The University of Texas at Dallas (UT Dallas) and the US Battery Machine Builders, in collaboration with LEAP Manufacturing, hosted a groundbreaking workshop focused on the challenges and advances in tooling and equipment for battery manufacturing.
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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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University of Texas at Dallas researchers and their collaborators are developing a quick-drying polymeric desiccant that could dehumidify buildings using at least 30% less energy than conventional air-conditioning systems.
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The time it takes to charge an electric vehicle (EV) is often cited as the reason drivers are reluctant to switch from gas-powered cars. They can take several hours to charge at home and up to an hour at fast-charging, public stations.
A University of Texas at Dallas researcher, however, is working on technology to charge EV batteries 10 times faster.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
