AMPED Highlights

The Department of Defense (DoD) is one of the largest consumers of energy in the world—accounting for 1% of U.S. energy consumption. Given this impressive demand, the department actively pursues energy technologies to make the way it trains, moves and sustains U.S. forces more energy efficient and resilient

GETTING THE BEST FROM A BATTERY UPDATED:  JANUARY 30, 2017PROJECT TITLE: Control Enabling Solutions with Ultrathin Strain and Temperature Sensor System for Reduced Battery Life Cycle CostPROGRAM: Advanced Management and Protection of Energy Storage Devices (AMPED)AWARD: $3,128,285PROJECT TEAM: GE Global Research (Lead), University of Michigan, Ford Motor Company PROJECT TERM: January 2013 – December 2016

CELL-LEVEL CONTROL IN LARGE BATTERY PACKS UPDATED: SEPTEMBER 27, 2016PROJECT TITLE: Robust Cell-level Modeling and Control of Large Battery PacksPROGRAM: Advanced Management and Protection of Energy Storage Devices (AMPED)AWARD: $3,968,555PROJECT TEAM: Utah State University (Lead); University of Colorado, Boulder; University of Colorado, Colorado Springs; National Renewable Energy Laboratory; Ford Motor Company

ADVANCED SENSORS FOR EFFECTIVE BATTERY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS UPDATED: FEBRUARY 24, 2016 PROJECT TITLES: Smart Embedded Network of Sensors with Optical Readout (SENSOR)PROGRAM: AMPEDAWARD: $4,017,132PROJECT TEAM: Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) (Lead); LG Chem Power, Inc.PROJECT TERM: October 2012 – September 2015

DEVELOPING A HIGH PRECISION BATTERY TESTING DEVICE UPDATED: FEBRUARY 24, 2016 PROJECT TITLES: High-Precision Tester for Automotive and Stationary BatteriesPROGRAM: AMPEDAWARD: $3,128,000PROJECT TEAM: Ford Motor Company (Lead); Arbin Instruments; Sandia National Laboratory; Montana Tech UniversityPROJECT TERM: January 2013 – March 2016

October is National Energy Action Month, a time for us to focus on energy’s critical importance to our national security, economic prosperity, and environmental well-being. And while this month is special, at ARPA-E, we’re working year-round to accelerate innovations that will create a secure, affordable and sustainable American energy future.

WASHINGTON, DC -- The Department of Energy today announced that 19 transformative new projects will receive a total of $43 million in funding from the Department’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) to leverage the nation’s brightest scientists, engineers and entrepreneurs to develop breakthrough energy storage technologies and support promising small businesses.

WASHINGTON, DC -- The Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E) has issued approximately $43 million for two new programs to develop next-generation energy storage technologies that could significantly improve U.S. energy security and efficiency.

Last Thursday’s Information Technology and Innovation Foundation event, the “New Age of Discovery: Government’s Role in Transformative Innovation,” ended with a surprise when Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) Principal Deputy Director Eric Toone announced funding for 19 new projects in two new program areas.

We recently sat down with Dr. Eric Shrader, the principal investigator of PARC’s battery co-extrusion project, to talk innovation, reforming the electric vehicle (EV) industry, and changing the way we think about batteries.