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Harnessing Thermal Energy

Harnessing Thermal Energy

NSF’s Discovery Files Podcast

October 23, 202328m 20s

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Show Notes

Today's guest is approaching the grand problem of energy by developing thermal energy batteries. Asegun Henry is a professor in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Department of Mechanical Engineering, where he also directs the Atomistic Simulation & Energy Research Group. His work has earned him a Guinness World Record and recently an Alan T. Waterman award, the nation's highest honor for early-career scientists and engineers.