Dr. Vladimir Gurau
Biography
Dr. Vladimir Gurau teaches courses in Mechanical Engineering and Green and Alternative Energy, including Fuel Cell Technology, Advanced Fuel Cell Technology, Energy Management Systems, Power Technology, Automated Manufacturing, etc.
Patents
1.V. Gurau: US 2015/0158179 A1: Robotic Fuel Cell Assembly System.
2.R.K. Wynne, J.K. Neutzler, F. Barbir, V. Gurau, W.E. Pierce: US 6,207,312 (United States); EP 1,116,297 (Europe) Self-Humidifying Fuel Cell
3.V. Gurau, F. Barbir, J.K. Neutzler: US 3. 6,551,736 (United States); WO 0,237,592 (Europe) Fuel Cell Collector Plate with Improved Mass Transfer Channels
4.V. Gurau, C. Zawodzinski, T. Zawodzinski, J. Wainright: 2005/019,1541 A1 (United States): Fuel Cell System with Flow Field Capable of Removing Liquid Water from the High-Pressure Channels
Education
Masters of Science in Mechanical / Aerospace Engineering (Propulsion Systems), Polytechnic Institute of Bucharest, Romania, 1987
Expertise
Fuel Cells
Computational Fuel Dynamics
Micro-Electrochemical
Numerical Simulations
Publications
- V. Gurau and T. Armstrong-Koch: “Further Improvements of an End-Effector for Robotic Assembly of Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells”, Energies, vol. 8, Special Issue “Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells 2015”, pp. 9452-9463, doi:10.3390/en8099
- M. Williams, K. Tignor, L. Sigler, C. Rajagopal and V. Gurau: “Robotic Arm for Automated Assembly of Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell Stacks”, The Journal of Fuel Cell Science and Technology, vol. 11 (issue 5), 054501, doi:10.1115/1.4027392 (2014)
- V. Gurau: “Demonstration of an Automated Assembly Process for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells Using Robotic Technology”, American Society of Engineering Education, paper ID: #9865, (2014)
- V. Gurau: “Investigation of a Manufacturing Process for Intermediate to Mass Production of Polymer Graphite Based Bipolar Plates for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells”, American Society of Engineering Education, paper ID: #9868, (2014)
- V. Gurau and J.A. Mann: “Technique for Characterization of the Wettability Properties of thin Gas Diffusion Media for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells”, The Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, vol. 350 (issue 2) pp.577-580 (2010)
- V. Gurau and J.A. Mann: “Effect of Interfacial Phenomena at the Gas Diffusion Layer-Channel Interface on the Water Evolution in a PEM Fuel Cell”, Journal of the Electrochemical Society, vol.157, pp. B512-B521 (2010)
- V. Gurau and J.A. Mann: “A Continuum Model for Water Transport in the Ionomer-Phase of Catalyst Coated Membranes for PEMFCs”, Special Issue on Micro/Nanotransport Phenomena in Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency, Advances in Mechanical Engineering,
- V. Gurau and J.A. Mann: “A Critical Overview of Computational Fluid Dynamics Multiphase Models for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells”, Special Issue on Fuel Cells: Modeling, Analysis, and Computation, SIAM Journal of Applied Mathematics, vol. 70, pp.
- V. Gurau, T.A. Zawodzinski Jr., J. A. Mann: “Spatiotemporal Behavior of Water and Two-Phase Transport in the Porous Electrodes for PEM Fuel Cells”, 215th ECS Transactions, Characterization of Porous Materials 2, vol. 19, pp. 29-38 (2009)
- V. Gurau: “Response to “Comment on ‘A Look at the Multiphase Mixture Model for PEM Fuel Cell Simulations’”, Electrochemical and Solid-State Letters vol. 12, pp. S4-S6 (2008)
- V. Gurau, Edwards R.V., J. A. Mann, T.A. Zawodzinski Jr.: ”A Look at the Multiphase Mixture Model for PEM Fuel Cell Simulations”, Electrochemical and Solid-State Letters vol. 11, pp. B132-B135 (2008)
- V. Gurau, T.A. Zawodzinski Jr., J. A. Mann: “Two-Phase Transport In PEM Fuel Cell Cathodes”, Special Issue on Modeling and Simulation of PEM Fuel Cells, Journal of Fuel Cell Science and Technology, vol. 5, pp. 021009-1-12 (2008)
- V. Gurau, T. Zawodzinski and R.J. Wayne: “In-Situ Characterization of GRAFCELL® Flexible Graphite Film as Gas Diffusion Layers for PEMFCs”, 214th ECS Transactions, vol. 16, No. 2, pp. 1651-1659, (2008)
Awards/Achievements
- Faculty Excellence Award for Research, 2014