Mr. Léandre Berwa

Electrical engineer with experience in energy storage and electric mobility modeling. Have conducted research and studies on electric vehicle fleet design and operation optimization, battery degradation models, active battery cell balancing topologies, and algorithms for battery management systems. Pursuing opportunities to use energy and power literacy together with data science to build sustainable, reliable, and efficient electric vehicle and power systems. Career goals are to provide affordable and reliable access to electricity for everyone and to accelerate the adoption of clean energy in all sectors. ----------------------------- Selected relevant projects: ----------------------------- • Designing a grid-tied and solar-powered electric vehicle (EV) charging station. The technical and financial feasibility analyses entailed design optimization and profit maximization considering charging tariffs, feed-in tariffs, and energy arbitrage opportunities. • Determining the optimal location of charging stations for an EV fleet using a deterministic flow-capturing location-allocation model. • Research on battery degradation models based on changes in rates of chemical reactions inside battery cells subjected to accelerated testing in different conditions such as temperature and charging rate. • Review of different topologies for battery cell balancing and simulations for inductive active balancing to protect cells and improve the performance of a battery pack with cells showing imbalances due to intrinsic and extrinsic differences. • Best practices and an algorithm for battery cell sorting for second life storage applications. • (EV fleet sizing and operation optimization: more details to come after a confidentiality check).