Last night, ARPA-E Program Director Dr. Laurent Pilon held a special ceremony at the National Academy of Sciences honoring the talented early-stage innovators selected to receive funding through the #ARPAEIGNIITE 2024 program. Thank you to ARPA-E Director Dr. Evelyn Wang, the Congressman Bill Foster, the National Academy of Engineering’s Dr. John L. Anderson, Breakthrough Energy Ventures' Dr. Carmichael Roberts, and Activate’s Andrew Chang for the inspiring remarks, and to everyone who joined us to celebrate. Stay tuned and subscribe to our newsletter for updates on what’s coming up this summer: https://lnkd.in/eyZySP8E.
Interesting event
Awesome Luca Mastropasqua, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
1moI am honored and humbled to join the first cohort of IGNIITE awardees and I look forward to delivering next-generation solid-state battery technology for electric aircraft applications.