Company Profile
Redox Engineering
was founded in order to pursue the advanced development of implantable batteries
and, more specifically, of electrochemical capacitors (referred to as
supercapacitors, ultracapacitors and by several other names in the power source
industry). A 50 kW prototype
super capacitor was built with bipolar electrode structure and tested before the
effort folded due to inadequate funding. The company continued consulting
activities in the area of batteries for oil well logging and the organization of
battery seminars.
The first two battery seminars
were organized by Dr. Nikola Marincic in 1978 and 1979 in Boston with the
generous scientific counsel and support of Prof. B. E. Conway. With the help of
another associate, the seminars were moved to Florida and continued annually
with Prof. Conway’s scientific support until the end of his life. The
participation of Dr. Marincic in the Florida Battery Seminars ended in 2004.
The
International Seminar on Double Layer Capacitors and Hybrid Energy Storage
Devices
was
started in 1990 and has continued as an annual event under the direction of Dr.
Marincic since that time. Activity in this field has been invigorated by the
initial marketing of hybrid electric vehicles from Japan and by the prospects of
the development of the US Freedom Car, all of which were planning to introduce
electrochemical capacitors as a part of their hybrid power sources. This, the
first annual event dedicated specifically to double layer capacitors, continues
to be a forum for the annual review of progress in this exciting area of
electrochemical engineering and advanced transportation technology.
Founder Profile
 Dr.
Nikola Marincic
has earned both an Engineering Degree and a Doctorate Degree in Chemical
Engineering from the University of Zagreb, Croatia. His post-doctoral
studies in the kinetics of fuel cell processes were with Prof. B. E. Conway at
the University of Ottawa, Canada.
He
spent seven years at Duracell bridging the gap between research and the production
of alkaline batteries before forming the engineering group at GTE Laboratories.
The main results of the GTE engagement were the first lithium implantable
pacemaker battery and the largest primary battery ever built, 300 kWh, for the U.S.
Air Force ICBM System. Both these products were based on the lithium/thionyl
chloride battery system and were carried through to the production stage.
Dr. Marincic founded Battery Engineering, Inc. in order to meet the need for
high temperature batteries in oil drilling and to produce batteries for special
military applications. The company operated for 14 years and was eventually sold to Hitachi Maxell of
Japan.
Dr. Marincic was a
co-founder of Ultralife Batteries, Inc. and still serves as the Chief Technology
Adviser of Engineered Power Inc., a Canadian manufacturer of batteries for oil
and gas drilling and exploration. He has published over 30 scientific and
technical papers and holds over 30 battery related U.S. patents.
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