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Ann Arbor, Mi, Us

Irving, Texas, Us

Irving, Texas, Us

Ann Arbor, Michigan, Us

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Manage testing personnel and resources Work with design team to develop Highly Accelerated Life Testing to validate product for 20-year life Create and execute test program to achieve product certification to UL 1973Process data and create presentations for executive team, customers, insurance companies, regulatory agencies, and investorsDevelop physics based system model incorporating, solar loading, ambient conditions, to predict system performance for specific applicationsPerform Financial modeling of product over lifetime to determine levelized cost storage (LCOS) for comparison of technology to other energy storage products Develop Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE) with Solar/Wind integration to determine benefit to customer.

Select lithium ion cell to meet life, energy, and power requirements through testing and validationDevelop new module design using ultrasonically welded components and new cell carrierPerform resistance welding and ultrasonic welding test to validate capability of meeting prototyping needsWorking with electrical team to create control architecture and breaking out controller functions for production vehicleProviding design feedback for ease of manufacturing

Develop future manufacturing plans and organized current manufacturing facility to meet customer production demands Provide customers with onsite support during system startup and debugPerform experimentation to prove out new advanced manufacturing techniques which will reduce energy usage and increase production speedWork with program management and sales to provide prototype and production manufacturing costs for quoting purposes

Novi, Michigan, Us

Advanced Manufacturing Senior EngineerDeveloped cell manufacturing “line of the future” with goal to improve quality while reducing energy usage and head countConceptualized and performed proof of concept testing using Variable Frequency Microwave as a method for drying moisture out of electrodes. Reduced electrode drying time from hours to minutes (patent in process)Created test fixture and test process to capture cells with warranty issue Developed multiple test stands using National Instrument’s Labview for production operations and proof of concept testing Senior Mixing EngineerPerformed root cause analysis of Non Homogenous Mixing of Anode Slurry leading to the prevention of scrap material ($1 million in cost savings per year) Trained operations personal, wrote work instructions and standard operating procedure for mixing lineDeveloped new powder delivery systems to ensure better product quality and safer work environment Prismatic Cell DesignWorked with A123Systems’ Korean team to successful develop a method of deep drawing a pouch to allow for 9 mm of pouch draw depth Performed design studies between prismatic pouch and can cells to determine advantages and drawbacks for future cell designsDeveloped Heterogeneous Ohmic Contact for Lithium Ion Cells (Patent in Process)Performed resistance and thermal validation tests on internal cell hardware to verify modeling parameters Thermal EngineerCreated heat sinks which allowed for design of a scalable prismatic battery moduleDesigned and developed automotive battery pack cold plate which allowed for liquid cooling of system Performed cell life cycle testing at high humidity and temperatures, allowing for cell validation in terms of months instead of yearsCreated test methods to verify module and cell thermal performance at various load and temperature conditions, which was used for model verificationPerformed abuse level testing at cell and module

Dearborn, Michigan, Us

Prototype Vehicle Drive Train Engineer (HySeries Edge)Created a fuel cell system for use as an Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) using spare fuel cell parts which went into a prototype vehicle and was driven over 20,000 milesPerformed fluid flow modeling and friction loss calculations to determine tubing sizes and overall system operating pressures using MatlabDetermined compressor flow and pressure curves through testing then created a thermodynamic model to define systems most efficient operating points Performed in vehicle calibration of fuel cell APU using CAN and ETAS Land Speed Record Vehicle (Hydrogen 999) ProjectCalculated valve and component sizing for hydrogen and heliox delivery systemDeveloped off board humidification system required to maintain membrane electrode assembly at proper humidification level while not in operation Created simplified control method and CAN based data acquisition for 400 kW fuel cell system Performed Hydrogen 999 fuel cell system integration and served as pit crew during land speed record attempt at Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah

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