thursday at 11am in Cymer ... Full Story
January 29, 2016
SPEC Research Summit
The first SPEC Symposium will be held on April 14th, Thursday (9am-12pm) in Cymer Conference Center. Faculty seminars, student posters, and microgrid tour will be followed. ... Full Story
December 17, 2015
Electrochemical Research at NASA Glenn Research Center
Dr. Vadim F. Lvovich, Electrochemistry Branch Chief at NASA Glenn Research Center, is giving a seminar on electrochemical research at NASA Glenn Research Center. January 5th, Tuesday at 3pm in Cym ... Full Story
October 09, 2015
Energy Club @ UCSD’s Kick-off Event
Please join us for the Energy Club @ UCSD’s kick-off event! Featuring lightning talks on solar, CO2 reduction, grid integration, and building efficiency. Followed by social hour. Friday, October ... Full Story
October 07, 2015
Probing the Morphology of Bulk Heterojunction Films
Dr. Adam Moule from UC Davis is giving a seminar on TEM tomography on the semiconductor layers of organic solar cells. October 7th, Wednesday at 11am in Cymer Conference Center in SME ... Full Story
October 06, 2015
The UC President’s Carbon Neutrality Initiative Student Fellowship Program
Yanqi Luo, Dr. Fenning’s graduate student in NanoEngineering Department, UC San Diego, is selected for the 2015-16 University of California Climate Initiative Research Fellowship. This award was ... Full Story
August 06, 2015
SPEC featured in UC San Diego advertisement
The work of the Sustainable Power and Energy Center was promoted in a recent ad created by the UC San Diego Advertising Campaign. The ad features the collaborative efforts of Shirley Meng and Oleg ... Full Story
August 04, 2015
Guest@MOF: Achieving Emergent Properties for Electronic and Energy Conversion Device Applications
Alec Talin from Sandia National Laboratories is giving a seminar on "Guest@MOF: Achieving Emergent Properties for Electronic and Energy Conversion Device Applications." August 14th, Friday at 11am ... Full Story
June 30, 2015
Electrochemical Society at UC San Diego
The ECS - UCSD Student Chapter exists to promote the interest and advancement of electrochemistry science and technology among both graduate and undergraduate students here at UCSD. In order to ... Full Story