Center for Environmental Research & Technology

Dr. Vinay Premnath | Director of Research, Energy Storage Safety, UL Research Institutes

Time: 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

Location: Zoom (Join Zoom Meeting; ID: 99120219071; Passcode: 571897)

Title: Particulate Emissions from Thermal Runaway of Li-ion Batteries

Bio: Vinay Premnath is the director of research with focus on energy storage safety at the Electrochemical Safety Research Institute part of UL Research Institutes. The Safety research team leads cutting-edge research to advance safer energy storage technologies that will serve as a critical bridge towards a more sustainable future. The team's research focuses on understanding the performance and safety of various energy storage technologies, developing solutions to mitigate safety risks, examining health and environmental impacts during failure, and developing response strategies to successfully deal with such events. The team also closely collaborates with experts in the government, industry and academia to address these global safety challenges. Prior to joining ULRI, Vinay was a Principal Engineer at Southwest Research Institute where he worked for approximately 12.5 years.