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Sustainable Energy Innovations

⚡Innovating Safer and Sustainable Energy

At the Meda Energy Lab, based at Xavier University of Louisiana, we are advancing the science of all-solid-state batteries.

We combine solid electrolyte materials design with interface science to bridge the gap between fundamental research and real-world applications.

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Department of Chemistry

1 Drexel Drive

New Orleans, LA 70125

(504) 520-5324

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Meda Lab in the News

XULA Partners with Energy Storage Research Alliance to Drive Sustainable Tech Innovation

HBCUBUZZ Sep 6, 2024

Xavier University of Louisiana has partnered with the Energy Storage Research Alliance to advance innovative energy storage solutions.

Xavier University of Louisiana Partners with Argonne National Laboratory (U.S. Department of Energy) Towards Advancing Energy Storage and a Cleaner Future

XULA News Sep 5, 2024

Xavier University of Louisiana, with its long history of supporting environmental and social justice initiatives to create impactful change, has announced that it is one of fifteen partners in collaboration with The Energy Storage Research Alliance (ESRA).

Dr. Lamartine Meda, Xavier Professor of Chemistry and Material Science, Director of the Materials and Interfaces Center for High Energy Storage and Sensing (MICHESS), Awarded a National Science Foundation Grant

XULA News July 23, 2021

Dr. Meda’s project “Investigation of Interfacial Chemical and Ion Transport in Solid Inorganic-Polymer Electrolyte” recently received a National Science Foundation (NSF) Excellence in Research Award.

In Pursuit of a More Just and Humane Society, 12 Xavier Faculty Awarded Grants to Advance Equity, Diversity, Eco-preservation, Lessen Disparity, and More

XULA News Jan 3, 2024

True to the mission of the nation’s only historically Black and Catholic University, twelve Xavier faculty were awarded grants during the fall 2022 semester to advance educational equity, diversity, biomedical and health research, preservation efforts, and more.

Xavier University of Louisiana Partners with Argonne National Laboratory (U.S. Department of Energy) Towards Advancing Energy Storage and a Cleaner Future

XULA News Sep 5, 2024

Xavier University of Louisiana, with its long history of supporting environmental and social justice initiatives to create impactful change, has announced that it is one of fifteen partners in collaboration with The Energy Storage Research Alliance (ESRA).

Dr. Lamartine Meda, Xavier Professor of Chemistry and Material Science, Director of the Materials and Interfaces Center for High Energy Storage and Sensing (MICHESS), Awarded a National Science Foundation Grant

XULA News July 23, 2021

Dr. Meda’s project “Investigation of Interfacial Chemical and Ion Transport in Solid Inorganic-Polymer Electrolyte” recently received a National Science Foundation (NSF) Excellence in Research Award.

In Pursuit of a More Just and Humane Society, 12 Xavier Faculty Awarded Grants to Advance Equity, Diversity, Eco-preservation, Lessen Disparity, and More

XULA News Jan 3, 2024

True to the mission of the nation’s only historically Black and Catholic University, twelve Xavier faculty were awarded grants during the fall 2022 semester to advance educational equity, diversity, biomedical and health research, preservation efforts, and more.

Xavier University of Louisiana Partners with Argonne National Laboratory (U.S. Department of Energy) Towards Advancing Energy Storage and a Cleaner Future

XULA News Sep 5, 2024

Xavier University of Louisiana, with its long history of supporting environmental and social justice initiatives to create impactful change, has announced that it is one of fifteen partners in collaboration with The Energy Storage Research Alliance (ESRA).

Dr. Lamartine Meda, Xavier Professor of Chemistry and Material Science, Director of the Materials and Interfaces Center for High Energy Storage and Sensing (MICHESS), Awarded a National Science Foundation Grant

XULA News July 23, 2021

Dr. Meda’s project “Investigation of Interfacial Chemical and Ion Transport in Solid Inorganic-Polymer Electrolyte” recently received a National Science Foundation (NSF) Excellence in Research Award.

In Pursuit of a More Just and Humane Society, 12 Xavier Faculty Awarded Grants to Advance Equity, Diversity, Eco-preservation, Lessen Disparity, and More

XULA News Jan 3, 2024

True to the mission of the nation’s only historically Black and Catholic University, twelve Xavier faculty were awarded grants during the fall 2022 semester to advance educational equity, diversity, biomedical and health research, preservation efforts, and more.

Xavier University of Louisiana Partners with Argonne National Laboratory (U.S. Department of Energy) Towards Advancing Energy Storage and a Cleaner Future

XULA News Sep 5, 2024

Xavier University of Louisiana, with its long history of supporting environmental and social justice initiatives to create impactful change, has announced that it is one of fifteen partners in collaboration with The Energy Storage Research Alliance (ESRA).

Dr. Lamartine Meda, Xavier Professor of Chemistry and Material Science, Director of the Materials and Interfaces Center for High Energy Storage and Sensing (MICHESS), Awarded a National Science Foundation Grant

XULA News July 23, 2021

Dr. Meda’s project “Investigation of Interfacial Chemical and Ion Transport in Solid Inorganic-Polymer Electrolyte” recently received a National Science Foundation (NSF) Excellence in Research Award.

In Pursuit of a More Just and Humane Society, 12 Xavier Faculty Awarded Grants to Advance Equity, Diversity, Eco-preservation, Lessen Disparity, and More

XULA News Jan 3, 2024

True to the mission of the nation’s only historically Black and Catholic University, twelve Xavier faculty were awarded grants during the fall 2022 semester to advance educational equity, diversity, biomedical and health research, preservation efforts, and more.

Xavier University of Louisiana Partners with Argonne National Laboratory (U.S. Department of Energy) Towards Advancing Energy Storage and a Cleaner Future

XULA News Sep 5, 2024

Xavier University of Louisiana, with its long history of supporting environmental and social justice initiatives to create impactful change, has announced that it is one of fifteen partners in collaboration with The Energy Storage Research Alliance (ESRA).

Dr. Lamartine Meda, Xavier Professor of Chemistry and Material Science, Director of the Materials and Interfaces Center for High Energy Storage and Sensing (MICHESS), Awarded a National Science Foundation Grant

XULA News July 23, 2021

Dr. Meda’s project “Investigation of Interfacial Chemical and Ion Transport in Solid Inorganic-Polymer Electrolyte” recently received a National Science Foundation (NSF) Excellence in Research Award.

In Pursuit of a More Just and Humane Society, 12 Xavier Faculty Awarded Grants to Advance Equity, Diversity, Eco-preservation, Lessen Disparity, and More

XULA News Jan 3, 2024

True to the mission of the nation’s only historically Black and Catholic University, twelve Xavier faculty were awarded grants during the fall 2022 semester to advance educational equity, diversity, biomedical and health research, preservation efforts, and more.

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