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Energy Lunch with Professor Ian Baker: Jan. 23

  • Professor Ian Baker

The next installment of the Dartmouth Energy Collabortive's bi-weekly energy lunch series takes place Thursday, January 23 at 12:15 p.m. with Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth Professor Ian Baker giving a talk on his Irving Institute Seed Grant funded research project, "High-Performance Nickel-Iron (NiFE) Permanent Magnetics for Electric Motors and Turbines." Demand for high-performance permanent magnets for motors is increasing rapidly for applications such as wind turbine generators and motors in electric and hybrid cars. Sm-Co and Nd-Fe-B rare earth (RE) magnets, which have the highest energy product (BH)max of any magnets, are used for such challenging applications. However, RE magnets are very expensive and RE mining has been associated with severe environmental degradation. The project team aimed to establish a low-cost method to produce bulk L1o - structured NiFe, which has magnetic properties comparable to the best RE magnets.

The talk takes place from 12:15 - 1:15 p.m. in Occom Commons, Goldstein Hall. Lunch is provided.  RSVP here.

Other talks scheduled for winter term include:
Thursday, January 30: Energy and Society in Northern Greenland with Professor Mary Albert, Thayer School of Engineering
12:15 - 1:15 p.m. — Occom Commons - Goldstein Hall
(Registration opens on 1/23/20)

Thursday, February 6: Hawaii Energy Landscape: Examining the Transition to 100% Renewably Sourced Energy by 2045 with Tuck Students
12 - 1 p.m. — Tuck School of Business - Rosenwald Classroom
 (Registration opens on 1/23/20)

Thursday, February 20: Student Experiential Learning and Research World Cafe with Dartmouth Undergraduate and Graduate Students
12:15 - 1:15 p.m., Location TBA
 (Registration opens on 2/6/20)

Thursday, March 5: Analysis of Energy and Indigenous Environmental Studies in the Americas with Professor Laura Ogden, Department of Anthropology
12:15 - 1:15 p.m., Occom Commons - Goldstein Hall
 (Registration opens on 2/20/20)

Visit dartgo.org/DECLunches for more information and to RSVP.