In the country I come from, Iran, I found myself surrounded at an early age by successful engineers in my family and in society – in Iran there’s actually a large proportion of people engaged in engineering disciplines. It was as clear as day to me that if I wanted to design something, bring about change, create something for the better, to have an impact in life, I should become an engineer. I did my undergraduate studies in materials engineering, which prepared me to become a battery engineer.
Things have changed fast in the battery world. About 10 years ago,
