Mechanical Engineering Internship

Selected intern's day-to-day responsibilities include:

1. Understanding Cell Cycling and Data Collection including charge/discharge cycles and health metrics.
2. Set up and operate lab equipment like cyclers and battery testing setups while adhering to safety protocols and collect and log data related to charge/discharge cycles, voltage, current, temperature, and capacity degradation.
3. Experimentation with Different Charging Profiles and conduct baseline tests using standard charging profiles to establish reference performance metrics.
4. Design and execute experiments with various fast-charging profiles, optimising parameters such as current rates, charging times, and rest interval.
5. Analyse the impact of different profiles on battery lifecycle, focusing on both short-term capacity and long-term health.
6. Evaluate cycle performance data to determine efficiency, cycle life, and capacity degradation rates and develop basic predictive models (potentially utilising Machine Learning) for estimating lifecycle impacts based on charging profiles.
7. Identify optimal charging curves using data-driven approaches to balance speed and battery longevity.
8. Maintain detailed documentation of experiments, methodologies, and results and prepare interim and final reports summarising key findings and recommended practices.
9. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to explore machine learning applications in battery health monitoring.

1