World-renowned materials scientist Yet-Ming Chiang will deliver a lecture on the future of energy storage systems on March 16 as part of the RENEW Institute’s ongoing Distinguished Lecture Series.

The event, from 3-5 p.m. in 101 Davis Hall, North Campus, is free and open to the UB community. Online registration is requested.

Kyocera Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Chiang focuses his work on energy-storage systems that have applications in transportation, renewable energy and the electric grid.

He has co-founded five companies to commercialize research from his laboratory, including two battery companies: A123 Systems and 24M, which reinvents the lithium-ion battery and aims to dramatically reduce costs toward realizing a clean and sustainable energy future.

An MIT faculty member since 1985, Chiang has published about 250 scientific papers and holds about 60 patents. He is a fellow of the Materials Research Society and the American Ceramic Society, and is a member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering.

For more information about his research and lecture, as well as RENEW and its lecture series, visit the RENEW website.