Batteries for Electrification Applications

Batteries for EV Applications equips technical professionals with the knowledge to evaluate, design, and manage battery systems for electric vehicles. Covering everything from battery chemistries and pack construction to safety, degradation, and future technologies, the course blends theory with practical exercises and mini-projects. Participants will gain a systems-level understanding of how batteries impact performance, cost, and sustainability in EVs and beyond.

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Who Should Attend?

Electrical, mechanical, and systems engineers working on electrified vehicle platforms.
Technical leaders and project managers involved in EV development or battery integration.
Engineers transitioning into roles focused on energy storage, power conversion, or sustainable mobility.

What You Will Learn

Analyze and compare battery chemistries, configurations, and performance metrics for EV applications.
Model battery behavior and degradation using equivalent circuit models and simulation tools.
Evaluate safety, lifecycle, and second-life considerations to inform design and system integration decisions.

Course Details: RA01816-E277

1. Introduction to Batteries

Key Components
Types of battery construction
Key battery parameters and battery performance metrics

2. Battery Chemistry

Become conversant with chemical reaction formulae
Gain an appreciation that not all battery types are created equal
Be able to state the suitability of a particular battery chemistry for a particular application
Gain awareness that battery chemistries are constantly evolving

3. Batteries for EVs

Gain an appreciation of battery sizing for electric vehicles
Draw parallels with engine sizing
Understand the advantages and disadvantages of using higher voltage batteries
Identify approaches to specify size and type of a battery

Mini-Project: Part 1

4. Battery Safety

Identify the main hazards that batteries pose
Understand the different root causes that can lead to batteries becoming hazardous
Learn that batteries will remain safe when systems and controls are appropriately engineered

5. Battery Management Systems

Understand the purpose and function of a Battery Management System (BMS)
Appreciate common BMS components and architectures
Define limitations of BMS

6. Battery Modelling

Understand the role of battery modelling
Explore types of battery modelling and examine their inherent advantages/disadvantages
Learn about different battery modelling tools
Know how to create a basic battery model

Mini-Project: Part 2

7. Battery Degradation

Learn what contributes to battery degradation
Understand the metrics used to evaluate battery degradation
Identify mitigations that help reduce battery degradation
Evaluate what level of degradation is acceptable

8. Battery Testing

Identify Mechanical Testing Processes
Identify Electrical Testing Processes
Identify Cross Coupling between testing processes
EOL Testing
Explain what you are really testing for?"

9. Static (Non-mobile) Applications

Explore four static (non mobile) applications associated with electrified vehicles
Define the applications and their context
Identify challenges for applications
Identify benefits for applications

Mini-Project: Part 3

10. Mobile Applications

Gain understanding of the wide range of electrification opportunities for vehicles
Identify hybrid arrangements and hybridisation levels
Become familiar with specific case studies
Build insight into the broader impact of electrification in vehicles

11. Second Life Considerations

Understand why we might consider an alternative to new
Identify the risks and benefits of lease models/second life
Consider what the future state may look like
Identify when it makes sense to Recycle vs Reuse

12. Battery Supply Chain

Identify key raw materials used in battery manufacture
Understand key manufacturing processes for batteries (especially Li-ion)
Examine how IP impacts battery manufacturing
Consider the strategic market for batteries

13. Future Battery Technologies

Achieve insight into the future state of battery technology
Identify Different formats & chemistries of the future/on the horizon - Solid State?
Consider what may come next and when is NEXT?
Identify the rationale behind future trends
Build a question-based framework that helps define future direction

Mini-Project: Part 4

This is an online only taught course. Contact us if you have any questions.

Registration confirmation will guide students through accessing the Canvas course site. Students will create and log in to the Canvas course site with a NetID. Course assets such as instructional materials, participation certificates, and course evaluations will be available to all students through the Canvas course site.

The course materials are all digital and only available on the Canvas course website.
Online attendees will access sessions via the Zoom web conferencing platform. The Zoom link will be provided a few days before the course.

Please watch the email address that you provide during registration for release dates and pre-course information.

Instructors
Ahmad Khan
Awad Ali Syed
Engineering Group Manager - General Motors
Awad Ali Syed is a senior engineering leader with over 15 years of experience in battery systems, systems integration, embedded controls, functional safety, and electric vehicle (EV) technologies. He currently serves as an Engineering Group Manager at General Motors.
Prior to this, Awad held engineering leadership roles at Freudenberg EPower Systems, Our Next Energy, and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, where he managed system architecture, BMS development across xEV platforms, clean-sheet software development, and led global functional safety initiatives. His earlier roles at Robert Bosch Battery Systems and General Motors (via iGATE) focused on diagnostic algorithm development, model-based design, and HiL validation for high-voltage battery systems.
Awad holds a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from The Ohio State University, with a specialization in power electronics and control systems. His technical interests include model-based systems engineering (MBSE), battery diagnostics, safety-critical software, and scalable integration frameworks for next-generation mobility platforms.
Theodore Bohn
Principal Investigator
Theodore Bohn is a principal investigator for Grid Connected Vehicle (Smart Grid/Advanced Charging) research in the Vehicle Systems Group with the Center for Transportation Research at Argonne National Laboratory. He has been working on advanced technology and alternative energy fueled vehicle research for over 25 years and is the current Advanced Battery Technology Chair for the SAE Congress. Bohn received his BS and MS degree in electrical engineering at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Program Director
Ahmad Khan

Total Credits:

CEU 2,

PDH 20,

Applies to this Certificate:

Electrified Systems,

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