Fuel Cell Design, Durability, and Remanufacturing Lab

The UWME Fuel Cell Design, Durability, and Remanufacturing Lab is directed by Mechanical Engineering Professors Per Reinhall and Joyce Cooper.  The lab has the duel mission of:

• Advancing the state-of-the-art in fuel cell development by considering the implications of operating conditions and stack remanufacturing (as component reuse and recycling) on system performance and durability.

• Integrating interdisciplinary research experiences at the graduate and undergraduate levels that track fuel cell technologies from development to concurrent design and ultimately to commercialization.

Located in the Mechanical Engineering Building room 031, the lab currently includes commercial and UW-produced PEM fuel cells; air, and fuels handling systems; diagnostic equipment including flow, temperature, load monitoring, and LabView Analysis-based systems; environment, vibration, and shock analysis stations; and materials testing and component fabrication stations.

NEWS, EVENTS, Etc.              

--UWME DFE Lab Plug Power Life Cycle Design tool

--Vishesh Kumar from Michigan Tech joins the lab as a post-doc

 

Lab Research Initiatives

• PEMFC materials and manufacturing characterization

• PEMFC recycling

• PEMFC remanufacturing

Lab Educational Initiatives

• ME495/ ME499 Fuel Cell Technology

• ME415/CEE495/ENVIR Sustainability and Design for Environment

• ME599 Life Cycle Assessment

Also visit the:

• UWME DFE Lab

• UW Mechanical Engineering homepage

• UW homepage

For more information, contact Associate Professor Joyce Smith Cooper at cooper@me.washington.edu or Professor Per Reinhall at reinhall@u.washington.edu