Imagine if we could combine the strength of a load-bearing structure with the ability to store energy in a single material. In this year's William Chalmers lecture on November 5, “How can multifunctional materials enable massless energy storage?”, Leif Asp discusses this concept.
Overview
- Date:Starts 5 November 2024, 18:00Ends 5 November 2024, 19:00
- Location:RunAn, Chalmers Conference center, Chalmersplatsen 1, Chalmers Campus Johanneberg
- Language:Swedish
- Last sign up date:3 November 2024
In today's electrical systems, such as electric vehicles, hand-held tools, and mobile phones, two separate material systems are used: one for the battery and one for the product itself. This results in unnecessary weight and bulkiness.
"If we instead use a single material, like the trunk of a tree or the skeleton in our bodies, much lighter and slimmer constructions would be possible," says Leif Asp, Professor of Lightweight Composite Materials and Structures at the Department of Industrial and Materials Science at Chalmers. His research focuses on multifunctional composites.
Read the full interview with Leif Asp here
Welcome to the lecture
The William Chalmers Lecture 2024 is held in Swedish and takes place on 5 November at 18:00–19:00 in Runan, Chalmers Kårhus.
Register no later than 1 November.
Refreshments will be available before the lecture from 17:15 in the Volvo Foyer, outside the Runan Auditorium.
