TY - GEN
T1 - An innovative fuel cell theory, testing and manufacturing course
AU - Rogers, Bradley
AU - Sundararajan, Rajiswari
AU - Tamizhmani, Govindasamy
AU - Danielson, Scott
PY - 2003/1/1
Y1 - 2003/1/1
N2 - A unique course in the theory, testing and manufacturing of fuel cells has been developed at Arixona State University in the College of Technology and Applied Sciences. The course is designed for the engineering technology graduate students, but is also accessible to advanced undergraduates. The interdisciplinary nature of the course necessitates a team-teaching approach, and faculty with backgrounds in electrochemistry, electrical engineering and mechanical engineering deliver portions of the course. The course includes a theoretical portion, but also contains a comprehensive practical portion in which the students build a membrane electrode assembly and assemble, test and characterize this assembly as a single stage proton exchange membrane fuel cell. Feedback from the students indicates a great deal of excitement over the course, and has resulted in several students deciding to concentrate their graduate work in the fuel cell area. The paper describes the first course offering in the spring of 2003.
AB - A unique course in the theory, testing and manufacturing of fuel cells has been developed at Arixona State University in the College of Technology and Applied Sciences. The course is designed for the engineering technology graduate students, but is also accessible to advanced undergraduates. The interdisciplinary nature of the course necessitates a team-teaching approach, and faculty with backgrounds in electrochemistry, electrical engineering and mechanical engineering deliver portions of the course. The course includes a theoretical portion, but also contains a comprehensive practical portion in which the students build a membrane electrode assembly and assemble, test and characterize this assembly as a single stage proton exchange membrane fuel cell. Feedback from the students indicates a great deal of excitement over the course, and has resulted in several students deciding to concentrate their graduate work in the fuel cell area. The paper describes the first course offering in the spring of 2003.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:16544384401
SN - 079183722X
SN - 9780791837221
T3 - American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Mechanical Engineering Division Publication (MET)
SP - 81
EP - 84
BT - Innovations and Applied Research in Mechanical Engineering Technology - 2003
PB - American Society of Mechanical Engineers
T2 - 2003 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress
Y2 - 15 November 2003 through 21 November 2003
ER -