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David F. Ollis

Dr. David F. Ollis (BS '63) Welcoming, gentle, generous, kind, humble, a true intellectual, and an outstanding scholar! These are a few of the words that colleagues and former students have used to describe Professor David Ollis, University Distinguished Professor of...

Quantum Leaps

Eric Ostby, PhD (MS ’04, PhD ’09) on the current state of quantum computing—and the shape of things to come by Maureen Harmon Photograph by Nadia Tyson Though Eric Ostby, PhD (MS ’04, PhD ’09) was aware of the concept of quantum computing in his undergrad years and in...

The Right Fit

Raquel Vélez, BS (BS ’07) on her pivot from tech to fashion, the stereotypes that affect the apparel industry, and how sustainability is still possible in a world of fast fashion by Maureen HarmonPhotograph by Mitch TobiasRaquel Vélez, BS (BS ’07) didn’t grow up with...

Martin Mendelson

It is with great sadness that the family of Martin (“Marty”) Mendelson (belatedly) announces his passing unexpectedly on 17 September 2023 at the age of 86 years as a result of complications from routine surgery. Throughout his adult life, Marty was the quintessential...
Caltech in San Diego

Caltech in San Diego

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Informatics Approach to Forecasting & Optimizing Batteries: Will Chueh

Informatics Approach to Forecasting & Optimizing Batteries: Will Chueh

The vast design space and long lifetime of batteries have limited the speed of innovations at the materials, cell, and systems level. In this talk, I will overview efforts at Stanford to dramatically accelerate the pace of research and development for lithium-ion batteries by hybridizing physics-based and data-driven approaches.

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