IMS External Advisory Board Welcomes Two New Members

From the Institute of Materials Science

Associate Director, High Temperature Composites at Collins Aerospace, Akshay Waghray brings a strong background in industrial process, materials and product R&D with a record of successful high impact projects.

Dr. Waghray’s areas of technical expertise include chemical engineering, material science, composites, carbon science, chemical vapor infiltration/deposition (CVI/CVD), nanomaterials, vacuum systems, friction materials, heterogeneous catalysis, lithium-ion battery materials, electrochemistry, electroplating, anodizing, ceramics and polymers.

He earned his M.S. Chemical Engineering from Tulane University and a Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh.

Grant Ehrlich, Ph.D., Esq. is a Partner at Cantor Colburn, where he chairs the Energy Storage, Batteries, and Materials Practice Group. He supports technology-based companies in the development and implementation of effective intellectual property (IP) strategies. He has drafted and prosecuted patents and has prepared non-infringement, invalidity, and freedom-to-operate opinions in fields spanning batteries, fuel cells, thermoelectrics, displays, sensors, medical devices, metallurgy, magnetic and magnetocaloric materials, ceramics, water treatment, heating systems, lubricants, detergents, coatings, and phosphors.

Dr. Ehrlich has contributed to multiple IPR petitions directed to lithium-ion battery technology. In addition, he has significant licensing experience and has prepared and negotiated domestic and international patent license agreements, technology transfer agreements, and material transfer agreements.

Dr. Ehrlich earned a Ph.D. in chemistry from Cornell University. He graduated from UConn Law with honors.