ESP Biography



MICHAEL STATT, Stanford PhD Student studying chemical engineering




Major: Chemical Engineering

College/Employer: Stanford

Year of Graduation: 2021

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Brief Biographical Sketch:

Michael Statt is a first-year PhD Student in the Chemical Engineering department at Stanford University. He previously studied chemical engineering at Cornell University. He researches materials for next-generation fuel cells and lithium-ion batteries.



Past Classes

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E5679: The Explosive History of Lithium-Ion Batteries in Splash Spring 2017 (Apr. 22 - 23, 2017)
This course will cover how the modern-day lithium-ion battery came to be. We will answer how lithium-ion batteries work, why they stop working over time, and why they sometimes explode. We will also cover some of the research being done to solve these problems for next-generation lithium batteries.


E5354: The Explosive History of Lithium Batteries in Splash Fall 2016 (Dec. 03 - 04, 2016)
This course will cover how the modern-day lithium-ion battery came to be. We will answer how lithium-ion batteries work, why they stop working over time, and why they sometimes explode. We will also cover some of the research being done to solve these problems for next-generation lithium batteries.