Inventor Jay Whitacre '94 Earns Lemelson-MIT Science Prize September 15, 2015 Kasey Cheydleur Jay Whitacre ’94 has just received the $500K Lemelson-MIT Prize for his invention of a saltwater battery, which has the potential to revolutionize the way sustainable energy is stored. Tags: Science & Math Awards and Honors Alumni Engineering, 3-2 Physics
