2014
December: The research on Lithium Ion Battery Recycling Technology was mentioned by WPI's President, Laurie Leshin, as one of the key innovations at WPI. President Leshin drives a Tesla, and we can recycle her batteries.
October: The research on Novel Iron Production was awarded the Kalenian Award.
2013
March: Professor Wang is one of the Co-PI to receive a $7.4 million grant from the Army Research Laboratory. Professor Wang's group will develop a process to reduce rare earth oxide to metal with the electrochemical method.
March: A Master student, Meinan He, won second place at the Innovation Exchange, WPI's annual graduate research poster competition during GRAD 2013.
2012
August: Professor Wang was interviewed by the Worcester Magazine for his flow battery invention.
June: The research on high energy density flow batteries was awarded the MassCEC Catalyst Award.
April: MQP group (James Davison and James Boyce) won the Provost Award in Chemical Engineering
April: MQP group (Ricardo Bonhomme, Paul Gasper, Joshua Hines, Jean Paul Miralda) won the Provost Award in both Materials Science and Engineering and Business School.
A Master student, Haiyang Zou, won first place in the Graduate Sustainability Competition.
March: A Master student, Haiyang Zou, won first place at the Innovation Exchange, WPI's annual graduate research poster competition during GRAD 2012.
2011
August: Qina Sa joined EEL to pursue a Ph.D. degree.
August: Zhangfeng Zheng joined EEL to pursue a Ph.D degree.
August: James Davison and James Boyce joined EEL to do their MQP.
May: Haiyang Zou joined EEL to pursue a master degree.
2010
December 15: Professor Yan Wang arrived at WPI to set up the Electrochemical Energy Lab (EEL) in Washburn Shops 342.