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Battery Manufacturing

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Gain the skills to scale up battery innovations with the University of Michigan Battery Lab.

Learn the fundamentals of battery cell manufacturing, understand energy storage technologies, and acquire the skills to scale up innovation. You will gain exposure to the aspects of building a battery from start to finish through hands-on sessions in the University of Michigan Battery Lab with instruction from U-M faculty and industry experts.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Through multiple learning methods, participants gain insight into the various aspects of battery manufacturing, including:

  • Design and safety
  • Mixing and rheology
  • Electrochemistry
  • Testing

PROGRAM OVERVIEW

LEARNING SCHEDULE

Mon-Thurs 8:30AM – 4:30PM ET

  • Introduction to Battery Design and Safety
  • Mixing and Rheology
  • Battery Electrochemistry
  • Hands on in the Battery Lab: Slurry Preparation and Coating
  • Battery Packs, Modules, and BMS
  • Intro to Solid-state Battery Chemistries
  • Hands on in the Battery Lab: Coating and Calendering
  • Overview of Battery Testing
  • Battery Safety
  • Cell Safety and Nail Penetration Demonstration

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

Engineers, chemists, and material scientists will benefit from this course. Professionals from companies developing batteries for automotive, consumer products, and grid-scale store will find Battery Manufacturing especially useful. 

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN BATTERY LAB

Dedicated in fall 2013, the Battery Fabrication and Characterization User Facility is a space developed in cooperation with the Michigan Economic Development Corporation and Ford Motor Company. This lab enables industry and university researcher collaboration on developing cheaper and longer lasting energy-storage devices in the heart of the U.S. auto industry.

INSTRUCTIONAL TEAM

GREG LESS, PhD

  • Lead Instructor
  • Technical Director, University of Michigan Battery Lab

Bart Bartlett, PhD

  • Professor of Chemistry, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
  • UMEI Associate Director of Science and Technology, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts

LARRY BECK, PHD

  • Energy Storage Consultant

Christianna Lininger, PhD

  • Director of Battery Science and Engineering, Voltaiq

Steffen Pilotek, PhD

  • Sales Account Manager, Grinding and Dispersing, Bühler Group

Tal Sholklapper, PhD

  • CEO and Co-Founder, Voltaiq

JASON SIEGEL, PHD

  • Associate Research Scientist, Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering

Adrian Spillmann, PhD

  • Director, Market Segment Battery Solutions, Bühler Group

BERNHARD STALDER, PHD

  • Senior Technologist Battery Solutions, Bühler Group

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Would you like to request a custom course? Please email Andrea Schuitman at aschuit@umich.edu or submit the form below.

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