Talent pipeline coming to fruition: Meet BattChallenge to Stellantis hire Mahmoud Al Akchar

By Em Jankauski Seven Battery Workforce Challenge alums from year two of the competition have been hired at Stellantis — making this the single biggest competition-to-workforce class in the program’s […]
From the BattChallenge to StarPlus Energy: Darrian Herniter’s transforming the EV battery industry

By Em Jankauski Destiny is all about the decisions we make. Darrian Herniter took charge of hers when she joined the Battery Workforce Challenge collegiate competition as part of her […]
EcoCAR alumnus Ravi Saripella raising the bar, inspiring BattChallengers to take on the global energy challenge

By Em Jankauski Good mentors challenge their mentees. Great mentors raise the bar, inspiring their mentees to go further than they ever dreamed. Meet Ravi Saripella who’s inspiring the next […]
Where are they now?: Ajay Gnanasekaran

Video by: CRIMSON Copy by: Em Jankauski Ajay Gnanasekaran is director of the Battery Workforce Challenge, a three-year engineering competition that challenges North American universities and their community college partners […]
BattChallenge Colorado School of Mines & Arapahoe Community College alumnus Joseph Eriqat joins EcoSnap

By: Em Jankauski Meet Joseph Eriqat, the director of engineering at EcoSnap, a startup tech company making mini split heat pumps to help keep heating and cooling solutions affordable for […]
Paying it forward: EcoCAR alumnus Joe Wimmer now Gamma Technologies sponsor for BattChallenge

Joe Wimmer is the senior applications engineer of Electrical Systems at Gamma Technologies, a software provider for the automotive industry. GT builds software that allows original equipment manufacturers and suppliers […]