Battery Consultant and Expert in Electrochemical Power Sources

Technical Consultant #1556

Electrochemical power sources and energy storage.
Batteries for EV, HEV and Plug-In HEV, (Electric Vehicles, Hybrid, Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles), stationary, military and consumer electronic battery applications.
NiMH, (Nickel metal hydride) and Li Ion, (Lithium-ion) battery technologies.
Battery chemistries, research and development, modeling, designing and battery performance testing.
Battery charge/discharge, safety, abuse testing and failure mode analysis.
New battery development and new product introduction.
Material science and development of new/modified battery materials.
Technical support for Investors and financial institutions.

Independent Consultant, 2007 - Present

Consulting that specializes in energy storage, batteries and their applications.
Battery chemistries and fuel cell systems, production planning, battery research and development, modeling and battery design.
Battery performance testing, battery charge/discharge algorithms, battery safety and abuse testing.

Electro Energy Inc., Danbury, CT, Director Battery Technology, 2007 - 2008

Research and development - NiMH and Lithium Ion battery technology, oversee the entire NiMH development program to design, build and test a variety of battery packs for HEV and PHEV applications.
Designed, developed and built many different battery packs for stationary and military applications; built and maintained strong client relationships and end-user customer support.
Research and development for Lithium Ion battery technology; testing, validation and benchmarking of different Li Ion batteries.
Research and development of different cathode materials - LiCoO2, LiFePO4 as well as some lithiated mixed oxides; developed and built customized battery packs using cylindrical 18650 Li Ion cells.
Charge and discharge algorithms, safety and abuse tests and failure mode analysis.
Successfully converted commercial Toyota Prius into Plug In hybrid and demonstrated more than 30 miles on pure electric mode per single charge.
Developed and successfully demonstrated an efficient battery powered APU for diesel trucks.

Ovonic Battery Company, Rochester Hills, MI, 2002 - 2007

Director Advanced Electrochemical Products

Research and development on advanced battery products; developed research strategies and implemented new concepts, solutions, procedures and advanced battery designs.
Planned and set research and development goals, overseeing daily R&D lab activities.
Designed, developed and tested many battery packs for HEV and PHEV applications as well as stationary, military and consumer electronic applications.
Research and development on solid anion conducting membrane and successfully developed "thin film" NiMH battery using solid OH-conducting membrane.
Testing and benchmarking a variety of Li Ion batteries.
Charge and discharge algorithms of Li-Ion batteries, safety and abuse tests and failure mode analysis.
Research and development and evaluation of different cathode and anode materials for Li Ion batteries.
Introduced a thin film "hybrid" solar cell/battery integrated device.

Manager Advanced Materials Research and Development

Part of team that invented, developed and commercialized NiMH battery technology.
Research and development on positive electrode material-spherical Ni(OH)2 (Nickel Hydroxide) implementation in NiMH batteries.
Part of a team that developed, designed, built and tested the battery prototypes for GM EV1 program.
Introduced and implemented a battery cost reduction program.
Commercialization of NiMH battery technology.

Texaco Ovonic Fuel Cell Company, Rochester Hills, MI, Director Fuel Cell Development, 2000 - 2002

Part of a team that introduced the first non-platinum catalyst fuel cell.
Research and development and electrochemical testing, failure analysis and macro/micro structure characterization.
Research and development, synthesis and evaluation of new materials and catalysts.
Product scale-up from initial scientific concept to full commercial production line.
Designed, built and tested many fuel cell prototypes for stationary and military applications.
Coordinated project activities across functions to achieve objectives relating to schedule, performance, expenses and manufacturing costs.

The Hall Chemical Company, Cleveland, OH, Senior Battery Scientist, 1994 - 1996

Development and commercialization of new spherical "battery grade" Ni (OH)2 for NiMH batteries.
Scale-up of product from initial scientific concept to full commercial production line - the first manufacturing facility of this type of material in the USA.
Electrochemical testing and benchmarking of variety of active materials for battery applications.

Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria, 1992 - 1994

Manager Dept. of New Electrochemical Power Sources

Responsible for technology and product development of new battery products.
Nickel Metal Hydride (Ni MH) battery system and development of spherical Ni (OH)2 active material.
Sodium - Sulfur, (Na - S) battery system.
"Zebra" battery system.
Nickel - Zinc, (Ni - Zn) and Zn-Air batteries.
Thermo activated Li battery using molten salt electrolytes.

Battery Scientist

Thermo activated Li, battery using molten salt electrolytes.
Primary Li SO2 battery system.
Developed and commercially implemented micro-porous polyethylene based separator for Pb , Acid batteries.
Sodium - Sulfur, (Na - S) battery system.
"Zebra" battery system.
Nickel - Zinc, ( Ni - Zn) and Zn-Air batteries.

Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL, Research Associate, 1990 - 1992

Research on molten salt electrochemistry - molten salt electrochemical deposition of metals and metal alloys.
Na-S battery development and study the corrosion problems in the presence of molten polysulfides.
Research on electrochemical deposition of molybdenum carbide and tungsten carbide using molten salt electrolytes.

Academic and Professional Affiliations

Publications

Author/co-author of 37 issued US patents.
More than 30 scientific papers and many international conference presentations.
Co-author of a chapter of a book "Electrochemical Technology - Innovation and New Developments."

M.S. Electrochemistry, Higher Institute of Chemical Engineering, Sofia, Bulgaria
B.S. Electrochemistry, Higher Institute of Chemical Engineering, Sofia, Bulgaria