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Dr. Daniel Abraham is a leading scientist in the field of lithium batteries. At Argonne, he leads the effort to identify performance degradation mechanisms in lithium-ion cells to enable development of alternative materials and components that enhance cell performance, calendar life, and safety. He is responsible for the development of advanced diagnostic tools and techniques that include diffraction, microscopy, spectroscopy and electrochemistry methodologies, which provide a fundamental understanding of materials and processes responsible for battery performance. His interests range from the discovery and development of electrode and electrolyte materials for sustainable and environmentally friendly batteries to recycling existing lithium-ion cells to recover non-renewable components. Dr. Abraham received his Ph.D. in Metallurgical Engineering in 1993 at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is a frequent lecturer at international meetings on battery-related topics, and is routinely featured and/or quoted in the Argonne, DOE, and international press.

Dr. Khalil Amine is Argonne’s distinguished fellow Scientist and the Manager of the Advanced Lithium Battery Technology group at Argonne National Laboratory, where he is responsible for directing the research and development of advanced materials and battery systems for HEV, PHEV, EV, and satellite, military and medical applications. Dr. Khalil currently serves as a board member of the Committee on Fuel Economy of Light Duty Vehicles at the U.S. National Research Consul, the National Academie and is the vice president of the international meeting on lithium battery IMLB, the largest battery conference in the world that is held every 2 years. He is also the chairmen of the polymer and fuel cell conference PBFC. Among his many awards, Dr. Khalil is a 2003 recipient of Scientific America’s Top Worldwide Research 50 Research Award. He holds or has filed over 120 patents, patent applications and has over 250 publications.

President of Advanced Automotive Batteries and founder of Total Battery Consulting, Inc., Dr. Anderman has led the development and commercialization of high-power Ni-Cd batteries, Li-Ion batteries, and ultracapacitors and spent the last ten years conducting assessments of energy-storage technologies for advanced vehicles, publishing Advanced Automotive Battery Industry Reports and chairing the AABC.

Mr. Anekawa joined Honda in 1998. He carried out the development of battery and the capacitor system. He was engaged in development duties for the battery systems of the FIT EV, FCX Clarity and FCX. He obtained his M.E. diploma from Kyushu University, Japan.

Micheal Austin received his degree in Design Engineering as well as a Masters Degree in Mechanical Engineering from BYU. He worked for Motorola 15 years in functions including ODM Director for the Mobile Devices Business responsible for over $3B in purchases annually and serving as Motorola’s Global Energy Commodity Manager, purchasing Motorola’s battery products. He was selected as Motorola’s Distinguished Innovator (with 22 US patents) in 1999. He has considerable Asian International business experience which proves invaluable in his current role as Vice President for BYD America. BYD is a $40B Chinese company listed on the HKE and has over 200,000 employees.

Dr. Barnett is a Vice President at TIAX LLC where his multidisciplinary team develops advanced battery materials, battery technologies, and battery-safety technologies. He has played a founding role in developing polymer electrolyte battery technology, carbon anode materials, battery safety technologies, and high-energy, high-power cathode material. Prior to TIAX, Dr. Barnett was a Vice President and Member of the Board of Directors at Arthur D. Little where he directed battery activities.

Vince Battaglia has degrees in chemical engineering from The Johns Hopkins University, B.S.; and The University of California at Berkeley, M.S. and Ph.D.  Upon graduating he spent 11 years with Argonne National Laboratory’s Battery group, with 4 ½ of those years spent in Illinois studying LiAl/FeS2 and Li/VOx rechargeable batteries for EV applications and the other 6 ½ years on assignment in Washington DC as a technical advisor to the Electrochemical Energy Storage Program of the Office of Vehicle Technologies of the U.S.D.O.E.  He has spent the last eight years at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory where he leads a research group studying the energy, power, and cycling limits of advanced battery materials designed for hybrid and electric vehicles.  Vince also participates on the USABC Technical Advisory Committee where he provides technical expertise on the evaluation of battery developer programs sponsored by DOE.  He has authored over 45 scientific publications and has 1 patent.

Josef Berger studies General Physics at the Ludwig-Maximilians University in Munich. He also studied in Montreal and Vancouver. In 2010, he became Research Associate at RWT Aachen under Prof. Dr. Sauer. There he worked on the development of BMW algorithms and on a research project on eperformance. In May 2010, he became project leader for a high-voltage battery for Audi’s urban concept car and also work on C7PHEV function and software. Since July 2012 he has been working on high-voltage batteries as development engineer at Audi AG

Robert Bienenfeld is Senior Manager, Environment and Energy Strategy for American Honda’s Product Regulatory Office. Mr. Bienenfeld is responsible for reviewing legislative proposals and regulatory rule making as it relates to the automobile and its impact on the environment. In addition, Mr. Bienenfeld is responsible for recommending long-term strategies to address greenhouse gas and energy security issues. Mr. Bienenfeld was responsible for Honda’s discussions with the White House that led to the historic 2012 – 2016 and 2017 – 2025 Greenhouse Gas and Fuel Economy Regulations.

Dr. Peter Birke obtained his PhD in materials science (ion conducting ceramics) from the University of Kiel in 1997. In 1998, he joined the Fraunhofer-Institute for Silicon Technology, Itzehoe, Germany, to work on the development of proprietary Li-Ion laminated cell with a functional ceramic separator and co-founded two spin-offs to put this technology into production. After being involved in the development and production of pouch type laminated (PoLiFlex) Li-Ion cells at Varta for five years, Dr. Birke joined Continental AG in Berlin in 2005, first as a project leader in energy-storage systems. He became senior technical expert in battery technology and team Leader in cell technology, and in 2010 was appointed head of battery module and electromechanics. Dr. Birke has 17 years of experience in research, development, and production of energy-storage systems with a focus on Li-Ion technology.

Mr. Botsford is a professional chemical engineer (California) with 30 years of experience in engineering process design, distributed generation, and environmental management. He has a wide range of experience relative to oil refining, power electronics, renewable energy systems, electric vehicles, and air quality issues. Mr. Botsford is a Qualified Environmental Professional (QEP), Emeritus and conducts business development activities in AeroVironment’s Efficient Energy Systems group.

Dr. Kirill G. Bramnik studied chemistry at Moscow State University. After his Ph.D. in materials science, at the Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany (2001) and postdoc stay at the same University he joined R&D department of BASF AG in 2004. His main research interests covered product and technology development of advanced inorganic materials, e.g. cathode materials for Li-Ion batteries, coloured and effect pigments. In November 2009 he joined the new Battery Materials Group at BASF Corp as Global Product Technology Manager. His current responsibility as Director of Cathode Material Technology covers product and technology development for cathode materials at BASF.

Professor Peter G. Bruce FRS FRSE FRSC is Wardlaw Professor of Chemistry at the University of St Andrews, Scotland. He leads a team dedicated to research into energy materials and devices, especially rechargeable lithium batteries (lithium-ion and lithium-air). Bruce leads a UK consortium on energy storage, is a member of ALISTORE, the European Network of Excellence on Lithium Batteries, and serves on several major committees. His research has been recognised by a number of awards and fellowships, including from the Royal Society, the Royal Society of Chemistry, the Electrochemical Society (USA) and the German Chemical Society. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society (UK Academy of Sciences).

Rich Byczek is the global technical lead for electric vehicle and energy storage at Intertek. He has 16 years of experience in product development and validation testing, eight of which have been spent at Intertek. Rich is also an expert in the areas of energy storage, audio equipment and EMC. He holds an electrical engineering degree from Lawrence Technological University in Southfield, Mich., and is based at the Intertek facility located in Detroit, Mich.

Craig Childers has worked as an Air Resources Engineer in the Zero Emissions Vehicle (ZEV) Implementation Section of the California Air Resources Board (ARB) since 1999. There he is responsible for addressing technical issues related to ZEVs and “ZEV-enabling” advanced technology vehicles, including hybrid electric vehicles. In 2003, Craig developed the advanced technology-partial (credit) ZEV (i.e., AT-PZEV) category within the California ZEV regulations. Most hybrids sold in California are now certified to meet this stringent standard. Craig has been part of the team that is revising and enforcing the California ZEV regulations since 1999, developed California ARB’s electric vehicle charging standard requirement, and is presently developing its transitional ZEV (i.e., TZEV) category requirements. Craig earned a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Davis.

Jon P. Christophersen received a B.S. and M.S. in electrical engineering from the University of Idaho (Moscow, ID) in 1999 and 2005, respectively, and a Ph.D. from Montana State University (Bozeman, MT) in electrical engineering in May 2011. He has been a research engineer with the Energy Storage and Transportation Systems Department at the Idaho National Laboratory in Idaho Falls, ID since February 2000. His research interests include battery life prognostics and state-of-health estimation. He received an R&D 100 Award in 2011 for the Impedance Measurement Box, which offers innovative breakthroughs on rapid impedance measurement techniques for onboard monitoring of energy storage devices. He has authored or co-authored over 15 peer-reviewed journal publications. He also has two patents, several patents pending, and numerous conference proceedings papers and presentations related to energy storage testing, modeling, and prognostics.

Mr. Clark is currently the Senior Manager of the Energy Storage & HV Systems Department at Chrysler Group LLC in Auburn Hills, MI. Mr. Clark is also on the Management Committee of the U.S. Advanced Battery Consortium (USABC). He joined Chrysler in 1984 and has held positions in 12 volt Powernet & Batteries, E/E Systems, Powertrain E/E Systems, Core Powertrain Controllers and the HEV team at the Hybrid Development Center in Troy, MI. Mr. Clark’s current responsibilities include: Energy Storage Systems, Battery Management Systems and High Voltage Systems development. Mr. Clark holds a BSME and an MBA from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, MI.

Gaetan is the technical lead at CD-adapco for all battery-related technology and responsible for the dissemination of best practice usage of CD-adapco tools. His knowledge spans a wide range of numerical approaches and length scales, from spatially complex highly resolved models to microstructural electrochemistry problems. Gaetan also works very closely with CD-adapco’s consultants in this field defining future strategy and anticipating market needs. Prior to his current role Gaetan worked in the computational fluid dynamics validation group within CD-adapco where he wrote CD-adapco’s first technical paper covering lithium ion battery models. Before joining CD-adapco Gaetan worked for Areva in France and Graduated from Pierre-and-Marie-Curie University with a MSc in Fluid Mechanics

Bridget received her Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry from The College of William and Mary in Virginia, a Masters of Science degree from Virginia Commonwealth University in Engineering, and is currently a Doctoral student at Rutgers University in the Materials Science Department, studying with Dr. Alvin Salkind. She has been a Senior Scientist with Saft since 2004. Her work focuses on very high power Li-ion product development and development of products containing novel battery materials. She currently leads several high-voltage spinel and olivine cathode-development programs.

Dr. Daniel H. Doughty has been involved with battery R&D, testing and evaluation since 1992. During his 34 year career in science and technology, he spent 27 years at Sandia National Laboratories, the last 14 years of which he managed the battery R&D group that was responsible for battery safety and abuse tolerance testing. After leaving Sandia in Dec. 2006, he spent over two years as Vice President for Product Safety for SION Power Corp., a company in Tucson, Arizona focused on commercializing Li-Sulfur rechargeable batteries. Dr. Doughty is President and founder of Battery Safety Consulting Inc., a company dedicated to providing expert and independent consulting services for a wide range of battery safety issues. He was the chair of the Society of Automotive Engineers Committee which revised and updated the SAE Recommend Test Procedure J2464, "Electric and Hybrid Electric Vehicle Rechargeable Energy Storage System (RESS) Safety and Abuse Testing", published November, 2009. He is an active participant in other SAE and UL battery safety committees, has been an invited speaker at international conferences, and has extensive experience in lithium batteries, as well as other battery electrochemistries.

Jim Francfort is the principle investigator for the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Advanced Vehicle Testing Activity (AVTA) at the Idaho National Laboratory. During this time, the AVTA, which is DOE’s sole field-based vehicle test program, has tested more than 115 different electric drive vehicle models over 66 million test miles. Jim has undergraduate and graduate degrees from Idaho State University and he will discuss ongoing DOE charging infrastructure testing and data collection activities, which currently include 18,000 vehicles and electric vehicle supply equipment, all equipped with data collection devices.

Kevin Gallagher is an electrochemical engineer in the Chemical Science and Engineering Division at Argonne National Laboratory. His work has focused on continuum-scale modeling, electrochemical characterization, and materials development in advanced lithium-ion systems. He received his PhD in Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 2009 where he studied low-temperature fuel cells. Before graduate school, Kevin spent two years as a coatings process engineer at a leading consumer products company.

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Tom Greszler manages the Electrochemical Cell Design group within the Electrochemical Energy Research Laboratory in GM Powertrain. He received a BS in 2003 in Chemical Engineering from Case Western Reserve University and a MS in Chemical Engineering from Case Western Reserve University in 2005. He joined General Motors in 2005 and worked on understanding and improving fuel cell technology. In 2010 he took on leadership of the Electrochemical Cell Design group which provides fuel cell and battery cell modeling to support system design, cost trade-offs, fundamental understanding and improved performance/durability with the ultimate goal of enabling better, more cost effective, electric vehicles. In 2012, he earned an MBA from the University of Rochester. He works in the GM Powertrain center located in Pontiac, Michigan.

Oliver Gross is an Energy Storage Systems Specialist, for High Voltage Energy Storage Solutions, at Chrysler Group, LLC, where he is responsible for the Battery systems technology roadmap for Chrysler and Fiat Group. He holds both a BS and a Master’s Degree in Materials Science, for the University of Toronto. Oliver has 20 years’ experience in the advanced energy storage industry. Prior to Chrysler Oliver was at Cobasys, where he was responsible for all Nickel Metal-Hydride cell and module development, as well as the development of their lithium-ion battery portfolio. Before Cobasys, Oliver was at Valence Technology, where he was responsible for lithium-ion cell design and development, which included extended-term deployments to Northern Ireland, South Korea, and China. Before Valence, Oliver was at Ultralife, developing lithium primary and secondary cells for extreme environment applications. He currently holds over 10 patents, and more than 20 publications.

Ilan Gur is a Program Director at the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E). His technical focus areas include: electrical and thermal energy storage, advanced battery management, solar energy, and new materials for energy conversion and storage.
Dr. Gur has spent his career developing and commercializing clean energy technologies based on advances in materials science. Prior to ARPA-E, Dr. Gur served as a co-founder and director of Seeo, Inc., a venture-backed lithium battery start-up. Previously, as a Ph.D. research fellow at U.C., Berkeley, Dr. Gur developed a new class of low-cost photovoltaics based on printed semiconductors. This work served as the basis for Solexant, a company commercializing the technology for grid-parity solar power.
As a member of the Professional Faculty at Berkeley's Haas School of Business, Dr. Gur developed a unique set of academic curricula that tie together technology, market, and policy considerations for advancement of new technologies, including multidisciplinary graduate courses in photovoltaics, advanced batteries, and technology entrepreneurship.
Dr. Gur holds Ph.D., M.S., and B.S. degrees in materials science and engineering from the University of California, Berkeley.

Michael Hou, 38 years old, graduated in electrochemistry from Tianjin University in 1997. After graduating, he joined Tianjin Lishen Battery Joint Stock Co.,ltd and he is now the executive vice president of Lishen Company and general manager of its branch—Lishen Miles Power Battery System Co. Ltd. He has received many awards as excellent staff and excellent manager during his career, and was voted one of the ten outstanding youths in Tianjin Binhai High-Tech Industrial Development Area in April 2011.

Sachiya Inagaki, born in Tokyo, Japan, has worked with Yano Research Institute since August 2000, when he joined the CMEO (Chemical Materials and Electronics & Optics) department as market researcher. Recently, Mr. Inagaki’s work has focused primarily on market research for LiB cells and four major LIB components (cathode, anode, electrolyte, and separator). His geographic scope of research is not limited to Japan, Korea, and China, but also includes the U.S and Europe where new LiB markets have been emerging. He has travelled to many different countries and regions around the world to conduct interviews with key persons in the industries and to carry out any other types of on-site surveys.
Since August 2011, he has been in a position of general manager of Seoul branch office.

Mr. Ishizuka received a Master’s degree in Engineering from the University of Tokyo in 1988 and joined Toshiba Corporation that same year. In 2009 he started working in the Super Charge Battery Division.

Haresh Kamath is Program Manager for Energy Storage at the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), managing the Institute's research into the development, assessment, and application of energy storage technologies for grid storage applications. He is also a Strategic Program Manager in EPRI's Technology Innovation Program, where he manages programs investigating advanced materials technologies for power delivery applications, and advanced energy storage technologies. He was an author for the DOE-EPRI Handbook of Energy Storage and also serves on the board of directors of the Electricity Storage Association. Kamath received his Bachelor's and Master's degrees in chemical engineering from Stanford University.

Mr. Ryuji Kawase obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Chemistry from Kobe University, Japan, in 1983. He joined SANYO Electric Co. in 1983 and became researcher in the Ni-Cd Battery Division. In 1997 he was appointed Manager of the Ni-Cd battery development division. Mr. Ryuji Kawase became general manager of the Automotive Battery Department at SANYO Electric Co., Ltd, Japan in 2001.

Mr. Kessen works for A123 Systems where he focuses on market strategy. Prior to joining A123 in 2009, he spent 11 years at Bosch, which included holding leadership positions in program management, sales, and strategic marketing for automotive control software. In 2007, he was appointed General Manager of Bosch’s US business unit focused on software development tools. Earlier in his career Jeff worked in chassis component development at Delphi. Jeff holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from GMI Engineering and Management Institute and an M.B.A. from the University of Michigan.

Osamu Kose is a Researcher at the JSR Research Center in Yokkaichi, Japan. He specializes in designing lithium ion battery materials and is also responsible for worldwide technical customer support. He received his B.S. and M.S. degree in organic chemistry from Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan, and completed his Ph.D. program in organic chemistry at Nagoya University.

Dr. Sujeet Kumar is founder and CTO of Envia Systems and currently serves as its President and CTO. Prior to that, Dr. Kumar worked as a senior scientist for Greatbatch, leading the development and scale-up of nano-crystalline silver vanadium oxide cathode material for high rate lithium batteries. He has also served as principal scientist at Nanogram Devices Corporation (NDC), where he developed battery components used in implantable medical devices, and as a project manager at Nanogram Corp where he led several energy storage and nano-materials projects. His work related to nano-SVO cathode led to the acquisition of NDC by Greatbatch. Dr. Kumar has a Ph.D. in Materials Science from the University of Rochester and holds over 40 patents.

Dr. Hao Li co-established HCA Consulting China Limited in 2008 and works as the managing director. HCA is a primary market research company specialized in industrial products including chemicals. Key business areas include market assessment, competitive analysis, cost analysis, merger and acquisition, market entry strategy development, business negotiations, etc.
Prior to this, Dr. Hao Li was the chief representative and president of Strategic Analysis Inc., Asia since 1996. Dr. Hao Li obtained his Ph.D in Biochemistry and environmental chemistry from the University of British Columbia, Canada in 1993.

Dr. Gao Liu is a Principal Investigator in the Batteries for Advanced Transportation Technologies program at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), specialized in lithium battery research. Since he joined LBNL in 2001, Dr. Liu has led several high-profile energy storage research projects for the Department of Energy, and developed key technologies including conductive binders to improve battery performance. He has also collaborated with many companies to commercialize new battery technologies. In 2012, he received the Inaugural University of California Discovery Grant to move his conductive binder technology towards commercialization.

Michael Lord is a Manager in Vehicle Regulation & Certification Engineering for Toyota Technical Center (TTC), the North American research arm of Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America (TEMA). Mr. Lord has a B.A. in Physics from the University of Pennsylvania and studied Japanese language at Sophia University in Japan before joining Toyota Motor Corporation in 1987. In 1993, he transferred to TTC where he works closely with Toyota engineering and US regulators on issues related to future powertrains, including the On-Board Diagnostic (OBD), Low-Emission Vehicle (LEV), and Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) regulations.

Mr. Maeyama received a B.S. in Applied Chemistry from Saitama University, and a M.S. in Electronic Chemistry from Tokyo Institute of Technology. He has worked in Technology Research Division of Honda R&D since 2008. His primary research interest is determining the structure - electrochemical properties of electrode materials for energy storage applications.

Mr. Matsumoto joined Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. in 1983 as a Vehicle Production Engineer. From 2004 to 2005, he was Senior Manager of the Corporate Planning Department. In 2005, he was appointed General Manager of the General Overseas Market Planning Department. In 2007- 2010, he worked as Senior General Manager of the Corporate Planning Division at Dongfeng Motor Co., Ltd. in China. On October 16th 2010, Mr. Matsumoto became President of AESC.

Ted Miller is Ford's Senior Manager of Energy Storage Strategy and Research. His team is responsible for energy storage strategy, research, development and implementation for all electrified vehicles, including: hybrids, plug-in hybrids, battery electrics and fuel cell hybrids. Mr. Miller's team supports prototype and production vehicle development programs worldwide. They are involved in every aspect of energy storage design and use from raw materials to end-of-life recycling, and life cycle analysis. His team also sponsors collaborative research programs at several major universities such as MIT, the University of Michigan and many others. Mr. Miller is the Ford representative to the United States Advanced Battery Consortium Management Committee. He holds a numerous energy storage technology patents, is the author of many published papers and an experienced speaker on advanced energy storage and materials.

Mr. Mimura joined NEC in 1992 and took charge of the development of a ceramic condenser, a tantalum condenser, and a thin double-layer capacitor. He worked on manufacturing technique from 1992 to 1999. In 2000, he moved on to NEC mobile energy Ltd, where he took charge of the manufacturing technique of lithium-ion batteries for consumer products. In 2007, he became responsible for the manufacturing technique of large-size rechargeable Li-Ion batteries for cars. He is now responsible for the manufacturing of electrodes for car batteries.

Dr. Edward Nam is the Director of the Light-Duty Vehicle and Small Engines Center in the Office of Transportation and Air Quality in the US EPA. The Center is primarily responsible for most of the regulations affecting Light-Duty vehicles (passenger cars and light trucks). Dr. Nam was one of the leads for the historic 2012-2016 as well as the 2017-2025 EPA light-duty greenhouse gas rules finalized in 2010 and 2012 respectively. He managed most of the technical elements of both rules. Dr. Nam has been with the EPA since 2003, and prior to becoming a Center Director, his research had earned him several technical achievement awards in hybrid vehicle efficiency and particulate matter modeling. He was instrumental in the development of the EPA MOVES (Motor Vehicle Emissions Simulator) and PERE (Physical Emission Rate Estimator) models. Dr. Nam also contributed to the basic design of the 5-cycle fuel economy labeling rule.
Prior to joining the EPA, Dr. Nam was a scientist at the Ford Motor Company, where he conducted research on traffic and (near-roadway) emissions and fuel consumption modeling. Dr. Nam earned his Master’s and PhD Degrees in Physics from the University of Michigan in 1999. He also earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Physics from the University of Pennsylvania. He is married, has 2 children and lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Mr. Nishida was born in Tokyo in 1958. In 1983 he completed a master’s degree at the National Nagaoka University of Technology and that same year joined Hitachi Chemical Co.,Ltd. He was mainly in charge of R&D and production engineering for several carbon products. In 1995, he started R&D of Lithium ion anode material. He is now responsible for R&D, technical support for customer and business planning of anode material at Hitachi Chemical, which has 45% market shares in the world.

Mark Obrovac is an Associate Professor of Chemistry and Physics at Dalhousie University the 3M Canada/NSERC Industrial Research Chair in Metal-Ion Batteries for EV Power Sources since 2010. Mark's research group is focused on the development of high energy density and low cost automotive batteries based on sustainable metal-ion battery chemistries. Prior to this Mark lead the research and development effort for advanced anode materials for lithium-ion batteries at 3M Company.

Christopher J. Orendorff is the Principal Investigator of the Battery Safety R&D Program and Battery Abuse Testing Laboratory (BATLab) at Sandia National Laboratories. This program at Sandia is focused on developing inherently safe lithium-ion technologies for the transportation market through materials development, mechanistic understanding of battery abuse and failure, and full spectrum testing of cells and battery systems. Before joining Sandia in 2006, Chris earned B.S. degrees in Chemistry and Biochemistry from Purdue University in 1999, his Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry from the University of Arizona in 2003, and was a post-doc at the University of South Carolina. Currently, he lives in Albuquerque with his wife, Judi, and their son, Eoin.

Yutaka Oyama graduated from the Graduate School of Engineering of Tokyo Institute of Technology in 1999. He majored in physical electronics and studied the development of semi-conductive devices. He joined Toyota Motor Co. in 1999. Since 2005, he has been engaged in the design and development of Li-Ion battery cathode materials and electrodes for HV and PHV applications including the Prius V.

Mr. Paladino is originally from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He graduated in 2002 from the University of Windsor with a B. A. Sc. - Mechanical Engineer Co-op. He joined Behr in December 2004, working in the AC Heat Exchanger Department. Mr. Paladino currently manages the Battery Cooling and AC Heat Exchanger Departments.

Mr. Patterson earned his BS Mechanical Engineering from California State University Fresno. He is licensed in California as a Professional Engineer of Mechanical Engineering. Mr. Patterson is currently chief Engineer responsible for Mobile Emissions Certification and Regulatory Affairs for Mitsubishi Motors R&D of America. He began his professional career with the California Air Resources Board -- his varied assignments included evaluating the first generation of electric and hybrid vehicles. He left state service to develop a solid oxide fuel cell and later, compressed natural gas and hydrogen fuel storage systems. Mr. Patterson was a founding member of the US i-MiEV program and now supporting the development of electric vehicle charging infrastructure, especially CHAdeMO compliant DC Quickchargers.

Dr. Pesaran holds a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from University of California, Los Angeles. He has worked at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory since 1983 on various energy efficiency technologies in building, advanced air conditioning, and automotive batteries. Dr. Pesaran started working on batteries, hybrid electric, and fuel cell vehicles in 1995, collaborating with car and battery manufacturers on battery thermal analysis and battery pack thermal management issues as part of the US Department of Energy’s Vehicle Technologies Programs. He currently leads several projects for Department of Energy and industrial partners, which include thermal characterization and analysis of batteries, modeling and simulation of batteries and ultracapacitors, use for hybrid and plug-in vehicles, and battery secondary use. He is an active member of the FreedomCAR Electrochemical Energy Storage Technical Team and is a member of the Society of Automotive Engineers and American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

Dr. Peter Pichler has held several positions in Hybrid Electric Vehicle Development at MAGNA. Since 2005, he has lead several development and industrialization programs for Li-Ion electrical storage systems before becoming responsible for MAGNA’s battery-pack technologies.

Dr. Ramesh Rebba works at General Motors, Warren, MI as Cell Simulation Lead Engineer in Electrification CAE Group. As a global simulation owner, Dr. Rebba is responsible for developing and implementing standard analysis work for all battery cell related simulation within GM. As part of Department of Energy/NREL CAEBAT project, Dr. Rebba is member of GM team developing CAE tools for battery system design in collaboration with external software and technical partners.
His primary interests include battery mechanics, multi-physics modeling, uncertainty quantification, model verification and validation (V&V). He received Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from IIT, Madras, India in year 2000; MS and Ph.D from Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN in year 2005 in the area of computational model validation. He is an actively participating member of NAFEMS Stochastics Working Group, ASME committee on verification and validation of computational solid mechanics models and SAE.

Galen Ressler, GM Technical Fellow at General Motors Company, has over 25 years of vehicle safety experience, including crashworthiness, electronic sensing, advanced active safety systems and, most recently, battery system safety. Galen leads the GM battery safety team and was responsible for completing the battery system safety analysis and validation for the Chevrolet Volt. He is currently chairs the SAE Battery Safety Standards Committee and is a member of the US Technical Advisory Group for ISO TC22/SC21, Electrically Propelled Road Vehicles. Galen holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Mr. Rigby holds a Master of Science degree in engineering management from Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan and a Bachelor of Science in naval architecture and marine engineering from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. He joined Johnson Controls as Director of Hybrid Systems Engineering in March 2007 and was responsible for the development of lithium-ion and nickel metal hydride hybrid battery systems.
Craig Rigby is currently serving as the Vice President, Global Product & OE Engineering. In his new role he is responsible for research and development initiatives which position Johnson Controls as a technological leader in our industry across all chemistries and battery initiatives. He also oversees all of the regional product engineering, and works closely with the commercial sales and marketing teams on global product development. His responsibilities include leading the product engineering organization which is focused on our current (1-5 year) product development and launch activities. This incorporates existing and emerging technologies for our lead acid and hybrid businesses.

Dr. Scharner received his PhD from the University of Kiel in the field of solid state electrochemistry. After a postdoctoral study on fuel cell membranes at the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research in Stuttgart he spent four years on the development of consumer type batteries at different industry companies. Since 2003 he is working at BMW AG, Munich, Germany focusing on the development and assessment of advanced battery technology for automotive applications.

Paul Scott, a lifelong environmental advocate, co-founded Plug In America in 2005. As one of the leading nonprofit organization’s most visible leaders, he is regularly interviewed by global media and consults with auto industry officials, consumers and local, state and federal policymakers to advance clean-car technology. He is a regularly featured speaker at national conventions, universities, schools and elsewhere. He is among the key figures featured in “Who Killed the Electric Car?” the 2006 documentary distributed by Sony Pictures Classics, and has been filmed and consulted for the follow up, "Revenge of the Electric Car" (currently in release). Paul works professionally for Nissan as an EV Specialist selling the new LEAF EV. He also works as a consultant for SolarCity, the nation's leading residential solar installation firm.

Mr. Lie Shi joined Hoechst Celanese Corporation (HCC) – Celgard’s former parent company – in 1991 as a research scientist working on Lithium polymer batteries and polymeric fiber development. In 1997, Lie was named Technical Manager of the HCC Separation Division, which later became Celgard, LLC. He was promoted to his current role in 2000, where he has led Celgard’s pioneering R&D effort for more than a decade and contributed to its emergence as a leading material supplier in the Lithium battery industry. Lie Shi attended Beijing University in China and received his BS in Physics from Kyoto University in Japan. He also holds a MS in Physics from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Dr. Marshall C. Smart is currently a Principal Member of the Technical Staff at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, in the Electrochemical Technologies Group, where he has worked since 1994. While at JPL, Dr. Smart has supported a number of JPL projects focused on the exploration of Mars and the Outer Planets, including the 2001 Mars Surveyor Program, the Solar Probe/Outer Planets Program, the 2003 Mars Exploration Rover (MER), and the 2011 Mars Science Laboratory. In addition to validating lithium battery technologies for aerospace flight missions, a major focus of his research has been in the development of electrolytes for lithium-ion batteries to improve their performance over a wide operating temperature range.

Erik Soule has been Vice President & General Manager of Linear Technology’s Signal Conditioning Products since July 2007 and General Manager since October 2004. Erik joined the Company in September 2002 as Product Marketing Manager of Signal Conditioning Products. Prior to Linear, he was Director of Marketing at Sensory, Inc. from 1997 to 2002. Prior to Sensory, Erik held various engineering and management positions at National Semiconductor and Avocet, Inc. Erik received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1986 and an MBA from San Jose State University in 1996.

Dr. Spotnitz is a leading developer of mathematical models that simulate battery operation. Dr. Spotnitz, who previously held several senior technical positions in materials and battery development, founded Battery Design in 1999 to provide consulting and develop custom software for battery developers and users. He is a well-known speaker on various aspects of battery engineering.

Mr. Tojima joined Toyota Motor Co. in 1979. He took charge of the battery system for the original Prius from the planning stage and has been engaged in battery development for HV applications since 1994. To date his contribution has been expanded into battery systems for plug-in hybrids and electric vehicles.

Mr. Ueda studied Industrial Chemistry at the University of Kyoto and graduated in 2004 from the Department of Molecular Engineering. He joined GS Yuasa International that same year to work on the Research and Development of Materials for Lithium-Ion cells; in 2006 he moved to the Development of Lithium-Ion cells for the Aviation Industry and in 2011 of the Development of Lithium-Ion cells for the Automobile Industry.

Dr. Michal Vakrat Wolkin is currently serving as the Chair of the NASA Night Rover Challenge Technical Committee. She is an executive with broad exposure to Batteries, Electronics, and Nanotechnology. Her experience spans research, innovation, commercialization, strategic alliances, and international business development. Michal led Better Place electric-vehicle batteries area including management of all business development and technical programs. She is a materials scientist with over 15 years of experience in interdisciplinary research with specific focus on transforming highly innovative technologies from ideas into working prototypes. Before joining Better Place, she was a member of the research staff at the Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), where she managed a team of scientists creating and implementing materials and processes for PARC’s cleantech research program. Prior to joining PARC, Dr. Wolkin was a leading scientist in the research and development department of JDS Uniphase. Dr. Wolkin received a PhD in Materials Science from the University of Rochester NY and an undergraduate degree in Chemical Engineering from The Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. She holds several patent applications and her research is widely cited (most notably, her paper entitled, “Electronic States and Luminescence in Porous Silicon Quantum Dots,” has been cited over 1,000 times). Dr. Wolkin currently serves on various industrial review panels related to battery technologies, advisory boards, and is a frequent speaker at industry events.

Mr. Vassen has been manager of energy and storage systems at Audi since 2006. He joined Audi AG in 1999 as diagnostics engineer and became manager of gateway ECU and data buses in 2004. Mr. Vassen studied electrical engineering at the RWTH Aachen, Germany and was a system engineer of engine control at Mannesmann VDO AG between 1997 and 1999.

Dr. Verbrugge’s Laboratory (1) maintains global research programs enabled by the disciplines or chemistry, physics, and materials science and (2) targets the advanced development of structural subsystems, energy storage devices, and various technologies associated with fuels, lubricants, and emissions. He is a Board Member of the United States Automotive Materials Partnership and the United States Advanced Battery Consortium and an adjunct professor for the Department of Physics, University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada. He was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2009. He has published extensively on the topic of battery modeling, among others.

Steven Visco is the Chief Executive Officer, CTO, and co-founder of PolyPlus Battery Company in Berkeley, California, as well as a Guest Scientist in the Materials Science Division at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Dr. Visco received his Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from Brown University in 1982 and spent two years as a Postdoctoral Scientist at the University of California at Santa Barbara working on advanced batteries. Dr. Visco then joined the staff at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory as a Principal Investigator in the Materials Sciences Division in 1984 where his research interests have included solid-state ionic devices such as batteries and fuel cells. Steven Visco co-founded PolyPlus Battery Company in 1991. Dr. Visco also serves on the Technical Advisory Boards for the Conrad Foundation and the CIC Energigune Institute in Miñano, Spain. Dr. Visco has published over 75 articles in scholarly journals and books, and currently holds 94 issued U.S. patents and more than 200 international patents. In 2011 Dr. Visco was awarded the International Battery Association Technology Award for “Outstanding Contributions to the Development of Lithium-Air and Lithium-Water Batteries.” PolyPlus was recently selected by TIME magazine for its 50 Best Inventions of 2011, and received an Edison Gold Award in April 2012.

Dr. Wiedemann studied Mechatronics at the University of Aalen, Germany and the University of Teesside, GB. During his Ph.D. thesis at the University of Ulm, he investigated ageing mechanisms for NiMH cells for HEVs. Since 2003, he has been involved in battery management systems and works with electrochemical storage systems. After working in research and development departments at Daimler AG and Robert Bosch GmbH, he joined AVL List GmbH as Product Manager for Battery Systems in 2009.

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Prof. Winter's main research interests are in applied electrochemistry, materials electrochemistry and inorganic chemistry and technology. He is the past president of the International Battery Materials Association (IBA), Past Chair of the Division of Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion of International Society of Electrochemistry (ISE), and Technical Editor of the Journal of The Electrochemical Society (ECS). Currently, he is the spokesperson of the LIB2015 Innovation Alliance of the BMBF (Germany Ministry of Education and Research) and a member of the German National Platform E-Mobility (NPE).

David Wood is a Staff Scientist and the Fuel Cell Technologies Program Manager at Oak Ridge National Laboratory researching advanced processing methods, manufacturing science, and materials characterization for secondary lithium ion batteries and low-temperature fuel cells. He is a well-known polymer electrolyte fuel cell (PEFC) researcher with an industrial and academic career that spanned from 1995 to 2009. From 1997 to 2002, he was employed by General Motors Corporation and SGL Carbon Group, excelling at applied R&D related to automotive and stationary PEFC technology. Later (2003-2009), he continued his career in applied fuel cell science at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) and Cabot Corporation. He was part of two LANL research teams that won the DOE Hydrogen Program R&D Award for outstanding achievement in 2005 and 2009, part of the Cabot Corporation Direct Methanol Fuel Cell team, which won the Samuel W. Bodman Award for Excellence in 2008, and was the 2011 winner of the ORNL Early Career Award for Engineering Accomplishment. Since joining ORNL in 2009, Wood now manages an annual ORNL budget of about $7.8M in various areas of lithium ion battery, low-temperature fuel cell, and hydrogen production and storage research.

Dr. Xu is a senior research chemist at U. S. Army Research Laboratory. His main research interests cover materials development and interphasial mechanisms for electrochemical energy storage devices, which include lithium, lithium/air or lithium/sodium ion batteries, magnesium batteries, and electrochemical capacitors.

Mr. Yoshioka joined NEC Corporation in 1981 and started developing lithium-ion batteries at NEC central research laboratory in 1999. He then joined NEC Lamilion Energy, Ltd. in 2002 and worked on the development of lithium-ion batteries for automotive applications. In 2007 Mr. Yoshioka joined Automotive Energy Supply Corporation, the cell, battery module and pack supplier for Nissan and Renault EV, as executive vice president. In 2011, Mr. Yoshioka returned to NEC to head business development activities at NEC Energy Devices, Ltd., a producer of electrodes for Li ion cells.

Albert H. Zimmerman is a Distinguished Scientist at The Aerospace Corporation, where he has been involved in research studies and the management of batteries in aerospace power systems for over 35 years. Dr. Zimmerman received his PhD in physical chemistry in 1977 from Stanford University and his BA in chemistry in 1973 from Willamette University. He is an internationally recognized expert in battery electrochemistry, and has led teams studying electrochemical performance and advanced modeling of lithium-ion and nickel hydrogen space battery systems. His research has been instrumental in understanding how the nickel electrode works in battery cells, and how it controls the performance and lifetime of nickel cadmium and nickel hydrogen batteries used in space power systems. Dr. Zimmerman has developed models that are used to predict the lifetime and reliability of nickel hydrogen and lithium ion batteries for many of today’s space programs.