UT Arlington engineers making batteries safer, cooler

Research investigates lithium-ion batteriesTwo UT Arlington engineering faculty members have won a $152,077 Office of Naval Research grant to study the thermal properties of lithium-ion batteries and devise better designs for cooling and operating them safely on Navy ships and planes. David Wetz, electrical engineering  assistant professor, and Ankur Jain, aerospace and mechanical engineering  assistant professor, are working collaboratively on the research effort. “These batteries can get extremely hot especially when used at high