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Dr. Quinn C. Horn is a Managing Engineer in Exponent’s Mechanical Engineering and Materials/Metallurgy practice. Dr. Horn’s expertise is in metallurgical and electrochemical engineering including extensive experience in corrosion analysis battery manufacturing and battery science. Dr. Horn consults on a broad range of issues related to battery technology including material selection and testing cell design cell manufacturing performance degradation accelerated life testing and due diligence technology evaluation. He also consults on topics in the field of metallurgical engineering related to failure analysis corrosion materials degradation and materials selection.
Prior to joining Exponent Dr. Horn held positions as a Principal Scientist at Physical Sciences Inc. (PSI) and as a Staff Technology Engineer at Energizer/Eveready Battery Company. At PSI Dr. Horn developed high-energy and high-power electrodes for lithium-ion batteries. At Energizer Dr. Horn was responsible for the Microscopy and Materials Group where he conducted failure analysis studies to solve problems related to battery manufacturing. These problems typically involved complex interactions between corrosion wear and material fatigue in manufacturing equipment. Dr. Horn also supported battery research efforts at Energizer by developing characterization techniques for determining discharge reaction mechanisms in batteries and used structure/processing/property relationships to correlate electrode microstructure to electrochemical performance in alkaline and lithium primary batteries. | 