Annual Battery Technology Workshop
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Event
The University of North Carolina at Charlotte
June 5-6, 2025
The 2025 Battery Safety Workshop, hosted by the BATT CAVE at UNC Charlotte, is a crucial forum for advancing the understanding and practice of battery safety. This workshop is particularly significant as North Carolina emerges as a key hub for battery technology, attracting research and manufacturing investments across the battery supply chain. The event aims to foster collaboration between academic researchers and industry professionals, addressing the multifaceted challenges and opportunities in ensuring the safe development, deployment, and utilization of battery technologies.
The workshop will feature a lineup of notable speakers representing a wide spectrum of expertise covering a comprehensive range of topics critical to the battery industry. In addition to the technical sessions, the workshop will provide ample networking opportunities, enabling attendees to connect with peers, establish collaborations, and exchange knowledge and best practices. This event is vital for researchers, engineers, manufacturers, policymakers, and anyone involved in the battery industry, contributing to the development of safer and more reliable battery technologies for a sustainable future.
Program Agenda
List of Confirmed Speakers
- Dr. Saeed David Barbat – Ford Motor Company
- Dr. Saurabh Bahuguna – General Motors
- Dr. Loraine Torres-Castro – Sandia National Laboratory
- Dr. Hsin Wang – Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- Donal Finegan – National Renewable Energy Lab
- Dr. Wu Xu – Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
- Drew J. Pereira – National Renewable Energy Laboratory
- Dr. Chi-Hao Chang – DOW Chemical
- Dr. Mario Savio – White Horse R & D
- Dr. Yifei Zhang – Arbin Instruments
- Dr. William Mustain – Univ. South Carolina
- Dr. Natalie Holzwarth – Wake Forest University
- Dr. Gang Xiong – Factory Mutual Insurance Company
- Dr. Changmin Shi – Brown University
- Dr. Golareh Jalilvand – University of South Carolina
- William Rigdon – Stanley Black & Decker
- Caleb McDonald – Mettler Toledo
- Dr. Shenen Chen – UNC Charlotte
- Danny Montgomery – Thermal Hazard Technology
Speaker Affiliations
Sponsors
Organizing Committee
Organized by the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, the University of South Carolina, the University of Delaware, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, and the University of Connecticut.
Committee List
- Dr. Anthony Bombik (Chair) – UNC Charlotte
- Dr. Lin Ma – UNC Charlotte
- Dr. Tiefu Zhao – UNC Charlotte
- Dr. Jun Xu – Univ. Delaware
- Dr. Chao Hu – Univ. Connecticut
- Dr. Xinyu Huang – Univ. South Carolina
- Dr. Golareh Jalilvand – Univ. South Carolina
- Dr. Austin Downey – Univ. South Carolina
- Dr. Xiaochuan Lu – Univ. North Carolina A & T