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Jeffrey J Richards
Field:
Chemical and Biological Engineering
Focus Areas:
Environmental Sustainability, Infrastructure, Manufacturing
Contact:
Media Relations Contact:
Amanda Morris
McCormick School of Engineering
Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering
About
Areas of Focus
- Smart manufacturing
- Battery storage technologies
- Personal care products
- Paints and coatings
Work/Research
- Understand the response of materials during manufacturing
- Exploiting neutron and X-ray sources at national laboratories for material science
- Discovering predictive models of material behavior
Career
Richards is a recipient of the 2021 National Science Foundation’s CAREER award and the 2020 American Chemical Society’s Distinguished New Investigator Award. His paper titled "Direct measurements of the microstructural origin of shear-thinning in carbon black suspensions." received the Society of Rheology's Publication award in 2023. His invite paper titled, "The Black Powder Behind Battery Power" published in the September 2024 issue of Physics Today outlines the challenges with manufacturing lithium ion batteries and how scientific advances can accelerate battery manufacturing at scale.