Princeton Profiles: Dan Steingart, exploring batteries with creativity

By Danielle Alio, Office of Communications on Dec. 28, 2015, noon
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Princeton University assistant professor Dan Steingart, who studies batteries and sustainable energy storage, teaches students how to diagnose and solve complex problems.

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