Alana Rodrigues

Experience

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  IFBA - Instituto Federal da Bahia

  Jan 2011 - Jan 2012

  Bolsista

  Junior Scientific Initiation Researcher FAPESB-CNPq - Project: Quality assessment of artisanal sausages sold in the city of Salvador – BA.Activities: Determination of physical-chemical properties of artisanal and industrial sausages.

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  UFBA - Universidade Federal da Bahia

  Mar 2012 - Mar 2013

  Intern

  Internship at the Macromolecule Crystallization Laboratory (LABIMM/LACRIMA) at the Faculty of Pharmacy of the Federal University of Bahia - UFBA Activities: preparation of solutions, organization of the warehouse and laboratory, preparation of glassware for decontamination, assistance in the analysis and separation procedures of macromolecules .

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  IFBA - Instituto Federal da Bahia

  Jan 2017 - Jan 2018

  Volunteer Researcher in Scientific Initiation at the Department of Mechanics-IFBA: Project to characterize 316L stainless steel with rapid solidification.Activities: Bibliographic review and scanning electron microscope analysis. Volunteer researcher in the Industrial Ecology research group (ECOIN) – IFBAActivities: Data collection and bibliographic review to prepare greenhouse gas emission inventories.

  • Estudante voluntário

    Jan 2018 - Jan 2018

  • Volunteer Student

    Jan 2017 - Jan 2018
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  IFBA - Instituto Federal da Bahia

  Dec 2019 - Jun 2020

  Bolsista

  Scholarship holder in IFBA extension project for development and thermal analysis of a low-cost solar collector prototype. The project aims to include public school students in the scientific community.

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  Ford Motor Company

  Sept 2021 - now

  High voltage battery systems Core engineer - Responsible for preparing the robustness checklist (RCL) for the Design Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (DFMEA) for the high voltage battery system for Fhev and Bev together with the Core team and Ford technical experts USA.Warranty parts return - Administration and optimization of the return process for warranty parts for hybrid and electric vehicles exchanged at the dealer and sent to suppliers or laboratories for analysis. Responsible for the process for vehicles repaired in all countries in North America, South America and Europe.Chip shortage Team - Technical solutions to indicate chip replacements in global shortage for all power conversion modules of fully electric and hybrid vehicles.Tailored Design Valiation Plan (DVP) and Cordset tests for South America - Preparation of Tailored DVP together with the high Voltage EDS team for Cordset of a new supplier for vehicles launched in South America.Including execution of physical tests at the Tatuí Proving Ground - SPInteroperability test - Interoperability test focusing on DC chargers for BEV vehicles with routes throughout the state of São Paulo.Familiarization - Presentation of electric and hybrid vehicles for the entire South America PD with the aim of familiarizing employees with new launches of Ford electric and hybrid vehicles. Electrification Tech Club - Weekly Meetings Aimed at familiarizing the entire South American PD with topics in the universe of electric and hybrid vehicles.Responsible for mediating, coordinating and also presenting topics related to electric and hybrid vehicles such as power conversion modules, charging, electric motors and high voltage batteries. Show less

  • Product Analyst Ford Motor Company

    Feb 2022 - now

  • Researcher

    Sept 2021 - Feb 2022