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John W. Van Zee,
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3C09 Swearingen Engineering Center
Department of Chemical Engineering
University of South Carolina, Columbia 29208
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I. Technical Presentations [39 prior to 1998]

84. “The Use of Mathematical Modeling in Optimizing and Analyzing Fuel Cell Designs”, presented at the 4th International Advanced Automotive Battery Conference, San Francisco, CA, June 1-4, 2004, INVITED.

83. “Using Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy as a Diagnostic Tool for PEM Fuel Cell Poisoning”, presented at the 4th International symposium on Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy, Cocoa Beach, FL, May 17, 2004 with  Tao Gu and W-k. Lee.

82. “Studies on Anodic and Cathodic Impurities in PEMFCs Using Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy”, presented at the 4th International symposium on Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy, Cocoa Beach, FL, May 17, 2004, with R. Mohtadi and W-k. Lee.

81. “The Effect of Proton Conductivity and Gas Diffusion Layer Properties on Impedance in PEMFCs", presented at the 4th International symposium on Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy, Cocoa Beach, FL, May 17, 2004. KEYNOTE INVITED, with S. Greenway and S. Shimpalee.

80. “Improving Fuel Cell Design and Performance: The Interaction of Computational and Experimental Techniques”, presented for the 2003-2004 Department of Chemical Engineering Seminar Series, Princeton University, April 7, 2004, INVITED.

79. “PEMFC Device Modeling: Using CFD Models to Understand PEM Fuel Cell Behavior”, presented at the Workshop for Fuel cells, April 2003, Banff, Calgary, Canada.

78. “Local Current Density Prediction in a 200-cm2 PEMFC Semi-Segmented Electrode System", presented at the 204th Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, PARIS, FRANCE, May 2003, with S. Greenway, S. Shimpalee and Felix Buechi (Paul Scherrer Institut).

77. “Using CFD to Understand the Effects of CO Poisoning in a PEMFC”, presented at the 204th Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, PARIS, FRANCE, May 2003, with S. Shimpalee.

76. “Predicting Water and Current Distributions of a Commercial-Size PEMFC”, presented at the 204th Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, PARIS, FRANCE, May 2003, with S. Greenway, S. Shimpalee and Dan Spuckler (CD - Adapco group).

75. “Using CO Stripping To Study Poisoning Of PEM Fuel Cells”, paper # 71g presented at the Annual Mtg. of the AIChE, Indianapolis, IN, November 2002, with Wentao Wang.

74. “Effect Of Hydrogen Sulfide On The Performance Of PEM Fuel Cells”, paper # 71h presented at the Annual Mtg. of the AIChE, Indianapolis, IN, November 2002, with R. Mothadi.

73. “The Interaction Of Permeability And Flow-Field Geometry On PEMFC Performance”, presented at the 202nd Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, Salt Lake City, UT, October 2002.

72. “Investigation Of Gas Diffusion Media Using CFD Modeling”, presented at the 202nd Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, Salt Lake City, UT, October 2002, with Uwe Busher and S. Shimpalee.

71. “The Dilution Effect Of Reformate Components On PEMFC Performance”, presented at the 202nd Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, Salt Lake City, UT, October 2002.

70. “The Effect of Ammonia in Reformate on PEMFC Performance”, presented at the 202nd Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, Salt Lake City, UT, October 2002.

69. “Predicting Rates of CO Poisoning and Recovery in a PEMFC”, presented at the 202nd Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, Salt Lake City, UT, October 2002.

68. “Experimental Studies of the Transient PEMFC Behavior during Load Changes”, presented at the 202nd Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, Salt Lake City, UT, October 2002.

67. “Using CFD Models to Understand Transient PEM Fuel Cell Behavior”, presented at the French Star-CD User Conference 2002, September 17, 2002, Paris, France, INVITED.

66. “Estimating Parameters for Rates of CO Poisoning and Recovery in a PEMFC”, presented at the 201st Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, Philadelphia, PA May 2002.

65. “The Effects of Flow-Field Configurations on PEMFC Performance”, presented at the 201st Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, Philadelphia, PA May 2002.

64. “Prediction of Transient Response for a 25-cm2 PEM Fuel Cell”, presented at the 201st Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, Philadelphia, PA May 2002.

63. “Using CFD Models to Understand PEM Fuel Cell Behavior”, presented at the North American Star-CD User Conference 2002, May 6, 2002, Detroit, MI. INVITED.

62. “Advances in PEMFCs: Effects of Water Management, Anode Poisons, and Reformate on Performance”, presented at the ONR Energy Storage Workshop, May 7-8, 2002, Arlington, VA. INVITED.

61. “A CFD Overview” and “Using CFD Techniques to Understand PEMFC Behavior (The Interaction of CFD and Experimental Research) at the University of South Carolina”, presented to the Dana Corp, Plumley Division, Paris, TN, April 16, 2002. INVITED.

60. “The Effect of Reformate on PEM Fuel Cell Performance”, paper # 83i. AIChE, Spring National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, March 10-14, 2002.

59. “The Effect of Gaseous Impurities on PEM Fuel Cell Performance”, paper #76d AIChE, Spring National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, March 10-14, 2002.

58. “Modeling the Effects of Flow Field Design on PEM Fuel Cell Performance”, paper # 80a, AIChE, Spring National Meeting, New Orleans, LA,  March 10-14, 2002., with S. Shimpalee.

57. “Determination of the Dynamics Characteristics in the CO Transient Process in a PEM Fuel Cell”, paper # 86h, AIChE Spring National Meeting, New Orleans, LA,  March 10-14, 2002, with W-k. Lee.

56. “A Center For Fuel Cell Research: From A Focal Point of Excellence to A NSF-Industry/University Cooperative Research Center (NSF-I/UCRC)”, presented at the Hydrogen Storage Workshop at Hilton Head, February 28, 2002. INVITED.

55. “Advances in PEMFC Research at the University of South Carolina”, presented to Plug Power, February 18, 2002, Albany, NY. INVITED.

54. "A Center For Fuel Cell Research: From A Focal Point of Excellence to A NSF-Industry/University Cooperative Research Center (NSF-I/UCRC) to Economic Opportunities for South Carolina”, presented to the Professional Engineers Society, February 4, 2002. Columbia, SC. INVITED.

53. "Using CDF to Explain PEM Fuel Cell Behavior”, presented at the Star-CD European User’s Conference 2001, London, England, by D. John Deur, Adapco, ltd., for JWVZ, September 25, 2001, INVITED.

52. “Effect of Temperature and Pressure on the Performance of PEMFC during CO Poisoning”, presented at the 200th Electrochemical Society Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Sept. 3, 2001.

51. “Using CFD to Explain Transient Response of a PEM Fuel Cell”, S. Shimpalee, W. k. Lee, and J.W. Van Zee, H. Naseri-Neshat, presented at the 200th Electrochemical Society Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Sept. 7, 2001.

50. “CO Tolerance of Advanced MEAs for PEMFC”, Presented at the Symposium for New Materials for Electrochemical Systems, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, July 9, 2001, with M. Murthy.

49. “Experimental Techniques For PEM Fuel Cells”, Presented at the 36th Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference, Savannah, GA. July 29, 2001, with W-k. Lee.

48. “Advances In Computational Fluid Dynamics Modeling For PEM Fuel Cells”, Presented at the 36th Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference, Savannah, GA. July 29, 2001, with S. Shimpalee.

47. “The Performance of a PEM Fuel Cell Exposed to Transient CO Concentrations”, paper # 120, Presented at the 198th Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, Washington DC, March 25, 2001.

46. “Numerical prediction of local temperature and current density in a PEM fuel cell”,  ASME IMECE, Orlando, FL. Nov. 2000 with  S. Shimpalee.

45. “Effect of Humidity on PEM Fuel Cell Performance Part II: Numerical Simulation”, ASME IMECE, Nashville, TN, Oct. 1999, with S. Shimpalee.

44. “Effect of Humidity on PEM Fuel Cell Performance Part I: Experiments”, ASME IMECE, Nashville, TN., Oct. 1999, with W.-k. Lee.

43. “Predicting the effect of gas-flow channel spacing on current density in PEM fuel-cells”, ASME IMECE, Nashville, TN., Oct. 1999, with H. Naseri-Neshat.

42. “A Model of Steel Corrosion Prevention by Nitrite in Alkaline Solutions”, paper 103f  presented at the presented at the annual Meeting of the AIChE, Nov. 1999, Dallas, TX.

41. “Studies on the Mechanism of Pitting Corrosion Prevention by Nitrite in Carbon Steel Exposed to Dilute Salt Solutions”, presented at the 194th Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, Boston, MA, Oct. 1998.

40. “A Mathematical Model for Intercalation Electrode Behavior II. Effect of Particle Size Distribution (PSD) on Charging”, Paper No. 51 presented at the 193rd Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, San Diego, CA, May 7, 1998. with G. S. Nagarajan, and R. M. Spotnitz.

 

II. Presentations Aimed at Selling the NSF-I/UCRC for Fuel Cells [Years 2003 and 2004 not listed as of May 2004]

15. “Fuel Cells: An Economic Opportunity for South Carolina,” presented the Columbia Crescent Collation, Columbia, SC, Dec. 11, 2002.

14.  “Using CFD to Understand PEMFC Behavior: The Interaction of CFD and Experiments,” and “A National Science Foundation-Industry/University Cooperative Research Center (NSF-I/UCRC) for PEM Fuel Cell Research at the University of South Carolina,” presented at Giner Electrochemical Systems, Newton, MA, Dec. 4, 2002.

13.  “Using CFD to Understand PEMFC Behavior: The Interaction of CFD and Experiments,” and “A National Science Foundation-Industry/University Cooperative Research Center (NSF-I/UCRC) for PEM Fuel Cell Research at the University of South Carolina,” presented at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, Nov. 22, 2002.

12.  “Using CFD to Understand PEMFC Behavior: The Interaction of CFD and Experiments,” presented for discussions with Ballard in Seattle, Oct. 11, 2002.

11.  “A National Science Foundation-Industry/University Cooperative Research Center (NSF-I/UCRC) for PEM Fuel Cell Research at the University of South Carolina,” presented at BMW Manufacturing Corp., in Greer, SC, Oct. 2, 2002.

10.  “A National Science Foundation-Industry/University Cooperative Research Center (NSF-I/UCRC) for PEM Fuel Cell Research at the University of South Carolina,” presented for discussions with SCANA in Columbia, April 26, 2002.

9.  “Advances in PEMFC Research at the University of South Carolina,” presented to Milliken & Co., April 23, 2002, Spartanburg.

8.  “Advances in PEMFC Research at the University of South Carolina,” presented to Mr. Greg Morris, de Nora North America, April 22, 2002, Columbia, SC.

7.  “A National Science Foundation-Industry/University Cooperative Research Center (NSF-I/UCRC) For PEM Fuel Cells at the University of South Carolina,” presented for discussions with Bolliger in Spartanburg, SC, April 18, 2002.

6.  “A NSF-Industry/University Cooperative Research Center (NSF-I/UCRC) For Fuel Cells at the University of South Carolina,” presented to BASF, Columbia, SC, April 12, 2002.

5.  “A National Science Foundation-Industry/University Cooperative Research Center (NSF-I/UCRC) For Fuel Cells at the University of South Carolina,” presented for discussions with BMC and ICM in St. Charles, IL, April 5, 2002.

4.  “A Center For Fuel Cell Research: From A Focal Point of Excellence to A NSF-Industry/University Cooperative Research Center (NSF-I/UCRC) to Economic Opportunities for South Carolina,” presented to FinnChem, January 11, 2002, Columbia, SC.

3.  “A Center For Fuel Cell Research: From A Focal Point of Excellence to A NSF-Industry/University Cooperative Research Center (NSF-I/UCRC),” presented to Engelhard, December 10, 2002, in Columbia.

2.  “A Center For Fuel Cell Research: From A Focal Point of Excellence to A NSF-Industry/University Cooperative Research Center (NSF-I/UCRC) to Economic Opportunities for South Carolina,” presented to SCDOC, December 5, 2001, Columbia, SC.

1.  “Using CFD Models to Understand PEMFCs,” presented to International Fuel Cells, South Windsor, CT. Nov. 12, 2001.