"The Car Market of Tomorrow" Clip from Interview with Ann Marie Sastry, 2009
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Artifact Overview
Ann Marie Sastry is a professor of engineering at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, as well as CEO of a battery start-up company, Sakti3. As an engineering professor, Sastry directs the research of graduate students who are studying advanced lithium-ion battery systems. Their research efforts are supporting the work of Sakti3 to develop an improved lithium-ion battery for new electric vehicles.
Ann Marie Sastry wants to create an alternative to the internal combustion engine by developing a battery that can power the next generation of electric vehicles. Sastry is a professor of engineering at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, as well as CEO of a battery start-up company, Sakti3. As the Arthur F. Thurnau professor of mechanical, biomedical and materials science and engineering, she directs the research of graduate students who are studying advanced lithium-ion battery systems. Their research efforts are supporting the work of Sakti3 to develop an improved lithium-ion battery for new electric vehicles.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Film clip
Date Made
07 October 2009
Subject Date
07 October 2009
Creators
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2009.175.1.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ann Marie Sastry.
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