Biography
Robert Savinell is a Distinguished University Professor and the George S. Dively Professor of Engineering at Case Western Reserve University. Prior to joining the university’s faculty in 1986, Savinell was a research engineer at Diamond Shamrock Corporation and then a member of the faculty of the University of Akron. Savinell was the director of the Ernest B. Yeager Center for Electrochemical Sciences at CWRU for ten years, and served as Dean of Engineering at CWRU for seven years. He has been a visiting professor at Yamanashi University in Japan, Denmark Technical University and MIT. Savinell has been engaged in electrochemical engineering research and development for more than 40 years.
Savinell’s research is directed at fundamental science and mechanistic issues of electrochemical processes, as well as electrochemical technology systems and device design, development, modeling and optimization. His research has addressed applications for energy conversion, energy storage, sensing, and electrochemical materials extraction and synthesis. Savinell is the editor-in-chief of the Journal of the Electrochemical Society. He is a fellow of the Electrochemical Society, fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, and fellow of the International Society of Electrochemistry. In 2018 he was awarded the Department of Energy’s Emerging Frontiers Research Center grant, and he now directs the EFRC on Breakthrough Electrolytes on Energy Storage (BEES). In 2020, Savinell was awarded the Frank and Dorothy Humel Prize by CWRU for exceptional achievements in teaching, research and scholarly service that have benefited the community, the nation and the world. In 2022, the Electrochemical Society presented Savinell with the Vittorio De Nora Award.
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