CPE Faculty and Staff
Trung Van Nguyen
Professor
Currently serving as Director of NSF Program for Energy for Sustainability
B. S., North Carolina State University, 1981
M.S., Texas A&M University, 1985
Ph.D., Texas A&M University, 1988
Room: 4150E Learned Hall
Phone: (785) 864-3938
Fax: (785) 864-4967
E-mail: cptvn@ku.edu
Work Experience
Member of Technical Staff, Bell Labs., 1992-1994.
Associate Director, Center for Electrochemical Engineering, Texas A&M University, 1990-1991.
Senior Process and Product Development Engineer, Duracell, 1989-1990.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Los Alamos National Lab., 1988-1989.
Process Engineer, DuPont, 1982
Recent Awards
- Graduate and Professional Association Mentorship Award, University of Kansas, May 2004.
- Madison & Lila Self Faculty Scholar Award, 2002-2005
- Bellows Scholar Award, FY2001-2002.
- Excellence in Teaching Award, University of Kansas Center for Teaching Excellent, May 2001.
- Miller Professional Development Award for Distinguished Research, School of Engineering, University of Kansas, May 2000.
Research Interests
Fuel cells and batteries and mathematical modeling of electrochemical systems.
Current Research Focus:
- Interfacial phenomena at the electrode/membrane and membrane/membrane interfaces,
- Theoretical and experimental studies of spatiotemporal behavior and two-phase transport in porous electrodes and flow channels of proton exchange membrane fuel cells,
- Heat, gas and water management in proton exchange membrane fuel cells,
- Optimization of the micro-structures the catalyst layers used in PEM fuel cells for two phase flow,
- Development of electrode and membrane assemblies for PEM fuel cells for specific applications.
Research Sponsors
- KU - Energy Research Center
- KU - Endowment for the Madison & Lila Self Faculty Scholar Award
- Los Alamos National Lab
- National Science Foundation
- Toyota Motor Company
Links to Research Group(s)
Patents
Publications
Presentations
Recent Graduate Students Accomplishments
-
Wensheng He,
PhD [awarded the H.H. Dow Memorial Student Achievement Award for
outstanding graduate research by the IEEE Division of the
Electrochemical Society, May 2002; Frank Bowdish Outstanding PhD
Research Award from the Chemical & Petroleum Department of the
University of Kansas, May 2004; and the Marnie and Bill Argersinger
Award for Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation from the University of
Kansas, May 2004]
-
Dilip Natarajan,
PhD [awarded Frank Bowdish Outstanding PhD Research Award from the
Chemical & Petroleum Department of the University of Kansas, May 2005;
and the Marnie and Bill Argersinger Award for Outstanding Doctoral
Dissertation from the University of Kansas, May 2005]
Current Graduate Students
- Xuhai Wang, PhD
- Roland Friedmann, MS
