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Houston, Texas, United States

AvoQadro is a battery industry engineering consulting firm with a get-it-done attitude. We offer services in support of everything battery, from materials through to cell designs, from research to production, from experimental design & analysis to facility infrastructure deployment, team training & resource management. Our greatest impact is often in lean program scoping that minimizes CapEx/OpEx by leveraging our robust network of 3rd party consulting, research, characterization, and contract manufacturing capabilities.

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

GAINTECH Capital is an engine for the next generation of energy storage. Our unique accelerator model positions us to aid in the rapid development of the energy solutions our world so desperately needs now.At GAINTECH, we understand that the process from viable concept to commercial product is long, and comes with significant pitfalls and obstacles. Technical founders and inventors are often lost when it comes to raising adequate capital and creating a viable business. Investment funds are frequently so narrowly focused on the velocity and quantity of their returns, that they overlook long term potential in favor of short term gain. They also typically lack the human capital necessary to support the unique challenges of novel industrial technology focused ventures.GAINTECH is here to change all that. We believe that the solutions to our energy future are likely to come from a lot of places, not just a single source, and the collaborative process is key to integrating the myriad new concepts into cohesive, high value commercial products. Also, if history has taught us anything, some of the biggest ideas come from some of the most humble beginnings. We never lose sight of the possibilities: That the next EV battery may be in a first year college dorm or that a completely new nano material may be born in a tinkerer’s garage. We know that the appetite and need for clean, efficient, reliable energy continues to grow and the need for solutions grows with it. GAINTECH Capital is positioning itself to bring those solutions to the world faster, by identifying them early, and shepherding these technologies towards their maximum potential.

Frontier is a team of engineers representing a suite of novel patents out of Purdue University related to advanced direct laser metal deposition technologies. Frontier's SME's also engage in consultancy and engineering services support.

Newberry, Indiana, United States

The Battery Innovation Center (BIC) is a collaborative initiative designed to incorporate leadership from renowned universities, government agencies, and commercial enterprises to focus on the rapid development, testing, and commercialization of safe, reliable, and lightweight energy storage systems for defense and commercial customers. I joined the BIC when it became operational and was part of the small original team that grew it into a stable, high impact operation.My role at the BIC included:-Director of research and development, P&L responsibility, designing experimental plans, foreseeing development challenges, and establishing sensible milestones along the path to commercialization-Director of Training & Outreach, including instructor and content creator for BIC's energy storage educational series-PI/Co-PI on BIC and BIC-network R&D grants-Consultant-Electrode formulation optimization to accommodate novel active materials, conductive additives, or utilize varying binder:solvent systems, and understanding process-structure-performance relationships-Systems engineering at the cell level-Establishment of best practices when utilizing new technologies in terms of process simplification for industrial application, reproducibility, quality control, and safety-Collaboration, technical service, grant application writing, and consultation for customers, members, and partners of the BIC-Oversee scientists, engineers, technicians, interns, and assist visiting graduate students in conducting research

Conducted research on solid oxide fuel cell electrolytes produced via very low pressure suspension plasma spray and electrophoretic deposition with an emphasis on methods of in-situ composition and microstructure control

Conducted research on very low pressure suspension plasma spray and assisted in operations of the Thermal Spray Research Laboratory.

-Microstructural analysis of grain aspect ratio with respect to ring forging parameters and subsequent failure due to stress accelerated grain boundary oxidation of gas turbine engine housings-Compilation of an atlas of microstructural development under varying thermal histories among common Ni and Co based superalloys

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Materials Science And Engineering

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Materials Science And Engineering