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Anand Sagar

Development of low cost air cooled PEM fuel cell for stationary applications

 

  • M.Tech. Chemical Engineering, IIT Hyderabad, 2013 - 2015
  • B.Tech. Chemical Engineering, BPUT,Odisha, 2009 - 2013

Sara Abouali

Research Thesis

  • Present Position: Researcher at FCReL in collaboration with Ballard Power Systems
  • Ph.D. Rechargeable Batteries and Supercapacitors, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2013 - 2016
  • MASc. Material Science & Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, 2008 - 2010
  • BASc. Material Science & Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, 2004 - 2008

Elaheh Hantoosh Zadeh

Past Master's Student

  • MASc. Sustainable Energy Engineering, ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV, 2021 - 2024
  • BASc. Chemical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, 2015 - 2019

Syedvali Pinjari

Past PhD Student

  • Ph.D. Sustainable Energy Engineering, ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV, 2019 - 2023
  • M.Tech Chemical Engineering, Andhra University, 2015 - 2017
  • B.Tech Chemical Engineering, Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies, 2010 - 2014

Paran Jyoti Sarma

Past Postdoctoral Fellow

  • Postdoc and Lab Manager at FCReL
  • Ph.D. Mechatronic Systems Engineering, ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV, 2015 - 2020
  • M.Tech. Chemical Engineering, IIT Guwahati, 2011 - 2013
  • B.Eng. Chemical Engineering, MIT Manipal, 2007 - 2011

Jonas Stoll

Past PhD Student

  • Ph.D. Mechatronic Systems Engineering, ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV, 2019 - 2024
  • MASc. Mechatronic Systems Engineering, ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV, 2018 - 2019
  • BASc. Mechatronic Systems Engineering (Honours), ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV, 2010 - 2015

Jonathan Halter

Past Postdoctoral Fellow

  • Postdoctoral Researcher at FCReL in collaboration with Ballard Power Systems
  • Ph.D. Chemistry, ETH Zürich, 2015 - 2019
  • MSc. Inorganic Chemistry, University of Zurich, 2014 - 2015
  • BSc. Chemistry, University of Zurich, 2009 - 2014

Sandeep Bhattacharya

Past Postdoctoral Fellow

 

  • FCReL Postdoc on Experimental Investigation of Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Durability in Fuel Cells
  • Ph.D., Engineering Materials (In-situ optical and spectroscopical characterization of anodes in Li-ion batteries), University of Windsor
  • M.A.Sc., Engineering Materials (Mechanical characterization of alloys for automotive cylinder liner applications), University of Windsor
  • B.E. (Honours), Metallurgical Engineering, Jadavpur University

Victor Fernandez

Past Postdoctoral Fellow

  • FCReL Postdoc on Molecular dynamics simulations of the catalyst-ionomer interface in PEM fuel cells in partnership with Ballard Power Systems
  • Ph.D. Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia
  • MSc. University Rovira i Virgili
  • BSc. Central University of Venezuela

Narinder Singh Khattra

Past Postdoctoral Fellow

  • FCReL Postdoc on Modeling of membrane durability in fuel cells
  • Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering (On the mechanical response of polymer fuel cell membranes), University of Delaware

Bharathy Subramanian Parimalam

Past Postdoctoral Fellow

 

  • FCReL Postdoc on In-situ and Operando Nano-scale 3D Imaging of fuel cells, zinc-air batteries and their components
  • Ph.D. Chemistry, University of Rhode Island
  • B.Tech. Chemical and Electrochemical Engineering, Central Electrochemical Research Institute

Pouria Ahmadi

Past Postdoctoral Fellow

  • FCReL Postdoc on Affordable low-carbon emission vehicle technologies to meet climate goals and life cycle assessment (LCA) of alternative fuels for vehicle technologies
  • Ph.D. University of Ontario Institute of Technology
  • MSc. Iran University of Science and Technology
  • BSc. University of Tehran

Alireza Sadeghi Alavijeh

Past Postdoctoral Fellow

  • FCReL Postdoc on Mechanical Durability of Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells
  • Ph.D. Mechatronic Systems Engineering, ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV
  • MSc. Materials Science & Engineering, Sharif University of Technology
  • BAc. Materials Science & Engineering , Sharif University of Technology

John A.H. MacDonald

Micro-XCT in-operando liquid water visualization in fuel cells

  • MASc. Sustainable Energy Engineering, ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV, 2020 - 2023
  • BASc. Environmental Engineering, Florida Gulf Coast University 2015 - 2020

Sarah Garner

Membrane Durability in PEM Fuel Cells

  • MASc. Sustainable Energy Engineering, ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV, 2022
  • B.Eng. Sustainable and Renewable Energy Engineering, Carleton University, 2015 - 2020

Sebastian Eberhardt

Past Postdoctoral Fellow

  • FCReL Postdoc on X-ray Tomographic Microscopy of Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells
  • Ph.D. Paul Scherrer Institute/Swiss Federal Institute of Technology.
  • M.Sc. Chemical and Biological Engineering, Friedrich-Alexander-University

Mohsen Mazrouei Sebdani

Fatigue modeling of the reinforced membrane in PEMFC

 

  • Ph.D. Sustainable Energy Engineering, ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV, 2020 - Present
  • MASc. Mechanical Engineering, University of Tehran, 2012 - 2015
  • BASc. Mechanical Engineering, Isfahan University of Technology, 2008 - 2012

Andrey Tokarev

Past Postdoctoral Fellow

  • FCReL Postdoc on Multiscale modeling of new functional materials for energy storage
  • Ph.D. Physical Chemistry

PEI PEI

SENIOR RESEARCH ASSOCIATE - HYDROGEN STORAGE

  • Ph.D. Material Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China

Dilip Ramani

Ph.D. - Graduated

  • Thesis title: Membrane degradation phenomenon in Polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells
  • MSc. Alternative Energy, Ira. Fulton Schools of Engineering, Arizona State University
  • B.Eng. Mechanical Engineering, Anna University

Pardis Sadeghi

MASc. - Graduated

  • Thesis title: Numerical Modeling of Capillary-Driven, Paper-Based Microfluidic Flow-Batteries
  • BSc. Chemical Engineering , University of Tehran

Robin Thomas White

Ph.D. - Graduated

  • Thesis title: Investigating cathode catalyst layer degradation in polymer electrolyte fuel cells by lab-based x-ray computed tomography

Yadvinder Singh

Ph.D. - Graduated

  • Present position: Research Engineer, Ballard Power Systems
  • Thesis title: Characterization of degradation, fracture and failure in fuel cell membranes

Omar A. Ibrahim

Ph.D. - Graduated

  • Present position: Research Scientist, Fuelium, Spain
  • Thesis title: Practical advances in microfluidic electrochemical energy conversion

Marvin Messing

MASc. (2015/09-2017/12) - Graduated

  • Present position: PhD Student, McMaster University

Senthil velan Venkatesan

Ph.D. - Graduated

  • Present position: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Calgary

Anish Pokhrel

M.A.Sc. - Graduated

  • Present position: Industrial Engineer at Ingram Micro Inc

Marc-Antoni Goulet

Ph.D. (2012/01-2016/05) - Graduated

  • Present position: Assistant Professor, Concordia University
  • Thesis title: Co-laminar flow cells for electrochemical energy conversion
  • NSERC PGS-D scholarship holder

Mehdi Andisheh Tadbir

Ph.D. (2011/09-2015/12) - Graduated

  • Thesis title: Modeling and characterization of micro-porous layers in fuel cells
  • Present position: Research Engineer, Ballard Power Systems

Natalia Macauley

Ph.D. (2012/01-2015/08) - Graduated

  • Thesis title: Empirical membrane lifetime model for heavy duty fuel cell systems
  • Present position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Los Alamos National Lab

Jin wook Lee

Ph.D. (2010/01-2012/12) - Graduated

  • Thesis title: Performance Enhancements of Microfluidic Fuel Cells with Flow-Through Porous Electrodes
  • Present Position: Assistant Professor, University of Arkansas, USA

Setareh Shahsavari

M.A.Sc. (2009/09-2011/08) - Graduated

  • Thesis title: Thermal analysis of air-cooled fuel cells
  • Present Position: PhD Student, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA