Vijay A. Sethuraman, Ph. D.

2A01H Swearingen Engineering Center
Department of Chemical Engineering
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC 29208
(V) 803.777.0611
(F) 803.777.8265
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Curriculum Vitae

I. Education

• Ph. D., Chemical Engineering, University of South Carolina [2006].
  Advisor: John W. Weidner.
   

• B. Tech., Chemical & Electrochemical Engineering, Central Electrochemical Research Institute, India [2000].

II. Professional Employment

• September 2007 - Present: Chemist Postdoctoral Fellow, Environmental Energy Technologies Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720.
   

• January 2007 - September 2007: Postdoctoral fellow, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208.
   

• August 2001 - December 2007: Research & Teaching Assistant, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208.
   

• June 2005 - May 2006: Engineering Intern - Durability Group, UTC Fuel Cells, South Windsor, CT 06040.
   

• July 2000 - July 2001: Corrosion Engineer, Enercon India Ltd. - Daman, India.

III. Honors/Awards & Society Memberships

• Student Achievement Award of the Industrial Electrolysis and Electrochemical Engineering Division of The Electrochemical Society, Inc [2006].
   

• Graduated First Class with Distinction, Central Electrochemical Research Institute [2000].
   

• Member of American Chemical Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science, The Electrochemical Society, and The International Society of Electrochemistry.

IV. Publications

1. Vijay A. Sethuraman, John W. Weidner*, Andrew T. Haug, Sathya Motupally and Lesia V. Protsailo, “Hydrogen Peroxide Formation Rates in a PEMFC Anode and Cathode: Effect of Humidity and Temperature", Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 155 (1), B50 (2007).
   doi: 10.1149/1.2801980
    

2. Vijay A. Sethuraman, John W. Weidner*, and Lesia V. Protsailo, “Effect of Diphenyl Siloxane on the Catalytic Activity of Pt on Carbon”, Electrochemical and Solid State Letters, 10 (12), B207-B209 (2007).
   doi: 10.1149/1.2787870
    

3. Sindhuja Renganathan, Qingzhi Guo, Vijay A. Sethuraman, John W. Weidner and Ralph E. White, "Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Resistance Model", Journal of Power Sources, 160, 386 [2006].
   doi:10.1016/j.jpowsour.2006.01.098
    

4. Brenda L. Garcia, Vijay A. Sethuraman, John W. Weidner, Roger Dougal and Ralph. E. White, "Mathematical Model of a Direct Methanol Fuel Cell", Journal of Fuel Cell Science and Technology, 1, 43-48 [2004].
   doi:10.1115/1.1782927
    

5. Qingzhi Guo, Vijay A. Sethuraman and Ralph E. White, “Parameter Estimates for a PEMFC Cathode", Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 151, A983-A993 [2004].
   doi:10.1149/1.1747850

V. Inventions/Copyright Disclosures

1. “Bimetallic Fuel Cell Catalysts,” Vijay. A. Sethuraman, Oleg S. Alexeev, Michael. D. Amiridis and John W. Weidner, invention disclosed to the University of South Carolina Research Foundation, June, 2004.

VI. Transactions/Contributions to Proceedings Volume

1. Vijay A. Sethuraman, Leslie A. Wise, Sivagaminathan Balasubramanian and John W. Weidner, Electrochemical Society Transactions, 1 (8), 111-130 [2006].
   doi:10.1149/1.2214548

VII. Technical Presentations

1. Vijay A. Sethuraman, John W. Weidner, Andrew T. Haug, Shruti Modi & Lesia V. Protsailo, "Effect of Humidity on the Durability of PEM Fuel Cells. II. H₂O₂ Kinetics on Pt Alloys", 210^th Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, Cancun, Mexico, October 31, 2006. [Paper #451]
    

2. Vijay A. Sethuraman, John W. Weidner, Andrew T. Haug, Shruti Modi & Lesia V. Protsailo, "Durability Studies of PFSA and Hydrocarbon Membranes at Elevated Temperatures", Gordon Research Conference on Fuel Cells, Smithfield, RI, July 23-28, 2006. [Poster]
    

3. Vijay A. Sethuraman, John W. Weidner, Andrew T. Haug, Sathya Motupally & Lesia V. Protsailo, "Effect of Humidity on the Durability of PEM Fuel Cells. I. Hydrogen Peroxide Kinetics", 209^th Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, Denver, CO, May 2006.[Paper #1107]
    

4. Lesia V. Protsailo, Andrew T. Haug, Vijay A. Sethuraman, Thomas Skiba & Sathya Motupally, “Durability Aspects of PEM Fuel Cells”, American Chemical Society Pacific Polymer Conference IX, Maui, HI, December 12, 2005.
    

5. Andrew T. Haug, Lesia V. Protsailo, Shruti Modi, Vijay A. Sethuraman and Sathya Motupally, “Characterization of Membranes and Catalysts for High Temperature PEM Fuel Cells”, Department of Energy - High Temperature Working Group, 208^th Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, Los Angeles, CA, October 20, 2005. [DoE DE-FC36-02AL]
    

6. Vijay A. Sethuraman, Leslie A. Wise, Siva Balasubramanian & John W. Weidner, "Hydrogen Sulfide Kinetics on PEM Fuel Cell Electrodes", 208^th Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, Los Angeles, CA, October 18, 2005. [Paper #1176]
    

7. Herie J. Soto, Scott D. Greenway, Vijay A. Sethuraman and John W. Van Zee, "The Effect of Ionomer Content on the Performance of a PEM Fuel Cell Exposed to Ammonia", 208^th Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, Los Angeles, CA, October 18, 2005. [Paper #1174]
    

8. Vijay A. Sethuraman and John W. Weidner, "“Adsorption and Oxidation of Anode Impurities on Composite Polymer Electrolyte Electrode”, 2^nd International Conference on Green and Sustainable Chemistry and the 9^th Annual Green Chemistry and Engineering Conference, Washington, DC, June 24, 2005.
    

9. Brenda L. Garcia, Vijay A. Sethuraman and John W. Weidner, "Simple Analytical Modeling of Performance and Crossover of Direct Methanol Fuel Cells", 205^th Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, San Antonio, TX, May 14, 2004. [Paper #356]
    

10. Balasubramanian Lakshmanan, Vijay A. Sethuraman and John W. Weidner, "Rates of Adsorption, Desorption and Oxidation of CO on PEM Electrodes", 204^th Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, Orlando, FL, October 14, 2003. [Paper #176]
     

11. Vijay A. Sethuraman, V. R. Srinivasan and V. Yegnaraman, “Glucose Biosensors in the 1990s: A State of the Art Report”, 2^nd International Symposium on the Advancement of Electrochemical Science and Technology”, Madras, India, September 23, 1998. [Poster]

VIII. Other Articles/Publications

1. John W. Weidner, Vijay A. Sethuraman and John W. Van Zee, “Engineering a Membrane Electrode Assembly”, Electrochemical Society Interface, 12, 40-43 [2003].
    

2. Vijay A. Sethuraman, "Durability Aspects of Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells", Ph. D. Dissertation, University of South Carolina, 2006.

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