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Thomas Aquinas Trabold
Associate Professor, Golisano Institute for Sustainability (GIS)
Director, Center for Sustainable Mobility
Rochester Institute of Technology, 111 Lomb Drive, Rochester, NY 14623-5608
585-475-4696 / 585-475-7370 (fax) / [email protected]
Education
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Clarkson University
Clarkson University
The City University of London
Chemical Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Industrial Chemistry
Ph.D., 1989
B.S., 1984
Study abroad, 1982
Professional Employment
Rochester Institute of Technology, Golisano Institute for Sustainability (2009 – present)
• Associate Professor: Conduct fundamental and applied research in solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs),
proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) and various waste-to-energy processes, including
anaerobic digestion, transesterification, pyrolysis, and bioelectrochemical systems.
• Director, Center for Sustainable Mobility: Investigate use of hydrogen, biofuels and natural gas for
vehicle propulsion, including fuel reforming to produce feedstock for fuel cells.
• Partner with New York State and national companies to identify opportunities for energy use reduction
and pollution mitigation, through recovery of waste heat, waste-to-energy conversion processes,
separation processes and application of advanced sustainable energy technologies.
• Deliver core and elective courses in the Sustainability and Architecture programs, advise M.S./Ph.D.
students pursuing degrees in GIS, and mentor co-op students from RIT undergraduate programs.
General Motors Corporation, Electrochemical Energy Research Laboratory (2001-2009)
• Lab Group Manager and Technical Fellow: Coordinated activities of engineers in the U.S and
Germany dedicated to fuel cell stack water management fundamentals, design concepts, fuel cell
materials, and process development. Managed annual group budget of ~ $3 million.
• Facilitated and monitored external research projects with universities, national laboratories and
technology companies, totaling nearly $7 million.
• Conducted research related to fuel cell stack diagnostic tool development, diffusion media and bipolar
plate materials, and water management. Contributed intellectual property to fuel cell systems in the
115-vehicle (Chevy Equinox) demonstration fleet.
Xerox Corporation, Photoreceptor Products and Technology (1998-2001)
• Senior Research Engineer: Conducted research on slot die coating and drying processes related to
photoreceptor manufacturing.
• Performed experimental studies on pilot-scale coaters, and investigated associated unit operations
including dispersion, milling and filtration.
• Applied GOMA code (Sandia National Laboratory) for predicting coating bead instability.
General Electric/Lockheed Martin Corporation, Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory (1989-1998)
• Senior Research Engineer: Proposed and executed a multi-million dollar test program to support design
of advanced nuclear propulsion systems for submarines and aircraft carriers. Focused research effort
on multi-phase flow dynamics in primary reactor coolant channels and steam generators.
• Developed diagnostic methods for simulated pressurized two-phase flows in nuclear reactor coolant
systems, based on hot-film anemometry, laser Doppler velocimetry, gamma densitometry, etc.
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Professional Awards and Honors
• Nominated for Richard and Virginia Eisenhart Provost’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, for tenuretrack faculty with less than 4 years teaching experience (2014 and 2015)
• Promotion to Professional Technical Fellow, highest technical level in General Motors (2008)
• General Motors McCuen Award: “Neutron Imaging Facility and Methods for Fuel Cell Water
Visualization” (2007)
• Most Cited Articles, International Journal of Heat and MassTransfer (2005-2008), for: T.A. Trabold et
al., International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 49, pp. 4712-4720 (2006)
• Central New York Mensa Scholarship (1985-1986)
Professional Activities
Society Memberships
• International Association for Hydrogen Energy (IAHE)
• American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)
• American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
• Tau Beta Pi (engineering honor society)
• Omega Chi Epsilon (chemical engineering honor society)
Professional Leadership
• Associate Member of the Fuel Cell Technology Team for U.S. DRIVE, a consortium of automotive
technology OEMs organized by the U.S. Department of Energy, Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Program
(2012-2015).
• Chairman of the Testing & Characterization Advisory Committee for the New York Battery and
Energy Storage Technology Consortium, Inc. (NY-BEST) (2010-2012)
• Associate Editor of American Society of Mechanical Engineering (ASME) journal Thermal Science
and Engineering Applications (term ended June 2011)
• Technical referee
o Journal of Power Sources, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Fuel Cells, Electrochimica
Acta, Journal of the Electrochemical Society, Applied Energy, American Institute of Chemical
Engineers Journal, ASME Journals, etc. (up to 12 reviews per year)
o Proceedings of the ASME International Conference on Energy Sustainability and Fuel Cell
Science, Engineering and Technolgy (annually since 2011)
o U.S. Department of Energy Annual Merit Review – Reviewer for Hydrogen and Fuel Cell
Program
o NIST Center for Neutron Research, proposals for neutron experiments (annually since 2011)
Research Collaborations
• Academic: Cornell University, Michigan Technological University, Penn State University, Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute, SUNY Alfred, SUNY Brockport, SUNY Morrisville, Syracuse University, Texas
A&M, University of Delaware, University of Puerto Rico, University of Tennessee.
• Government Agencies and Laboratories: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), High Tech
Rochester (HTR), Ithaka Institute (Switzerland), Monroe County Department of Environmental
Services (DES), National Energy Technology Lanoratory (NETL), National Institute of Standards and
Technology (NIST), National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), New York Battery & Energy
Storage Technology Consortium (NY-BEST), New York State Energy Research and Development
Authority (NYSERDA), Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Office of Naval Research (ONR),
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U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC), U.S.
Department of Energy (USDOE).
• Industrial: BioDrill, CH4 Biogas, Delphi Corporation, General Motors Corporation, MICROganics
Technologies LLC, National Grid, Praxair, Precision Combustion Inc., Pyreg (Germany), Seneca
BioEnergy, Serenergy (Denmark), SolidCell, Staples, Ultralife, United Technologies Corporation.
Publications (*indicates student researchers)
Technical Journals
1.
M.G. Waller*, M.R. Walluk and T.A. Trabold, “Performance of high temperature PEM fuel cell
materials. Part 1: Effects of temperature, pressure and anode dilution,” submitted for review to
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy (August 2015).
2.
J.C. Hebda*, E.S. Hittinger, T.A. Trabold and A.A. Williamson, “Analytical methods for local
assessment of pay-as-you-throw policy for expanded sustainable household organic material
management,” submitted for review to Resources, Conservation & Recycling (August 2015).
3.
J.C. Hebda*, G. Gaustad, A.A. Williamson and T.A. Trabold, “Modeling economically optimal
household organic material management pathways,” submitted for review to Resources,
Conservation & Recycling (June 2015).
4.
N.G. Nenadic, T.A. Trabold, S.B. Dewey, M.G. Thurston, C. Hochgraf and A. Naukam, “Cell
replacement strategies for lithium ion battery packs,” submitted for review to Journal of Energy
Storage (June 2015).
5.
J.H. Ebner*, M.J. Rankin*, J. Pronto, R. Labatut, C. Gooch, A.A. Williamson and T.A. Trabold,
“Greenhouse gas emissions analysis of a commercial-scale anaerobic co-digestion plant
processing dairy manure and food waste,” accepted for publication in Environmental Science and
Technology (August 2015).
6.
M.G. Waller*, M.R. Walluk and T.A. Trabold, “Operating envelop of a short contact time fuel
reformer for propane catalytic partial oxidation,” Journal of Power Sources, Vol. 274, 149-155
(2015).
7.
M.R. Walluk, M.A, Bradley, T.A. Trabold, D.F. Smith, C. Junaedi and S. Roychoudhury,
“Comparison of reforming performance of JP-8 and HRJ-5 for fuel cell applications,” Fuel, Vol.
139, 35-39 (2015).
8.
M.R. Walluk, J. Lin*, M.G. Waller*, D.F. Smith and T.A. Trabold, “Diesel autothermal
reforming for solid oxide fuel cell systems: Anode off-gas recycle simulation,” Applied Energy ,
Vol. 130, 94-102 (2014).
9.
M.G. Waller*, E.D. Williams, S.W. Matteson* and T.A. Trabold, “Current and theoretical
maximum well-to-wheels exergy efficiency of options to power vehicles with natural gas,”
Applied Energy, Vol. 127, 55-63 (2014).
10.
J.P. Owejan*, T.A. Trabold and M.M. Mench, “Oxygen transport resistance correlated to liquid
water saturation in the gas diffusion layer of PEM fuel cells,” International Journal of Heat and
Mass Transfer, Vol. 71, 585-592 (2014).
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J. Lin*, T.A. Trabold, M.R. Walluk and D.F. Smith, “Bio-fuel reforming for solid oxide fuel cell
applications. Part 1: Fuel vaporization and reactant mixing,” International Journal of Hydrogen
Energy, Vol. 38, 12024-12034 (2013).
12.
J. Lin*, T.A. Trabold, M.R. Walluk and D.F. Smith, “Bio-fuel reforming for solid oxide fuel cell
applications. Part 2: Biodiesel,” International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Vol. 39, 183-195,
(2014).
13.
J. Lin*, T.A. Trabold, M.R. Walluk and D.F. Smith, “Bio-fuel reforming for solid oxide fuel cell
applications. Part 3: Biodiesel-diesel blends,” International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Vol. 39,
196-208, 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2013.10.093 (2014).
14.
J. Lin*, T.A. Trabold, M.R. Walluk and D.F. Smith, “Auto-thermal reforming of biodieselethanol-diesel blends for solid oxide fuel cell applications,” Energy & Fuels, Vol. 27, (2013).
15.
J. Lin*, G. Gaustad and T.A. Trabold, “Profit and policy implications of producing biodieselethanol-diesel fuel blends to specification,” Applied Energy, Vol. 104, 936-944 (2013).
16.
J. Lin*, C.W. Babbitt and T.A. Trabold, “Life cycle assessment integrated with thermodynamic
analysis of bio-fuel options for solid oxide fuel cells,” Bioresource Technology Vol. 128, 495504 (2013).
17.
J.P. Owejan, J.J. Gagliardo, R. Reid and T.A. Trabold, “Proton resistance correlated to liquid
water content of gas diffusion layers,” Journal of Power Sources, Vol. 209, 147-151 (2012).
18.
T.A. Trabold, J.S. Lylak, M.R. Walluk, J.F. Lin* and D.R. Troiani, “Measurement and analysis
of carbon formation during diesel reforming for solid oxide fuel cells,” International Journal of
Hydrogen Energy, Vol. 37, pp. 5190-5201 (2012).
19.
M.M. Daino*, Z. Lu*, J.M. LaManna*, J.P. Owejan, T.A. Trabold and S.G. Kandlikar, “Throughplane water transport visualization in a PEMFC by visible and infrared imaging,” Electrochemical
and Solid-State Letters, Vol. 14, B51-B54 (2011).
20.
J.P. Owejan, J.E. Owejan, W. Gu, T.A. Trabold, T.W. Tighe and M.F. Mathias, “Water transport
mechanisms in PEMFC gas diffusion layers,” Journal of the Electrochemical Society, Vol. 157,
B1456-B1464 (2010).
21.
J.P. Owejan, J.J. Gagliardo, S.R. Falta and T.A. Trabold, “Accumulation and removal of liquid
water in proton exchange membrane fuels cells,” Journal of the Electrochemical Society, Vol. 156,
B1475-B1483 (2009).
22.
J.J. Gagliardo, J.P. Owejan, T.A. Trabold and T.W. Tighe, “Neutron radiography characterization
of an operating proton exchange membrane fuel cell with localized current distribution
measurements,” Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research – Section A, Vol. 605, pp.
115-118 (2009).
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B. Gao*, T.S. Steenhuis, Y. Zevi, J.-Y. Parlange, R.N. Carter and T.A. Trabold, “Visualization
of unstable water flow in a fuel cell gas diffusion layer,” Journal of Power Sources, Vol. 190, pp.
493-498 (2009).
24.
J.P. Owejan, J.J. Gagliardo, J.M. Sergi*, T.A. Trabold and S.G. Kandlikar, “Water management
studies in PEM fuel cells. Part I: Fuel cell design and in-situ water distributions,” International
Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Vol. 34, pp. 3436-3444 (2009).
25.
Z. Lu*, C. Rath*, M. Grimm*, W. Domigan*, A.D. White*, M. Hardbarger*, S.G. Kandlikar, J.P.
Owejan and T.A. Trabold, “Water management studies in PEM fuel cells. Part II: Ex-situ
investigation of flow maldistribution, pressure drop and two-phase flow pattern in gas channels,”
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Vol. 34, pp. 3445-3456 (2009).
26.
J.P. Owejan, T.A. Trabold, D.L. Jacobson, M. Arif and S.G. Kandlikar, “Effects of flow field and
diffusion layer properties on water accumulation in a PEM fuel cell,” International Journal of
Hydrogen Energy, Vol. 32, pp. 4489-4502 (2007).
27.
D.S. Hussey, D.L. Jacobson, M. Arif, J.P. Owejan, J.J. Gagliardo and T.A. Trabold, “Neutron
images of the through-plane water distribution of an operating PEM fuel cell,” Journal of Power
Sources, Vol. 172, pp. 225-228 (2007).
28.
J.P. Owejan, T.A. Trabold, J. Gagliardo, D.L. Jacobson, R.N. Carter, D.S. Hussey and M. Arif,
“Voltage Instability in a Simulated Fuel Cell Stack Correlated to Water Accumulation Measured
Via Neutron Radiography,” Journal of Power Sources, Vol. 171, pp. 626-633 (2007).
29.
M. Kitron-Belinkov, A. Marmur, T. Trabold, and G.V. Dadheech, “Groovy drops: Effect of
groove curvature on spontaneous capillary flow,” Langmuir, Vol. 23, pp. 8406-8410 (2007).
30.
T.A. Trabold, J.P. Owejan, D.L. Jacobson, M. Arif and P.R. Huffman, “In-situ investigation of
water transport in an operating PEM fuel cell using neutron radiography. Part 1 – Experimental
method and serpentine flow field results,” International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.
49, pp. 4712-4720 (2006).
31.
J.P. Owejan, T.A. Trabold, D.L. Jacobson, D.R. Baker, D.S. Hussey and M. Arif, “In-situ
investigation of water transport in an operating PEM fuel cell using neutron radiography. Part 2 –
Transient water accumulation in an interdigitated cathode flow field,” International Journal of
Heat and Mass Transfer Vol. 49, pp. 4721-4731 (2006).
32.
T.A. Trabold, “Minichannels in polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells,” Heat Transfer
Engineering, Vol. 26, No. 3, pp. 3-12 (2005).
33.
R. Kumar, T.A. Trabold and C.C. Maneri, “Experiments and modeling in bubbly flows at
elevated temperature and pressure,” ASME Journal of Fluids Engineering, Vol. 125, pp. 469-478
(2003).
34.
R. Kumar and T.A. Trabold, “Effect of pressure with wall heating in annular two-phase flow,”
ASME Journal of Fluids Engineering, Vol. 125, pp. 84-96 (2003).
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P.F. Vassallo, T.A. Trabold, R. Kumar and D.M. Considine, “Slug-to-annular regime transitions
in R-134a flowing through a vertical duct,” International Journal of Multiphase Flow, Vol. 27,
pp.119-145 (2001).
36.
T.A. Trabold and R. Kumar, R., “High pressure annular two-phase flow in a narrow duct. Part I:
Local measurements in the droplet field,” ASME Journal of Fluids Engineering, Vol. 122, pp.
364-374 (2000).
37.
R. Kumar and T.A. Trabold, “High pressure annular two-phase flow in a narrow duct. Part II:
Three-field modeling,” ASME Journal of Fluids Engineering, Vol. 122, pp. 375-384 (2000).
38.
T.A. Trabold and R. Kumar, R., “Vapor core turbulence in annular two-phase flow,” Experiments
in Fluids, Vol. 28, pp. 187-194 (2000).
39.
T.A. Trabold, R. Kumar and P.F. Vassallo, P. F., “Experimental study of dispersed droplets in
high-pressure annular flows,” ASME Journal of Heat Transfer, Vol. 121, pp. 924-933 (1999).
40.
G.J. Kirouac, T.A. Trabold, P.F. Vassallo, W.E. Moore and R. Kumar, “Instrumentation
development in two-phase flow,” Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, Volume 20, Number
2, pp. 79-93 (1999).
41.
D. Duncan and T.A. Trabold, “Cross-duct electric field perturbation void fraction probe,”
International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 24, pp. 285-294 (1997).
42.
P.F. Vassallo, P. D. Symolon, W.E. Moore and T.A. Trabold, “Freon bubble rise measurements
in a vertical rectangular duct,” ASME Journal of Fluids Engineering, Vol. 117, pp. 729-732 (1995).
43.
P.F. Vassallo, T.A. Trabold, W.E. Moore and G.J. Kirouac, “Measurement of velocities in gasliquid two-phase flow using laser Doppler velocimetry,” Experiments in Fluids, Vol. 15, pp. 227230 (1993).
44.
N.T. Obot and T.A. Trabold, “On the rate balance between impingement water evaporation and
heat transfer,” International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 19, pp. 51-58
(1992).
45.
T.A. Trabold and N.T. Obot, N.T., “Evaporation of water with single and multiple impinging air
jets,” ASME Journal of Heat Transfer, Vol. 113, pp. 696-704 (1991).
46.
N.T. Obot and T.A. Trabold, “Impingement heat transfer within arrays of circular jets. Part I:
Effects of minimum, intermediate, and complete crossflow for large and small spacings,” ASME
Journal of Heat Transfer, Vol. 109, pp. 872-879 (1987).
47.
T.A. Trabold and N.T. Obot, “Impingement heat transfer within arrays of circular jets. Part II:
Effects of crossflow in the presence of roughness elements,” ASME Journal of Turbomachinery,
Vol. 109, pp. 594-601 (1987).
48.
T.A. Trabold, E.B. Esen and N.T. Obot, “Entrainment by turbulent jets issuing from sharp-edged
inlet round nozzles,” ASME Journal of Fluids Engineering, Vol. 109, pp. 248-254 (1987).
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N.T. Obot, T.A. Trabold, M.L. Graska and F. Gandhi, “Velocity and temperature fields in
turbulent jets issuing from sharp-edged inlet round nozzles,” Industrial and Engineering
Chemistry Fundamentals, Vol. 25, pp. 425-433 (1986).
50.
N.T. Obot, M.L. Graska and T.A. Trabold, “The near field behavior of round jets at moderate
Reynolds numbers,” The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, Vol. 62, pp. 587-593 (1984).
Peer-Reviewed Books and Conference Proceedings
51.
S.T. Barber*, J.M. Dranoff* and T.A. Trabold, “Initial assessment of microbial fuel cells for
treatment of tofu processing waste,” Proceedings of the ASME Power and Energy Conversion
Conference, Paper PowerEnergy2015-49558, San Diego, CA, June 28 – July 2, 2015.
52.
J.H. Ebner*, A.A. Williamson and T.A. Trabold, “Quantifying the greenhouse gas impacts of
pathways for treatment of secondary resources generated in the food supply chain,” Proceedings
of the ASME Power and Energy Conversion Conference, Paper PowerEnergy2015-49559, San
Diego, CA, June 28 – July 2, 2015.
53.
S. Hegde*, J.H. Ebner*, A.A. Williamson and T.A. Trabold, “Feasibility assessment of mediumscale anaerobic digesters for treatment of brewery and dairy farm waste streams,” Proceedings of
the ASME Power and Energy Conversion Conference, Paper PowerEnergy2015-49560, San Diego,
CA, June 28 – July 2, 2015.
54.
M.G. Waller*, M.R. Walluk and T.A. Trabold, “Performance of a high-temperature proton
exchange membrane fuel cell (HT-PEMFC) operating on simulated reformate,” Proceedings of
the ASME Power and Energy Conversion Conference, Paper PowerEnergy2015-49562, San Diego,
CA, June 28 – July 2, 2015.
55.
S.S. Win*, S. Hedge and T.A. Trabold, “Techno-economic assessment of different pathways for
utilizing glycerol derived from waste cooking oil-based biodiesel,” Proceedings of the ASME
Power and Energy Conversion Conference, Paper PowerEnergy2015-49563, San Diego, CA, June
28 – July 2, 2015.
56.
M.G. Waller*, M.R. Walluk and T.A. Trabold, “Towards the development of a fuel cell system
for residential applications: Propane reforming via catalytic partial oxidation,” Proceedings of the
ASME 8th International Conference on Energy Sustainability & 12th International Fuel Cell
Science, Engineering and Technology Conference, Paper ESFuelCell2014-6431, Boston, MA,
June 30 – July 2, 2014.
57.
J. Ebner*, S.S. Win*, S. Hegde*, S. Vadney*, A. Williamson and T.A. Trabold, “Estimating the
biogas potential from colleges and universities,” Proceedings of the ASME 8th International
Conference on Energy Sustainability & 12th International Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and
Technology Conference, Paper ESFuelCell2014-6433, Boston, MA, June 30 – July 2, 2014.
58.
D.J. Fenton*, J.J. Gagliardo and T.A. Trabold, “Analysis of water morphology in the active area
and channel-to-manifold transitions of a PEM fuel cell,” Proceedings of the ASME 8th
International Conference on Energy Sustainability & 12th International Fuel Cell Science,
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Engineering and Technology Conference, Paper ESFuelCell2014-6565, Boston, MA, June 30 –
July 2, 2014.
59.
W.H. Chan*, J. Ebner*, R. Ramchandra and T.A. Trabold, “Food waste resources for sustainable
energy production in the Finger Lakes region of New York State,” Proceedings of the ASME 7th
International Conference on Energy Sustainability & 11th International Fuel Cell Science,
Engineering and Technology Conference, Paper ESFuelCell2013-18189, Minneapolis, MN, July
14-19, 2013.
60.
M.J. Rankin*, T.A. Trabold and R. Blythe, “Environmental impact assessment of an anaerobic
codigestion system in western New York State,” Proceedings of the ASME 7th International
Conference on Energy Sustainability & 11th International Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and
Technology Conference, Paper ESFuelCell2013-18187, Minneapolis, MN, July 14-19, 2013.
61.
M.G. Waller* and T.A. Trabold, “Review of microbial fuel cells for wastewater treatment: Largescale applications, future needs and current research gaps,” Proceedings of the ASME 7th
International Conference on Energy Sustainability & 11th International Fuel Cell Science,
Engineering and Technology Conference, Paper ESFuelCell2013-18185, Minneapolis, MN, July
14-19, 2013.
62.
X. Liu*, T.A. Trabold, J.J. Gagliardo, D.L. Jacobson and D.S. Hussey, “Neutron imaging of water
accumulation in the active area and channel-to-manifold transitions of a PEMFC,” Proceedings of
the ASME 7th International Conference on Energy Sustainability & 11th International Fuel Cell
Science, Engineering and Technology Conference, Paper ESFuelCell2013-18183, Minneapolis,
MN, July 14-19, 2013.
63.
J. Lin*, T.A. Trabold, M.R. Walluk and D.F. Smith, “Auto-thermal reforming of biodieselethanol-diesel blends for solid oxide fuel cell applications,” Proceedings of the American Institute
of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Annual Meeting, Symposium on Fuel Processing for Hydrogen
Production, Paper #282008, Pittsburgh, PA, October 28 – November 2, 2012.
64.
M.J. Rankin*, T.A. Trabold, A.A. Williamson and M. Augustine, “Analysis of dairy manure and
food manufacturing waste as feedstocks for sustainable energy production via anaerobic digestion,”
Proceedings of the ASME 6th International Conference on Energy Sustainability & 10th
International Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology Conference, Paper
ESFuelCell2012-91091, San Diego, CA, July 23-26, 2012.
65.
J. Lin*, M.R. Walluk, D.F. Smith and T.A. Trabold, “Mitigation of carbon formation during
autothermal reforming of biodiesel for solid oxide fuel cell applications,” Proceedings of the
ASME 6th International Conference on Energy Sustainability & 10th International Fuel Cell
Science, Engineering and Technology Conference, Paper ESFuelCell2012-91092, San Diego, CA,
July 23-26, 2012.
66.
X. Liu*, J. Lin*, K.M. McConnaghy*, T.A. Trabold, J.J. Gagliardo and J.P. Owejan,
“Investigation of channel-to-manifold water transport in proton exchange membrane fuel cells,”
Proceedings of the ASME 6th International Conference on Energy Sustainability & 10th
International Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology Conference, Paper
ESFuelCell2012-91093, San Diego, CA, July 23-26, 2012.
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T.A. Trabold, R. Ramchandra, M.H. Haselkorn and A.A. Williamson, “Analysis of waste-toenergy opportunities in the New York State food processing industry,” Proceedings of the ASME
5th International Conference on Energy Sustainability, Paper ESFuelCell2011-54334, Washington,
D.C., August 7-11, 2011.
68.
M.R. Walluk, D.F. Smith, T.A. Trabold and S.B. Dewey, “Development of accelerated durability
protocols for solid oxide fuel cell systems,” Proceedings of the 2011 NDIA Ground Vehicle
Systems Engineering and Technology Symposium, Power and Mobility (P&M) Mini-Symposium,
Dearborn, Michigan, August 9-11, 2011.
69.
J. Lin*, D. Smith, C. Babbitt and T. Trabold, “Assessment of bio-fuel options for solid oxide fuel
cell-based auxiliary power units,” Proceedings of the 2011 IEEE International Symposium on
Sustainable Systems and Technology (ISSST), Chicago, IL, May 16-18, 2011.
70.
M.M. Daino*, Z. Lu*, J.M. LaManna*, J.P. Owejan, T.A. Trabold and S.G. Kandlikar, “Throughplane water transport visualization in an operating PEM fuel cell by visible and infrared imaging,”
ECS Transactions, Vol. 33, pp, 1423-1433, 218th Electrochemical Society Meeting, Las Vegas,
NV, October 10-15, 2010.
71.
T.A. Trabold, J.P. Owejan, J.J. Gagliardo, D.L. Jacobson, D.S. Hussey and M. Arif, “Use of
neutron imaging for proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) performance analysis and
design,” in Handbook of Fuel Cells: Advances in Electrocatalysis, Materials, Diagnostics and
Durability, Volumes 5 & 6, Vielstich, W., Gasteiger, H.A. and Yokokawa. H. (Eds.), John Wiley
& Sons Ltd., Chichester, UK, pp. 658-672 (2009).
72.
D.L. Jacobson, D.S. Hussey, E. Baltic, J. LaRock, M. Arif, J. Gagliardo, J. Owejan and T. Trabold,
“Neutron radiography and tomography facilities at NIST to analyze in-situ PEM fuel cell
performance,” Proceedings of the 8th World Conference on Neutron Radiography (WCNR-8),
Neutron Radiography, M. Arif and R.G. Downing (Eds.), DEStech Publications, Lancaster, PA,
pp. 50-57 (2008).
73.
J.P. Owejan, T.A. Trabold, J. Gagliardo, D.L. Jacobson, R.N. Carter, D.S. Hussey and M. Arif,
“Voltage instability in a simulated fuel cell stack correlated to water accumulation measured via
neutron radiography,” Proceedings of the 8th World Conference on Neutron Radiography (WCNR8), Neutron Radiography, M. Arif and R.G. Downing (Eds.), DEStech Publications, Lancaster,
PA, pp. 338-348 (2008).
74.
D.S. Hussey, J.P. Owejan, D.L. Jacobson, T.A. Trabold, J. Gagliardo, D.R. Baker, D.A. Caulk
and M. Arif, “Tomographic imaging of an operating proton exchange membrane fuel cell,”
Proceedings of the 8th World Conference on Neutron Radiography (WCNR-8), Neutron
Radiography, M. Arif and R.G. Downing (Eds.), DEStech Publications, Lancaster, PA, pp. 470479 (2008).
75.
J.J. Gagliardo, J.P. Owejan, T.A. Trabold and T.W. Tighe, “Neutron radiography characterization
of an operating proton exchange membrane fuel cell with localized current distribution
measurements,” Proceedings of the 6th International Topical Meeting on Neutron Radiography
(ITMNR-6), Kobe, Japan, September 14-18, 2008.
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J.P. Owejan, J.J. Gagliardo, J.M. Sergi* and T.A. Trabold, “Two-phase flow considerations in
PEMFC design and operation,” Proceedings of ASME ICNMM2008, 6th International Conference
on Nanochannels, Microchannels and Minichannels, Paper ICNMM2008-62037, Darmstadt,
Germany, June 2008.
77.
S.G. Kandlikar, Z. Lu* and T.A. Trabold, “Current status and fundamental research needs in
thermal management within a PEMFC stack,” Proceedings of the 10th UK National Heat Transfer
Conference, Edinburgh, Scotland, September 2007.
78.
J.P. Owejan, T.A. Trabold, D.L. Jacobson, M. Arif and S.G. Kandlikar, “Effects of flow field and
diffusion layer properties on water accumulation in a PEM fuel cell,” Proceedings of ASME
ICNMM2007, 5th International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels and Minichannels,
Paper ICNMM2007-30142, Puebla, Mexico, June 2007.
79.
J.P. Owejan, T.A. Trabold and T.W. Tighe, “Hydrogen-water flow regime transitions applied to
anode flow phenomena in a PEMFC,” Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on
Microchannels and Minichannels, Toronto, Ontario, ICMM2005-75198, June 13-15, 2005.
80.
J. Borrelli*, S.G. Kandlikar, T.A. Trabold and J.P. Owejan, “Water transport visualization and
two-phase pressure drop measurements in simulated PEMFC cathode minichannels,” Proceedings
of the 3rd International Conference on Microchannels and Minichannels, Toronto, Ontario,
ICMM2005-75118, June 13-15, 2005.
81.
P.A. Chuang*, A. Turhan*, A.K. Heller*, J.S. Brenizer, T.A. Trabold and M.M. Mench, “The
nature of flooding and drying in polymer electrolyte fuel cells,” Proceedings of the 3rd
International Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology, Ypsilanti, Michigan,
FUELCELL-74051, May 23-25, 2005.
82.
Keynote Paper: T.A. Trabold, “Minichannels in polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells,” 2nd
International Conference on Microchannels and Minichannels, Rochester, New York,
ICMM2004-2326, June 17-19, 2004.
83.
Y.-H. Lai, D.P. Miller, C. Ji and T.A. Trabold, “Stack compression of PEM fuel cells,” 2nd
International Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology, FuelCell2004 – AH1, Rochester, NY, June 15-16, 2004.
84.
S. Fell, S. Goebel, W. Gu, U. Hannessen, P. Klaus, C. Konig, A. Mack-Gardner, D. Rensink, B.
Steidle, T.A. Trabold and L. Whitehead, “Ein Überblick über die Brennstoffzellenfahrzeugbezogenen CFD Anwendungsgebiete am Beispiel des ‘HydoGen 3’ (An overview of the fuel cell
vehicle related CFD field of use using as example the ‘HydroGen 3’)”, VDI Berichte, (1846),
1013-1028 (2004).
85.
R. Kumar and T.A. Trabold, “Measurements in high pressure wall-heated annular two-phase
flow,” Proceedings of the 5th World Conference on Experimental Fluid Mechanics, Heat Transfer
and Thermodynamics, Thessoloniki, Greece, September 24-28 (2001).
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T.A. Trabold and R. Kumar, “Vapor core turbulence in annular two-phase flow,” Two-Phase
Flow Modeling and Experimentation 1999, G. P. Celata, P. Di Marco and R. K. Shah (Editors),
Volume 2, pp. 1131-1139, Edizioni ETS, Pisa (1999).
87.
T.A. Trabold, R. Kumar and P.F. Vassallo, “Annular flow of R-134a in a vertical duct: Local
void fraction, droplet velocity and droplet size measurements,” HTD-Vol. 361-5, Proceedings of
the ASME Heat Transfer Division, Vol. 5, Numerical and Experimental Methods in Heat Transfer,
pp. 379-393 (1998).
88.
T.A. Trabold and N.T. Obot, “The onset of splashing from free liquid surfaces exposed to
impinging gas jets,” ASME Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting, FEDSM ’97, Paper
FEDSM97-3561 (1997).
89.
T.A. Trabold, W.E. Moore and W.O. Morris, “Hot-film anemometer measurements in adiabatic
two-phase refrigerant flow through a vertical duct,” ASME Fluids Engineering Division Summer
Meeting, FEDSM ’97, Paper FEDSM97-3518 (1997).
90.
P.F. Vassallo, P. D. Symolon, W.E. Moore and T.A. Trabold, “Two phase flow of freon in a
vertical rectangular duct. Part I: Bubble rise measurements,” FED-Vol. 180, Experimental and
Computational Aspects of Validation of Multiphase CFD Codes, pp. 59-66, ASME (1994).
91.
T.A. Trabold, W.E. Moore, W. O. Morris, P.D. Symolon, P. F. Vassallo and G.J. Kirouac, “Two
phase flow of freon in a vertical rectangular duct. Part II: Local void fraction and bubble size
measurements,” FED-Vol. 180, Experimental and Computational Aspects of Validation of
Multiphase CFD Codes, pp. 67-76, ASME (1994).
92.
D. Duncan, T.A. Trabold, C.L. Mohr and M.K. Berrett, “Measurement of local void fraction at
elevated temperature and pressure,” Experimental Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics, and
Thermodynamics, M.D. Kelleher et al. (Editors), Vol. 2, pp. 1426-1431, Elsevier Science
Publishers B.V. (1993).
93.
N.T. Obot and T.A. Trabold, “Impingement heat transfer within arrays of circular jets. Part I:
Effects of minimum, intermediate and complete crossflow for large and small spacings,”
Particulate Phenomena and Multiphase Transport, T.N. Veziroglu (Editor), Vol. 2, pp. 257-270,
Hemisphere Publishing Corp., New York (1988).
94.
T.A. Trabold and N.T. Obot, “Impingement heat transfer within arrays of circular jets. Part II:
Effects of crossflow in the presence of roughness elements,” ASME Paper 87-GT-200, 32nd
International Gas Turbine Conference, Anaheim, CA (1987).
95.
N.T. Obot and T.A. Trabold, “Velocity and temperature fields in turbulent jets issuing from
sharp-edged inlet round nozzles,” Turbulence Measurements and Refined Flow Modeling, C.J.
Chen et al. (Editors), pp. 527-536, Hemisphere Publishing Corp., New York (1987).
96.
T.A. Trabold, E.B. Esen and N.T. Obot, “Entrainment by turbulent jets issuing from sharp-edged
inlet round nozzles,” Proceedings of the ASME International Symposium on Jets and Cavities,
FED Vol. 31, pp. 101-109 (1985).
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N.T. Obot and T.A. Trabold, “Velocity and temperature fields in turbulent jets issuing from
sharp-edged inlet round nozzles,” Proceedings of the International Symposium on Refined Flow
Modeling and Turbulence Measurements,” Iowa Institute of Hydraulic Research, Iowa City, IA,
Paper C24-1 (1985).
Published Technical Reports
98.
J.P. Owejan, M. Mench, M. Hickner, S. Kandlikar, T. Trabold, J. Gagliardo, A. Kongkanand, W.
Gu and P. Nicotera, “V.F.4 – Investigation of micro- and macro-scale transport processes for
improved fuel cell performance,” DOE Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Program, FY 2012 Annual
Progress Report (2012).
99.
J.P. Owejan, M. Mench, M. Hickner, S. Kandlikar, T. Trabold, J. Gagliardo, A. Kongkanand, W.
Gu and P. Nicotera, “V.F.4 – Investigation of micro- and macro-scale transport processes for
improved fuel cell performance,” DOE Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Program, FY 2011 Annual
Progress Report, pp. 827-832 (2011).
100.
S. Kandlikar, Z. Lu, N. Rao, J. Sergi, C. Rath, C. McDade, T. Trabold, J. Owejan, J. Gagliardo,
J. Allen, R.S. Yassar, E. Medici and A. Herescu, “Visualization of fuel cell water transport and
performance characterization under freezing conditions,” U.S. Department of Energy Report
DOE/GO/17018, May 30, 2010
101.
R. Kumar and T.A. Trabold, “Effect of pressure with wall heating in annular two-phase flow,”
U.S. Department of Energy Report LM-00K074, October 31, 2000.
102.
T.A. Trabold, C.C. Maneri, P.F. Vassallo and D.M. Considine, “Subcooled boiling near a heated
wall,” U.S. Department of Energy Report LM-00K084, October 27, 2000.
103.
T.A. Trabold and R. Kumar, “High pressure two-phase flow in a narrow duct. Part 1: Local
measurements in the droplet field. Part 2: Three-field modeling,” U.S. Department of Energy
Report KAPL-P-000125, July 1, 1999.
104.
G.J. Kirouac, T.A. Trabold, P.F. Vassallo, W.E. Moore and R. Kumar, “Instrumentation
development for multi-dimensional two-phase flow modeling,” U.S. Department of Energy
Report KAPL-P-000099, June 1, 1999.
105.
T.A. Trabold, R. Kumar and P.F. Vassallo, “Annular flow of R-134a through a high aspect ratio
duct: local void fraction, droplet velocity and droplet size measurements,” U.S. Department of
Energy Report KAPL-P-000071, November 15, 1998.
106.
T.A. Trabold and R. Kumar, “Vapor core turbulence in annular two-phase flow,” U.S.
Department of Energy Report KAPL-P-000107, June 1, 1998.
107.
T.A. Trabold, W.E. Moore and W.O. Morris, “Hot-film anemometer measurements in adiabatic
two-phase flow through a vertical duct,” U.S. Department of Energy Report KAPL-P-000233,
June 1, 1997.
108.
D. Duncan and T.A. Trabold, “Measurement of local void fraction at elevated temperature and
pressure,” U.S. Department of Energy Report KAPL-4747, March 1, 1993.
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P.F. Vassallo, T.A. Trabold, W.E. Moore and G.J. Kirouac, “Measurement of velocities in gasliquid two-phase flow using laser Doppler velocimetry,” U.S. Department of Energy Report
KAPL-4738, September 1, 1992.
Presentations
Invited Presentations
1. T.A. Trabold, “A game-changing opportunity: Organics recovery and valorization,” Organics
Reduction and Recycling Roundtable, hosted by the New York State Deartment of Environmental
Conservation, Rochester, NY, July 9, 2015.
2.
T.A. Trabold, “High performance building case study – RIT Sustainability Hall post occupancy
data collection and analysis,” training for United Arab Emirates Ministry of Public Works,
Rochester Institute of Technology, May 19, 2015.
3.
T.A. Trabold, “Organic wastes from Brooklyn breweries and anaerobic digestion,” Sustainable
Future: Resource Use and Competitive Positioning for Craft Beverage Producers, Carey Institute
for Global Good, Rennsalaerville, NY, May 14, 2015.
4.
T.A. Trabold, “Sustainable energy systems,” Roberts Wesleyan College, Rochester, NY, March
30, 2015.
5.
J. Lin, M.G. Waller, M.R. Walluk and T.A. Trabold, “Fuel cell systems for mobile power
applications,” University of Rochester, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Rochester, NY,
December 5, 2014.
6.
T.A. Trabold, M.R. Walluk, D.F. Smith and M.G. Waller, “Fuel cell technology,” 11th Tactical
Power Sources Summit, Washington, D.C., January 27, 2014.
7.
T.A. Trabold, “Hydrogen fuel cells for sustainable energy production: Stationary, transportation
and auxiliary power applications,” Energy for the 21st Century Symposium, University of
Rochester, March 15, 2013.
8.
T.A. Trabold, M.R. Walluk, J.F. Lin and D.F. Smith, “Fuel reforming for solid oxide fuel cells:
Durability effects and renewable fuel options,” Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, November
3, 2011.
9.
T.A. Trabold, M.R. Walluk, J.F. Lin and D.F. Smith, “Durability of SOFC-based auxiliary power
units,” Advanced Energy Conference, Buffalo, NY, October 13, 2011.
10. T.A. Trabold, “Sustainable Energy Research at the Golisano Institute for Sustainability,”
Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE), University of Rochester, NY, September 30, 2011.
11. T.A. Trabold, J.P. Owejan and J.J. Gagliardo, “Water management in proton exchange membrane
(PEM) fuel cells,” University of Tennessee – Knoxville, November 5, 2009.
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12. T.A. Trabold, J.P. Owejan and J.J. Gagliardo, “Application of neutron imaging to investigation
of proton exchange membrane fuel cell water management,” American Conference on Neutron
Scattering, Santa Fe, NM, May 14, 2008.
Technical Presentations
13. T.A. Trabold, “The end of waste: Organic feedstocks for distributed energy generation,” Syracuse
Center of Excellence 13th Annual Symposium, Urban Reinvention and Resilience, October 22,
2013.
14. J.H. Ebner, T.A. Trabold and A.A. Williamson, “Promotion of biofuels in the Finger Lakes
Region through development of an interactive, web-based global information system tool,”
Syracuse Center of Excellence 13th Annual Symposium, Urban Reinvention and Resilience,
October 22, 2013.
15. D. Fister, T. Trabold, M. Apperson and J. Roj, “Biodiesel production by conversion of waste
cooking oil from a municipal collection program,” New York Water Environment Association
(NYWEA) 85th Annual Conference and Exhibition, New York, NY, February 6, 2013.
Invited Community Outreach Presentations
16. T.A. Trabold, “Sustainable mobility: ending the monoculture of petroleum,” Sunday Forum,
Downtown Presbyterian Church, Rochester, NY, April 14, 2013.
17.
T.A. Trabold, “RIT’s role in anaerobic digester research and development,” Synergy Biogas LLC
Grand Opening, Covington, NY, May 1, 2012.
18.
T.A. Trabold, “Sustainable energy research and development at the Golisano Institute for
Sustainability,” Lion’s Club, Fairport, NY, February 7, 2012.
19.
T.A. Trabold, “Sustainable mobility: path to energy security and lower greenhouse gas emissions,”
Rochester Science Café, Rochester, NY, May 24, 2011.
Media Mentions
1.
Environmental Health Perspectives, “Spheres of Influence: Making Biogas from Food Waste,”
Vol. 123, No. 7, July 2015.
2.
City Newspaper, Rochester, NY, “New-school fuel,” June 24-30, 2015.
3.
City Newspaper, Rochester, NY, “Area talent helps rebuild fuel-cell industry,” October 29, 2014.
4.
Rochester Business Journal, “RIT secures fuel cell research grant,” July 28, 2014.
5.
Rochester Business Journal, “GIS key to advancing manufacturing N.Y.,” April 12, 2013
6.
City Newspaper, Rochester, NY, “RIT spins cooking oil into gold,” April 2, 2013.
7.
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester, NY, “Brains drive west thanks to fuel cell plant
closure - GM’s Honeoye Falls facility responsible for more than 400 local patents,” October 14,
2012.
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Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester, NY, “RIT event discusses producing biodiesel,”
October 5, 2012.
9.
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester, NY, “Bye-Bye Water Bottle – RIT phasing out
sale of H2O in vending machines to cut waste,” September 15, 2012.
10. Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester, NY, “Tweaking Transportation – Evolving
innovation seems to be on the right road,” July 1, 2012.
11. City Newspaper, Rochester, NY, “ENERGY: Power to the people,” May 22, 2012.
United States Patents
1.
G. Winter, G.V. Dadheech, T.A. Trabold and R.L. Datta “Hydrophilic coating for fuel cell bipolar
plate and methods of making the same,” U.S. Patent 9,029.046, May 12, 2015.
2.
G.V. Dadheech, T.A. Trabold, Y.M. Mikhail and M.H. Abd Elhamid, “Amorphous carbon
coatings for fuel cell bipolar plates,” U.S. Patent 8,956,785, February 17, 2015.
3.
J.P. Owejan, T.A. Trabold, W.H. Pettit, T.W. Tighe, J.M. Keogan, E.J. Connor and S.G. Goebel,
“PEM fuel cell stack inlet water regulation system,” U.S. Patent 8,877,392, November 4, 2014.
4.
J.P. Owejan, S.G. Goebel, J.M. Keogan and T.A. Trabold, “PEM fuel cell stack inlet water
regulation system,” U.S. Patent 8,859,163, October 14, 2014.
5.
G.V. Dadheech, T.A. Trabold, Y.M. Mikhail and M.H. Abd Elhamid, “Graphene coated SS
bipolar plate,” U.S. Patent 8,758,957, June 24, 2014.
6.
H. Schlag, R. Senner, T.A. Trabold, T.W. Tighe, G. Vyas and K.E. Newman, “Fuel cell
component with coating including nanoparticles,” U.S. Patent 8,735,022, May 27, 2014.
7.
J.P. Owejan, T.W. Tighe, J.A. Rock, T.A. Trabold and S.R. Falta, “Fuel cell bipolar plate exit for
improved flow distribution and freeze capability,” U.S. Patent 8,501,364, August 6, 2013.
8.
G.V. Dadheech, T.A. Trabold, Y.M. Mikhail and M.H. Abd Elhamid, “Amorphous carbon
coatings for fuel cell bipolar plates,” U.S. Patent 8,497,050, July 30, 2013.
9.
M.H. Abd Elhamid, G. Vyas, Y.M. Mikhail and T.A. Trabold, “Metallic bipolar plates with high
electrochemical stability and improved water management,” U.S. Patent 8,470,488, June 25, 2013.
10.
J.P. Owejan, T.W. Tighe, J.A. Rock, T.A. Trabold and S.R. Falta, “Fuel cell bipolar plate exit for
improved flow distribution and freeze capability,” U.S. Patent 8,394,547, March 12, 2013.
11.
G. Vyas, M.H. Abd Elhamid, Y.M. Mikhail and T.A. Trabold “Super-hydrophilic nanoporous
electrically conductive coatings for PEM fuel cells,” U.S. Patent 8,389,174, March 5, 2013.
12.
J.P. Owejan, T.A. Trabold and T.W. Tighe, “Low-cost hydrophilic treatment method for
assembled PEMFC stacks,” U.S. Patent 8,389,047, March 5, 2013.
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G. Vyas, M.H. Abd Elhamid, T.A. Trabold and Y.M. Mikhail, “Fuel cell contact element
including a TiO2 layer and a conductive layer,” U.S. Patent 8,377,607, February 19, 2013.
14.
T.A. Trabold, G.V. Dadheech, M.H. Abd Elhamid, Y. Zhang, K.E. Newman, J.A. Rock and S.J.
Spencer, “Bipolar plate with microgrooves for improved water transport,” U.S. Patent 8,277,986,
October 2, 2012.
15.
G. Vyas, Y.M. Mikhail and T.A. Trabold, “Hydrophilic layer on flowfield for water management
in fuel cells,” U.S. Patent 8,211,592, July 3, 2012.
16.
G. Winter, G. Vyas, T.A. Trabold and R.L. Datta, “Process for application of hydrophilic coating
to fuel cell bipolar plates,” U.S. Patent 8,182,884, May 22, 2012.
17.
L.C. Whitehead, S.R. Falta, T.A. Trabold, J.P. Owejan and T.W. Tighe, “Water removal features
for PEMFC stack manifolds,” U.S. Patent 8,168,340, May 1, 2012.
18.
J.P. Owejan, J.A. Rock, S.J. Spencer and T.A. Trabold, “Bipolar plate header former features,”
U.S. Patent 8,129,075, March 6, 2012.
19.
G.V. Dadheech, R.H. Blunk, T.A. Trabold, R.L. Datta and K.E. Newman, “Microtextured fuel
cell elements for improved water management,” U.S. Patent 8,105,721, January 31, 2012.
20.
J.P. Owejan, T.W. Tighe and T.A. Trabold, “Constant channel cross-section in a PEMFC outlet,”
U.S. Patent 8,101,322, January 24, 2012.
21.
K.E. Newman, M.H. Abd Elhamid, C.H. Olk, T.A. Trabold and G. Vyas, “Development of high
surface energy stainless steels for improved wettability,” U.S. Patent 8,097,377, January 17, 2012.
22.
T.A. Trabold, S.R. Falta, P.A. Rapaport, R.L. Datta and G.Y. Dadheech,, “Bipolar plate
hydrophilic treatment for stable fuel cell stack operation at low power,” U.S. Patent 8,053,133,
November 8, 2011.
23.
J.P. Owejan, T.W. Tighe, T.A. Trabold and J.A. Rock, “Water removal system for non-reactive
regions in PEMFC stacks,” U.S. Patent 8,034,502, October 11, 2011.
24.
G. Vyas, T.A. Trabold and S.W. Gaarenstroom, “Method to make conductive hydrophilic fuel
cell element,” U.S. Patent 8,029,943, October 4, 2011.
25.
C. Ji, S.R. Falta, T.A. Trabold and B.K. Brady, “Electroconductive polymer coating on
electroconductive elements in a fuel cell,” U.S. Patent 7,951,510, May 31, 2011.
26.
G. Winter, G. Vyas, T.A. Trabold and R.L. Datta, “Hydrophilic coating for fuel cell bipolar plate
and methods of making the same,” U.S. Patent 7,935,381, May 3, 2011.
27.
T.A. Trabold, J.P. Owejan, S.J. Spencer, J.A. Rock and G.V. Dadheech, “Bipolar plate with inlet
and outlet water management features,” U.S. Patent 7,901,832, March 8, 2011.
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G. Vyas, M.H. Abd Elhamid, Y.M. Mikhail and T.A. Trabold, “Surface engineering of bipolar
plate materials for better water management,” U.S. Patent 7,897,295, March 1, 2011.
29.
J.P. Owejan, S.R. Falta, P.A. Rapaport, T.A. Trabold, TW. Tighe and L.C. Whitehead, “Water
removal channel for PEM fuel cell stack headers,” U.S. Patent 7,862,936, January 4, 2011.
30.
T.W. Tighe, J.P. Owejan and T.A. Trabold, “Use of porous material in the manifolds of a fuel
cell stack,” U.S. Patent 7,842,426, November 30, 2010.
31.
T. Berning, C. Wieser, P.-Y.A. Chuang and T.A. Trabold, “Method for optimizing diffusion
media with spatially varying mass transport resistance,” U.S. Patent 7,829,230, November 9, 2010.
32.
T.A. Trabold and S.R. Falta, “Fuel cell flooding detection,” U.S. Patent 7,781,118, August 24,
2010.
33.
J.P. Owejan, C. Ji, T.A. Trabold, M. Cartwright and S.G. Goebel, “Water blocking layer and
wicking reservoir for PEMFC,” U.S. Patent 7,749,637, July 6, 2010.
34.
M.H. Abd Elhamid, G. Vyas, T.A. Trabold and Y.M. Mikhail, “Fuel cell separator plate coating,”
U.S. Patent 7,749,631, July 6, 2010.
35.
T.W. Tighe, J.P. Owejan, D.J. Darga, P.A. Rapaport, J.A. Rock and T.A. Trabold, “Bifurcations
of flow channels in bipolar plate flowfields,” U.S. Patent 7,718,298, May 18, 2010.
36.
G. Vyas, T. Xie and T.A. Trabold, “Hydrophilic fuel cell bipolar plate having a plasma induced
polymerization coating,” U.S. Patent 7,622,211, November 24, 2009.
37.
G. Vyas, T.A. Trabold, M.H. Abd Elhamid, Y.M. Mikhail, R. Gordon and D. Pang, “Fuel cell
component having a durable conductive and hydrophilic coating,” U.S. Patent 7,550,222, June 23,
2009.
38.
S.L. Peters, T.A. Trabold, G. Vyas, R.L. Datta and J.M. Guzda, “Method of making a fuel cell
component using an easily removed mask,” U.S. Patent 7,531,100, May 12, 2009.
39.
J.E. O’Hara, T.A. Trabold, M.R. Schoeneweiss and J. Roth, “Spatially varying diffusion media
and devices incorporating the same,” U.S. Patent 7,332,240, February 19, 2008.
40.
T.A. Trabold, “PEM fuel cell stack with coated flow distribution network,” U.S. Patent 7,306,874,
December 11, 2007.
41.
J.H. Hammond and T.A. Trabold, “Processes for coating photoconductors,” U.S. Patent
7,132,125, November 7, 2006.
42.
T.A. Trabold and J.P. Owejan, “Flow field geometries for improved water management,” U.S.
Patent 7,087,337, August 8, 2006.
43.
T.A. Trabold and M.R. Schoeneweiss, “PEM fuel cell stack without gas diffusion media,” U.S.
Patent 6,916,573, July 12, 2005.
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T.A. Trabold, R.F. Dunham and J.M. Hammond, “Coating die with laser position sensors,” U.S.
Patent 6,863,730, March 8, 2005.
45.
J.M. Sanchez, P.C. Lincoln, J.M. Hammond, T.A. Trabold, C.C. Chen and J. Cai, “Deflocculation
apparatus and methods thereof,” U.S. Patent 6,797,342, September 28, 2004.
46.
T.A. Trabold, R.F. Dunham and J.M. Hammond, “Coating process for coating die with laser
position sensors,” U.S. Patent 6,706,315, March 16, 2004.
47.
T.A. Trabold, “Multi-layer slot coating die with selective ultrasonic assist,” U.S. Patent 6,702,195,
March 9, 2004.
Published United States Patent Applications (Patents Pending).
1.
G.V. Dadheech, M.H. Abd Elhamid, T.A. Trabold and Y.M. Mikhail, “Fuel cell flow field plate
including non-stoichiometric metal oxide layer,” U.S. Patent Application US20130095251, April
18, 2013.
2.
P.D. Nicotera, C. Ji, and T.A. Trabold, “Co-deposition of conductive material at the diffusion
media/plate interface,” U.S. Patent Application US20110189580, August 4, 2011.
3.
D.W. Fultz, P.D. Nicotera, T.A. Trabold, G.V. Dadheech and P.-Y.A. Chuang, “Gas diffusion
media made from electrically conductive coatings on non-conductive fibers,” U.S. Patent
Application US20110143262, June 16, 2011.
4.
J.P. Owejan, T.A. Trabold, W.H. Pettit, T.W. Tighe, J.M. Keogan, E.J. Connor and S.G. Goebel,
“PEM fuel cell stack inlet water regulation system,” U.S. Patent Application US20110053011,
March 3, 2011.
5.
J.P. Owejan, J.J. Gagliardo and T.A. Trabold, “Continuous porous flow distributor for a fuel cell,”
U.S. Patent Application US20110039190, February 17, 2011.
6.
J.P. Owejan, J.A. Rock, S.J. Spencer and T.A. Trabold, “Bipolar plate with features for mitigation
of exit water retention,” U.S. Patent Application US20100086820, April 8, 2010.
7.
G.V. Dadheech, T.A. Trabold and M.H. Abd Elhamid, “Low cost fuel cell bipolar plate and
process of making the Same,” U.S. Patent Application US20090214927, August 27, 2009.
8.
J.P. Owejan, T.A. Trabold, T.W. Tighe, R.L. Datta and G.V. Dadheech, “Fuel cell bipolar plate
with variable surface properties,” U.S. Patent Application US20090191351, July 30, 2009.
9.
M. Abd Elhamid, G. Vyas, Y. Mikhail and T.A. Trabold, “Electrically conductive lands adhered
to gas diffusion media and methods of making and using the same,” U.S. Patent Application
US20080050643, February 28, 2008.
10.
G. Vyas, M.H. Abd Elhamid and T.A. Trabold, “Stable conductive and hydrophilic fuel cell
contact element,” U.S. Patent Application Publication US20070003813, January 4, 2007..
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G. Vyas, R.H. Blunk, T.A. Trabold, R.L. Datta and K.E. Newman, “Durable hydrophilic coatings
for fuel cell bipolar plates,” U.S. Patent Application Publication US20060216570 A1, September
28, 2006.
12.
G. Vyas, M.H. Abd Elhamid, T.A. Trabold, K.E. Newman, R.H. Blunk, Y.M. Mikhail and R.L.
Datta, “Metal oxide based hydrophilic coatings for PEM fuel cell bipolar plates,” U.S. Patent
Application Publication US20060216571 A1, September 28, 2006.
Grant Activity - Funded Applications
Funding Source
General Motors Global
Powertrain Engineering
New York State Department of
Environmental Conservation
(NYDEC)
National Institute of Standards
and Technology (NIST)
Staples Sustainable Innovation
Lab
New York State Department of
Environmental Conservation
(NYDEC)
Praxair, Inc.
New York State Energy
Research and Development
Authority (NYSERDA)
National Institute of Standards
and Technology (NIST)
U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA)
National Institute of Standards
and Technology (NIST)
U.S. Department of Commerce
(DEC)
New York State Department of
Environmental Conservation
(NYDEC)
New York State Department of
Environmental Conservation
(NYDEC)
National Grid
Office of Naval Research
(ONR)
August 7, 2015
Project Title
Innovative Neutron Imaging Methods for Water
Quantification in PEM Fuel Cells
Microbial Fuel Cells for Prevention of Food
Processing Wastewater Discharge
Role
PI
Fuel Reforming for Residential Power
Applications: Prototype Residential Power System
Hydrogen Infrastructure for Product Distribution
Centers. Phase 1: Fuel Cell-Powered Material
Handling Equipment
Preliminary Study to Determine the Feasibility of
Anaerobic Digestion in the Town of Rose
PI
PI
05/01/2014
08/15/2014
Oxygen Transport Membrane (OTM) Reformer
Reliability
Low Cost Catalyst for Syngas Production and
Reformer
Co-PI
01/01/2014
06/30/2014
01/01/2014
12/31/2014
Fuel Reforming for Residential Power
Applications: Fuel Reformer and Stack Integration
Cooking Oil-to-Fuel Program
PI
Fuel Reforming for Residential Power Applications
PI
Characterization of Non-Aqueous Food Wastes as
Feedstock for Sustainable Energy Production
Brewery and Distillery Waste Reduction by
Anaerobic Digestion
PI
Assessment of Waste-to-Energy Technologies for
the New York State Food Processing Industry
PI
06/15/2011
08/31/2012
Food Processing Waste Feedstocks for Energy
Production Via Anaerobic Co-Digestion
Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Development
PI
02/01/2012
01/31/2013
10/01/2010
06/30/2013
PI
PI
PI
PI
PI
Co-PI
Period
04/01/2015
12/31/2015
09/01/2014
08/31/2016
09/01/2014
08/31/2015
08/01/2014
07/31/2015
09/01/2013
12/31/2014
02/01/2011
06/30/2014
09/01/2012
12/31/2013
09/01/2012
02/28/2013
08/01/2012
03/31/2013
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U.S. Department of Energy
(DOE)
Investigation of Micro- and Macro-Scale Water
Transport for Improved Low Temperature and
Freeze Performance
Co-PI
06/01/2010
11/30/2013
Teaching and Student Advising
•
Nominated for Richard and Virginia Eisenhart Provost’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, for
tenure-track faculty with less than 4 years teaching experience (2014 and 2015).
Graduate Courses at RIT (Golisano Institute for Sustainability)
• Fundamentals of Sustainability Science (Fall 2012, Fall 2013, Fall 2014 and Fall 2015)
This course comprises one of the core academic offerings of the RIT Sustainability program, and
introduces M.S. and Ph.D. students to the fundamental skills and concepts required to conduct original
research related to the interaction of industrial, environmental and social systems. Students develop
insight into the key challenges of Sustainability and the four primary technology thrusts of the
Golisano Institute for Sustainability: sustainable energy, sustainable mobility, sustainable production,
and environmentally efficient information technology (Eco-IT). In developing this understanding,
emphasis is placed on learning how to think like a researcher, through critical reading and writing, inclass discussion, and public speaking. At the completion of the course, students have the skills
necessary to:
o Intelligently discuss why consideration of the principles of Sustainability is essential to current
and future technology development.
o Form hypotheses and write research proposals related to sustainable industrial systems, identify
the linkages between different disciplines, participate in peer review of scientific research, and
understand the role of university research in relation to private industry and governmental
organizations.
o Understand multiple perspectives on sustainability such as geographical, temporal and cultural
variations, different scientific approaches to sustainability, and the importance of sustainability in
research efforts in the physical and social sciences, engineering and policy.
•
Industrial Ecology Fundamentals (Spring 2014 and Spring 2015)
This course provides an introduction to the field of Industrial Ecology, a systems-based,
multidisciplinary study of the material and energy flows in industrial processes, and how these
processes interact with natural systems. Learning outcomes include:
o Understanding Industrial Ecology in the context of the principles of Sustainability (environment,
economy, society).
o Comprehending the analogy between industrial and natural systems, and how biology offers a
context in which to understand complex industrial systems.
o Developing an understanding of material and energy flow analysis.
o Developing a working knowledge of life cycle assessment (LCA), particularly in regards to
applying tools specific to the built environment (e.g., ATHENA, BEES, etc.).
o Analyzing the operation and performance of the Golisano Institute for Sustainability in the context
of the principles of Industrial Ecology.
•
Green Chemistry & Engineering (Spring 2012)
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In the development of chemicals, materials and manufacturing processes that satisfy key functional
requirements, it is imperative to consider the attendant environmental, economic and social impacts,
demanded by the principles of Sustainability. In this course, the tenants of Green Chemistry and Green
Engineering are presented as an integral part of the wider context of Sustainability. Topics covered
include: green chemistry and safer chemical processes, bioprocesses, sustainable chemical
manufacturing processes, energy requirements, waste and waste treatment, emerging materials,
renewable resources and sustainable culture and policies.
•
Sustainable Energy Systems (Spring 2012)
Energy will play an increasingly vital role in economic, environmental and political developments
around the world. This course first investigates the current trends in energy production, distribution,
and consumption associated with the primary incumbent energy system technologies: fossil fuel
combustion and nuclear power. An understanding of the economic, environmental and social
limitations of these technologies will lead to analysis of the potential benefits of 3 key renewable
technologies: solar (including wind), biomass and hydrogen/fuel cells. Potential paths to market
penetration for these technologies are introduced, including expected geographical variations.
•
Sustainable Mobility Systems (Spring 2011 and Winter 2012)
This course provides an introduction to three key technologies currently under development to
displace traditional mobility systems based on hydrocarbon combustion: alternative fuels, fuel cells
and batteries. For each technology, the relative advantages and disadvantages are explored in the
context of the principles of sustainability, which demand consideration of the attendant environmental,
economic and social impacts. Potential paths to market penetration for sustainable mobility are
introduced, including expected geographical variations.
•
Integrated Building Energy Systems (Independent Study; Spring 2013 and Fall 2013)
This course involves investigation of the new integrated sustainable energy systems that are part of
the Golisano Institute for Sustainability (GIS) building, including phosphoric acid fuel cell (400 kW),
photovoltaic array (40 kW), vertical-axis wind turbines (3 kW), lithium-ion battery storage system
(50 kW-hr), geothermal wells and electric vehicle charging stations. Each of these systems is studied
to understand their specifications, installation requirements and general principles of operation. Direct
measurements are acquired and analyzed to quantify individual system performance metrics. The
integrated systems are then be studied in the context of overall building energy demand and how the
GIS building shares excess power and heat with the RIT campus. Students also utilize commercial
building energy software to compliment their empirical hands-on investigations.
Graduate Workshop
• Developed lectures for a workshop in Sustainable Energy Pathways for National Science Foundation
Partnership in International Research and Education (PIRE) program in “Materials for Renewable
Energy NaturE’s Way (RENEW),” led by Case Western Reserve University.
o May 30, 2014 at Case Western Reserve
 Current Energy Infrastructure & Incumbent Technologies
 Sustainable Technologies. Part 1 – Solar
 Sustainable Technologies. Part 2 – Wind
 Sustainable Technologies. Part 3 – Electrochemical
o August 14, 2014 at the American Chemical Society Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA
 Sustainable Technologies. Part 4 – Biomass waste-to-energy
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Integrated Sustainable Energy Systems
Undergraduate Courses at Clarkson University (as Ph.D. candidate)
• Lecturer for Particle Dynamics (1986)
• Lecturer for Thermal Science II (1988)
• Teaching Assistant (TA) for Heat Transfer (1987)
• Teaching Assistant (TA) for Chemical Engineering Laboratory (1984)
Thesis/Dissertation Advisor
1.
Jiefeng Lin, Ph.D., “Assessment of bio-fuel options for solid oxide fuel cell applications,”
completed May 2013.
2.
Xuan Liu, Ph.D., “Proton exchange membrane fuel cells for automotive applications: lowtemperature operation and end-of-life strategies,” in progress.
3.
Jacqueline Ebner, Ph.D., “Analysis of food waste resources with a focus on waste-to-energy in the
Finger Lakes Region of New York State,” in progress. Co-advised with Dr. Anahita Williamson.
4.
Michael Waller, Ph.D., “Fuel cell system integration for small scale mobile fuel cell applications,”
in progress.
5.
Shwe Sin Win, Ph.D., “Assessment of biofuel production as a component of sustainable
development in Asian countries,” in progress.
6.
Steven Barber, Ph.D., “Optimized biomass pyrolysis system for combined syngas and biochar
production,” in progress.
7.
Swati Hegde, Ph.D., “Fermentation for production of alcohol-based biofuels,” in progress.
8.
Dmitry Liapitch, Ph.D., “Analysis of integrated distributed energy systems in a LEED-certified
academic research building,” in progress.
9.
Matthew Rankin, M.S., “Assessment of anaerobic co-digestion for sustainable energy production
in New York State,” completed May 2013.
10.
David Frank, M.S., “Waste cooking oil-to-biodiesel conversion for campus vehicular transport
applications,” completed May 2014.
11.
Daniel Bruton, M.S., “Waste cooking oil-to-biodiesel conversion for campus building heating
applications,” completed May 2014.
12.
J. Cameron Hebda, M.S., “Optimizing household organic material management for sustainability:
system modeling and policy analysis for the city of Rochester, NY,” completed June 2014. Coadvised with Dr. Anahita Williamson.
M.S. Capstone Project Advisor
1.
Darren Smith, M.S., “Ionic liquid extraction of algal lipid oil for biodiesel production,” in progress.
2.
Josh Dranoff, “Tofu processing wastewater treatment via microbial fuel cells,” May 2015.
3.
Daniel Fenton, “Neutron imaging of active and non-active area water accumulation in a proton
exchange membrane fuel cell,” May 2015.
4.
Dylan Falanga, “Potential performance, cost, and emissions reduction benefits of a residential
whole-house corn burning furnace,” December 2014.
Thesis/Dissertation Committee Member within the Golisano Institute for Sustainability
1.
Bridget Carney, M.Arch., “A landmark Rochester train station: Employing transit-oriented
development strategies to create a landmark station and revitalize the surrounding neighborhood,”
May 2015.
2.
Schuyler Matteson, Ph.D., “Progress in energy storage technologies: Models and methods for
policy analysis,” December 2015.
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Michele Goe, Ph.D., “Management of end-of-life photovoltaics: assessing environmental and
economic tradeoffs of recycling,” May 2014.
Allsion LaChance, M.Arch., “Watt community rowing center: high-performance athletes yield
high-performance architecture,” August 2014.
Thesis/Dissertation Committee Member outside of the Golisano Institute for Sustainability
1.
Michael Bloom, M.S., “Copolyesters Based on Vanillic Acid or Syringic Acid and Dodecanedioic
Acid,” Department of Material Science, Rochester Institute of Technology (2015).
2.
Joshua Gild, M.S., “Physical characteristics and morphology of platinum nanocrystals on
strontium titanate,” Department of Material Science, Rochester Institute of Technology (2015).
3.
Mustafa Koz, Ph.D., “Numerical investigation of interfacial mass transport resistance and twophase flow in PEMFC air channels,” Department of Microsystems Engineering, Rochester
Institute of Technology (2015).
4.
Praneeth Pulisani, M.S., “Using information processing to forecast, schedule and deliver
sustainable energy to PEVs,” Department of Computer Engineering, Rochester Institute of
Technology (2013).
5.
Daniel Harris, M.S., “Characterization of mass transport processes to enable PEM fuel cell startup from low temperatures,” Department of Mechanical Engineering, Rochester Institute of
Technology (2009).
6.
Jon Owejan, M.S., “Neutron radiography study of water transport in an operating fuel cell: Effects
of diffusion media and cathode channel properties,” Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Rochester Institute of Technology (2003).
Service to the Golisano Institute for Sustainability (GIS)
Activity
Ph.D. Program Director
Dates
May 2014 –
present
Degree Certifications
Faculty Search
Committee Chair
May 2014 –
present
September 2013
– May 2014
Strategic Plan
Committee
March 2014 present
Admissions Committee
2010 - 2011
Curriculum Committee
August 2010 –
present
August 7, 2015
Description
Assumed responsibility to represent GIS in periodic
meetings with Dean Flores and other Directors to
discuss matters relevant to Ph.D. education.
Assumed responsibility to certify all M.S. and Ph.D.
degrees in Sustainability.
Chaired the Faculty Search Committee which resulted
in the successful hire of Dr. Roger Chen, formerly
Research Assistant Professor, Portland State
University.
Develop vision and goals for GIS in 6 key areas:
scholarly leadership, education, student success,
technology transfer, diversity & inclusion, and
organizational.
Reviewed M.S. and Ph.D. student applications.
Contributed to telephone and on-campus interviews.
Contributed to semester conversion documentation,
guidelines for M.S. and Ph.D. degrees, formulating a
revised qualification exam format, developing new
forms, student assessment survey, etc.
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Staples Sustainable
August 2014 Review laboratory funding proposals, and contribute to
Innovation Laboratory
present
guiding the direction of future research programs.
Steering Committee
Graduate Seminar Series November 2011 - Organized weekly GIS Graduate seminars with
present
speakers from within GIS, RIT and outside universities,
laboratories and companies. (also covered in the
Teaching section)
Director, Center for
January 2012 –
Assumed the role of Director, with responsibility for
Sustainable Mobility
present
executing the vision of the Center through strategic
funding in areas of fuel cells, batteries, advanced biofuels and compressed natural gas. Contributed to the
design plan for the Fuel Cell and Vehicle Dynamics
Test Beds in the GIS building. Manage activities of
both GIS graduate students and staff engineers.
Ph.D. Thesis Advisor
Various
Steven Barber, Jacqueline Ebner (co-advised with
Anahita Williamson), Swati Hegde, Dmitry Liapitch,
Jiefeng Lin (graduated), Xuan Liu, Michael Waller and
Shwe Sin Win
Ph.D. Qualifying
Various
Michele Bustamante, Jacqueline Ebner (Chair), Tess
Examination Committee
Garvey (Chair), Schuyler Matteson (Chair), Brittany
Smith (Chair), Chandramouli Venkatesan (Chair), Xue
Wang (Chair) and Anna Maria Leal Yepes (Chair)
Ph.D. Dissertation
Various
Michele Goe, Schuyler Matteson
Committee
M.S. Thesis Advisor
Various
Daniel Bruton (graduated), Daniel Fenton, David
Frank (graduated), J. Cameron Hebda (graduated),
Matthew Rankin (graduated), Darren Smith, Joseph
Taddeo
M.Arch. Thesis
Various
Alison LaChance
Committee
M.S. Capstone Advisor Various
Josh Dranoff, Humza Arshad, Ricardo Dias
Undergraduate Co-Op
Various
Kelsey McConnaghy (Mechanical Engineering),
Advisor
Mallory Apperson (ESH&S) , Wai-Han Chan
(Bioinformatics)
Faculty Advisor for
January – April
Advised student group (Matthew Rankin, Jiefeng Lin,
NYSP2I Research &
2012
Xue Wang) on their submission entitled “Rochester
Development Student
Institute of Technology – No Organic Waste (RITCompetition
NOW)”
GIS Building LEED
June – October
With Paul Stiebitz, contributed material for the
Certification
2013
educational component of the GIS building LEED
certification evaluation, entitled “Sustainability
Institute Hall – A Living Learning Laboratory.”
Extended Program
June 2011
Prof. Clark Hochgraf (CAST)
Faculty Nominations
January 2014
Prof. Andres Kwasinski (KGCOE)
January 2014
Prof. Jeffrey Lodge (COS)
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Collaboration with
Rochester Museum and
Science Center (RMSC)
June 2011
Greentopia
September 2011
Collaboration with
Alfred State College
March 2013
GIS Building Tours
Various
Met with Kate Bennett (President) and Calvin
Uzelmeier (Director of Education) to discuss ways for
GIS and RMSC to collaborate in Sustainability
education.
Helped organize and run the GIS information booth at
the Greentopia Festival at High Falls in Rochester.
Organized meeting among GIS faculty and
representatives from Alfred State College, to discuss
ideas for curriculum development in sustainability and
related disciplines.
Provided building tours to many visiting groups and for
a number of campus events, including the Nathaniel
Rochester Society Summer Gala (July 2013).
Service to the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT)
Activity
Graduate Council
Search Committee for
Senior Sustainability
Advisor to the President
ImagineRIT
Executive Committee of
Energy Working Group
Graduate Research
Symposium
Future Faculty Career
Exploration Program
(FFCEP)
RIT Workforce
Innovations Conference
August 7, 2015
Dates
August 2013 present
November 2010 –
March 2011
Description
Contribute to developing policies and processes
related to graduate education
Served on Committee that resulted in the hiring of
Enid Cardinal. Duties included CV review, telephone,
Skype and on-campus interviews, and reference
checks.
2010 – 2014
Each year since arriving at RIT, I have led a
staff/student team in presenting and demonstrating our
waste-to-energy, biofuels and fuel cell research
activities.
2010 – 2011
Selected by former VP of Research Donald Boyd for
this core cross-campus group, which included
members from KGCOE, CAST and COS. Conducted
the “Research Reception and Poster Session” on April
22, 2011. Although this activity ended when Dr. Boyd
retired, our charge was to organize and promote
energy-related research activities on campus, increase
inter-college collaboration and thus enhance RIT’s
ability to attract external research funding.
February 27, 2015 Invited to serve as session chair for student oral
presentations.
September 29 – Represented GIS in FFCEP interviews and reception.
October 2, 2011
March 29, 2012
Presented lecture on “Alternative (Sustainable)
Energy” to high school students from the local
Rochester community.
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Multidisciplinary
Studies Curriculum
Committee
RIT Strategic Plan
FUEL: Forum for
University and Energy
Leaders in fuel cells and
batteries
Faculty Institute on
Teaching and Learning
Guest lectures (outside
GIS)
T.A. Trabold
2011 – 2013
Evaluated course semester conversion plans, and
assessed long-term plan for the Multidisciplinary
Studies Program (3-year term).
March – May 2014 Invited to serve on Student Success Task Force
December 2010
Contributed to organizing this event that brought
together experts from industry and academia to share
recent breakthroughs and identify critical needs to
advance fuel cell and battery technology. Dr. Hubert
Gasteiger, professor at the Technical University of
Munich and world-renowned expert in these fields,
provided the keynote seminar, followed by technical
presentations, an industry panel discussion, and
student poster presentations.
May 2013
Served on panel discussion on “Toward a Sustainable
University: The Campus as a Canvas.”
January 28, 2013
“Catalytic fuel reformation: Pathway to renewable
hydrogen for fuel cell applications” for graduate Fuel
Cell course in Department of Mechanical Engineering
(Prof. Jason Kolodziej).
December 3, 2013
M.S. Thesis Committee
(outside GIS)
Various
“Alternative Fuels: Ending the Monoculture of
Petroleum,” for undergraduate course in CAST (Prof.
Chris Deminco).
Praneeth Pulusani, M.S. student in Computer
Engineering, May 2013: “Using Signal and
Information Processing Techniques to Forecast,
Schedule and Deliver Sustainable Energy to Electric
Vehicles”.
Service to the Profession
Activity
Associate Technical
Editor
New York Battery and
Energy Storage
Technology Consortium
(NY-BEST)
August 7, 2015
Dates
Description
July 2008 – June Invited to serve as Associate Technical Editor of the
2011
Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering
Applications, American Society of Mechanical
Engineers.
2010 - 2012
Chairman of the Testing & Characterization
Advisory Committee. Most activity involved
assessing needs in support of the development of NYBEST’s commercialization center, now located at
Eastman Business Park, Rochester, NY. Provided a
report on “Assessment of Testing and Prototyping
Needs in the New York State Energy Storage
Community,” November 23, 2011.
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U.S. Department of
Energy Annual Merit
Review
Fuel Cell Technical
Team of U.S. DRIVE
(Driving Research and
Innovation for Vehicle
efficiency and Energy
sustainability)
National Pollution
Prevention Roundtable
(NPPR) Webinar
Fuel Cell Conference
Session Chair
Greentopia Futures
Summit Conference
Technical Reviewer Journals
Technical Reviewer –
Conference Proceedings
Technical Reviewer Proposals
Invited Guest Lectures
T.A. Trabold
June 2014
Invited to serve as reviewer for the Hydrogen & Fuel
Cells Program and Vehicle Technologies Office
Annual Merit Review and Peer Evaluation Meeting,
Washington, D.C.
March
2012
- Invited to serve as Associate Technical Team
present
Member. Attend monthly meetings in person
(Southfield, MI) or by teleconference, focusing
primarily on topics related to fuel cell water
management. Discuss R&D needs and identify
technology gaps, and evaluate technical status and
R&D progress. [My involvement has declined since
2013, due to academic duties.]
February 15, 2011
Participated in webinar presented by the New York
State Pollution prevention Institute (NYSP2I) for the
NPPR Lean and Environment Workgroup Meeting
July 2013
Invited to serve as Session Chair for “Microbial Fuels
Cells,” 11th International Fuel Cell Science,
Engineering
and
Technology
Conference,
Minneapolis, MN.
September 2013
Invited to serve as Panel Moderator for “Energy and
Materials from Waste,” Eastman Business Park,
Rochester, NY.
Various
Journal of Power Sources, International Journal of
Hydrogen Energy, Fuel Cells, Electrochimica Acta,
Journal of the Electrochemical Society, Applied
Energy, American Institute of Chemical Engineers
(AIChE) Journal, various American Society of
Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Journals, etc. (up to
12 reviews per year)
Various
Proceedings of the ASME International Conference
on Energy Sustainability and Fuel Cell Science,
Engineering and Technolgy (annually since 2011)
Various
National Institute for Standards and Technology
(NIST) Center for Neutron Research, proposals for
neutron beam experiments (annually since 2011)
May 14, 2008
“Application of neutron imaging to investigation of
proton exchange membrane fuel cell water
management,” American Conference on Neutron
Scattering, Santa Fe, NM.
November 5, 2009
“Water management in proton exchange membrane
(PEM) fuel cells,” University of Tennessee –
Knoxville, TN.
September 30, 2011 “Sustainable Energy Research at the Golisano
Institute for Sustainability,” Laboratory for Laser
Energetics (LLE), University of Rochester.
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“Durability of SOFC-based auxiliary power units,”
Advanced Energy Conference, Buffalo, NY.
November 3, 2011
“Fuel reforming for solid oxide fuel cells: Durability
effects and renewable fuel options,”
Department of Chemical Engineering, Queen’s
University, Kingston, Ontario.
March 15, 2013
“Hydrogen fuel cells for sustainable energy
production: Stationary, transportation and auxiliary
power applications,” Energy for the 21st Century
Symposium, University of Rochester.
January 27, 2014
“Fuel Cell Technology,” 11th Tactical Power Sources
Summit, Washington, D.C.
Service to the Community
Activity
Finger Lakes Regional
Sustainability Plan
GIS Laboratory Tours
Dates
2013
March 11, 2011
Description
Invited to serve on the Energy Stakeholder Group for
the Finger Lakes Regional Sustainability Plan.
AP Environmental Sciences class, Edison High
School. Toured renewable energy facilities and fuel
cell laboratory in Building 78; ~25 students.
April 29, 2011
9th grade science class, Wilson High School. Toured
renewable energy facilities and fuel cell laboratory in
Building 78; ~60 students.
May 29, 2013
6th grade class, Harley Middle School. Toured
laboratories, test beds and facilities in GIS Building
81; ~30 students.
Invited to serve as a featured speaker at the opening of
a new anaerobic digester biogas plant in Covington,
NY. This facility is operated by CH4 Biogas, Atlantic
Beach, FL, with whom we’ve conducted joint
research.
“Sustainable Mobility: Path to Energy Security and
Lower Greenhouse Gas emissions,” Rochester
Science Café, Barnes & Noble, Pittsford, NY.
Grand Opening of
Synergy Biogas LLC
May 1, 2012
Invited Community
Outreach Presentations
May 24, 2011
February 7, 2012
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“Sustainable energy research and development at the
Golisano Institute for Sustainability,” Lion’s Club,
Fairport, NY.
April 14, 2013
“Sustainable mobility: ending the monoculture of
petroleum,” Sunday Forum, Downtown Presbyterian
Church, Rochester, NY.
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