Battery Consultant: Research and Development of Electrochemical Energy Storage Systems

Technical Consultant #1599

35 years of experience in research and development of electrochemical energy storage systems.
Battery expertise for aqueous primary (i.e., non-rechargeable) battery systems, including carbon-zinc, alkaline-manganese, zinc-air, zinc-oxygen and magnesium-manganese dioxide type of batteries.
Valve-regulated lead-acid secondary (i.e., rechargeable) battery technology.
Experienced with other battery systems including nickel-cadmium, nickel-zinc, nickel-hydrogen, zinc-bromine, zinc-chlorine and molten salt lithium-iron disulfide battery cells.
Contributions have included new battery product development, battery product and battery process improvements, methods development and personnel training and development.
Experience includes technical support to battery users, battery sales and marketing support and manufacturing plant operations and quality control.
Expert witness on battery issues related to the use and intellectual property.
Battery expertise: All forms of Zn-MnO2 batteries, Zn-Air/O2 batteries, Valve-Regulated Lead-Acid batteries, Ni-Cd, Ni-Zn, Ni-H, Sn-Br, Zn-C12, Li-SO and Li-FeS and FeS2 (molten salt versions).

Management, Principal Scientist, Research and Engineering with responsibilities that include:

Battery technology and battery development.
Technical oversight of research and engineering staff and related battery projects.
Liaison with national laboratories and overseas research institutes focused on the strategic impact assessments of battery energy technologies.

Employment experience with the following companies:

Achievements

Designed and built 7.5 lb, 1.5 KWh, Zn-O2 cell as part of a Navy development contract.
Redesigned a carbon-zinc battery resulting in a $40 million order.
Redesigned heavy duty carbon zinc cell resulting in a cost savings of $25 thousand a day.
Identified flaws in Mg-MnO2 production equipment resulting in zero defects for the next 3 years.
Developed a mold coating for use on motive power strap molds.
Developed a coulometric titration method for PbO2 quantitative analysis rate up to 50 samples/shift.

Academic and Professional Affiliations

Credentials

Supplemental engineering courses at Illinois Institute of Technology.
Additional Study: Electrochemistry, statistics, Taguchi Design-Of-Experiments and Kepner-Tregoe problem analysis methods.