Poster #1 - Donald Siegel

University of Michigan, United States

Biography

Don Siegel is an associate professor and associate chair for graduate education in the Departments of Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science & Engineering, and Applied Physics at the University of Michigan. His research targets the development of energy storage materials and lightweight alloys, primarily for applications in the transportation sector. Prior to joining UM, he was a technical expert at Ford Research and Advanced Engineering. Don has co-authored more than 80 publications, delivered approximately 90 invited lectures, and has been awarded several patents related to energy storage. He is a recipient of the NSF Career Award, the SAE Teetor Educational Award, and an NAE Gilbreth Lectureship. Prof. Siegel has been active in providing input to the U.S. Department of Energy on issues related to energy storage, having served as co-chair for the FreedomCAR Hydrogen Storage Technical Team, a reviewer for the Hydrogen and Vehicle Technologies Program, and as a member of the Joint Center for Energy Storage Research (JCESR) Directorate. A physicist by training, Prof. Siegel received a PhD from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His postdoctoral research was performed at Sandia National Laboratories and at the U.S. Naval Research Lab. During the 2015-2016 academic year he was a VELUX Visiting Professor in the Department of Energy Conversion and Storage at the Technical University of Denmark.