Dr. Sivarajakumar Maharajan
Angestellt, Senior Battery Research Engineer, Rimac Automobili
Abschluss: PhD, University of Fribourg
Zagreb, Kroatien
Über mich
A Chemical Engineer with a PhD on 'Lithium Ion Battery development. I have almost 7 years of industrial experience (2 years in core Chemical Engineering companies and 5 years in EV Battery Research & Development). Here is a summary of my experience and expertise in the field of batteries for Electric Vehicles (EVs). They are, 1. Project lead for Cell Research & Development 2. Cell Selection and Engineering, concept development 3. Cell component selection, cooling strategy 4. Design of testing for cell development and parameter optimization 5. Module and pack level development 6. Battery material research & Characterization, post-mortem analysis 8. Battery aging and performance prediction/estimation 9. Diagnostics, Prognostics and data engineering modelling The above-mentioned areas of expertise are interrelated and important for an EV to accomplish the range, performance, safety, cost saving and other factors. Kindly visit my profile to know more about me. Thank you very much.
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Berufserfahrung von Sivarajakumar Maharajan
Bis heute 3 Jahre und 7 Monate, seit Nov. 2020
Senior Battery Research Engineer
Rimac Automobili
1. Project lead: Cell Engineering and Development 2. Cell selection, concept development 3. Cell development scaled to pack/module 4. Design of testing for cell development and parameter estimation 5. Life estimation and aging prediction 6. Data based aging modeling for battery prognostics coupled with diagnostics 7. Hybrid EV HyperCar
2 Jahre und 10 Monate, Feb. 2018 - Nov. 2020
Manager, Cell Research team
Mahindra electric mobility limited
1. Technical Project Lead for Cell Engineering and Development for various Vehicle platforms: 650 V Electric bus, 350 V commercial cars 2. Electrochemical modelling towards the aging, performance and safety of LIBs for Electric Vehicles 3. Design of tests for validation and model parameterization 4. Cell and module level testing; Cyclic and Calendar aging test 5. Abuse testing of cells: Nail Penetration and deep discharge behavior 6. Battery/ Supercapacitor hybrid technology
4 Jahre und 1 Monat, Feb. 2014 - Feb. 2018
Doctor of Philosophy
University of Fribourg
Development of Carbon based composite alloy anode material to enhance the cycle life of lithium ion batteries Synthesis of electrode materials and structural characterization, image analysis Electrode formulation, battery assembling in glovebox, testing of batteries, impedance measurements Key Skills Electrochemical techniques, Transmission Electron Microscopy, Scanning Electron Microscopy, XRD, FTIR, ICP, Coin cell assembling, Glove box handling
1 Jahr und 3 Monate, Apr. 2012 - Juni 2013
Research Assistant on Lithium Sulfur Batteries
Catalysis Research Center, Technical University of Munich
Designing and testing a spectro-electrochemical cell for the elucidation of polysulfides in lithium sulfur batteries. It also includes the in-situ characterization by EXAFS and UV-VIS spectroscopy.
10 Monate, Juli 2011 - Apr. 2012
Chemical Design Engineer
Larsen & Toubro Integrated Engineering Services
1 Jahr, Sep. 2007 - Aug. 2008
Technical Service Engineer
KCC Paints Pvt. India Limited
Ausbildung von Sivarajakumar Maharajan
4 Jahre und 1 Monat, Feb. 2014 - Feb. 2018
Lithium ion batteries and Electrochemistry
University of Fribourg
Development of Carbon based composite alloy anode material to enhance the cycle life of lithium ion batteries Synthesis of electrode materials and structural characterization, image analysis Electrode formulation, battery assembling in glovebox, testing of batteries, impedance measurements
2 Jahre und 2 Monate, Sep. 2008 - Okt. 2010
Materials for Energy Storage and Conversion
Universite Picardie Jules Verne, France
Materials for battery and supercapacitors, Thermal, structural and morphological analysis of battery materials, battery technologies and benchmarking General electrochemistry, solid state Chemistry, physical chemistry Master thesis on for lithium ion micro battery.
4 Jahre und 1 Monat, Aug. 2003 - Aug. 2007
Chemical Engineering
Anna University, India
Thermodynamics, Fluid Mechanics, Heat Transfer, Mass Transfer, Chemical Process Engineering, Chemical Reaction Engineering.
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