Smart Manufacturing for Energy Storage Materials and Technologies

3 credits

Introduces a comprehensive overview of advanced battery manufacturing. Covers full value chain from raw material extraction to cell fabrication. Explores state-of-the-art materials, electrode processing techniques, cell design strategies, and methods for estimating production costs. Focuses on smart manufacturing involving using numerical modeling, AI, and digital twins to speed up processes of optimizing electrode and cell preparation. Prerequisite: graduate standing in the College of Engineering, or permission of instructor.