Aruna Mohan
About Aruna Mohan
Aruna Mohan is a Senior Staff Engineer at Form Energy, Inc., specializing in battery modeling and machine learning. With a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from MIT and extensive experience in computational modeling, she has developed advanced machine learning models to enhance battery performance.
Work at Form Energy
Aruna Mohan currently serves as a Senior Staff Engineer at Form Energy, Inc., focusing on Battery Modeling and Machine Learning. Since joining the company in 2021, Mohan has contributed to the development of advanced machine learning models aimed at predicting battery capacity and degradation. These efforts enhance the company's capabilities in battery performance prediction, which is crucial for the advancement of energy storage technologies.
Previous Experience at ExxonMobil
Prior to joining Form Energy, Aruna Mohan worked at ExxonMobil from 2010 to 2021. Initially, Mohan served as an Engineering Specialist in Numerical Methods and Simulation at the Upstream Research Company in Houston, Texas, for four years. Subsequently, Mohan held the position of Research Associate in Computational Modeling and Simulation at Corporate Strategic Research in Annandale, New Jersey, for seven years. This experience provided a strong foundation in engineering and simulation methodologies.
Education and Expertise
Aruna Mohan holds a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where Mohan achieved a perfect GPA of 5.0/5.0. In addition, Mohan completed a Master of Science in Chemical Engineering Practice at MIT, also with a GPA of 5.0/5.0. Mohan's academic background includes a Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, with a GPA of 9.5/10. Mohan has further enhanced expertise through a MicroMasters in Statistics and Data Science from MITx on edX and an Applied Data Science Bootcamp at MIT IDSS.
Research and Development Contributions
Throughout the career, Aruna Mohan has made significant contributions to research and development in battery technologies. Mohan has designed and validated a battery flow field and thermal management system for battery stacks using COMSOL and Python, which has improved battery efficiency. Additionally, Mohan has created dashboards and data analytics tools in Python to automate the analysis of battery test data, streamlining data processing and insights generation.
Postdoctoral Research Experience
Aruna Mohan has held postdoctoral researcher positions at both Rice University and UC Santa Barbara. At Rice University, Mohan worked in Mathematical and Computational Modeling for 11 months in 2007-2008. Following this, Mohan spent two years at UC Santa Barbara from 2008 to 2010, further developing expertise in computational modeling. These roles contributed to a strong foundation in research methodologies and advanced modeling techniques.