MEDIA PRESENTATIONS and INTERVIEWS

1.     WYSO Interview: Researchers burned batteries in Piqua. Now neighbors want to know what they were exposed to, By Adriana Martinez‐Smiley, July 23, 2024.

2.     Washington Post: Your fridge isn’t built to last: here’s why, July 2, 2024.

3.     BBC Interview: Why E-bike batteries are causing more fires than electric cars? WAMU, April 19, 2024

4.     MIT Technology Review, “New York City’s plan to stop e-bike battery fires - Battery swapping could help make electric transit safer and more convenient for delivery workers”, March 20, 2024 https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/03/20/1089960/battery-swap-ebike-f...

5.     The Wall Street Journal: “why heat is bad for smartphone batteries”, August 2023:

6.     International Business Times, M. Basilan, "China may have built third Exascale supercomputer - And
may be hiding its real capabilities", 2023. [Online], Available: https://www.ibtimes.com/china-may-have-built-third-exascale-supercomputer-may-hiding-its-real-abilities-3712987

7.     The Atlantic magazine: “E-bikes are going to keep exploding”, July 25, 2023: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2023/07/e-bike-battery-lithium-ion-fire/674622/:

8.     National Public Radio (NPR): “Arizona’s extreme heat could be a problem for electric car batteries”,  July 24, 2023

9.            National Public Radio (NPR): “The role of global warming on our EVs?”, July 20, 2023

10.   National Public Radio (NPR): “What’s driving the battery fires with e-bikes and scooters?”, March 11, 2023

11.   Insider Interview (publication): “The weird, worrisome mystery behind America's plague of purple streetlights”, Nov 29, 2022.

12.   Capital Report Interview: (October 18, 2022), “How did China become a powerful player in the chip-making industry” https://www.ntd.com/professor-how-chinas-microchip-monopoly-grew_857535.html

13.   Washington Post Interview: Fowler, G. A. (2022, August 19). You're charging wrong: 5 ways to make Gadget Batteries last longer. The Washington Post. Retrieved August 23, 2022, from https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/08/19/battery-charging-tips/ 

14.   ABC Radio National in Australia, “The State of TSMC in the Global Marketplace” Aug 2022

15.   B. Ellis and M. Hicken, "Dozens of Amazon's own products have been reported as dangerous -- melting, exploding or even bursting into flames. Many are still on the market", CNN, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/10/business/amazonbasics-electronics-fire-safety-invs/index.html. [Accessed: 14- Sep- 2020] 

16.   M. Taniguchi, "Report safety issues to dozens of Amazon Basics. Alexa compatible microwave oven, etc", Engadget, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://japanese.engadget.com/amazon-basics-products-safety-risk-0730433.... [Accessed: 14- Sep- 2020]

17.   Saxena S., and M. Pecht, “Accelerated Life Testing of Lithium-ion Batteries,” Contributed Commentary, Battery Power, June 16, 2020. https://www.batterypoweronline.com/news/accelerated-life-testing-of-lithium-ion-batteries/

18.   Diao, W., L. Kong, and M. Pecht. “Why the LG Chem Advertisement about Lithium-ion Batteries is Irresponsible,” Battery Power newletter, Feb. 27, 2020. https://www.batterypoweronline.com/news/why-the-lg-chem-advertisement-about-lithium-ion-batteries-is-irresponsible/

19.   Kong, Lingxi, and Michael G. Pecht. 2020. “A Look Inside Your Battery: Watching the Dendrites Grow.” Battery Power Online. 2020. Available online: https://www.batterypoweronline.com/news/a-look-inside-your-battery-watching-the-dendrites-grow/.

20.   M. G. Pecht, “Exploding E-Cigarettes Are a Growing Danger to Public Health - IEEE Spectrum.” [Online]. Available:https://spectrum.ieee.org/consumer-electronics/portable-devices/explodin....

21.   Nikkei: “Aftermath of friction between the United States and China in the "brains of the world" United States, Huawei review,” March 17, 2019.

22.   CNN’s Drew Griffin Investigates a Toyota Engineering Memo that Suggests an Electronic Problem in a Prototype Car, CNN Video, http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/bestoftv/2012/03/02/ac-griffin-toyota-i... http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/01/us/toyota-acceleration-documents/index.htm..., March 1, 2012.

23.   Zuga, L. and M. Pecht, “The Politicization of Counterfeit Electronics,” Battlespace Update, Vol. 15, Issue 01, Jan. 5, 2012; “Misplaced Blame: The Politicization of Counterfeit Electronics,” SLD (sldinfo.com) website, Dec. 14, 2011.

24.   “Don’t Blame the Chinese-Blame Raytheon,” Letter to the Editor, Circuitnet website: (http://www.circuitnet.com/articles/article_85572.shtml), Nov. 23, 2011.

25.   The Counterfeit Electronics Problem - Trying to Reach Harmony in a Storm, Int’l Conf. on Economics, Politics, and Security of China and the USA, Nov. 19, 2011 (televised live on Voice of America)

26.   ACTUS, L’Offensive Made in China (in French), pp. 26-27, June 2011.

27.   CNN, interviews on Toyota and sudden acceleration and congressional hearing, March 2, 2010.

28.   NPR, Toyota Recalls Spur worries-Sudden Acceleration in Toyota Vehicles, Feb. 3, 2010.

29.   History Channel Modern Marvels: Engineering Disasters, Tin Whiskers, March 22, 2006.

30.   CNN with Lou Dobbs, China’s Semiconductor Industry and Exporting, Sept 16, 2004.

31.   Newsnight Maryland, Maryland Public Television: Electronics Industry, June 8, 1998.