Chad Dutra

Experience

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  California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo

  Jun 2020 - Jun 2022

  Undergraduate Research Assistant

  Utilized liquid nitrogen and helium closed‑cycle cryostats to measure Resistivity, Hall, Seebeck, andNernst coefficients in thermoelectric samples across a temperature range of 10‑425 Kelvin.· Created a LabVIEW VI interface to automate measurement system via NI VISA· Presented research findings as a poster at the American Physical Society March Meeting 2022 in Chicago,Illinois, receiving a prestigious top undergraduate research award.

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  Kett Engineering Corporation

  Sept 2022 - May 2024

  Battery Cell Test Engineer

  - Contract engineer for undisclosed client. I quickly became a go to for many common issues and became well integrated with the client's team.· Responsible for electrochemical testing and results analysis of Lithium Ion Battery (LIB) cells, LFP/LMFP/NMCchemistries in prismatic, pouch, cylindrical form factors.· Created and executed test plans to characterize LIB Cells, disseminated test plans to test technicians.· Pioneered robust Matlab‑based electrochemical test analysis functions, automating analysis and man‑agement of battery data for 10,000+ tests and 3+ years of testing data.· Cut testing report generation time from weeks to hours by implementing a bespoke, robust data pipeline.· Developed and leveraged custom test issue tracker to reduce recurring test issues at test vendor by 55%· Performed Capacity, DCR, Rate, OCV, HPPC/PIE, Calendar/Cycle life, Fast Charge, Drive Cycle tests· Laboratory Responsibilities: Instrumenting cells for test, writing MACCOR battery scripts with safetycontrols, connecting cells to test channels, test resource planning for 40 high power (5V, 400 Amp) chan‑nels and 7 environmental test chambers, reporting active tests progress, author SOPs for battery tests Show less

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  Lithion Battery Inc.

  Feb 2025 - now

  Cell Test Engineer