William Q. Walker, Ph.D. Email & Phone Number

San Diego, California, Us

Technical responsibilities and accomplishments:• Vision and strategy development for commercialization of safe lithium-ion batteries for space flight applications designed to satisfy NASA JSC 20793 (crewed vehicle battery safety requirements). • Expansion of Company portfolio to include extensive lithium-ion cell abuse testing techniques including, but not limited to, small and large format fractional thermal runaway calorimetry and impingement zone mapping. • Design of passively propagation resistant lithium-ion battery systems that also incorporate flame arresting devices.• Proposal development for customized energy storage solutions ranging from human space flight and/or Department of Defense applications to grid battery energy storage systems (BESS). • Tracking of next generation cell chemistries and implementation into Company battery architectures and IP. Corporate responsibilities:• Senior engineering leadership for publicly traded NYSE listed company. • Engineering administration in ISO9001 operating environment. • Growth of new technical domain expertise to drive increased revenue. • Evaluation of new IP and recommendation for action (e.g. acquisition or no bid). • Customer interaction during all engagement phases. • Support for engineering involvement in ERP systems. • Support for public traded company activities including quarterly revenue recognition, financial audit response, sales funnel monitoring, and strategic planning of engineering team structure to accommodate said funnel. • Strategic partnership development. • Information Technology (IT) systems oversight, cybersecurity compliance, NIST and CMMC compliance, corporate website development, SharePoint management, server storage management strategies. • ITAR / EAR compliance familiarity.

San Diego, California, Us

• Development of thermal management solutions targeting space, aerospace, and defense industry sectors.• Expansion of battery safety solutions product portfolio to accommodate higher energy density systems. • Onboarding of new technologies, calorimetric systems, and analysis techniques into the company portfolio.• Implemented a systems engineering driven approach to product development that satisfies ISO9001 requirements; additionally, represented KULR Engineering during ISO9001 certification audits.• Provide subject matter expertise to customers during engagement for product related discussions. • Interpretation of battery safety regulations stemming from DOT, FAA, UL, UN, and other regulatory bodies. • Represent KULR as a public face at conferences, events, and during customer interactions. • Leading a rapidly growing engineering team and working directly with human resources in facilitating healthy hiring strategies that aim to establish a long term talent pipeline.

Evanston, Illinois, Us

Working with the Underwriters Laboratories Electrochemical Safety Research Institute (ESRI) to develop advanced analysis techniques for electrochemical safety events. Current focus is on bridging the gap between simulation and reality for lithium-ion battery thermal runaway events which involve heat transfer and conjugate heat transfer, fluid flow, particle flow, combustion, and more. My team aims to make the world a safer place by propelling battery analysis techniques to the next level.

Washington, Dc, Us

Providing support for NASA's Human Landing System (HLS) Program by serving as the passive thermal control systems (PTCS) insight team lead for the thermal control and protection insight team.

Washington, Dc, Us

Focused on the design, test and analysis of lithium ion (Li-ion) batteries and their associated thermal management systems for human space flight applications. Additionally, provide subject matter expertise in the areas of battery thermo-electrochemical behavior and battery safety. From a thermal design perspective, these battery assemblies must satisfy the following fundamental requirements: (1) appropriately manage Li-ion cell temperatures during nominal operations, (2) mitigate the effects of a single cell thermal runaway event and (3) prevent cell-to-cell propagation should a single cell event occur. Responsible for predicting the thermo-electrochemical performance of Li-ion batteries operating in thermal radiation driven space environments. Requires a comprehensive understanding of cell level heat generation during nominal operations due to a combination of reversible and irreversible chemical processes. Utilize C&R Technologies® Thermal Desktop® to perform cell level and system level thermo-electrochemical analysis.Provide NASA teams with expertise on topics pertaining to Li-ion cell thermal runaway mechanisms and the associated thermal energy release. Extensive experience in conducting calorimetric experiments aimed at characterizing cell level thermal runaway energy yield (ARC and FTRC) and also in system level abuse testing and performance evaluation. Utilize C&R Technologies® Thermal Desktop® to perform cell level and system level thermal runaway analysis.Supported Li-ion battery design cycles, certification efforts, and safety evaluations for various NASA Programs and Projects, which include the following: Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle (MPCV), International Space Station (ISS), Commercial Crew Program (CCP), spacesuit batteries, and batteries pertaining to robotic applications.

Washington, Dc, Us

Passive Thermal Sub-System Manager for the Deep Space Gateway (DSG) Habitation and Logistics Outpost (HALO).

Washington, Dc, Us

Currently on detail assignment to NASA Headquarters working under the Office of Safety and Mission Assurance. The goals of the detail assignment are to perform the following: (1) to identify and document sources of quality related data within the Agency, (2) to lay the groundwork for the development of an integrated quality data analysis tool, and (3) to develop metrics designed to assess the state-of-health of a given NASA center from a quality engineering perspective.

Washington, Dc, Us

Passive thermal control systems (PTCS) test and analysis support for the International Space Station (ISS). Analysis is conducted with C&R Technologies® Thermal Desktop®. Supported the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM) and the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS-02). Other related activities include evaluating the general thermal performance of spacecraft structures, hardware, electronics, et...

Canyon, Tx, Us

Part Time Instructor (PTI) teaching undergraduate and graduate level Space Vehicle Design elective to students in the School of Engineering at West Texas A&M University.

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

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Mechanical Engineering