Alvin J. Salkind (/ˈsælkaɪnd/; June 12, 1927 – June 9, 2015) was an American chemical engineer. Salkind is known for writing the seminal texts Alkaline Storage Batteries with S. Uno Falk and making tremendous gains in the area of battery. Among his many scientific contributions, Salkind was the first to build a battery into an x-ray port tracking structure with state of charge. In 2005, Salkind was named to the College of Fellows of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering. In 2014, he became a fellow of the Electrochemical Society.