Top 11 Quotes & Sayings by Donald Sadoway

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Canadian educator Donald Sadoway.

Last updated on September 18, 2024.

Donald Robert Sadoway is the current John F. Elliott Professor of Materials Chemistry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. A faculty member in the Department of Materials Science Engineering, he is a noted expert on batteries and has done significant research on how to improve the performance and longevity of portable power sources. In parallel, he is an expert on the extraction of metals from their ores and the inventor of molten oxide electrolysis, which has the potential to produce crude steel without the use of carbon reductant thereby totally eliminating greenhouse gas emissions.

Canadian - Educator | Born: March 7, 1950

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

Donald Sadoway

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

Donald Sadoway

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

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

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

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

Donald Sadoway

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

Donald Sadoway

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

Donald Sadoway

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

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

Donald Sadoway

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

Top 11 Quotes & Sayings by Donald Sadoway

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