Esther Sans Takeuchi
Personal Information
Born: 1953
Country of Birth: USA
Nationality: USA
Ethnicity: White
Education
University of Pennsylvania BA Chemistry & History 1975; Ohio State University PhD Organic Chemistry 1981; Post-doctoral work in Electrochemistry at UNC Chapel Hill & SUNY at Buffalo
Professional Life
Field of Study: Materials Science
Institution/Corporation: Stony Brook University; SUNY at Buffalo; Brookhaven National Lab; Greatbach (now Integer Corps); Dept of Energy; Mercedes-Benz
Degrees & Memberships: Member: National Academy of Innovation (2013); Fellow Elecrochemical Society (2012); National Academy of Engineering (2004); Fellow American Institute for Medical & Biomedical Engineering (1999); American Academy for Arts & Sciences (2021); American Chemical Society ; American Association for Medical Instrumentation; Elecrochemical Society (1984)
Awards & Achievements
Awards: 2013 E. V. Murphree Award American Chemical Society; 2011 National Inventors Hall of Fame; 2010 Chancellor Charles P. Norton Medal; 2009 National Medal of Technology & Innovation; 2008 Astellas USA Foundation Award American Chemical Society; 2007 Life Time Achievement Award Technical Societies Council; 2006 Lincoln Gries Distinguished Alumni Award Old Trail School Bath Ohio; 2005 Inventor of the Year Award Physical Sciences 3rd Place; 2004 Pioneers of Science Award Hauptman Woodward Medical Research Institute; 2003 Achievement in Health Care Award D'Youville College; 2003 Woman of Distinction American Association of University Women; 2000 Inventor of the Year Award Physical Sciences 1st & 3rd Place; 1998 68th Jacob Schoellkopf Medal Western NY American Chemical Society; 1997 Visionary of the Year Wilson Greatbach Ltd; 1995 Battery Division Technology Award Electrochemical Society; 1990 Woman of the Year Category Science; 2018 European Inventor Award European Patent Office; 2022 NAS Award in Chemical Science; Western NY Women's Hall of Fame
Achievements: Lithium/Silver Vanadium Oxide Battery (LI/SV))Technology; works on energy storage systems & power sources for biomedical devices; worked on batteries for neuro stimualtors drug delivery systems pacemakers & industrial batteries for environments concerning high temperatures vibrations & need of reliability; currently working on increasing the energy content of the negative electrode within electric vehicles increasing the energy content of the positive electrode & enabling electric vehicles to charge faster
Developed silver vanadium oxide battery that powers the majority of the world's lifesaving implantable cardiac defibrillators
Holds 155 patents
2018, her company was awarded a Dept of Energy grant to develop high energy & high power batteries to use in electric vehicles or in combination with renewable solar energy systems & renewable energy farms
She & her parents fled Soviet-occupied Latvia & lived in a refugee camp for years before immigrating to the USLithium/Silver Vanadium Oxide Battery Technology