Todd Trimble Email & Phone Number

Tualatin, Oregon, Us

ZincFive is the world leader in innovation and delivery of nickel-zinc based energy storage and delivery solutions for mission critical industries including Data Centers, Intelligent Transportation, Motive Power and more. ZincFive leverages patented nickel-zinc chemistry within our solutions to provide superior safety and environmental advantages simultaneous with performance delivered through high power density.

Tempe, Az, Us

Scottsdale, Arizona, Us

At NantEnergy (formerly Fluidic Energy) I was one of a small group of scientists and engineers that developed the fundamental core technology underlying our advanced, scalable metal-air batteries. For over 11 years I have been involved in technology and product development for every generation of our energy storage products. I have led a gifted and highly-performing team with 15+ scientists, engineers and technicians that has consistently delivered key technology developments, as well as leading the way in continuous improvements in cell and system performance. My main areas of focus include:• The development of low cost, high activity, and stable electrode materials and structures.• Creation and optimization of novel electrolyte and additive formulations, critical for high energy density, reliable cycling and long life.• Cell design and the development of "smart" protocols for achieving high performance and efficiency, coupled with high reliability, cyclability and lifetime.• Expanding Fluidic's IP portfolio. • Modeling cell and system performance, key to understanding sensitivity to various cell design parameters and system losses.• Leading materials and technology-driven aspects of cost-down effort, driving towards entitled cost of our fundamentally lowest-cost energy storage technology.• Development of novel accelerated testing protocols for the prediction of lifetime, from base material compatibility to individual cell components and full cell/system level life.• Improving cell/system capability in more extreme thermal environments via developments in technology and design.• Technology and Product road-mapping.• Working with Engineering/Manufacturing teams to transfer technology from R&D concept phase through product development and DVT/PVT phases.• Creating product development processes consistent with our philosophy of rapid technology and product development.

Scottsdale, Arizona, Us

Tempe, Az, Us

My work at ASU focused on interfacial electrochemical processes, especially measuring and understanding real-time stress development during thin film growth or due to electrochemical stimuli.Designed and built high sensitivity laser beam deflection system for measuring stresses induced via electrochemical processes.Discovered unexpected surface stress changes induced by underpotential deposition of metallic monolayers. Developed continuum model and atomistic simulations to explain results for stress development in both UHV and electrolyte environments.Developed a thin-film growth model and supporting atomistic simulations to successfully explain anomalous stress evolution behavior during deposition of ultra-thin Cu films on Au in UHV.Measured surface stress and interfacial energy changes as a function of applied voltage in electrolytes, demonstrating the important role played by specific adsorption of anionic species.Created fine-scale porosity from dealloying of AuAg alloys with applications in sensing and catalysis. Designed experiments to use dealloyed Au structure as a substrate for modification of cell phenotype in vitro.Developed electrochemical techniques for creating extremely fine-scale porosity in stainless steel (and other transition metal alloys), the first such results of their kind. Porous structures have a number of potential applications, including time-released drug delivery.Worked on electrochemical generation of ammonia in aprotic, organic solvents, a project with potential for enormous worldwide significance for fertilization of crops.

Tempe, Az, Us

Computational Biology/Mechanics.Performed realistic, all-atom molecular dynamics simulations on single-strand DNA molecules to determine effect of applied electric field on conformation. For potential bio-assay improvements with DNA microarray.Developed hyperelastic, 2-phase finite element model for microneedle skin penetration. FE simulations revealed importance of microneedle geometry in crack-initiated skin penetration.Developed nonlinear, biphasic finite element model for porous biomaterials, and used to determine complex stress state acting at cell surfaces under remote loading.Mechanobiology/Cell Biology.Designed experiments for using micro- and nano-engineered extracellular environments to probe cell response to mechanical/chemical stimuli (nano-imprint lithography and other patterning techniques).Designed experiments to study influence of substrate morphology (determining number, distribution and character of focal adhesions) on cellular function using nanoporous Au with tunable pore size.Designed pressure vessel for imposing large hydrostatic pressure on cell culture systems.

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

Master Of Science (M.S.), Electrical Engineering

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Physics