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ABSTRACT:  Fuel cells inherently involve phenomena occurring over a wide range of length scales, from the molecular scale on electro-catalyst surfaces through various scales of porous media including catalyst layers, micro-porous layer porous transport layers, to gas supply channels within a cell and finally to the manifolds at the stack scale. In total, length scales spanning about 10 orders of magnitude are of interest to the fuel cell developer.

Biosketch: Dr. Boghaert joined the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Waterloo as a Lecturer in 2014. She teaches a variety of courses including Chemistry for Engineers, Engineering Biology, Mathematics of Heat and Mass Transfer, Physical Chemistry I and Statistics and Experimental Design.

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Dr. Lena Ahmadi, Sessional Instructor, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Waterloo

Dr. Yael Zilberman-Simakov, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Chemistry, University of Waterloo

ABSTRACT:  Membrane technology has emerged as an important separation process for H₂ purification, CO₂ capture, and water purification.  Conventional membrane material designs are often focused on rigid polymers with strong size sieving ability to enhance diffusivity selectivity.  In contrast, our research focuses on the exploration of specific interactions between the penetrant and membrane materials to achieve high solubility selectivity and thus high separation performance.

Dr. Sumit Kundu, Hydrogen Fuel Cell Developer at Automotive Fuel Cell Cooperation

1 Slide. 3 Minutes. Outstanding Ideas!

Please arrive early so the event can start on time. Attendance at this event may be counted toward Masters and PhD students Seminar Attendance milestone.  

Please note, you will be required to stay for the duration of the competition.

Light refreshments provided. 

Hope to see you there!