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Tao Gu

2D51 Swearingen Engineering Center
Department of Chemical Engineering
University of South Carolina, Columbia 29208
Phone 803.777.6750
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Tao Gu

Research Assistant Professor

Curriculum Vitæ

I. Education

• Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC (2004).
  Dissertation: "Effect of Reformate Components and Stack Component Impurities on the Performance of PEMFCs" (Advisor: John W. Van Zee)
• M.S., Applied Chemistry, Shanghai Jiaotong University, China. (2000)
  Thesis: "Corrosion Behavior of the Corrosion Resistive Zinc-Iron Alloy" (Advisor: Y. C. Huang)
• B.S., Metallurgy, Central South University, China (1995)

II. Professional Employment

• Aug 2006 - present: Research Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC.
• Aug 2004 - Aug 2006: Senior Staff Engineer, Fuel cell MEA prototype R&D, Intematix Cooperation, CA.
• Aug 2001 - Aug 2005: Graduate Research Assistant, Fuel Cell Laboratories, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC.
• Aug 2000 - Aug 2004: Teaching Assistant, Unit Operation Lab, grader of graduate and undergraduate level classes, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC.
• 1997-2000: Research Assistant, Projects included Corrosion, Insoluble Ti Anodes, and Plating of Printed Circuit Boards, Electrochemical Laboratories, Department of Applied Chemistry, Shanghai Jiaotong University, China.
• 1995-1997: Engineer, Electro-refinery Workshop, Jinlong Copper Company, China.
• 1995: Research Assistant, High Purity Copper Project, Metallurgical laboratories, Department of Metallurgy, Central South University, China.

III. Awards, Honors, Society Memberships

• Member of the Electrochemical Society, 2002 - present.
• Fuji scholarship, University of South Carolina, 2000.
• Guanghua scholarship, Shanghai Jiaotong University, 1998.
• Triple A student, Central South University, 1992 - 1995.

IV. Publications

5. Tao Gu, W-k. Lee, and J. W. Van Zee, "The Effect of Impurities from Bipolar Plates on PEMFC Performance", to be submitted to Journal of Power Sources.
4. Tao Gu, W-k. Lee, and J. W. Van Zee, "Gas Crossover in a PEMFC", to be submitted to the International Journal of Hydrogen Energy.
3. Tao Gu, W-k. Lee, and J. W. Van Zee, "Quantifying the Reverse Water Gas Shift Reaction inside a PEM Fuel Cell", a special edition of the Journal of Applied Catalysis B, February 2004. Invited
2. Tao Gu, W-k. Lee, J. W. Van Zee, and M. Murthy, "The Effect of Reformate Components on PEMFC Performance: Dilution and Reverse Water Gas Shift Reaction", Journal of Electrochemical Society, 151, A2100 (2004).
1. Tao Gu, Y. C. Huang, "Corrosion Behavior of Zinc Iron Alloy in 3.5% NaCl Solution", Corrosion and Protection (Chinese), 21, 390 (2000).

V. Patents

2. Co-inventor of patent "Low Platinum Fuel Cell Catalysts and Method for Preparing the Same" Filed July 2005.
1. Co-inventor of patent "Electrochemical Probe for Screening Multiple-cell Arrays" Filed August 2005.

VI. Presentations/Contribution to Proceedings Volume

4. Tao Gu, W-k. Lee, and J. W. Van Zee, "Using Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy as a Diagnostic Tool for PEM Fuel Cell Poisoning", abstract submitted to the 6th International Symposium on Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy, Cocoa Beach, May 2004.
3. Tao Gu, W-k. Lee, and J. W. Van Zee, "The Effect of Impurities from Sealants and Bipolar Plates on PEMFC Performance: Standardized and Accelerated Tests", II, project 10A, presented at the 2nd Semiannual Meeting of the NSF I/UCRC for Fuel Cells, Columbia, SC, October 2-3, 2003.
2. Tao Gu, W-k. Lee, and J. W. Van Zee, "The Effect of Impurities from Sealants and Bipolar Plates on PEMFC Performance: Standardized and Accelerated Tests", I, project 10A, presented at the 1st Semiannual Meeting of the NSF I/UCRC for Fuel Cells, Columbia, SC, March 27-28, 2003.
1. Tao Gu, W-k. Lee, J. W. Van Zee, and M. Murthy, "The Dilution Effect of Reformate Components on PEMFC Performance", presented 3rd International Symposium on Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells, at the Electrochemical Society Meeting in Salt Lake City, October 2002.