Posting Title

Undergraduate (Year-Round) Intern – Lithium-Ion Battery Supply Chain Database

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Location

CO - Golden

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Position Type

Intern (Fixed Term)

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Hours Per Week

20

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Working at NREL

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Job Description

The Lithium-Ion Battery Supply Chain Team provides technical support to collect data on companies and facilities in North America involved in raw materials production; battery materials processing; electrode, cell, components, and pack manufacturing; end-of-life management and recycling; and service and support facilities (e.g., research, modeling, distributors repair, and professional services) in North America. The database can be found at https://www.nrel.gov/transportation/li-ion-battery-supply-chain-database.html.

The team members are from Energy Conversion and Storage Systems Center and Computational Science Center and Web Development Group at NREL. The landscape for LIB supply chain is dynamic and fast-changing due to the increasing LIB demand for Electric Vehicle and Grid,

The team is looking for an intern who will continue to update, improve, and expand the database with information about new companies and facilities.

 

The successful candidate will

• Learn from the Team on the li-ion battery technology and its various market segments.
• Search the web and use other resources to find new companies and facilities to added since the last database release.
• Correct and update the information about existing companies and facilities.
• Obtain information about changes in number of employees and production volume and capacity,
• Use the information from the Team’s questionnaire (in Microsoft Forms) to update the database.
• Preferably ability to develop a web-based questionnaire for the data to go into exact location of the Excel Supply Chain Database file.
• Monitor the LIB.SupplyChain@nrel.gov email box to reply to questions.
• Contact (email and/or phone call) with representatives of companies and facilities to collected information.
• Update and correc