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Donald Sadoway Biography

Donald Robert Sadoway (born 7 March 1950) is the current (as of January 2013[update]) John F. Elliott Professor of Materials Chemistry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. A faculty member in the Department of Materials Science Engineering, he is a noted expert on batteries and has done significant research on how to improve the performance and longevity of portable power sources.

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The students who work with me believe in science in service of society, not science in service of career building.

Believe, Career, Careers, Science, Service, Students

People would like better batteries but they are wary of making investments. What is required is both a technology push and a market pull.

Technology, People, Batteries, Required, Wary

In a wristwatch, imagine the battery is in the strap and there's a medical sensor in there connected to the internet. If someone is monitoring that, they could phone up if the user has forgotten to take some medication. This could save hundreds of dollars in medical fees later. What's missing? It's a stable battery.

Phones, Missing, Batteries, Sensor, Imagine, Internet

The liquid metal battery story is more than an account of inventing technology. It's a blueprint for inventing inventors.

Batteries, Battery, Inventing, Stories, Story, Technology

In a battery, I strive to maximize electrical potential. When mentoring, I strive to maximize human potential.

Human, Inspiration, Mentor, Motivation, Potential, Strive

With a giant battery, we'd be able to address the problem of intermittency that prevents wind and solar from contributing to the grid in the same way that coal and gas and nuclear do today.

Batteries, Gas, Giants, Problem, Solar, Wind

How do we attack important problems? Pose the right question.

Important, Problem, Right Questions, Pose, Question, Right

Want to know the best thing about being a professor? Colored chalk.

Want, Professors, Chalk, Colored, Thing

If you want to make something dirt cheap, make it out of dirt–preferably dirt that is locally sourced.

Want, Dirt, Ifs, Locally, Cheap

If we're going to get this country out of its current energy situation, we can't just conserve our way out. We can't just drill our way out. We can't bomb our way out. We're going to do it the old-fashioned, American way. We're going to invent our way out, working together.

Country, Motivation, Inspiration, Invent, Way, Energy