Ajay Suresh's schedule for Battery Workforce Challenge Y2 Winter Workshop 2025

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Each training session is categorized by Type (i.e. Event, Presentation, Roundtable, Training - Swimlane Grouped, Training & Workshops - School Grouped)
- Event - These are required by everyone
- Presentations - Each team should have 6 graded events on their schedule.
  - For the Engineering presentations, the entire team is encouraged to be in the presentation and should sign up for their session (for headcount purposes). Teams may not attend other team’s presentations.
    - If the team wants to have virtual participation, the teams are required to set up a Teams meeting. Send the Thermal and Module meeting notice to Ravi, the SW meeting notice to Ajay Suresh, and the BDU training notice to David. The main presenter for the slides shall be in the room. Individuals on the call may only answer questions.
  - For PMAC 1, only your team PM and Voc-D can enter the assessment area. Other teams not listed in the timeslot may not attend to view.
  - For PMAC 2, your PM and designated SME will need to be seated at the table. Your team is permitted to spectate but from the back of the room. Other teams not listed in the timeslot may not attend to view.
- Training - Each team should determine which member goes to which session. All teams are required to have at least one member present for every session. All workshop attendees are required to attend on of the three trainings (or set up office hours with a sponsor).
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Ajay Suresh

Argonne National Laboratory

Project Engineer

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About me

Ajay Suresh is a Project Engineer at Argonne National Laboratory for the Battery Workforce Challenge collegiate competition. He also serves as a member of the BattChallenge’s Operational Steering Committee. Prior to joining Argonne, Suresh held a wide range of engineering roles within the renewable energy and sustainable technology fields.

Most recently, he worked as an intern for Tesla’s Reliability Engineering team, where he designed multiple long-term component reliability tests and data infrastructure solutions for its industrial and residential energy products. Before this, he worked as a Product Engineer at Tesla, serving as the fleet owner and driving a wide variety of improvements to the EV automaker’s large worldwide fleet of residential battery products, including the Powerwall 2 and Powerwall+. Suresh started his career as a Junior Hardware Engineer at a solar energy startup called Solarlytics, where he designed multiple hardware, firmware and software infrastructure products aimed at optimizing solar power output.

He holds a Master’s in Electrical and Computer Engineering and Bachelor’s degrees in Electrical and Electronics Engineering and Psychology — all from the University of California Davis. Suresh is also a recent Advanced Vehicle Technology Competitions alumnus, having worked as a Project Manager for UC Davis' EcoCAR EV Challenge team while completing his Master’s.