Pramoth Varsan Madhavan

I am currently pursuing my PhD study in the department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering at the University of Waterloo. My current research is on the design and structural analysis of metallic bipolar plates used in Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells. I am currently working on the Ex-situ analysis of Metallic Bipolar Plates in which I am conducting experiments to analyze and understand the corrosion resistance, Electrical Conductivity and thermal conductivities of the bipolar plates. As the research progresses, the future steps are to perform the in-situ analysis of a single cell, through which the performance of a typical PEMFC can be studied, and to develop a structural model to model the effects of various parameters such as clamping pressure, membrane swelling, etc. on the performance degradation of metallic bipolar plates which in turn depicts the performance of the PEMFCs.