Donald Sadoway Quotes

• In a battery, I strive to maximize electrical potential. When mentoring, I strive to maximize human potential.

  Donald Sadoway

  Motivation, Inspiration, Mentor

  "Innovating Dirt Cheap: What Sadoway Can Teach Us About The Future Of Clean Energy" by Loukia Papadopoulos, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 15, 2016.

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• If you want to make something dirt cheap, make it out of dirt–preferably dirt that is locally sourced.

  Donald Sadoway

  Want, Dirt, Ifs

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• If we're going to get this country out of its current energy situation, we can't just conserve our way out. We can't just drill our way out. We can't bomb our way out. We're going to do it the old-fashioned, American way. We're going to invent our way out, working together.

  Donald Sadoway

  Country, Motivation, Inspiration

  "The missing link to renewable energy". TED Talk, www.ted.com. March 2012.

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• The liquid metal battery story is more than an account of inventing technology. It's a blueprint for inventing inventors.

  Donald Sadoway

  Technology, Stories, Liquid

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• The students who work with me believe in science in service of society, not science in service of career building.

  Donald Sadoway

  Believe, Careers, Students

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• With a giant battery, we'd be able to address the problem of intermittency that prevents wind and solar from contributing to the grid in the same way that coal and gas and nuclear do today.

  Donald Sadoway

  Wind, Giants, Batteries

  "The missing link to renewable energy". TED Talks, www.ted.com. March 2012.

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• How do we attack important problems? Pose the right question.

  Donald Sadoway

  Important, Problem, Right Questions

  "Innovating Dirt Cheap: What Sadoway Can Teach Us About The Future Of Clean Energy" by Loukia Papadopoulos, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 15, 2016.

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• People would like better batteries but they are wary of making investments. What is required is both a technology push and a market pull.

  Donald Sadoway

  Technology, People, Batteries

  "The beauty of bendable batteries" by Alok Jha, www.theguardian.com. February 23, 2005.

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• Want to know the best thing about being a professor? Colored chalk.

  Donald Sadoway

  Want, Chalk, Professors

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• In a wristwatch, imagine the battery is in the strap and there's a medical sensor in there connected to the internet. If someone is monitoring that, they could phone up if the user has forgotten to take some medication. This could save hundreds of dollars in medical fees later. What's missing? It's a stable battery.

  Donald Sadoway

  Phones, Missing, Dollars

  "The beauty of bendable batteries" by Alok Jha, www.theguardian.com. February 23, 2005.

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