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Mr. Edward J. Plichta is a nationally renowned inventor and subject matter expert with over 40 years of experience in chemical engineering, material science, research and development, strategic technology planning, and management in the field of power and energy technologies, power management and environmental control systems. His employment with the Army began in 1980 until his retirement in 2019 with the Command Power and Integration Directorate of the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command C5ISR Center. His work has tremendous recognition within the DoD, industry, and academia, both domestically and internationally. He served as principal inventor of the high-voltage stable electrolytes that enabled the first practical development of the lithium-ion battery and the resulting successful use worldwide for commercial and military applications. Mr. Plichta was the principal researcher on the highest known energy density electrochemical cells, lithium air and lithium sulfur for advanced Soldier power and expeditionary energy. These two chemistries provided up to six-times higher energy density than available in commercial batteries and exceeded the Army’s requirements for Soldier power for FORCE 2025. He was also the principal inventor of the Charger-On-the-Move to provide for forward field charging of rechargeable C4I batteries. Mr. Plichta has primary and co-authorship on over 50 scientific publications, over 40 U.S. and international patents, and two book chapters. He received the Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center (CERDEC) Platinum Level Innovator Achievement Award in 2013, the Industry Achievement Award in partnership with SAFT Space and Defense in 2009 and has 52 Individual Suggestion/Invention Awards from 1985 to 2011.
| Date Taken: | 06.22.2023 |
| Date Posted: | 03.25.2025 15:59 |
| Category: | Video Productions |
| Video ID: | 956473 |
| VIRIN: | 230622-A-EZ484-7920 |
| PIN: | 003 |
| Filename: | DOD_110883857 |
| Length: | 00:07:22 |
| Location: | MARYLAND, US |
| Downloads: | 3 |
| High-Res. Downloads: | 3 |
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