UIC physicist George Crabtree wins 2022 Energy Systems Award from American Institute of Aeuronautics and Astronautics
The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics has named UIC physicist George Crabtree winner of its 2022 Energy Systems Award. The honor acknowledges a significant contribution in the broad field of energy systems, specifically as related to the application of engineering sciences and systems engineering to the production, storage, distribution and conservation of energy.
Crabtree, director of the UIC Energy Initiative and distinguished professor of physics, and electrical and mechanical engineering, was selected for “his seminal contributions to defining the next-generation energy system and innovative technological and workforce development pathways to achieve it.”
Crabtree, who also is director of the Joint Center for Energy Storage Research at Argonne National Laboratory, has research interests involving next-generation battery materials, sustainable energy, energy policy, materials science, nanoscale superconductors and magnets, and highly correlated electrons in metals.
He and other AIAA award winners were honored Jan. 6 during the 2022 AIAA SciTech Forum in San Diego. See also https://phys.uic.edu/news-stories/dr-george-crabtree-earns-aiaa-award-for-excellence