Center for Battery Sustainability
Launched by MIT and Northeastern University
Research Vision
Our Team
Martin Z. Bazant
E. G. Roos (1944) Professor
MIT ChemE & Mathematics
Richard D. Braatz
Edwin R. Gilliland Professor
MIT ChemE
Juner Zhu
Assistant Professor
Northeastern Mech & Ind Eng
Timeline of CBS
8/15/2022 White paper sent to potential sponsors
8/16-11/1/2022 Accepting Letters of Interest & holding separate meetings with potential sponsors
11/2-3/2022 Battery Sustainability Workshop (Info Session for CBS) in Boston
12/31/2022 A letter must come from a company stating that they want to be a member
1/1-3/31/2023 Center Agreement will be sent to companies for signature
4/1/2023 Starting date of CBS
Day 1 (Nov 2): Info Session of CBS @ Cabral Center, Northeastern University
Martin Z. Bazant: Introducing the Center of Battery Sustainability & Research Projects
Richard D. Braatz: Machine Learning-Based Lifetime Prediction and Charging Optimization of Lithium-Ion Batteries
Juner Zhu: Establishing the Electro-Chemo-Mechanics Lab at Northeastern for Battery Assessment & Reliability Research
Paul Gasper (invited): Lithium-ion battery monitoring, lifetime prediction, and recycling at NREL
Xiao Su (invited): Electrochemical Separations for Multicomponent Metal Recovery in Battery Recycling
Day 2 (Nov 3): Battery Mechanics Symposium @ Alumni Center, Northeastern University
Tomasz Wierzbicki: Challenges for Battery Mechanics in Industrial Environment
Juner Zhu: Our Solutions to the Battery Mechanics Challenges: A Historical Overview
Hsin Wang (invited): Battery Safety Testing and Modeling Research at Oak Ridge National Lab
Hongyi Xu (invited): Modeling and Design of Microstrucrtural Materials
Register Now! (Link for industrial participants. Academics please email: j.zhu@neu.edu)
Contact Us
Martin Z. Bazant: bazant@mit.edu Juner Zhu: j.zhu@northeastern.edu