Brian Williams

• Nonflammable, High Rate LiB Separator & Gel Ceramic Electrolyte o Designed and performed multi-nozzle experiments to show the scalability of Gas-Assisted Electrospinning (100x faster than electrospinning) o Adapted technology for producing N95 respirator filters using PVA & CTAB • Silicon and Graphene Lithium-Ion Anodes using Air-Controlled Electrospraying o Developed a milling procedure for micron silicon that improved capacity retention by modifying and controlling the surface chemistry o Investigated alternative hard encapsulations for silicon to work in tandem with the soft encapsulation of graphene oxide, eletrosprayed layers for lithium sulfur, and an adhesion coatings for the separator on the anode • Taylor Couette Flow Reactor Design for Graphene Synthesis and Protein Texture o Designed and made Flow Visualization Reactor and Protein Texturization Reactor o Designed Reactors for Neutral Aqueous and Low pH Graphene and Graphene Oxide Synthesis • Budgets, Purchasing, & Lab Management o Tracked, processed, and aggregated quotes for R&D team’s needs for consumables and equipment. Prepared monthly budgets for approval by CEO. o Communicated with peers to determine their needs for equipment and chemicals o Troubleshooting for equipment and project direction brainstorming to recommend possible purchases to address challenges faced in lab • Economic & Process Modeling o Developed models to predicted the business sense and technical feasibility of a project. Models scaled with production rate to predict COGS at desired scale o Integrated with long term milestones and multi-year projected budgets to create financial forecasts to attract interest from and inform potential investors • Investment and Operating Plan Pitch Decks o Drafted numerous presentations in collaboration with the CEO for technical and non-technical investors using data collected from peers, academic literature, market research, and modeling predictions

• Experimental battery materials and processes research • Deliver presentations for conferences and internal use • Control of mesoporosity in carbon nanofibers from PAN-CDA blends • Applied and studied carbon nanofibers as a lithium sulfur interlayer with regards to pore size, conductivity, thickness, capacity retention, and rate capability • Studied effects of metal oxide coatings on carbon nanofibers and pore size for zinc bromine flow batteries in regards to capacity retention and rate capability • Materials characterization for silicon based and traditional lithium-ion batteries • Investigated the effect on dispersion and stability with polymeric rheological modifiers on petroleum coke slurries • Graduate teaching assistant for two core chemical engineering courses which included creating and presenting course recitations • Responsible for group purchasing and laboratory safety

• Experimental research on semiconductor dielectrics and thin films • Studied electromigration of Cu through low-k dielectrics • Time/voltage-dependent SiCOH dielectric breakdown experiments • Modeled time-dependent and voltage-dependent breakdown in Comsol • TiO2 nanorods: UV photocatalytic experiments

• Early career leadership experience • Managed the kitchen crew (4-5 employees) for a summer camp