Understanding the History of Fuel Cells from 1860 until 2010

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Fuel cells are one of the key enabling technologies for future hydrogen
economy. For the last 20 years applications for the fuel cells are mostly
replacing internal combustions engines, and providing power in stationary
and portable power applications. But the history of the fuel cells is more
than the last 20 years; actually it has more than 150 years! It is the
purpose of this paper to present the development of the fuel cells from
1860 until 2010. This presentation will discuss the typical characteristics
and electrochemical reactions a fuel cell. Additionally, it will be
presented the basic concepts, applications for the six main types of fuel
cell technologies. Finally, it is the intention of this talk to present the
concepts and history related to the fuel cells in a basic way. This talk
will be very helpful for undergraduate students, graduate researchers,
people interested in history topics, and professional engineers without
previous knowledge of the technical fields related to fuel cells.


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  • University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez
  • Mayaguez, Puerto Rico
  • United States 00680
  • Building: Stefani
  • Room Number: S207
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  • Starts 28 February 2019 02:08 PM UTC
  • Ends 28 February 2019 03:08 PM UTC
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Dr. Eduardo Ortiz of University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez

Biography:

Dr. Eduardo I. Ortiz-Rivera is from Barranquitas, Puerto Rico. He was born in in May 30, 1977.  He received the BSEE degree (Magna Cum Laude) from the University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez in 2000, and the MSEE and Ph.D. from Michigan State University in 2002 and 2006 respectively.  He is Tenure-Full-Professor at University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in the areas of power electronics and control systems.  His research interests include power electronics, unmanned vehicles, renewable energy applications, power systems, aerospace systems, robotics, engineering education, and nonlinear mathematical modeling for dynamic systems. He also leads his research group Mathematical Modeling and Control of Renewable Energy for the Advance in the Technology and Education (Minds2CREATE Research Team).  He has more than 80 peer-reviewed publications including referenced conference papers and IEEE transactions.  Several of his peer-reviewed publications have been done with his undergraduate research assistants and graduate students that belong to the Minds2CREATE Research Team.  Several members of his group Minds2CREATE Research Team have won awards including 5 NSF-GRFP Awardees, 7 GEM Fellows, 1 NASA-PR Space Grant Fellow, 1 UN Fellow and 2 Best IEEE Paper Awards.

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Address:Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, United States, 00680