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+layout: post
+icon: graduation-cap
+title: Physics-Consistent Multiscale Modeling of All-Solid-State Batteries
+when: Aug 5th, 2025, from 10am to 12pm EST
+where: GGB2540
+zoom:
+    id: 973 7553 1607
+    passcode: 578575
+    link: https://umich.zoom.us/j/97375531607
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+Archie Yao will defend his thesis on Aug 5th 2025 from 10am to 12pm EST.