Maryland Energy and Sensor Technologies

Led by Prof. Ichiro Takeuchi, our team has extensive background and experiences in the development of functional materials and marketing.  Ichiro Takeuchi is a pioneer in high-throughput materials exploration techniques and application of artificial intelligence (AI) methods in development of advanced functional materials.  

MEST is also working on machine learning algorithms for rapid analysis of experimental data, active learning for autonomous experimentation, and development of materials databases. 

Ichiro Takeuchi

CTO and founder of MEST, is a world leader in the field of the combinatorial materials science and has more than thirty years of experience in functional materials. Prof. Takeuchi received his PhD in Physics from the University of Maryland, and is a fellow of the American Physical Society and an international fellow of the Japan Society of Applied Physics.  He leads the R&D and production divisions of the business.

Sherry Xie

COO and program manager, has over 17 years of experience in marketing and business operations.  She received MBA from the Stern school of Business at New York University and is a teaching feculty at the Iowa State University.