Dr. Yet-Ming Chiang

Dr. Yet-Ming Chiang, a co-founder of A123Systems, is also a full professor in the Materials Science and Engineering Department at MIT. Dr. Chiang’s research at MIT focuses on the design and synthesis of advanced materials, and the development of new devices enabled by material advances, including new energy storage and mechanical actuator technologies.

In 1987 he co-founded American Superconductor [NASDAQ: AMSC]. He has published widely in materials science and engineering, and served on numerous government panels and editorial boards of journals in his field. Prof. Chiang has a SB Materials Science and Engineering, MIT, 1980 and a ScD Ceramics, MIT, 1985.