Assistant Engineer

Madhu Jagannathan, Ph.D.

*.***********@****.*** 801-***-**** linkedin.com/in/mjagannathan

Materials Engineer with specialization in battery research and electrochemistry:

• Over 4 years’ experience in design, assembly and testing of batteries

• Working knowledge of materials and reactions in Lead acid batteries

• Expertise in battery testing and characterization techniques: e.g. battery cycling, cyclic voltammetry

• Familiar with use of statistics for planning/executing experiments: have working knowledge of DOE

• Excellent communication skills 2 First-Author Journal Publications, 5 Conference Presentations

Electroanalytical Methods

Battery Cycling, Cyclic Voltammetry, Coulometric Titration, Potentiodynamic Polarization Scan

Materials Characterization/Processing Skills

• Potentiostat/Sourcemeter Operation, SEM, EDAX, Optical Microscopy, XRD, ICP-AES, E-Beam

Evaporation, Sputter Coating, Mechanical Testing of Materials.

• Experienced in high-purity glove box operation and Nanofabrication in Cleanroom environment.

Computational Skills

LabVIEW, Java, C++, MATLAB, Solidworks, AutoCAD, ImageJ, ANSYS, COMSOL.

Certification: Certified LabVIEW Associate Developer (CLAD), National Instruments 2011-13

Education

• Ph.D. Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah (GPA: 4.0) Dec 2013

• M.S. Metallurgical Engineering, University

of Utah (GPA: 4.0) Dec 2010

• B.S. Metallurgical Engineering, Indian

Institute of Technology Kanpur (GPA: 8.3/10) Jun 2007

Research Experience

Graduate Research Assistant (Ph.D.), University of Utah Jun 2009 – Dec 2013

Dissertation: Electrochemical Performance of Li-Mg and Columnar Si anodes for High Capacity Li-

Ion Cells: Experiments and Modeling of Charge-Discharge Behavior

• Fabricated columnar Si by electrochemical etching for use as high capacity anodes in Li-ion

batteries.

• Optimized Si-morphology for best electrochemical performance by factorial design approach.

• Synthesized homogeneous Li-Mg alloy anodes of different compositions in lab by direct alloying.

• Demonstrated high discharge capacity and significant reversibility in Li(Mg) anode for the first

time.

Graduate Research Assistant (M.S.), University of Utah Aug 2007 – Dec 2010

Thesis: Energy Partitioning in Ballistic Impact Fragmentation of TiB

• Fabricated nanostructured titanium boride (TiB) plates through hot pressing route.

• Designed a lab scale setup for ballistic testing of ceramics and quantified energy partitioning.

• Determined the minimum TiB plate thickness required for effective protection.

Graduate Research Associate, University of Utah/Metso Corporation April 2010 – Oct 2013

• Formulated a lab-scale methodology to simulate grinding of ore particles in industry.

• Estimated the associated energy expenditure by incremental energy approach.

• Company adopted this procedure for >300 samples from different clients.

Teaching Experience

• Teaching Assistant, Experimental Techniques in Metallurgy Spring 2011, 2012, 2013

• Teaching Assistant, Mechanical Metallurgy

Fall 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013

Journal Publications

• M. Jagannathan and K. S. Ravi Chandran, "Electrochemical Charge/Discharge Behavior and Phase

Transitions during Cell Cycling of Li(Mg) Alloy Anodes for High Capacity Li Ion

Batteries", Journal of Electrochemical Society, Vol. 160(10), pp.A1922-A1926, 2013.

[Impact Factor 2.59] http://jes.ecsdl.org/content/160/10/A1922.abstract

This publication was identified by Renewable Energy Global Innovations, Canada (ISSN 2291-

2460) as a key scientific article contributing to excellence in Energy research.

• M. Jagannathan and K. S. Ravi Chandran, "Analytical Modeling and Simulation of Electrochemical

Charge/Discharge Behavior of Si Thin Film Negative Electrodes in Li-ion Cells",

Journal of Power Sources, Vol. 247, pp. 667-675, 2014.

[Impact Factor 4.68] http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378775313014420

Conference Presentations

• 2nd World Congress on Integrated Computational Materials Engineering (ICME), July 7-11, 2013,

Salt Lake City, Utah (Poster Presentation)

• 2013 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition 142nd Annual Meeting and Exhibition, March 3-7, 2013,

San Antonio, Texas (1 Oral Presentation)

• 2013 Materials Research Society (MRS) Spring Meeting, San Francisco, California, April 1-5, 2013

(2 Oral Presentations)

• 2012 Materials Research Society (MRS) Spring Meeting, San Francisco, California, April 9-13, 2012

(1 Oral Presentation)

• 2011 Materials Science & Technology Conference in Columbus, Ohio, October 16-20, 2011

(1 Oral Presentation)

Relevant Coursework

Electrochemistry Electrometallurgy

Scanning Electron Microscopy Advanced Processing of Ceramics

Nanostructured Materials Materials Characterization

Optics for Energy Alloy and Material Design

Leadership Activities

2

• General Secretary, International Students Council, University of Utah, 2010-2011.

• General Secretary, Indian Students Association, University of Utah, 2008-09.

• Ambassador at the International Students Orientation, University of Utah in 2008, 2009.

• Professional affiliations: MRS, TMS, ASM and American Ceramic Society.

• Won prizes in gadget design and robotics competitions at IIT Kanpur in 2005-2006.

• My business plan was among the top 10 at Entrepreneurship Competition at IIT Kanpur

(2006)

• Languages: Fluent in English, Tamil, and Hindi. Basic conversational knowledge of French

• Hobbies: Developing applications on LabVIEW, Amateur Astrophotography.

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