Experience

Cuberg

• United States
• Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Battery Cell Engineer - Verification

  • Jul 2023 - Present



Blue Current, Inc.

• United States
• Renewable Energy Semiconductor Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Process Engineer

  • Jul 2022 - Aug 2023

  - Commissioned a new mixing vessel while ensuring proper lab safety with respect to VOCs, H2S, and explosion hazards - Characterized separator slurry via SEM imaging, conductivity, rheology, and grind gauge imaging to prove ideal mixing parameters, thereby halving the mixing time while maintaining baseline performance - Evaluated the current slurry dispersion with rheology, using amplitude sweeps, frequency sweeps, and thixotropy tests - Automated electrode pairings based on parameters… Show more - Commissioned a new mixing vessel while ensuring proper lab safety with respect to VOCs, H2S, and explosion hazards - Characterized separator slurry via SEM imaging, conductivity, rheology, and grind gauge imaging to prove ideal mixing parameters, thereby halving the mixing time while maintaining baseline performance - Evaluated the current slurry dispersion with rheology, using amplitude sweeps, frequency sweeps, and thixotropy tests - Automated electrode pairings based on parameters including n/p ratio and uniformity - Interfaced with external developers to consolidate data and design a user-friendly UI that also mitigates data entry errors - Backfilled important metrics in historical data to support the new database using Python - Trained team members in experiment design using rheology; basics of JMP and statistical analysis; and data entry in the new database, which includes production data and chemical inventory Show less



Twelve

• Chemical Manufacturing
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Diagnostics Testing Engineer

  • Aug 2020 - Jul 2022

  - Analyze EIS spectra for CO2 electrolyzers to diagnose MEA failure modes and determine underlying scientific principles - Collaborated with several upstream teams to optimize polymer design, MEA fabrication, and operation conditions - Developed basic understanding of ex-situ diagnostic testing for MEAs (H-cell, H2-pump) - Drafted experimental plans for multiple test stations and multiple upstream projects - Led the EIS project updates during project meetings by the process… Show more - Analyze EIS spectra for CO2 electrolyzers to diagnose MEA failure modes and determine underlying scientific principles - Collaborated with several upstream teams to optimize polymer design, MEA fabrication, and operation conditions - Developed basic understanding of ex-situ diagnostic testing for MEAs (H-cell, H2-pump) - Drafted experimental plans for multiple test stations and multiple upstream projects - Led the EIS project updates during project meetings by the process development team - Automated data processing to pull quantitative data from EIS spectra with Python - Developed conditioning procedures that furthered understanding of interfacial interactions during MEA break-in - Managed and trained newly hired technicians to perform cell assembly and data processing Show less



Panasonic Energy of North America

• United States
• Automotive
• 700 & Above Employee

• Battery Engineering Intern

  • Jun 2019 - Aug 2019

  Reno, Nevada Area - Performed root cause analysis to reduce coating defects and improve lithium-ion battery cell performance, using rheology to observe trends in slurry viscosity and phase behavior with respect to shear rate, time, and temperature - Combated a bacteria growth issue in slurry that was causing coating defects



University of California, Berkeley

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Undergraduate Research Assistant

  • Feb 2018 - Aug 2019

  Berkeley, CA - Prototyped tattoo-like wearable electronics using a polymer base and gel electrolyte for cosmetic applications - Created a programmable lotion electrolyte that changes the color of a polymer when exposed to a voltage difference

• Undergraduate Research Assistant

  • Aug 2016 - Aug 2018

  Berkeley, CA - Manufactured and casted samples of flexible, rechargeable zinc ion batteries and its individual components - Measured electrochemical system parameters such as current density, and rheological properties of inks



E Ink Corporation

• United States
• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Research And Development Intern

  • May 2018 - Aug 2018

  - Developed a Standard Operating Procedure to qualify and troubleshoot new resistivity test fixtures, and new methods to formulate small-batch, offline samples to increase efficiency and decrease waste - Optimized the conditioning time for external phase samples - Identified performance trends to determine which components and which interactions improved performance most



Emerson

• United States
• Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Analytical Lab Intern

  • May 2015 - Aug 2015

  Irvine, CA - Conducted linearity tests on the Rosemount 2056 Silica Analyzer to determine its operating limits - Monitored the effects of radioactivity on pH sensors for pharmaceutical applications