 |
|
UC Berkeley Professor Seth Sanders Joins Element Team Los Altos, CA - June 2, 2011 -- Element Energy, Inc., a leading developer of advanced multi-cell battery management systems, today announced that U.C. Berkeley Professor Seth Sanders has joined the Element team. Professor Sanders is a leading authority on power electronics and control systems, and will advise the Element engineering team on the development of next-generation technologies and products. Professor Sanders' research focuses on high-frequency power conversion circuits and components, design and control of electric machine systems, and nonlinear circuit and system theory as related to the power electronics field. He received the NSF Young Investigator Award in 1993 and Best Paper Awards from the IEEE Power Electronics Society and the IEEE Industry Applications Society. He has also served as Chair of the IEEE Technical Committee on Computers in Power Electronics. Professor Sanders received the S.B. degrees in electrical engineering and physics and the S.M. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, in 1981, 1985, and 1989, respectively. “We are very pleased to add Seth to the Element team,” said Dan Lankford, CEO of Element Energy. “He brings unique, world-class research experience to the company and will signficantly strengthen our technical capabilities. We expect him to be an important contributor to realizing the enormous potential of Element Energy." About Element Energy Element Energy Inc. is a Silicon Valley company founded in 2009 to develop leading-edge battery management systems. The Element Energy BMS is a cost effective hardware/software system that manages large, multi-cell battery packs. Elementʼs initial focus is on lithium-ion battery packs used in a wide range of applications including hybrid and electric vehicles, alternative energy storage and grid-tied storage. Compared to conventional battery management systems, the Element solution provides substantial lifetime extension; significant cost reduction; and improved safety and reliability through better monitoring, fault detection, and control of each cell. For more information, visit www.elementenergy.com. Contact: Dan Lankford dan@elementenergy.com |