Professor of Materials Chemistry Emeritus
Department of Materials Science & Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

ADDRESS
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Avenue, Room 8-203
Cambridge, MA 02139-4307
U.S.A.
Telephone: +1.617.253.3487; fax: +1.617.253.5418; e-mail: dsadoway@mit.edu
websites:   http://donaldsadoway.com   http://sadoway.mit.edu

DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH   March 7, 1950;  Toronto, Ontario, CANADA

CITIZENSHIP  United States and Canada

EDUCATION
doctor honoris causa, NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 2014
D. Eng., honoris causa, University of Toronto, 2013
Ph.D., Chemical Metallurgy, University of Toronto, 1977
M.A.Sc., Chemical Metallurgy, University of Toronto, 1973
B.A.Sc., Engineering Science, University of Toronto, 1972

AWARDS AND HONORS
European Inventor Award 2022, Non-EPO Countries
Norm Augustine Award for Outstanding Achievement in Engineering Communications, 2014
Time 100 Most Influential People in the World, 2012
Lightspeed Venture Partners Professional Development Award for Research on Grid-Level Energy Storage, 2009, 2011
Honorary Professor of Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing
Edward Moore Baker Memorial Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, 2004
Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences, elected Member 2001 -
John F. Elliott Chair in Materials Chemistry, MIT 1999 -
Bose Award for Teaching, School of Engineering, MIT 1997
MacVicar Faculty Fellow, MIT 1995 - 2005
AT&T Industrial Ecology Faculty Fellow, MIT 1994 - 1995
MIT Graduate Student Council Teaching Award 1993, 1988, 1987, 1984, and 1982
Prof. T.B. King Memorial Award, Dept. Mat. Sci. & Eng., MIT 1986
Alcoa Foundation Professional Development Award 1980 1983
NATO Postdoctoral Research Fellowship 1977 - 1978

MEMBERSHIPS
The Minerals, Metals, and Materials Society (TMS)
The Electrochemical Society
The Materials Research Society
International Society of Electrochemistry
The Iron and Steel Society
American Association for the Advancement of Science

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1992 - 2022. Courses taught: Introduction to Solid State Chemistry, freshman level; Chemical Metallurgy, senior level; Kinetic Processes in Materials, graduate level; Electrochemical Processing of Materials, graduate level.
Associate Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1982  1992.  Courses taught: as above.
Assistant Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1978  1982.  Courses taught: as above.
Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1977  1978.
Teaching Assistant in the Department of Metallurgy and Materials Science, University of Toronto, 1972 1976. Courses taught: Metallurgical Thermodynamics; Kinetics of Metallurgical Processes; Electrochemistry; all undergraduate level.

RESEARCH INTERESTS
Professor Sadoway’s research seeks to establish the scientific underpinnings for technologies that make efficient use of energy and natural resources in an environmentally sound manner. This spans engineering applications and the supportive fundamental science. The overarching theme of his work is electrochemistry in nonaqueous media.
Specific topics in applied research are the following: liquid metal batteries for grid-level storage, environmentally sound electrochemical extraction and recycling of metals, solid-polymer-electrolyte batteries for portable power, and advanced materials for use as electrodes in metal-producing electrolysis cells.
The related fundamental research is the physical chemistry and electrochemistry of molten salts (including molten oxides and sulfides), ionic liquids, and solid polymer electrolytes.

THESES
Ph.D., 1977, University of Toronto, “Thermodynamic properties of some alkali metal hexachloroniobates and hexachlorotantalates, and the separa¬tion of tantalum from niobium.”
M.A.Sc., 1973, University of Toronto, “Thermodynamic properties of manganese dichloride in ternary solutions with sodium chloride and cesium chloride.”
B.A.Sc., 1972, University of Toronto, “Thermodynamic properties of the binary solutions, MnCl2 NaCl and MnCl2 CsCl.”