Chibueze Amanchukwu, an assistant professor at the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago was honoured with the award for his outstanding research work, experience and his academic leadership.
A publication by the University of Chicago stated that the 3M Nontenured Faculty Award was formed by 3M's Technical Community and 3Mgive's Giving Program over twenty-five years ago, to invest in highly talented and brilliant individual who are capable of leading the school future's teaching and research activities and to provide financial support to outstanding faculty to boost their academic activities and to gain their tenure.
The publication says, the award eligible Professor Chibueze Amanchukwu to the sum of $45,000, the money he intend to use with his team to fund future research projects which include but not limited to designing, synthesizing and characterising electrolyte for lithium batteries and to help his team achieved professional upliftment.
While commenting on the award, Professor Chibueze Amanchukwu whose research interest focus on Energy, Electrochemistry, Batteries, Polymers, Electrolytes says,"I just started in January of 2020—definitely not an easy year to start a new career—and this is the first external award we’ve gotten as a new group, so it means a lot,”
He continued by saying, “It’s really exciting and reinvigorating to have outside entities invest in the novel ideas we have in the battery and electrolyte space.”
Chibueze, a Nigerian by birth is an Assistant Professor at the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering at the University of Chicago. He did his PhD degree programme in Chemical Engineering at the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in United States under the supervision of Paula Hammond. He earned his Bachelor degree in the same discipline at Texas A&M University graduating as the Department Outstanding Graduating Student.
Chibueze and his team work focus on the design and study of electrolyte for batteries and eleteocatalysis using AI and Data Science to study ion transport behaviour. By this they are able to synthesise novel electrolytes, incorporate them in the batteries and electrolysis devises. All this work are geared toward making more efficient batteries, hoping to address issue that emanating from climate change, issues that he said he has felt personally.
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