{"676623":{"#nid":"676623","#data":{"type":"news","title":"The McDowell Lab at Georgia Tech is Shaping the Future of Battery Technology","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EBatteries. They come in numerous shapes, sizes, and lettered designations; they power everything from telecoms satellites to children\u2019s toys; your TV remote goes through them too quickly and a dead one in your car will have you asking strangers for help.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELike so many items of convenience we only register the impact batteries have on our day-to-day life when they begin to falter. On most occasions these failures are at worst a nuisance, but as the number of hybrid and fully electric\u0026nbsp;vehicles on the market grows, and as more economies aggressively pursue alternative fuel sources, the reliability and longevity of batteries will play a dominant role in how we create, store, and use energy.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EResearching new materials for the next generation of high-capacity batteries is\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/faculty\/mcdowell-1\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMatthew McDowell\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, associate professor in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering and director of the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/mtmcdowell.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMcDowell Lab\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E. By understanding how these different materials react to numerous charging cycles, his team hopes to help lead the charge toward longer-lasting batteries.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EResearching new materials for the next generation of high-capacity batteries is\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/faculty\/mcdowell-1\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMatthew McDowell\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, associate professor in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering and director of the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/mtmcdowell.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMcDowell Lab\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E. By understanding how these different materials react to numerous charging cycles, his team hopes to help lead the charge toward longer-lasting batteries.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Researching new materials for the next generation of high-capacity batteries is Matthew McDowell, associate professor in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering and director of the McDowell Lab."}],"uid":"36413","created_gmt":"2024-09-06 21:56:55","changed_gmt":"2024-09-06 21:58:22","author":"pdevarajan3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2023-06-29T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2023-06-29T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"674882":{"id":"674882","type":"image","title":"mcdowell.jpeg","body":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThe McDowell Lab at Georgia Tech is Shaping the Future of Battery Technology\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","created":"1725659838","gmt_created":"2024-09-06 21:57:18","changed":"1725659838","gmt_changed":"2024-09-06 21:57:18","alt":"The McDowell Lab at Georgia Tech is Shaping the Future of Battery Technology","file":{"fid":"258446","name":"mcdowell.jpeg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/09\/06\/mcdowell.jpeg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/09\/06\/mcdowell.jpeg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":122893,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2024\/09\/06\/mcdowell.jpeg?itok=f4RP07zw"}}},"media_ids":["674882"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/news\/mcdowell-lab-georgia-tech-shaping-future-battery-technology","title":"Read Full Story on the ME Webpage"}],"groups":[{"id":"367481","name":"SEI Energy"}],"categories":[{"id":"144","name":"Energy"}],"keywords":[{"id":"186858","name":"go-sei"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39531","name":"Energy and Sustainable Infrastructure"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}