The National Science Foundation Energy Storage Engine in Upstate New York will participate in the Great New York State Fair for a second year in a row. This year, the Engine will highlight its ongoing efforts to bolster upstate New York\u2019s energy storage ecosystem, as well as the region\u2019s assets and capabilities that make it a national leader in battery innovation. The program’s booth reached 8,000 fairgoers last year, hailing from the U.S. and around the world.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Funded through the NSF\u2019s Regional Innovation Engines program, the coalition of universities, startups, and industry, community, and state partners is led by Binghamton University. It aims to make New York America\u2019s battery tech capital through advancing battery technologies and adoption, enhancing safety and manufacturing, and expanding shared infrastructure, in addition to nurturing the next-generation workforce.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe hope our presence at the fair will inspire students to pursue the education and experiences they need to enter this exciting industry, connect job seekers with the training and opportunities they need to build careers in the battery sector, and give educators the connections and tools to prepare the next generation of talent,\u201d said Meera Sampath, CEO of the NSF Energy Storage Engine.<\/p>\n
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The NSF Energy Storage Engine booth at the state fair is open from 10 a.m.-8 p.m. daily from Aug. 26-Sept. 7 in the Science & Industry building, located between Gates 1 and 2 at the Fairgrounds in Syracuse.<\/p>\n
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Starting Aug. 26, fairgoers will have an opportunity to win prizes as well as learn about science experiments and engineering from the Engine\u2019s partners \u2014 including Griffiss Institute, Syracuse University, Cornell University, Alfred University, the Rochester Institute of Technology, Binghamton University, and Viridi.<\/p>\n
Attendees will also have a chance to survey the work being done around the state to advance battery innovation and manufacturing through an interactive map of the ecosystem. Anybody who puts their ZIP code into the interactive map can learn more about opportunities and innovations happening near them \u2014 from startups to manufacturing projects, and from community training to fire safety.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s exciting that we\u2019re talking about the whole ecosystem this time, and helping each institution showcase the great work that they\u2019re doing. That\u2019s part of our goal,\u201d said Maggie Cousin, strategic communications lead at the NSF Engine. \u201cTouching 8,000 people last year is a signal that we\u2019re really trying to get out of the lab and into the community, so people have a better understanding about how important batteries have become in our daily lives.\u201d<\/p>\n
Around 100 volunteers from both startups and schools will be taking to the fair to share more about battery safety, innovations, and developments. Those who stop by the booth will also be able to learn more about the role batteries play in our lives, from the level of our day-to-day use to national and economic security priorities.<\/p>\n
\u201cLook at everything happening in New York State. We are the building ground for opportunities, for well-paying \u00a0jobs, for future technologies, for making the world safer,\u201d Cousin said. \u201cWe have all these scientists and engineers working to make batteries safer, so we\u2019re at the forefront of this, and we want people to know about it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Anybody interested in learning more about the NSF Energy Storage Engine and its partners can stop by the Science & Industry building, located between Gates 1 and 2 at the Fairgrounds, between 10 a.m. and 8 p.m. from Aug. 26 to Sept. 7.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur hope is that the Great New York State Fair \u2014 one of the oldest and largest state fairs in the country \u2014 will eventually become a showcase for New York\u2019s battery industry, as much as it is a showcase for the state\u2019s agricultural heritage and strength today,\u201d Sampath said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The National Science Foundation Energy Storage Engine in Upstate New York will participate in the Great New York…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":325815,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[9,11,10,49,51,50],"class_list":["post-325814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-new-york-state","tag-new-york-state-headlines","tag-new-york-state-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=325814"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325814\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/325815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=325814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=325814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=325814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}