Center for Advances in Resilient Energy Storage (CARES)

ESRI and Purdue University are pushing frontiers in energy storage safety science through the CARES research hub.

In October 2023, the Electrochemical Safety Research Institute (ESRI) and Purdue University established the Center for Advances in Resilient Energy Storage (CARES). CARES builds on existing research by both ESRI and Purdue University, with a focus on developing a holistic understanding of safety science in energy storage.

Center for Advances in Resilient Energy Storage CARES 0 - UL Research Institutes

The overarching mission of CARES is to develop a science-based foundation of energy storage safety, sustainability, and resilience. Through an integrated approach, including physics-based modeling and experimental analytics, the focus is to develop a fundamental understanding of the mechanistic implications in the safety and resilience of emergent energy storage chemistries and architectures.

Dr. Judy Jeevarajan, vice president and executive director of ESRI, will serve as the lead principal investigator (PI) for CARES on behalf of UL Research Institutes. Dr. Partha Mukherjee, professor of mechanical engineering, will serve as the CARES director and lead PI on behalf of Purdue University.

CARES ribbon-cutting highlights

The CARES research team from the Electrochemical Safety Research Institute ESRI of UL Research Institutes and Purdue University - UL Research Institutes
The CARES research team from the Electrochemical Safety Research Institute (ESRI) of UL Research Institutes and Purdue University.
ULRI and Purdue University leadership teams cutting the ribbon at the opening ceremony of CARES on March 8 at Purdue University - UL Research Institutes
ULRI and Purdue University leadership teams cutting the ribbon at the opening ceremony of CARES on March 8, 2024 at Purdue University.

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