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Dance in ChangeLeading Younger Generations: Align, Grow Together, and Deliver Results w/Shirley HanHow do you lead people who think, work, and expect things differently from you?Many leaders struggle with cross-generational collaboration, especially when it comes to managing Gen Z. Do they really need constant feedback? Are they resistant to structure? Or is there a different way to align expectations without frustration?In this episode, I sit down with Shirley Han, a senior banking executive in APAC with nearly 30 years of leadership experience, to discuss the real challenges and opportunities in leading younger generations. She shares how to navigate misaligned expectations, involve Gen Z in...2025-03-2847 min
Science FridaySodium Replaces Lithium In A New Type Of BatteryIf nations are to meet their sustainable energy goals, experts argue that batteries will be a crucial part of the equation. Not only are batteries key for many technologies, they’ll also be necessary to meet energy demands with a power grid that is mainly supplied by renewable energy sources like wind and solar. Without batteries, power from those sources can’t be stored for use when the sun isn’t shining or the wind isn’t blowing.
Right now, many technologies depend on lithium-ion batteries. While they certainly work well and have revolutionized mobile devices and electric...2024-07-3119 min
Tech Talk Y'allAI Takes Over Volvo Ads: The Future of CommercialsBrought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise!In this episode: UChicago Prof. Shirley Meng’s Laboratory for Energy Storage and Conversion creates world’s first anode-free sodium solid-state battery – a breakthrough in inexpensive, clean, fast-charging batteriesNASCAR shows off an EV prototypeMicrosoft’s Notepad gets spellcheck and autocorrect 40 years after launchSpotify is going to let you leave comments on podcast episodesGoogle One ‘Dark web reports’ coming to all Google Account holders from late JulyAmazon Claims It Achieved 100% Renewable Energy Target In 2023—Here’s What It MeansCrew of NASA’s earthbound simulated Mars habitat emerge after a year...2024-07-1239 min
The Whole Note PodcastEpisode 12 w/ Stephen TavaniViolinist Stephen Tavani is Assistant Concertmaster of The Cleveland Orchestra and has appeared as guest concertmaster with many other orchestras including the Indianapolis, Houston and Kansas City Symphonies. The New York Times commented about his playing that “…Tavani sometimes cooled his tone to the smoothness of frosted glass, adding a soft-focus filter to the chiseled melodies…”. Mr. Tavani was featured playing Rismky Korsakov's Scheherazade with the Cleveland Orchestra at the 2022 summer Blossom season. He has collaborated as soloist with conductors Carlos Miguel Prieto, Andrew Litton, and Miriam Burns. Before joining The Cleveland Orchestra in 2018, he was concertmaster of the Chamber...2024-05-1658 min
Energy vs Climate: How climate is changing our energy systemsFully Charged: Battery Storage & How to Make it Better with Dr. Y. Shirley MengHosts David, Sara, and Ed chat with battery storage expert Dr. Shirley Meng of the University of Chicago.About Our Guest:Dr. Y. Shirley Meng is a Professor at the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering at the University of Chicago. She serves as the Chief Scientist of the Argonne Collaborative Center for Energy Storage Science (ACCESS) Argonne National Laboratory. Show Notes:(01:12) – Dr. Shirley Meng(02:12) – How Lithium Ion Batteries Work(02:22) – How sodium could change the game(02:24) – How Solid-State Batteries Will Fuel America's Desire For Bigger, Better EVs(08...2024-05-1449 min
Energy SwitchBatteries for Cars and Grids, Part 1Advancements in battery technology have propelled electric vehicles into the mainstream, offering consumers viable alternatives to traditional cars. In this episode, Shirley Meng, Chief Scientist at Argonne National Laboratory, and Lynden Archer, Dean of Engineering at Cornell University, explore the potential for these technologies to similarly transform the electric grid. They discuss the current state of battery innovation and its capacity to enhance grid reliability and efficiency.2024-04-2125 min
Energy SwitchBatteries for Cars and Grids, Part 2Send us a Text Message.Building on the previous discussion of battery technology's impact on vehicles and the grid, this episode dives deeper into the innovation behind battery materials. Lynden Archer, Dean of Engineering at Cornell University, and Shirley Meng, Chief Scientist at Argonne National Laboratory and Professor of Molecular Engineering at the University of Chicago, explore potential new materials that could make batteries more affordable, safer, and less impactful on the environment. They discuss the implications these advancements could have for the future of energy storage and mobility.--- Support this podcast...2024-04-2025 min
Handful of Leaves | Mindfulness & Buddhism in Everyday LifeEp 43: Reflecting on our Buddhist Journey ft. Kai Xin & CherylIn this episode, Cheryl and Kai Xin reflect on their ever-evolving journey of deepening their Dhamma practice—a lifelong quest for true happiness!
We speak about:
🧘♂️ How practising Dhamma is not just on our butts and cushions!
🌿 Kai Xin's journey from escaping reality to understanding reality
😇 Who is Cheryl's greatest Buddhist teacher?
#DhammaJourney #DhammaPractice #SpiritualTransformation #InnerPeace #Meditation #SelfReflection #LongRetreats #MonasteryLife
About the Speaker
👤 Koh Kai Xin is a co-founder of HighSpark, a strategic communications consulting and training agency. She started her Dhamma journey at 17 with B...2024-03-2128 min
The InquiryHas Toyota solved the electric car battery problem?Toyota has unveiled a revolutionary electric car battery, able to travel 1,200 kilometres in one go and can be charged in just ten minutes.Toyota’s CEO Koji Sato said that “commercialisation of solid state batteries is a thing of the future... now within reach, changing the future of cars". The company also claims to be on the brink of being able to manufacture them.So is this, as some are claiming, a ‘watershed moment’ in car making? Can these new batteries now be produced at scale? What impact will this have on the popularity of electric...2023-12-2123 min
Big BrainsThe Crucial Race To Build A Better Battery With Shirley MengBatteries have revolutionized our lives, especially the invention of rechargeable batteries, which have enabled us to have cellphones, laptops, and electric vehicles. But as we transition to more forms of green energy, we're facing a serious dilemma: Will our current lithium-ion batteries be able to sustain us?
Battery scientist Shirley Meng says we need to explore different metals and elements that could last longer and charge faster. Meng is a chief scientist at the Argonne National Laboratory and a professor at the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering at the University of Chicago. For the past two decades, she has been...2022-08-0426 min
What's Next｜科技早知道S6E15｜开采制造回收都难，但是现在就是电池的黄金时代特斯拉欲进军锂矿的背后，全球新能源电池行业正在经历什么样的大风大浪？马斯克在北京时间 5 月 30 日的早上发了条微博，说中国在可再生能源和电动车行业正占据无可撼动的领先地位。然而包括宁德时代在内，国内最受关注的电池赛道代表玩家今年一季度都遇到了营收大幅增长但利润整体下降的行业调整，关于新能源上游的价格飞涨引起了全球科技财经媒体的关注和报道。根据 Benchmark Mineral Intelligence 的统计，市场上电池级碳酸锂在今年一月的价格突破每吨 30 万元，年内一度达到 50 万元的历史高点，而一年前这个价格水平仅有 5 万元。
本期节目，主播 Diane与 SES 创始人胡启朝、芝加哥大学普利兹克分子工程学院教授 Shirley Meng，一起探讨，跟人类息息相关的已有百年电池行业，正在发生哪些引人注目的趋势和变化。原材料的上涨如何传导至电池下游？上游的挑战为什么推动行业头部玩家做垂直整合的尝试？如何看待电池材料的固态和液态之争？大皮卡和小轿车对应的电池都有什么不同？如何在制造中解决电池的安全性能问题？新能源电池为什么有回收上的挑战？上游材料的开采和价格的稳定性？2025 是一个重要的时间节点？电池领域的未来十年将在哪里实现突破？
本期人物
Diane，「声动活泼」联合创始人、「科技早知道」主播
胡启朝，SES AI 创始人兼 CEO
Shirley Meng，全球能源存储和转换纳米材料领域专家、芝加哥大学普利兹克分子工程学院教授
主要话题
[01:28] 锂矿的涨价如何影响新能源电池？现在在加州买新能源汽车已经没有补贴了？
[08:19] 电池材料发展到了哪一步？负极、正极、电解液要合在一起看？皮卡需要什么样的电池？
[17:39] 全固态技术路线什么时候进入市场？固态电池对储能的贡献是？
[27:03] 电池的良率受什么影响？医学工具可以应用到造电池里做安全检查？回收电池的最佳模式是？
[39:09] 未来十年电池行业会发生哪些重要变化？
延伸阅读
马斯克点评中国新能源产业和电池的微博：Few seem to realize that China is leading the world in renewable energy generation and electric vehicles. Whatever you may think of China, this is simply a fact.
「CNBC」关于特斯拉今年要收购锂矿的报道：Elon Musk says Tesla may have to get into the lithium business because costs are so ‘insane’.
「Bloomberg」关于全球锂涨价的报道：The Trouble With Lithium
「Forbes」关于电池技术变化的分析：What Batteries Will Power The Future?
「Reuters」关于特斯拉等新能源车企考虑垂直整合的报道：Build or buy? Automakers chasing Tesla rethink dependence on suppliers
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Pro Politics with Zac McCraryLiuba Grechen Shirley, Founder/CEO of VoteMamaSend us a textLiuba Grechen Shirley is the founder/CEO of VoteMama – a non-profit dedicated to supporting moms running for office. In this conversation, she talks running for office in 2018 as a first-time candidate, making history as the first woman to receive FEC approval to use campaign money for child care, and making an impact with VoteMama. IN THIS EPISODE…Liuba speaks to the politics that shaped here while growing up on Long Island…Her analysis of why Trump connected with voters on Long Island…Liuba talks her...2022-04-0540 min
Ellissinema PodcastEpisode 216: Chinatown KidAfter getting in trouble with local gangs, a young man flees to San Francisco, where the same gangs are still causing problems. He becomes a part of one gang, and eventurally decides to play them against each other in order to clean up the town.Starring Alexander Fu Sheng, Sun Chien, Meng Lo, Phillip Kwok, Wang Lung-Wei, Shirley Yu, Susan Shaw, Jenny Tseng, and more.Music by Chen Yung-YuCinematography by Kung Mu-ToStory by James WongScreenplay by Chang Cheh and I KuangDirected by Chang Cheh2022-03-3130 min
Electric Ladies PodcastHydrogen Car Infrastructure - Jackie Birdsall, Toyota"Fuel cells create electricity by stripping electrons from hydrogen atoms; the hydrogen then bonds to oxygen to create water, while the electrons power the electric motor. The result is an electric vehicle that is fueled with hydrogen from a pump rather than electrons drawn from the nation's electrical power grid." Car & Driver magazine A key part of President Biden’s ambitious infrastructure bill is incentives to increase the adoption and use of alternative fuel vehicles. Some of those car and truck options run on hydrogen fuel cells, and they need infrastructure too. These are what I c...2021-04-1637 min
HyperChangeWhat’s Tesla/Maxwell’s Relationship with the Battery 500 Consortium?Could a Department of Energy project known as the Battery 500 Consortium be working with Tesla to commercialize next generation lithium ion batteries? On May 19th, the Battery 500 Consortium released an update about its project, saying they've achieved an energy density of 350 Wh/kg., that can last for 350 charge cycles. This is a huge improvement from a couple years ago, and signals the technology is on the path towards commercialization. Shirley Meng is one of the leading researchers in the group, and has worked with Maxwell Technologies extensively in the past (before Tesla acquired them). Maxwell is also an electrode...2020-05-2905 minElectric Ladies PodcastEnergy Innovation Needs Women – Katie Mehnert, Pink Petro“Your biggest challenge is your biggest opportunity. Get people into the system so they can change the culture and the industry to clean energy” Katie Mehnert on Green Connections Radio At the 2020 World Economic Forum where global leaders across industry in Davos, Switzerland every January, climate change took “center stage,” as The New York Times headline put it. A key topic of debate was the conundrum of providing clean energy to all and it is abundantly clear the key is much more rapid innovation to transition to a clean energy economy. But how? Listen to Katie Me...2020-01-2437 min
Science NationBatteries of the future made with saltRunning out of "juice," finding a place to charge up, borrowing a charger, waiting for the charge--it's a familiar ritual for cell phone owners, but materials scientist Shirley Meng of the University of California, San Diego, wants us to raise our expectations for the future.
She envisions cheaper, faster, more powerful batteries, but these batteries would be made with sodium, not lithium. Sodium and other elements that make a sodium batteries work are more abundant than the lithium and cobalt used in typical rechargeable batteries. But, few advances have been made with sodium battery technology and there's no infrastructure in...2018-12-0302 min
UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering PodcastAll science is exciting! A conversation with battery researcher Jungwoo LeeJungwoo Lee is a materials scientist and UC San Diego nanoengineering graduate student working to make better batteries in the Laboratory for Energy Storage and Converstion run by NanoEngineering professor Shirley Meng at the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering. Lee is also a key member of a UC San Diego battery startup called South 8 Technologies. The team is commercializing breakthrough research led by Cyrus Rustomji (UC San Diego PhD ‘15) in Shirley Meng’s lab. The researchers’ advances in electrolyte chemistry enable lithium-ion batteries to run at temperatures as low as -60 degrees Celsius with excellent performance. For comparison, today’...2018-03-0606 min
Electric Ladies PodcastGreen Connections Radio - Dr. Shirley Meng, New BatteriesEngaging, enlightening and entertaining interviews with innovators and leaders in energy, clean tech and sustainability – featuring mostly women. Green Connections Radio helps you “live green, work green, earn green.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2017-10-1325 min