FCDDL Alumni
Yi Zhang earned his M.S. in December 2009 working on modeling of transport phenomena at the MPL|CL
interface
Dr. E. C. Kumbur served as the Associate Director of FCDDL until
September 2009. Currently, he is an Assistant Professor in the Department
of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics at Drexel University,
Philadelphia
Dr. Soowhan Kim served as a Post Doctoral Associate at FCDDL
until June 2009. He earned his PhD working on degradation modes and mitigation of damage from
freeze/thaw cycling in PEFCs
Gif Zafred earned his M.S. in May 2009 working on electrochemical conversion of radioactive gas
phase materials
Susan Red Cloud-Owen earned her M.S. in May 2009 working on the influence of cyclic
voltammetry and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy on electrochemical
performance and bacterial culture in microbial fuel cells
Michael Glath earned his B.S. Honors in May 2009 working on the evaluation of interfacial resistance in PEM
fuel cell materials
Manish Khandelwal earned his Ph.D in November 2008 working on
modeling of cold start behaviour in PEM fuel cells
Dr. Rama Ramasamy served as a Research Associate at FCDDL from
Dec 2005 to July 2008
Kamalesh
S. Bambare earned his M.S. in May 2008 working on Advanced Dynamic Sensor
Development for PEFC's
Charlie
Chacko earned his M.S. in August 2008 working on Experimental Diagnostics
of Cold Start in PEFC's
Dr. Suhao He earned his Ph.D. in May 2007 working on freeze/thaw
cycle and cold start of PEFCs, and now works for Corning .
Dr. Qunlong Dong earned his Ph.D. in Summer 2006 working on
advanced diagnostics of PEFCs in low humidity environments, and now works
for Corning .
J.J. Kowal earned his M.S. in Summer 2006 working on Neutron
Imaging of PEFCs, and now works for the Power Technology Branch of the
Army Power Division on Fuel Cells.
Berk Gerdes Earned His M.S. in Summer 2005 Working on Freeze/Thaw
Diagnostics in PEFCs, and now works for DuPont.
Michael Early warned his M.S. in Summer 2005 working on
unintentional bypass flow phenomena in PEFCs, and now works at the United
States Patent and Trade Office.
Ahmet Turhan earned His M.S. in Summer 2005 working Two-Phase
flow visualization with Neutron Imaging in PEFCs, and is continuing at
PSU FCDDL for a Ph.D.
Dan Burford Earned His M.S. in Spring 2004 working on temperature
distribution measurements in PEFCs, and now works for DuPont.
Nick Pekula Earned His M.S. in Spring 2004 working on Neutron
Imaging of Two-Phase Flow in PEFCs, and now works for Shell.
Henry Chance became the first alumni of the FCDDL in the Spring
of 2003, after completing his M.S. thesis work on the use of Dimethyl
Ether Fuel Cell for Portable Power Applications. Henry now works for
Computer Sciences Corporation in Washington DC.
Undergraduate Honors Students from the FCDDL: Elise Corbin
(2007), Mark Brill, Matthew Edson, Stephen Soung, Dustin Dienno (2005),
Jon Kull (2004)
Undergraduates who worked at the FCDDL: Elizabeth Lulley, Elise
Corbin, Tom Chorman, Dan Shields, Tyler Davis, Mike Early, Dom Falcone,
C. Ryan Alexander, Pete Ollis
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