University of Maryland Partnership Helps Miltec UV
STEVENSVILLE, MD - Miltec UV partnered with the University of Maryland QUEST Capstone Consulting Project last December for a project that kicked off in January. The company announced that the project is now complete. Honor students were tasked with developing a strategy to help Miltec UV choose a method of commercialization for its ceramic coating technology, a technique that is less expensive, safer and more effective than the current process used to manufacture lithium ion batteries.
The team tasked with providing Miltec UV with a real-time innovative solution, to maximize profit with minimal risk, consisted of an electrical engineer (Katelyn Walter), a mechanical engineer (Austin Kendall), an accounting and finance honor student (Jessica Lewis) and a finance honor student (Tim Odukale). The diverse knowledge, skills and perspectives of these students allowed them to evaluate the financial implications and risks associated with multiple commercialization options. The recommendation was a dual-sided approach that allows Miltec to maximize profits while providing the flexibility to customize the strategy based on the customer’s needs. The strategies were to partner with a coater who would coat the separator while Miltec UV maintains the customer relationship or licensing the coating technology to the customer, and providing the equipment to coat the separators.