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Electrochemical Power Sources R&D Symposium 2011 - Agenda

Monday, June 20

0800 - 1700 Registration

0955 - 1000 Introductions
Patricia Smith, NSWC Carderock Division and Glenn Zoski, BTR

1000 - 1030 Keynote Address
Jack Price, Office of the Secretary of Defense

1030 - 1055 Navy Overview
Michele Anderson, Office of Naval Research

1055 - 1120 Identifying and Reducing Limitations to High Power Air Electrode Performance
Wayne Bennett, Energizer

1120 - 1145 Mesoporous Nitrogen Doped Carbon-Glass Ceramic Architecture
for Lithium-Air Batteries
Padnakar Kichambare, AFRL/RZPS

1145 - 1330 Lunch on Your Own

1330 - 1355 ARL Overview
Cynthia Lundgren, Applied Research Laboratory

1355 - 1420 Carbon Nanoarchitecture-Based Air Cathodes for Primary and Rechargable
Metal-Air Batteries
Jeffrey W. Long, Naval Research Laboratory

1420 - 1445 Liquid Electrolyte for Li/Air Cells
Sheng S. Zhang, Applied Research Laboratory

1445 - 1510 Solid Electrolytes for Li-Air Batteries
Jeff Wolfenstine, Applied Research Laboratory

1510 - 1525 Break

1525 - 1540 NSWC-Carderock Overview
Peter Keller, NSWC-Carderock

1615 - 1640 Safe High Energy CFx Power
William Bushong, Rayovac

1640 - 1705 A new Formulation for Primary CFx Composition Cells
Harlan L. Lewis, NSWC-Crane


1705 - 1710 Closing Remarks
Glenn Zoski, BTR Inc.

1830 Reception



Tuesday, June 21

0730 - 1600 Registration

0825 - 0830 Opening Remarks
Glenn Zoski, BTR

0830 - 0900 Keynote Address: Capacitors
John Miller, JME Capacitor

0900 - 0925 NSWC-Crane Overview
Kyle Warner, NSWC-CRANE

0925 - 0950 PbC Ultracapacitor for Marine Combat Vehicles
Edward Buiel, Axion Power

0950 - 1015 Asymmetric Supercapacitor Based on Hydrogen Insertion
Deyang Qu, University of Mass-Boston

1015 - 1030 Break

1030 - 1055 Safe, High Energy, Lithium Ion Capacitor Technology
Patricia Smith, NSWC-Carderock

1055 - 1120 Battery Capacitor Hybridization
Thanh Tran, NSWC-Carderock

1120 - 1145 All Solid-State Mediator-Enhanced Supercapacitor
Based on Polymer Electrolytes
Xiangyang Zhou, University of Miami

1145 - 1210 Affordable Carbons for Capacitors
Steve Lipka, University of Kentucky

1210 - 1330 Lunch on Your Own

1330 - 1355 NAVAIR Overview
Mark Hurley, NAVAIR

1355 - 1420 Safe High Power Sonobouy
Ian Kowalczyk, MaxPower

1420 - 1445 Recent Work at ARL on Thermal Batteries
Michael Ding, Applied Research Laboratory

1445 - 1500 Break

1500 - 1525 High Energy Power Source Safety and Platform Integration - Advanced
Demonstrations of Technologies in Meaningful Environments
Clinton Winchester, NSWC-Carderock

1525 - 1550 Saft High Energy Prismatic Lithium Ion Technology for Military Applications
Bridget Deveney, Saft

1550 - 1615 How Old is Your Battery? Metrics and Methods for Determining Battery
Performance Over Aging
Kevin L. Gering, INL

1615 - 1620 Closing Remarks
Glenn Zoski, BTR



Wednesday, June 22

0730 - 1600 Registration

0825 - 0830 Opening Remarks
Glenn Zoski, BTR

0830 - 0900 Keynote Address: High Capacity Electrodes for Li-ion Batteries
Michael Thackeray, ANL

0900 - 0925 Air Force Overview
John Erbacher, AFRL/RZPS

0925 - 0950 Non-Flammable Electrolytes for Li-Ion Batteries
Chris Rhodes, Lynntech

0950 - 1020 Break

1020 - 1045 Safe Containment of Compressed Hydrogen Co-located with Li-Ion Batteries
Benjamin D. Gould, Naval Research Laboratory

1045 - 1110 Electroactive Polymer Coating for Improved Battery Safety
Christopher Lang, Physical Sciences Inc.

1110 - 1135 Si Modified Nano Fibers for Advanced Li-ion Anodes
David Burton, Applied Sciences Inc.

1135 - 1330 Lunch on Your Own

1330 - 1355 Department of Energy Overview
Jim Barnes, Department of Energy

1355 - 1420 Mechanical Behavior of Li-Si Alloys
J. Wolfenstine, Applied Research Laboratory

1420 - 1445 Advanced Materials and Chemistry For Electro-Chemical Energy Storage
J. Gnanaraj, Yardney Technical Products

1445 - 1500 Break

1500 - 1525 Repurposed Life Cycle Testing Aerospace Grade Lithium ion Cells
and Lessons Learned
Lloyd W. Zilch, NSWC Crane Division

1525 - 1550 Diagnostic Tools Development for Understanding and Monitoring
Overcharged Li-ion Batteries
Corey T. Love, NRL

1550 - 1615 High Performance Lithium Titanate Battery
Rebecca Smith, NSWC Carderock Division

1615 - 1620 Closing Remarks
Glenn Zoski, BTR



Thursday, June 23

0730 - 1000 Registration

0825 - 0830 Opening Remarks
Glenn Zoski, BTR

0830 - 0855 Quallion Zero-Volt technology and Wide Operating Temperature
Range for Lithium-ion Cells
Vince Visco, Quallion

0855 - 0920 NUWC Overview
Joseph Fontaine

0920 - 0945 Advanced Electrolyte Materials for Li Batteries
Michael Pollina, Silatronix

0945 - 1020 Break

1020 - 1045 Li Ion Battery Development
Ram Thillaiyan, Eagle Picher

1045 - 1110 Additives Stabilizing Electrolytes for 5 V Li Ion Chemistries
Kang Xu, Applied Research Laboratory

1110 - 1135 Internal Short Circuit Behaviour of Stacked Electrode Lithium Polymer Cells
Dave Roller, DOW Kokam

1135 - 1140 Closing Remarks