Teaching

Coursework Development

I develop university-level coursework on battery engineering and battery manufacturing process fundamentals. I have served as a course instructor, guest lecturer, and workshop developer at multiple venues over the past four years.

Battery Manufacturing Process Fundamentals

I built from scratch the first professional education course in battery cell manufacturing process fundamentals in the U.S. The first cohort included 50 engineers from a major automotive OEM, who gave the course a 95%+ satisfaction rating.

ME499/599: Battery Engineering and Lifetime Management (Fall 2023)

I helped develop course content for a new introductory course on lithium-ion battery physics, lifetime management, and sustainability; the course was launched in Fall 2023 with 47 students enrolled.

Instructor Experience

Battery Boot Camp (Summer 2023)

I prepared and delivered course content for a “train-the-trainers” workshop for local United Auto Workers (UAW) leaders, community college instructors, and members from the local automotive industry. Topics covered battery materials, mining, manufacturing, and recycling.

Graduate Student Instructor

I served as graduate student instructor (GSI) for ME565: Battery Systems and Control in Winter 2021. Beyond my core responsibilities, I organized extra tutorials on Matlab/Simulink to help students with without a mechanical engineering background catch up on course prerequisites. I also volunteered to update course homework, lecture material, and quizzes, to improve accessibility of course materials for students without a background in controls engineering.

Guest Lecturer

I have served as a guest lecturer for topics covering battery materials, metals, mining, manufacturing, and sustainability.

• ME599: Principles, Materials, Manufacturing, and Devices of Batteries (Fall 2024)
• ME481/599: Manufacturing Processes (Fall 2023)
• ME499/599: Battery Engineering and Lifetime Management (Fall 2023)
• ME565: Battery Systems and Control (Winter 2022)

Workshop Developer and Speaker

At the American Control Conference (Summer 2022), I developed and presented workshop tutorials on battery manufacturing, battery degradation mechanisms, and physics-based models for battery lifetime, to an audience of controls engineers.

Student Mentorship

@ University of Michigan

Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) students:

1. Iaroslav Kovalchuk (EECS/Math), 2021-2024
   • “Hybrid pulse power characterization for lithium-ion battery coin cells”
2. Maisha Niha (ME), 2022-2023
   • “Impact of battery formation temperature and pressure on battery lifespan”
3. Roger Ho (ME/CS), 2021
   • “Measuring battery cell properties at the extreme end of life”

@ Tesla Internship Program

1. Yash Matharu (undergrad at McMaster)
2. Rachel Zhang (now at Tesla, Process Engineer)
3. Derek Deng (now at Berkeley, PhD Candidate, Ceder Group)
4. Cameron Dean (now at Waterloo, PhD Candidate, Nazar Group)
5. Rachel Tao (now at Microsoft, Software Engineer)
6. Jake McGrory (now at General Motors, Sr. Software Engineer)
7. Daniel McHaffie (now at Caltech, PhD Candidate, See Group)
8. Storm Gourley (now at McMaster, Higgins Lab)