The Team at the PSU ECEC

Spring 2001

 Director

Dr. C. Y. Wang

Co-Director

Dr. Stefan Thynell

Staff Assistant

Dawn Fisher
dfisher@engr.psu.edu
Phone: 865-6605

Affiliated Faculty and Their Research Interests

Dr. André Boehman, Fuel Science Department
Research: Renewable fuels, fuel reformation.

Dr. Chunshan Song, Fuel Science Department
Research: Fuel processing, catalyst development for desulfurization, autothermal reforming processes.

Dr. Jinchao Xu, Mathematics Department
Research: Computational mathematics, advanced solution algorithms, numerical simulation of batteries and fuel cells

Dr. Aman Haque , Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering
Research: MEMS Design & Fabrication, Nano-scale Materials Behavior, Nano-tribology, Scaling Theory Development

Dr. Michael J. Janik, Department of Chemical Engineering
Research: First principle calculations of catalysis, catalysts for methanol electro-oxidation, design of electrocatalysts for fuel cells

Dr. Michael A. Hickner, Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Research: Proton exchange membrane structure-property relationships,
nano-structure and transport of ion-containing polymers, electrochemical
characterization and fuel cell device testing of novel materials

Dr. Seungjin Kim, Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering
Research: two-phase flow, modeling of interfacial area transport, development of advanced two-phase flow instrumentation

Dr. Chris D. Rahn, Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering
Research: Battery and fuel cell dynamics and control

Research Engineers and Research Associates

K. Matsuoka (funded by Toyota Motor Corporation)
Research: Fuel cell modeling and diagnostics

Dr. Richard Steinberger (Lab Director)
Research: Experimental fuel cell dynamics

Dr. Gang Luo

Research: Computational Modeling of Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells

Dr. Xinhuai Ye

Research: Membrane studies for polymer electrolyte fuel cells

Yosuke Fukuyama (funded by Nissan Motor Co. Ltd.)

Research: Experimental and Computational Investigation of Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells

Dr. Shanhai Ge

Research: Electrochemical studies of direct methanol fuel cells and polymer electrolyte fuel cells

Dr. Jun Li

Research: Computational modeling of two-phase flow and flooding in polymer electrolyte fuel cells

Dr. Leng Yongjun
Research: Experimental studies of direct methanol fuel cells

Dr. Fangming Jiang
Research: CFD modeling of cold start of polymer electrolyte fuel cells

Dr. Yongming Liang

Research: Electrocatalysts for PEM fuel cells

Dr. Guangchun Li

Research: Direct methanol fuel cells

Dr. Yancheng Zhang

Research: Degradation of Li-ion batteries for hybrid vehicles

 

Graduate Students

Peck Cheng Lim (PhD Candidate in MatSE) (funded by Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology)
Dissertation work: Materials issues in integration and packaging of
micro fuel cell systems

Puneet Sinha (PhD Candidate)

Dissertation work: Probing Liquid Water Transport in a PEFC Gas Diffusion Layer with Pore-Network Modeling, CFD Modeling and X-ray Microtomography

Weifeng Fang (PhD Candidate)

Research: Fundamental modeling of hybrid Li-ion batteries

Tracy Huang (PhD Candidate in MatSE)

Thesis work: Direct methanol fuel cells and MEA manufacturing

Kazuya Tajiri (PhD Candidate)

Research: Rapid Cold-Start of Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells

Suman Basu (PhD Candidate)

Research: Two-phase instability in polymer electrolyte fuel cells

Christian Shaffer (PhD Candidate)

Research: Two-phase modeling of direct methanol fuel cells

Irfan Hussaini (PhD Candidate)

Research: Two-phase visualization in operating fuel cells

Ashis Nandy (PhD Candidate)

Research: Computational modeling of fuel cells

Seung Hun Jung (PhD Candidate)

Research: Direct methanol fuel cells for man-portable electronics

Rong Li (PhD Student)

Research: Pore network modeling of liquid water transport in gas diffusion layers 

Jun Gou (PhD Student)

Research: Computational studies of polymer electrolyte fuel cells

Ou Jung Kwon (PhD Student in MatSE)

Research: Materials for hybrid electric vehicle Li-ion batteries

Collaborators

Dr. Wei-Wei Huang and Dave Randman (Energizer)

Dr. K.S. Chen (Sandia, Multiphase Transport Processes)

Prof. John Weidner (Univ. of South Carolina)

Dr. R. Jungst (Sandia, Power Sources Dept.)

Paul Timmerman (JPL)

Dr. B. Y. Liaw (Hawaii Natural Energy Institute)

Professor Ping Cheng  (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)

Professor C. Beckermann (Univ. of Iowa)