Summer 2025 Intern - Electrochemical Safety Research Institute
ULRI | |
United States, Texas, Houston | |
Jan 18, 2025 | |
Job Description We have an exciting opportunity for a Summer 2025 Intern at UL Research Institutes Electrochemical Safety Research Institute (ESRI) in our Houston, TX facilities. The Summer Intern will support the Electrochemical Safety Research Institute's mission of advancing safer energy storage systems through science. Working under the Electrochemical Safety team, the intern will engage in cutting-edge research projects focused on energy storage safety, modeling, and simulations. ESRI's research interests lie in the area of energy storage safety research, performance testing of commercial cells of li-ion and sodium-ion types, optimizing recycling approaches, synthesis of novel materials and preparing electrodes and low capacity coin and pouch format cells, testing lab-scale flow batteries and outreach activities that include public safety campaigns on safe recycling. This internship offers an opportunity to contribute to scientific advancements in battery safety and recycling as well as characterizing the performance of commercial cells of different chemistries. Electrochemical Safety Research Institute: The Electrochemical Safety Research Institute (ESRI) investigates the safety and performance limits of energy technologies. Through our discovery-driven research, we innovate, test, model, and lay the foundation for electrochemical energy storage that is both safe and reliable. Our scientific research helps everyone in the energy storage and battery value chain - from cell and battery manufacturers, suppliers, and original equipment manufacturers to recyclers, shippers, and consumers - understand and thereby help minimize the various safety risks associated with batteries in various applications, including electric vehicles and renewable energy storage systems. Collaborating with a wide variety of partners to help meet the world's energy safety needs, we disseminate information by convening a diverse group of stakeholders at events such as global battery summits and webinars to find data-driven solutions to new and emerging energy storage risks. UL Research Institutes: At UL Research Institutes, we expand the boundaries of safety science to create a more secure and sustainable world. For more than a century, we have studied the unintended consequences of innovation, designed solutions to mitigate risk and shared our findings with academia, scientists, manufacturers, and policymakers across industries. We identify critical safety and sustainability issues, asking the tough questions because we believe a safer world begins with knowledge. Build a safer, more secure, and sustainable future with us. Join us and work with our Office of Partnership team who facilitates the research required to produce that knowledge and put into practice. Through all of our programs, we aim to unlock the diverse perspectives that are essential for solving the world's most pressing safety and sustainability issues. What you'll learn and achieve: As the Summer 2025 Intern, you will play a key role in the rapid growth of UL as you:
What you'll experience working at UL Research Institutes: For the organizations across the UL enterprise, corporate and social responsibility isn't new. We have pursued our mission of working for a safer, more secure, and sustainable world for nearly 130 years, embedding conscientious stewardship into everything we do.
What makes you a great fit: While no one candidate will embody every quality, the successful candidate will bring many of the following professional competencies and personal attributes:
Professional education and experience requirements for the role include:
About UL Research Institutes and UL Standards & Engagement UL Research Institutes and UL Standards & Engagement are nonprofit organizations dedicated to advancing safety science research through the discovery and application of scientific knowledge. We conduct rigorous independent research and analyze safety data, convene experts worldwide to address risks, share knowledge through safety education and public outreach initiatives, and develop standards to guide safe commercialization of evolving technologies. We foster communities of safety, from grassroots initiatives for neighborhoods to summits of world leaders. Our organization employs collaborative and scientific approaches with partners and stakeholders to drive innovation and progress toward improving safety, security, and sustainability, ultimately enhancing societal well-being. Our wholly owned subsidiary, UL Solutions, advances our shared public safety mission. We fund our work through grants, the licensing of standards documents and the business activities of UL Solutions, which conducts testing, verification and certification, and provides training and advisory services, along with data-driven reporting and decision-making tools for customers around the world. To learn more, visit our websites UL.org and ULSE.org. |