Michael Kallenbach
Electrode Process Engineer @ General Motors | Materials, Chemical, & Cell Engineering | SiC Anodes
- Role
- Electrode Process Engineer - Global Propulsion Systems at General Motors
- Location
- Detroit, MI, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Michael Kallenbach
I\'m an engineer. I have a BS in Materials Science and Engineering from Michigan Tech and extensive experience in materials, chemical, cell & manufacturing engineering. My work focuses on rapidly scaling up secondary battery electrodes from R&D to mass manufacturing. I have hands on experience with cell manufacturing equipment at every scale and raw materials evaluation equipment which have enabled me to assess vendors ability to supply materials at scale. In my free time I enjoy being outdoors, watching baseball, and teaching myself new skills like python coding for data science/deep learning, carpentry, 3D printing (FDM and SLA), and bear biology.
Experience
Electrode Process Engineer - Global Propulsion Systems
Apr 2024 — Present · Warren, MI, US
Lead engineer for Manufacturing Innovation Lab (MIL) SiC anode, bimodal NMCA cathode, and ceramic insulation mixing and coating work at Wallace Battery Cell Innovation Center (WBCIC)Led cross-functional problem-solving collaborative efforts between R&D doing lab scale work and WBCIC MIL doing pilot scale work creating manufacturability assessments that minimized material usage and equipment timeParticipated in PFMEA, FMEA, Bill of Process, Bill of Equipment, Site Acceptance Test, operations planning, technician training, Plant Floor Change Management, and other manufacturing plant related documentationOversaw quality control of slurries and coated electrodes along with root cause analysis of pilot scale manufacturing problems to delineate between mixing and coating issuesCreated and implemented simple mixing and coating process operation sheets from operator feedback then implement them across multiple teams to keep processes and data collection consistent throughout the company Taught operators, co-op students, and interns battery technologies and how to use them for quality control of their processes. Examples include Thinky mixers, draw down coaters, Hegman gauge, density cup, rheometer/viscometer, and moreScaled SiC anode product in 4 months from R&D to pilot scale demonstrating manufacturing readiness with the potential reduction in manufacturing drying cost of ~$2.7 million per year for each anode coating line at a 1-minute residence time
Education
Michigan Technological University
Bachelor of Science - BS, Materials Engineering
2012 — 2020
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