A Waterloo Engineering team will compete in the Battery Workforce Challenge, a three-year student competition that kicks off this fall and is run by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to advance electric vehicle (EV) power.
Led by Dr. Yverick Rangom, a chemical engineering professor, the team will design, build, test and integrate an advanced electric vehicle (EV) battery pack into a Stellantis vehicle.
The first year of the competition focuses on the design of the battery pack, the second year on the implementation of the design and in the final year, the team integrates the battery pack into a Stellanis vehicle.
“The goals of this competition align with the Faculty of Engineering’s and the Department of Chemical Engineering’s long-term vision to expand battery research from the smaller laboratory cells to the larger commercial cells that will be used here," said Rangom. "The building of such a battery pack is also perfectly in line with my personal research goal."
The Workforce Challenge is a significant opportunity for students as it aims is to train and develop a new workforce to fill future battery engineering and manufacturing jobs. Stellantis and the DOE are not only looking for innovative ideas but for innovators to power the future too.
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