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We assemble hundreds of lithium-ion battery cells into a battery pack that provides the necessary voltage and current for our motors to power MSXIV! 

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Above: Photo of battery modules assembled during Fall 2020.

Member Responsibilities:You

Depending on whether you’re onsite (in the bay) or offsite (remote), you will gain exposure to different elements.

For onsite members, you’ll gain exposure to:

  • Automotive Battery module engineering , design and manufacturing

  • Manufacturing, hands-on and hands-off (CNC) machining processes in a machine-shop environment

  • Composites manufacturing and validation testing of materialsincluding but not limited to:

    • Manufacturing techniques

    • Adhesives

    • Spot welding

    • Bolted connections

    • High voltage safety

    • Battery testing strategies

    • 3D printing

  • Attending weekly team check-ins and general meetings over the web (mandatory)

For offsite members, you’ll gain exposure to:

  • Design and analysis of automotive components (e.g. steering and suspension linkages, body panels, electrical enclosures) (remote)

  • Technical drawings, how to properly tolerance them, and how to analyze critical tolerance stackups (remote)

  • Research and Design for testing and manufacturing (remote)

  • battery pack components including but not limited to:

    • Research and design for battery testing and manufacturing

    • 3D printed mounts

    • High-current electrical connections

    • Data processing for battery tests (using python)

    • Solidworks design for battery pack components

  • Exposure to the supplier-interfacing process 

  • Attend weekly team check-ins and general meetings over the web (mandatory)

Required Skills:

You are:

  • A student passionate about design (interest in cars and batteries is a bonus)

  • A hard worker, with the ability to complete tasks with minimal supervision (but we’re always here to help)

  • A quick problem solver who isn't afraid to think outside the box

  • Willing to learn new skills and improve your existing skills

  • Strong time management skills for daily tasks and able to work on multiple projects simultaneously 

We don't expect members to have anything other than the above skills, however, the following are nice to have:

  • Basic understanding of Design for Manufacture (DFM) and Design for Assembly methodologies (DFA) (combined, they’re commonly referred to as DFMA)

  • Someone with exposure to a CAD package (SolidWorks preferred)

  • Knowledge of solid mechanics (stress analysis, failure methods)

  • Exposure to rapid prototyping (3D printing)

  • Basic battery building knowledge (e.g. series and parallel, cell module and pack levels)

  • Exposure to technical drawing creation

Communication

  • Battery Box Lead: Micah Black (Currently on co-op, onsite some weekends and weekday evenings, remote communication otherwise over Slack)

  • Battery Box Project Manager: Ailan Jiang, anytime remote over Slack until Feb 16, 2021

    • Project Manager will change mid-way through the term, details to come