John B. Goodenough
Award Name : Charles Stark Draper Prize
Year of Award : 2014
Award for : Science and Engineering
Location : Austin, Texas, United States
John Bannister Goodenough (born 25 July 1922) is an American professor and prominent solid-state physicist. He is currently a professor of mechanical engineering and materials science at the University of Texas at Austin. He is widely credited for the identification and development of the Li-ion rechargeable battery as well as for developing the Goodenough-Kanamori rules for determining the sign of the magnetic superexchange in materials. In 2014 he received the Charles Stark Draper Prize for his contributions to the lithium-ion battery.