Dr. Rachid Yazami is an eminent scientist and best known for his research on lithium ion batteries. This technology is used by billions of people worldwide for their cell phones, cameras, tablets, laptops, power tools, and many other devices. Dr. Yazami started his career from scratch to build an empire based on the battery technology.
Dr. Rachid Razami, who is a native of Fez, Morocco. He began his career at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) in France, where he later became the research director in 1998. He also served as a visiting associate at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), in collaboration with JPL/NASA, for 10 years. Currently, he is working as a researcher and visiting professor at the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore. He is also listed as an inventor of more than 140 patents in relation to battery technology. He is the co-author of more than 250 papers on batteries and their related fields and systems.
Dr. Yazami has received many scientific awards from NASA, NATO, IBA, the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, and IEEE, and many among others. In recognition to his outstanding work in regards to rechargeable lithium batteries, he was awarded in Washington, at the prestigious Charles Stark Draper 2014 prize by the National Academy of Engineering (NAE). This price is the equivalence of a Nobel Prize of engineering. During the same year, he was appointed by MH the King of Morocco as a Corresponding Member of the Hassan II Academy of Sciences and Technologies of Morocco.
Dr. Yazami has received many scientific awards from NASA, NATO, IBA, the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, and IEEE, and many among others. In recognition to his outstanding work in regards to rechargeable lithium batteries, he was awarded in Washington, at the prestigious Charles Stark Draper 2014 prize by the National Academy of Engineering (NAE). This price is the equivalence of a Nobel Prize of engineering. During the same year, he was appointed by MH the King of Morocco as a Corresponding Member of the Hassan II Academy of Sciences and Technologies of Morocco.
His inventions and researches revolutionized the daily life of billions, and not least, his batteries are also used in many types of equipment regarding disabled people, and enhanced the life of many humans using lithium for their medical tools.
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