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Charged Up for Battery Research

As electric vehicles and renewable energy sources including solar and wind are scaling production, researchers across the globe are racing to develop a critical system component — grid‐scale  battery storage. Faculty from the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Texas at Dallas discovered that they did not need to travel far to supercharge their research efforts.

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UT Dallas lands $30M project from Department of Defense to research battery technology

UT Dallas is getting $30 million from the U.S. Department of Defense to develop new battery technologies.

The funds, allocated over three years, will go toward establishing a new energy storage campus in Richardson that will focus on advancing battery technology, as well as enhancing current tech.

Developing new battery technology takes time, said Dr. Joseph Pancrazio, UTD’s vice president for research and innovation.

Defense Department Awards $30M to Create UT Dallas ‘Energy Storage Systems Campus’

As the U.S. and the world make an epochal shift toward electrification, one key component is ripe for innovation: batteries that will reshape our future. The U.S. Department of Defense announced a big investment Monday to help spur that innovation, with a $30 million award to UT Dallas. 

The DOD award will fund a three-year, $30 million project to establish an “energy storage systems campus,” with a goal of accelerating the transition and scaling of next-generation batteries, while reducing dependence on scarce critical materials.

Department of Defense to invest $30 million in battery tech research at UTD

The Department of Defense will invest $30 million over three years at the University of Texas at Dallas to create new battery technologies and worker training programs, the Pentagon announced Monday.

As part of its investment, UTD will construct an energy storage systems campus that will also optimize existing battery technologies, decrease battery dependence on scarce raw materials, and train workers for jobs in the emerging battery energy storage workforce, the university said.

UT Dallas To Lead $30 Million Battery Technology Initiative

As announced by the Department of Defense on Sept. 18, The University of Texas at Dallas will receive $30 million over three years from the DOD to develop and commercialize new battery technologies and manufacturing processes, enhance the domestic availability of critical raw materials, and train high-quality workers for jobs in an expanding battery energy storage workforce.

The award, which creates a prototype Energy Storage Systems Campus, is the largest allocation from a federal agency that the University has received to date. The project will leverage and stimulate over $200 million in private capital.

DoD Launches Energy Storage Systems Campus to Build Domestic Capacity

The Department of Defense’s Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy, through its Manufacturing Capability Expansion and Investment Prioritization (MCEIP) office, has awarded a three-year, $30 million project to establish an energy storage systems campus. The project will accelerate transition and scaling of next generation batteries, while reducing dependence on scarce critical materials.