LEE conducts Energy-X Summer School 2022
July 1, 2022
The Laboratory of Electrochemical Engineering, through its CIPHER* project, conducted the ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ด๐-๐ซ ๐ฆ๐๐บ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐น ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฎ from May 07 to ๐๐๐ป๐ฒ 30, ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฎ. ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ด๐-๐ซ ๐ฆ๐๐บ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐น ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฎ is an online course on ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐๐ป๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ (๐๐๐ง) ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ด๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ ๐ง๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ต๐ป๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐ด๐ถ๐ฒ๐, which intends to expand the skill set of its participants towards computational materials research. It aims to introduce young professionals to Density Functional Theory (DFT), DFT-based calculations, and its applications on energy storage research. This summer school also served as an avenue of training for CIPHER researchers.
For every Saturday, ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ณ. ๐๐น๐น๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ต๐ฎ๐บ ๐. ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฎ of the Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Physics, University of the Philippines Los Baños provided seven lectures on the theoretical background and applications of DFT. The participants were also engaged in hands-on workshops through Zoom to familiarize themselves with DFT calculations. To conclude the course, a mini-symposium was held where experts from international universities – Prof. Jan Rossmeisl, Asst. Prof. Koji Shimizu, and Prof. Yoshitada Morikawa – presented their research on the application of DFT to energy storage technologies. Student presenters also shared their current progress in their DFT research projects.
Overall, the summer school catered to more than 20 students across 11 universities, and the mini-symposium catered to over 150 undergraduate and graduate students. LEE is grateful for the high turnout, and is looking forward to hosting Energy-X Summer School 2023 on another field in electrochemistry.
*The ๐๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฉ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐-๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฃ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ/๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐น๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ด๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ก๐ฒ๐
๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฃ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฆ๐๐๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ (๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ฅ) is a two-year project that aims to develop energy storage technologies by addressing key areas in energy research, combining computational and experimental approaches to help the Philippines transition into a cleaner and sustainable energy system. It is funded by the Commission on Higher Education - Philippine-California Advanced Research Institutes under the Cycle 6 grants (IIID 2018-008).08).
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