The principals of Belmont Scientific bring to the table expertise that organizes around addressing challenges related to battery technology, battery materials (electrode/electrolyte/separator) selection and testing, cell balancing, reacton mechanism,cell design and evaluation, performance degradation, high energy and high power battery, a particular focus is Battery applications and safety. Consumer electronic, portable power, electric vehicle, hybrid EV, safety of lithium-ion and lithium primary batteries Safety evaluation of Lithium ion battery; failure analysis of batteries/battery pack from failed laptop computer, consumer electronics Specialties: Failure analysis and battery consulting, battery application and safety, battery science & technology, electrochemistry, battery design and selection, electrochemical energy conversion, analytical chemistry, adiabatic calorimetery, dust explosion, process safety and reaction engineering, material characterization, process hazard analysis (PHA)