Arizona’s aspirations to be an emerging green technology industry hub had been boosted by the decision of KORE Power Inc., a battery cell developer, to build a lithium-ion battery factory in Buckeye, a town west of Phoenix, to support electric vehicles, energy storage systems and more. The company recently pulled back on its plan, but state and local leaders are still intent on seeing the area become the “Sustainable Valley” to attract other battery industry operations. Candace Chan, a professor of materials science and engineering in the School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy, part of the Fulton Schools, talks about challenges in gathering the array of high-tech knowledge and skills need to eventually make the effort successful.