REU: Materials and Processes for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells

REU：质子交换膜燃料电池的材料和工艺

• 批准号: 0552738
• 负责人: David Dillard
• 金额: $ 25万
• 依托单位: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-05-01 至 2009-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0552738&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Materials; Processes; Proton; Exchange

EEC-0552738 David A. DillardThis REU award for a Site on materials and processes for proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells supports 12 engineering and science students each year for three years in a 12-week research experience at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. The primary goal of this REU site is to nurture a diverse group of talented undergraduate students to develop an appreciation for research and scholarship, a broader base of knowledge, a better understanding of the research process, and a desire to contribute to advances in science and engineering through graduate research and professional careers.Students will be involved in research projects related to new fuel cell materials development; new methods for materials processing that yield high performance fuel cell assemblies; new techniques and theories for materials characterization; and new approaches for performance modeling that reveal the impact of materials and design on system performance. This program will build on Virginia Techs existing strengths in each of these research focus areas and their long history of successful REU programs which have engaged a large and diverse student population. The study of materials and processes for PEM fuel cells will offer an exceptional vehicle for introducing students to independent research, while exposing them to an important and rapidly developing technical field. This site is supported by the Department of Defense in partnership with the NSF REU program.

该REU奖授予质子交换膜（PEM）燃料电池材料和工艺研究基地，每年支持12名工程和理工科学生在弗吉尼亚理工学院和州立大学进行为期3年、为期12周的研究。这个REU网站的主要目标是培养一群有才华的本科生，培养他们对研究和奖学金的欣赏，更广泛的知识基础，更好地理解研究过程，并希望通过研究生研究和职业生涯为科学和工程的进步做出贡献。学生将参与与新型燃料电池材料开发相关的研究项目；生产高性能燃料电池组件的材料加工新方法；材料表征的新技术和新理论；性能建模的新方法揭示了材料和设计对系统性能的影响。该项目将建立在弗吉尼亚理工大学在这些研究重点领域的现有优势和他们长期成功的REU项目的基础上，这些项目吸引了大量不同的学生群体。质子交换膜燃料电池的材料和工艺的研究将提供一个特殊的工具，介绍学生独立研究，同时使他们接触到一个重要的和快速发展的技术领域。该站点由国防部与NSF REU项目合作提供支持。