Sandia Energy > Programs > Energy Storage > Staff > Alex Bates Alex Bates Mechanical Engineer Contact Information Alex Bates / (505) 269-3480 Biography Mechanical engineer with ten years’ experience in fuel cell and redox flow battery design, fabrication, and testing and five years’ experience in microwave plasma-assisted chemical vapor deposition recipe modification, operation, troubleshooting, and reactor design for the growth of single and polycrystalline diamond. That experience enabled the ability to analyze and interpret experimental and characterization data to resolve issues, adjust experimental procedures, and discern future goals. This skillset is now being applied to grid energy storage safety and reliability so that as society continues to adopt more renewable energy technology, it can do so with the knowledge to mitigate potential catastrophic events while implementing energy storage solutions. Education Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Louisville, 2020 M.Eng. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Louisville, 2015 B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Louisville, 2014 Alex Bates Key Publications Redox Flow Batteries Employing Diamond, provisional patent filed June 10, 2019 Key Patents https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=fS-bmG4AAAAJ&hl=en