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Battery Workforce Challenge Y2 Competition 2025
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Please be aware of and assign the following roles for all university / vocational team members, mentors, and faculty on Tuesday and Wednesday (guidelines for limits have been communicated through travel stipends):
  1. BIC Attendee (allowed within BIC testing facility)
  2. Expo Attendee (allowed at Ivy Tech Expo Hall)
  3. Float (allowed to commute between both locations)
All participants will be assigned colored bracelets to identify your roles during the BIC Safety Overview and Expo Round Up events. Assigned roles / bracelets are non-transferrable - organizers will be tracking counts at each location.
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Module Inspection - UM-Dearborn & HFC
Wednesday May 7, 2025 10:50am - 11:20am EDT
Manufacturing Innovation Training Center @ BIC
Moderators
avatar for Massimiliano Mastrogiorgio

Massimiliano Mastrogiorgio

Senior Battery Application Engineer, Gamma Technologies
Massimiliano Mastrogiorgio completed his studies in Energy and Nuclear Engineering at Politecnico di Torino in Italy, specializing in energy production and management. He then pursued a Double Master's Degree program at the University of Illinois at Chicago, concentrating on electrochemical... Read More →
Judges
avatar for Gordon Ng

Gordon Ng

Battery Pack COE Thermal Specialist, Stellantis
avatar for Jack Gilson

Jack Gilson

Applications Engineer, Hesse Mechatronics
Jack Gilson is an applications engineer for Hesse Mechatronics, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of fully automatic wedge-wedge wire bonders. Jack brings a background heavy wire bonding, specifically for battery packs.Jack came to Hesse Mechatronics from General Atomics... Read More →
avatar for Lamuel David

Lamuel David

Battery Performance Manager - Battery, Cells, and Modules, Stellantis
avatar for Louis Castellanos

Louis Castellanos

Wire Bond Systems Engineer, Hesse Mechatronics
Louis Castellanos has been with Hesse Mechatronics for over five years, initially starting as a field service engineer and currently working as a wire bond systems engineer. In this role, he assists with new product development and applications. Prior to joining Hesse, Louis worked... Read More →
avatar for Oliver Gross

Oliver Gross

Senior Fellow, Stellantis
Oliver is a Senior Fellow for Advanced Energy Storage and Electrification, at Stellantis where he is responsible for the energy storage systems technology roadmaps, innovation, and architecture. He is an OEM Lead of the United States Advanced Battery Consortium Technical Advisory... Read More →
avatar for Sean O'Kane

Sean O'Kane

Senior Technical Specialist - Electrification Engineering, AVL
Sean is a Senior Specialist in Energy Systems at AVL Powertrain Engineering, Inc., bringing over 35 years of engineering experience, with more than 25 years in the battery industry. At AVL, he plays a key role in advancing energy storage and powertrain systems, leading complex projects... Read More →
avatar for Thomas Achatz

Thomas Achatz

Product Development & Validation Research Scientist, Vibration Research
Thomas Achatz, PE holds BS and MS degrees in Mechanical Engineering from The University of Michigan and an MS degree in Management from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Tom’s extensive automotive engineering experience includes over 34 years at General Motors (GM) in a variety... Read More →
Wednesday May 7, 2025 10:50am - 11:20am EDT
Manufacturing Innovation Training Center @ BIC 1250 Indiana Ave, Indianapolis, IN 46202
  Module Inspection, UM-Dearborn & HFC

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