Dr. María Blecua

R&D Department - ZARAGOZA, SPAIN Assignments: Project management: *Redesign of two types of industrial battery ranges. *Restart the production of a submarine battery. *Change of the lead source for an OEM product. *FMEA of a motive power cell. *Migration of the information to the new ERP. Achievements: *A successful restart of the submarine battery production. *The first phase of the migration of the ERP completed. *Finalization of the FMEA

R&D Department - BAD LAUTERBERG, GERMANY Assignments: *Management and maintenance of the R&D department documentation *Technical datasheets for the new products *Replacement of one of the main components in a motive power cell *Start of production of a new motive power cell *Project management (Risk analysis, Scheduling of the project (Gantt chart), and leading the project review meetings). Achievements: *Start of production of a Motive Power cells *Traveling: 40%.

R&D Lab - BÜDINGEN, GERMANY Assignments: *Chemical and material analyses. *Development of methods. *Preparation and tests of 2 V gel lead-acid batteries. *Following 5S methodology. *Standardization of EU R&D labs methods. *Database and requests management. *Analyses procedures. *Homologation procedures for raw materials. *Monthly and yearly lab performance report. Achievements: *Homologation procedures launched and approved. *Complete database regarding EU methods and comparison of them.

R&D lab - Azuqueca de Henares, Spain Assignments: *Project management. *Electrochemical lab work: Preparation of the 2 V / 1 Ah lead-acid cells. Electrical tests using ARBIN equipment. Training and technical support for the stuff. Calibration plan of the laboratory. Achievements: *Maintenance of lab equipment. *Trained stuff for cell preparation and electrical tests. *Finalization of all the PhD experiments, lectures, and publication of 3 articles.

R&D Lab – AZUQUECA, SPAIN Assignments: *Central laboratory: data analyses (DIGATRON and BITRODE). Automotive standards. Calibration plan and procedures. Tear Down Analyses. *Electrochemical laboratory – Pilot plant. Optimization of the methods for preparing 2 V/ 1 Ah lead-acid cells as well as for testing (ARBIN equipment). Set up the installations. Achievements: *Perfect knowledge of the ARBIN system. *Reliability of the tests. *Optimization of the methods.

A deep study on transport across the plasma membrane and its regulation focused on the regulation of ion channels and membrane transporters by kinase proteins. Degree's final project: Down-regulation of Na+-coupled glucose transporter SGLT1 by SPAK. Mark: excellent.

Thesis title: Lead Acid Batteries for Micro Hybrid Electrical Vehicles – influence of different carbon materials and organic expanders on the performance of the negative plates (https://www.educacion.gob.es/teseo/mostrarRef.do?ref=1861545). International PHD. PHD Cum Laude.

Study on conventional and renewable energies: sources, uses and ways of storage. Master's Thesis: Influence on batteries features by the addition of different compounds into the negative plate.

Erasmus at Universität Tübingen (Germany) from September 2012 to July 2013. Workplace: Institut für Physiologie II. Bachelor Thesis: Down-regulation of Na+-coupled glucose transporter SGLT1 by SPAK.