The ECEC was founded in 1997 as the Multiphase Transport and Electrochemical Engine Laboratory by the present director, Dr. Chao-Yang Wang.  The mission of the ECEC is to conduct fundamental and applied research on fuel cells and advanced batteries for electric propulsion, stationary power generation and portable electronics.  Presently, the ECEC has a highly interdisciplinary team of 10 research associates, 16 grad students & 1 staff assistant, and is still expanding, with 5 more students and an additional research associate expected in the Fall of 2005.   The ECEC has collaborating faculty and researchers from academia, national labs, and many vehicle manufacturers.  The interdisciplinary nature of the center includes expertise in thermal-fluid transport, electrochemistry, chemical kinetics and reacting flows, computational fluid dynamics, and experimental design and testing.  This multitude of individual talents allows the ECEC to solve a wide variety of problems encompassing several disciplines.

ECEC is now divided into fuel cell, battery, hybrid-design, MEA fabrication, parallel computing, and modeling labs. Facilities are over 5000 sq. ft. space. In addition, an array of experimental test equipment including Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy, Gas Chromatography, mass spectroscopy, high speed digital imaging, AC-impedance spectroscopy and environmental chamber for cold start studies is available. The Center is always looking for new opportunities or people with expertise in emerging areas.  Please contact us if you are interested in more information. 

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