Battery Design and Simulation Expert (1301)
Expertise
Battery design and simulation.
Battery separators, battery components and battery material's technology.
Lithium-ion battery development.
Hybrid electric vehicles battery power systems.
Enterprise information systems for batteries and fuel cells.
Microporous plastic separators for batteries and Li ion cells
Experience
Independent Consultant, 1999 - Present
Consultant and software provider for battery related battery design, operatons and simulation.
Director, Advanced Product Development, PolyStor Corporation, 1998 - 1999
Led efforts to develop large lithium-ion batteries.
Designed and staffed organization, established and maintained key partnerships and customer relationships.
Successfully won $9.5 million contract for development of batteries for hybrid electric vehicles and met project milestones.
Hoechst Celanese Corporation, Staff Engineer, 1994 - 1998
From ground-up, designed and then managed Battery Applications Development Center for building and testing AA size Li Ion cells.
Developed techniques for characterizing separators and helped direct separator development efforts; this work contributed to development of first commercial dry-stretch, shutdown separator.
Provided technical service for battery separators based on "Cell Guard" micorporous membranes and other materials.
Established relationships with universities, and with corporate research laboratories of major customers.
W. R. Grace & Co., Senior and Staff Engineer, Connecticut, 1986 - 1994
Led team for development of new microporous plastic separator for Li ion cells which led to licensing of the technology.
Developed process for making permanently wettable polymeric mats for recombinant lead-acid batteries.
Invented process for making microporous ceramics.
Consultant for electrophoretic deposition coatings.
Worked extensively on lithium battery development: Showed feasibility of carbon intercalation electrodes, developed specifications for battery components and assembly process, mathematical modeling of porous electrodes.
Invented novel processes for lead removal from a process stream and for on-site generation of halogens.
Developed optimum conditions for new commercial process to produce vermiculite dispersions.
Consult with operating divisions on plant problems (for example, corrosion, waste treatment, electrolyte chemistry).
Honors & Publications
15 Patents
26 Publications
3 Book Chapters
19 Presentations
Education
Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison
M.S. Computer Science, Johns Hopkins University
B.S. Chemical Engineering, Arizona State University
B.S. Computer Science, University of Maryland