Robert Huggins

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Robert Huggins
Born26 March 1929 Edit this on Wikidata
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OccupationUniversity teacher, physicist, engineer Edit this on Wikidata
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Robert Alan Huggins is Professor Emeritus at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the

University of Kiel and the University of Ulm
. He was previously Chief Scientist at the Center for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research in Ulm. The International Society for Solid State Ionics (ISSI) held a symposium in his honor in 2009, in recognition of his work on fundamental properties and behavior of materials, solid state ionic probing techniques, catalytic behavior at gas–solid interfaces, and the development of electrodes for Lithium Ion batteries.[2]

Education

Robert Alan Huggins is the son of chemist

Flory–Huggins theory.[2]

Robert Huggins earned his BA in Physics from Amherst College, and went on to obtain an MS and Sc.D. in Metallurgy from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he also served as an instructor.[3]

Career

Huggins joined the Stanford faculty in 1954. He established Stanford's Department of Materials Science and Engineering in 1959 and its Center for Materials Research program in 1961.[4][2] He became a full professor in 1962.[3] Huggins also served as Director of Materials Sciences at the

Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) in Washington, D.C. from 1968–1970.[2]

Huggins spent a sabbatical in 1965 and 1966 working with Carl Wagner at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in Göttingen, Germany,[2] an experience he later described as pivotal for his later work on lithium-ion batteries.[5] He was one of the founders of the Materials Research Society in 1973. In 1987 he co-founded the International Society for Solid State Ionics (ISSI), serving as its first President from 1987–1989.[2] Huggins was the founding

Annual Review of Materials Science from 1971–1993[6]
and the editor of the journals Solid State Ionics and Materials Research Bulletin.[7]

As of October 1991, Huggins became the Chief Scientist of the Energy Storage and Conversion Division at the

Ulm, Germany.[8] where he remained until 1995.[3]
He was named Honorary Professor at both the University of Ulm (1994) and the University of Kiel (2000) in Germany.[3]

Huggins is the author, co-author or editor of over 400 publications including Advanced Batteries (2009) and Energy Storage: Fundamentals, Materials and Applications (2010, 1st; 2016, 2nd ed.)[1][3] He holds at least 13 patents.[3]

Awards

Cold fusion

While at Stanford, Huggins attempted to recreate the controversial work of Stanley Pons and Martin Fleischmann on the eventually discredited theory of cold fusion. At one point he reported success.[12] Only weeks later, such claims were rejected by a colleague.[13]

Bibliography

References

  1. ^ a b "Robert Huggins Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Emeritus". Stanford University School of Engineering. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  2. ^
    doi:10.1016/j.ssi.2009.12.013
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  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Robert Huggins". The Electrochemical Society. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  4. ^
    ISBN 9780231079594
    . Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  5. ^ Fletcher, Seth (2011). Bottled Lightning: Superbatteries, Electric Cars, and the New Lithium Economy. Macmillan.
  6. doi:10.1146/annurev.mr.24.072806.100001
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  7. S2CID 97482401
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  8. ^ "Prof. Dr. rer. nat Robert A. Huggins". Lehrstuhl für Sensorik und Festkörper-Ionik. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  9. ^ "Battery Division Research Award". The Electrochemical Society. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  10. ^ "Past National Award Winners". American Society for Engineering Education. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  11. ^ "AIME Robert Lansing Hardy Award". The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS). Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  12. ^ Broad, William J. 19 April 1989. Stanford Reports Success, The New York Times.
  13. ^ Browne, Malcolm W. 3 May 1989. Physicists Debunk Claim Of a New Kind of Fusion, The New York Times
  14. ^ Robert A. Huggins - Energy Storage
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