Andrew Chu    A123 Systems, Inc.Vice President

Bio

Andrew Chu is Vice President, Marketing and Communications, at A123 Systems.  In this role, he leads A123''s corporate marketing organization.  Since joining A123 in early 2003, he has served in multiple roles, including R&D, manufacturing support, applications engineering, program management, marketing and business development.  More recently, he led the proposal team that resulted in a $249M award from the U.S. Department of Energy to support the company''s U.S. battery manufacturing.  He has spent the last 16 years working on lithium ion batteries.  Prior to joining A123 Systems, he was the Department Manager of the Energy Technologies Department at HRL (formerly Hughes Research Lab.)  He holds a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania and two engineering Bachelor''s degrees from the University of Michigan.

Abstract

The use of lithium iron phosphate for grid and transportation applications