Wachsman, Eric
Director, Maryland Energy Innovation Institute
William L. Crentz Centennial Chair in Energy Research
Vice-President, Electrochemical Society
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Maryland Energy Innovation Institute
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Stanford University, 1990
BACKGROUND
Prior to joining the A. James Clark School of Engineering as the founding director of the University of Maryland Energy Research Center, Professor Wachsman spearheaded the creation of the Florida Institute on Sustainable Energy at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Fla. Before pursuing his career in academia, he rose through the ranks from post-doctorate to senior scientist at SRI International. He has more than 180 peer reviewed publications, 75+ peer reviewed proceedings, and 25 patents on ionic and electronic transport in ceramics, their catalytic properties, and device performance.
Professor Wachsman is also a frequent invited panelist on fuel cell and hydrogen energy research, ranging from the U.S. Department of Energy "Fuel Cell Report to Congress" and "Basic Research Needs Related to High Temperature Electrochemical Devices for Hydrogen Production, Storage and Use," to the National Science Foundation "Workshop on Fundamental Research Needs in Ceramics," NATO "Mixed Ionic-Electronic Conducting (MIEC) Perovskites for Advanced Energy Systems,” and the National Academies “Global Dialogues on Emerging Science and Technologies." He is a member of the Board of Directors for both the Maryland Clean Energy Center (Governor appointed and Senate confirmed) and The Electrochemical Society.
HONORS AND AWARDS
- Fellow of The Electrochemical Society, 2008
- Fellow of The American Ceramic Society, 2012
- World Academy of Ceramics, 2017
- Carl Wagner Memorial Award, The Electrochemical Society, 2017
- Sir William Grove Award, International Association for Hydrogen Energy, 2014
- Pfeil Award, The Institute of Materials, Minerals, and Mining, 2014
- Outstanding Invention of 2013, University of Maryland, Office of Technology Licensing
- Fuel Cell Seminar & Exposition Award, 2012
- HTM Outstanding Achievement Award, The Electrochemical Society, 2012
- Rhines Chair Professor of Materials Science & Engineering, 2008-2009
- University of Florida Research Foundation Professor, 2005-2008
- Materials Science & Engineering Faculty Excellence Award, 2007-2008
- Materials Research Society, Top 5 Hot Talks/Cool Papers, Spring 2007 Meeting
- University of Florida Faculty Achievement, 2007
- NASA Johnson Space Center Achievement Award, 2007
- Materials Science & Engineering Faculty Excellence Award, 2006-2007
- Materials Science & Engineering Faculty Excellence Award, 2005-2006
- Materials Science & Engineering Faculty Excellence Award, 2004-2005
- Progress in Ceramic Basic Science: Challenge Toward the 21st Century, The Basic Science Division, The Ceramic Society of Japan, 1996
- Xerox Achievement Award, 1984
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
- Board of Directors, The Electrochemical Society
- Board of Directors, Maryland Clean Energy Center
- Councilor, Florida Section of the American Ceramic Society
- Past chair, ECS High Temperature Materials Division
- American Chemical Society
- Editor-in-chief, Ionics
- Former associate editor, Journal of the American Ceramic Society
- International Society for Solid State Ionics
- Materials Research Society
Research Interests include:
Solid State Batteries
Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
Membrane and Membrane Reactors
Solid State Sensors
Electrocatalysis and Catalysis
Ionic Transport in Solids
Thermo-Chemical/Mechanical Properties of Materials
For more information on Dr. Wachsman's research groups, click here.
Profesor Wachsman has focused his career on developing advanced, efficient, energy conversion devices and technologies. His research is on ionic transport in solids and the heterogeneous electrocatalysis at their surface. This research includes the development of solid oxide fuel cells, gas separation membranes, solid-state gas sensors, the electrocatalytic conversion of CH4, and the post-combustion reduction of NOx using advanced ion conducting materials.
Most recently, his research group has made advancements in several fields related to ceramic ion conductivity, developing intermediate and low temperature solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC's), ion transport membranes, and solid state sensors. Through this research, Professor Wachsman and his team have contributed to the fundamental understanding of electrocatalysis and fundamentals of ion transport.
For detailed project descriptions, please visit Professor Wachsman's web site
For a complete list of selected publications, please visit Professor Wachsman's web site
“High-rate lithium cycling in a ascalable trilayer Li-garnet-electrolyte architecture”, Gregory T. Hitz, Dennis W. McOwne, Lei Zhang, Zhaohui Ma, Zhezhen Fu, Yang Wen, Yunhui Gong Jiaqi Dai, Tanner R. Hamann, Liangbing Hu, and Eric D. Wachsman (2018), Materials Today, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mattod.2018.04.004
“3D lithium metal anodes hosted in asymmetric garnet frameworks toward high energy density batteries”, Boyang Liu, Lei Zhang, Shaomao Xu, Dennis W. McOwen, Yunhui Gong, Chunpeng Yang, Glenn R. Pastel, Hua Xie, Kun Fu, Jiaqi Dai, Chaoji Chen, Eric D. Wachsman and Liangbing Hu, (2018), Energy Storage Materials, Vol 14, pp. 376-382. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ensm.2018.04.015
“Three-Dimensional, Solid-State Mixed Electron–Ion Conductive Framework for Lithium Metal Anode”, Shaomao Xu, Dennis W. McOwen, Chengwei Wang, Lei Zhang, Wei Luo, Chaoji Chen, Yiju Li, Yunhui Gong, Jiaqi Dai, Yudi Kuang, Chunpeng Yang, Tanner R. Hamann, Eric D. Wachsman and Liangbing Hu, (2018), Nano Letters, 18(6), pp. 3926-3933, DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.8b01295