Battery Energy Storage & Management Workshop
September 25, 2014
Houston Technology Center, Houston, TX
This workshop was part of the JSC Connect event series organized through a partnership between the NASA Johnson Space Center, Texas Emerging Technology Fund, Gulf Coast Regional Center of Innovation and Commercialization, and Houston Technology Center.
This event brought together a cross-sector audience, with presentations on the latest advances and unmet challenges, in a format providing an opportunity for participants to network and explore potential partnerships.
8:00 Networking Breakfast
8:30 Welcome
8:40 Presentation Panel Session
10:15 Networking Break
10:30 Presentation Panel Session
12:15 Lunch
12:45 Presentation Panel Session
3:00 Adjourn
Presentations:
Big Delta Systems:
Neelam Singh: Fabrication of FreeForm Energy Storage Devices
Halliburton:
Robello Samuel: Challenges of Downhole Power Generation and Use for Downhole Drilling System
Fireaway:
Anthony Gee: Condensed Aerosol Fire Suppression Systems
Giner:
Meagan Rich: Vapor Feed Electrolyzers and Non-Flow-Through Fuel Cell Technology
Indy Power Systems:
Steven Tolen: The Industry’s First Complete Suite of Microgrid Solutions
Michigan State University Bioeconomy Institute:
Tom Guarr: Development of Stable Organic Redox Shuttles for Lithium Ion Battery Applications
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory:
Ratnakumar Bugga: Development of High Energy Li-ion Batteries for Future NASA Missions
NASA Johnson Space Center:
Eric Darcy: Thermal Runaway Severity Reduction Assessment for Spacesuit Li-ion Batteries
Eric Darcy: Li-ion Cell Internal Short Circuits: Inducement and Detection
Frank Davies: Failed Cell Detection Circuit
Linda Ham: JSC Technology Collaboration Strategy
Judith Jeevarajen: Can Cell-to-Cell Thermal Runaway Propagation be Prevented in a Lithium-ion Battery Module?
Judith Jeevarajen: Energy Goals & Safety Challenges for Future Space Exploration
Abigail Ryan: Fuel Cells at NASA: Investigating Solid Oxide Fuel Cells for Spaceflight
Michael Salinas: Energy Systems Test Area Battery Capabilities
Texas A&M University:
Debjyoti Banerjee: Nano-Devices for Enhanced Thermal Energy Storage, Cooling & Sensing
Vidatronic:
Edgar Sanchez-Sinencio: Fundamentals of Battery Chargers and Capacitor-less LDOs