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John W. Weidner CEC Campaign for Excellence Professor of Chemical Engineering

Department of Chemical Engineering University of South Carolina

Columbia, SC 29208 Telephone: (803) 777-3207; Fax: (803) 777-8265 Email: [email protected]

BACKGROUND August, 2018 Birthdate: May 20, 1962; Port Washington, Wisconsin, USA Citizenship: USA Family Status: Married, three children

RESEARCH INTERESTS Design and operation of batteries, PEM fuel cells, and electrolytic reactors, Synthesis and characterization of electrochemically active materials, Green chemistry via electrochemical reactions in room temperature ionic liquids, Theoretical analysis of electroanalytical techniques, Mathematical modeling, Transport phenomena, Hydrogen production, Sustainable energy

EDUCATION Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, North Carolina State University, 1991

(Advisor: Peter S. Fedkiw). B.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1986.

PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT Distinguished Scientists, Savannah River National Laboratory, Aiken, SC, 2017-present. Department Chair, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of South Carolina,

Columbia, SC, 2011-present. College of Engineering and Computing Campaign for Excellence Professor of Chemical

Engineering, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, 2009-present. Associate Department Chair, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of South

Carolina, Columbia, SC, 2008-2010. Visiting Scientist, Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems, Freiburg, Germany,

2007-2008. Interim Associate Dean for Research, College of Engineering and Computing, University of

South Carolina, Columbia, SC, 2007. Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of South Carolina,

Columbia, SC, 2004-2009. Visiting Scientist, Electronic Materials and Devices Group, Los Alamos National

Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, Spring 2000. Visiting Scholar, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley,

CA, Fall, 1999. Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of South Carolina,

Columbia, SC, 1997-2004. Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of South Carolina,

Columbia, SC, 1991-1997. Summer Faculty Fellow, Energy Storage Systems Group, Jet Propulsion Laboratory,

Pasadena, CA, 1992. Research/Teaching Assistant, Department of Chemical Engineering, North Carolina State

University, Raleigh, NC, 1986-1991. Cooperative Education Student, S&C Electric Company, Chicago, IL, 1982-1984.

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PROFESSIONAL HONORS Breakthrough Leadership in Research Award, University of South Carolina (USC), 2017. Pipeline for Academy Leaders (PAL) program, USC, 2016-17. Energy Summit Education Leader Award, Charlotte Business Journal, 2016. American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Fellow, Class of 2015. College of Engineering and Computing Joseph M. Biedenbach Service Award, USC, 2014. Educational Foundation Award for Research in Science, Mathematics and Engineering, USC,

2013. Wall of Fame, Port Washington High School, Port Washington, WI, 2011. Electrochemical Society (ECS) Fellow, Class of 2010. Research Achievement Award, College of Engineering and Computing, USC, 2010. Research Award, Energy Technology Division, ECS, 2010. Energy Research Award, E.ON International Research Initiative, 2008. Crystal Flame Innovation Award Finalist: Entrepreneurship, Fuel Cell South, 2008. Golden Key Faculty Award for Excellence in Integrating Undergraduate Teaching &

Research, USC, 2006. Partner in Education: Richland School District Two, Columbia, SC, 2004. Crystal Flame Innovation Award Finalist: Research, Fuel Cell South, 2004. Outstanding AIChE Student Chapter Award (Advisor), 1998 and 1999 Intellectual Property Award, USC, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2003 Elected to Tau Beta Pi, Beta Chapter of South Carolina, 1997. Summer Faculty Fellowship, NASA-ASEE, 1992. Research and Productive Scholarship, USC, 1991. Electrochemical Society Energy Research Summer Fellowship, 1990. Electrochemical Society Battery Division Student Research Award, 1989. Dow Graduate Fellowship for Graduate Student Teaching, 1989. Graduate Teaching Award, North Carolina State University, 1988. Engineering Honors Graduate, University of Wisconsin, 1986. Julia Blake Junior Scholarship, 1982.

CONSULTING Medtronic Energy and Component Center, Brooklyn Center, MN, 2005-present. UTC Power, South Windsor, CT, 2009-2012. Incompressible Fluid Dynamics Group, Sandia National Lab, Albuquerque, NM, 1999-2003. Energy Storage Systems Group, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, 1992-1998.

RESEARCH FUNDING Current Funding: Principal Investigator • Department of Energy, “Novel Metal Hydride Material Development for $440,000

High Efficiency and Low-Cost Hydrogen Compressors,” 9/1/2018-8/31/2020. • Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL), “Modular Chemical Process $100,000

Intensification,” 10/12/17-10/11/19). • Qatar National Research Foundation, “Design, Synthesis and Evaluation $220,481

of Low Cost and Highly Activity Fuel-Cell Catalysts for Direct Methanol Fuel Fells,” 11/1/16-10/31/19.

• Boeing Corporation, “Improved Chemical Technology Development $384,467 Methods,” 11/16/15-12/31/18).

• Various Companies, “Industry/University Cooperative Research $185,000 Center for Fuel Cells”, 1/1/12-12/31/18.


Current Funding: Co-Principal Investigator • SC EPSCoR/IDeA, “High Performance Li-S Batteries,” $100,000

2/1/18-1/31/20 (PI on a $600,000 grant, A. Rao). • Department of Energy, “High temperature reactor catalyst material $40,000

development for low cost and efficient solar driven sulfur-based processes,” 9/1/17-11/30/18 (PI on a $130,000 grant, J. Monnier).

• Department of Energy-SRNL, “Bioprocess Monitoring and Control for $100,000 Waste Energy,” 10/1/16-9/30/19 (PI on a $240,000 grant, S. Shimpalee).

• Ford Motor Company, “Multi-phase CFD Fuel Cell Models with Lattice $75,000 Boltzmann Method Implementation for High Current Density Operation in PEMFCs,” 1/1/13-12/31/18 (PI on $250,000 grant is S. Shimpalee).

Past Funding: Principal Investigator • Greenway Energy LLC/DOE, “Metal Hydride Material Development for $37,000

High Efficiency and Low Cost Hydrogen Compressors,” 2/28/17-12/31/17. • Walker Institute-USC, “Study Abroad Program between USC and $4,000

Chiang Mai University - THAILAND,” 1/1/16-12/31/16. • USC-ASPIRE, “Advanced Membranes for Solar-Hydrogen Production $100,000

in a Hybrid Sulfur Electrolyzer,” 5/16/15-10/31/16. • Department of Energy, “Effect of System and Air Contaminants on $625,000

PEMFC Performance and Durability,” 1/20/12-10/31/13. • National Science Foundation, “REU Site: Sustainable Energy in $300,000

Chemical Engineering,” 3/1/10-2/28/13. • Giner Electrochemical Systems, “Mathematical Modeling of the $48,000

Hybrid Sulfur Process,” 1/1/10-8/31/12. • Korean Institute for Energy Research, “Development of SO2 Depolarized $276,815

Electrolyzer for Hydrogen and Sulfuric Acid Production,” 6/1/10-5/31/12. • E.ON Energy, “Nano-structured Electrodes for High Efficient Solar $486,788

H2 Production by Means of PEM Water Electrolysis,” 2/1/09-1/31/12. • Savannah River National Laboratory, “Investigating Novel Membrane $27,525

Materials for Advanced Battery Applications,” 3/1/11-9/30/11. • Savannah River National Laboratory, “Technical Review on Nitrate $48,459

Destruction Applicable to Radioactive Waste Tanks,” 6/1/10-12/31/10. • SC EPSCoR, “South Carolina EPSCoR/IDEA Postdoctoral Academic $38,121

Career Development Program,” 5/1/09-4/30/10. • Trulite, “Validation and Demonstration of a Portable Fuel Cell Power $13,138

Generation System,” 3/15/09-6/14/09. • DOE-Nuclear Energy Research Initiative, “High Performance $500,000

Electrolyzers for Hybrid Thermochemical Cycles,” 4/1/06-3/31/09. • National Science Foundation, “Effect of Structure of Room Temperature $281,882

Ionic Liquids on Organic Reactions Involving Electrochemically Generated Superoxide Ions,” 4/15/05-3/31/08.

• National Science Foundation, “REU Site: Green Chemistry in $284,932 Chemical Engineering,” 3/14/06-3/13/09.


• NASA, “Polyethersulfone Membranes for Fuel Cell Water Management,” $40,000 7/1/2007-1/31/2009

• Palmetto Fuel Cell Technologies, “Fabrication of Fuel Cell MEAs,” $15,000 9/1/2007-8/31/2008.

• Millennium Cell, “ Regeneration of Sodium Borohydride from Borates $50,000 using Ionic Liquids,” 10/1/2007-1/31/2008.

• Sandia National Laboratory, “Mathematical Model of a Lithium $50,000 Monofluoride Battery,” 2/24/06-9/30/07.

• National Science Foundation, “REU Site: Materials in $255,000 Chemical Engineering,” 3/15/04-3/14/07.

• Department of Defense-STTR Phase I with Giner Inc., “Portable $30,959 Electrochemical Hydrogen Peroxide Generator Decontamination for Enclosed-Area,” 10/1/06-3/31/07.

• Argonne National Laboratory, “Low Temperature Electrolytic $65,000 Hydrogen Production via the Conversion of HBr to Br2 in the Modified Ca-Br Process,” 2/1/06-8/31/06.

• FinnChem, “Low Temperature Ionic Liquid Electrolytes,” 5/17/04-12/15/04. $33,471 • Sandia National Laboratory, “Development of an Electrochemical Model $41,035

for Simulating the Performance Behavior of a Prismatic Li/SOCl2 Cell,” 2/11/04-9/30/04.

• USC Research Foundation, “Chlorine Generation from Anhydrous HCl,” $150,000 2/1/03-2/28/05.

• CMAT/MeadWestvaco, “Exploratory Testing to Evaluate Carbon $32,050 for Fuel-Cell and Li-Ion Battery Applications,” 9/15/02-12/31/03.

• Cape Code Research, Inc.,”Gas-Diffusion Measurements through $21,500 Polymer Membranes,” 10/1/00-5/31/01, PI.

• NASA-EPSCoR, “Mathematical Modeling of Lithium-Ion Batteries,” $25,000 1/1/00-12/31/00.

• Sandia National Laboratory, “Lithium Thionyl Chloride Battery Modeling,” $175,000 4/1/96-9/30/98.

• South Carolina Universities Research and Educational Foundation, $102,205 “Electrochemical Reduction and Removal of Hexavalent Chromate from Alkaline Waste Streams,” 7/1/96-9/30/97.

• DuPont Central Research and Development, “Electrochemical Conversion $103,712 of Anhydrous Hydrogen Chloride,” 10/15/95-4/6/98.

• NASA-South Carolina Space Grant Consortium, “Theoretical Charge/ $2,500 Discharge Curves for Nickel Electrodes,” 8/16/93-5/15/94.

• Hazardous Waste Management Researh Fund, “Electrochemical $49,492 Removal of Cr and Zn from Dilute Waste Streams,” 5/16/93-5/15/94.

• Roll Technology Inc. “Electrochemical Removal of Chromium and Zinc $24,800 from Dilute Industrial Waste Streams,” 12/1/92-11/30/93.

• University of South Carolina, “Electrochemical Quartz Crystal Microbalance $3,000 in Conjunction with LSV at a Nickel Hydroxide Electrode,” 12/1/91-11/30/92.


Past Funding: Co-Principal Investigator • Department of Energy-SRNL, “Using CFD to Understand the Transport $75,000

and Corrosion Phenomenon inside High Temperature Molten Salt Systems for Next Generation Concentrated Solar Power Systems,” 10/1/13-12/31/16 (PI on $210,000 grant is S. Shimpalee).

• Department of Energy, “Development of Ultra-Low Pt Alloy Cathode $500,000 Catalyst for PEMFC,” 6/1/10-9/30/15 (PI on $3,300,000 grant is B. Popov).

• NASA-EPSCoR, “Development of High Power Density Regenerative $175,341 Bi-electrode Supported Solid Oxide Cells to Support NASAs Planetary Exploration Missions” 9/1/10-8/31/14 (PI on $750,000 grant is F. Chen).

• USC-ASPIRE, “New Catalysts for Direct Ethanol Fuel Cells,” $25,000 6/1/12-12/31/13 (PI on $100,000 grant is D. Chen).

• National Institutes of Health, “The Role of Fluid Flow in Valvulogenesis,” $180,000 7/1/07-6/30/12 (PI on $1,800,000 grant is R. L. Goodwin).

• NASA-EPSCoR, “Development of Advanced Unitized Regenerative $250,000 Fuel Cells,” 2/1/08-1/31/11 (PI on $750,000 grant is B. Popov).

• DOE-Nuclear Energy Research Initiative, “Advanced Electrochemical $300,000 Technologies for Hydrogen Production by Alternative Thermochemical Cycles,” 11/1/07-10/31/10 (PI on $750,000 grant is F. Gadala-Maria).

• National Science Foundation-I/UCRC Supplement, “Novel Non-Carbon $75,000 Supports for Electrocatalysts used in Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells,” 9/1/06-5/31/09 (PI on $150,000 grant is J. W. Van Zee).

• Department of Energy, “Clean Energy,” 4/1/04-12/31/07 $345,212 (PI on $1,875,000 grant is R. E. White).

• FinnChem, “Peroxide Manufacture in a PEM Fuel Cell Reactor,” $15,000 5/15/06-12/31/06 (PI on $30,000 grant is C. T. Williams).

• General Motors, “Development of a Mathematical Model of a ,” $15,000 Ni-MH Cell,” 5/1/06-12/31/06 (PI on $126,422 grant is R. E. White).

• Department of Energy, “Non-Precious Metal Catalysts for Oxygen $300,000 Reduction,” 10/1/03-9/30/06 (PI on $2,000,000 grant, B. N. Popov).

• NSF I/UCRC Fuel Cell Center, “Understanding Anode Impurities $160,000 in a PEMFC,” 9/15/02-12/31/06 (PI on Center, J. W. Van Zee).

• National Science Foundation, “REU Site: Novel Technologies in Pollution $513,584 Prevention,” 5/1/01-4/30/06 (PI, Michael Amiridis)

• Army/CECOM, “Hybrid Advanced Power Sources,” $635,000 8/1/00-7/31/04 (PI on a $3,230,000 grant, R. E. White).

• National Science Foundation, “Electrochemical Oxidation in RTILs,” $56,000 1/1/01-12/31/03 (PI on a $112,000 grant, M. A. Matthews)

• South Carolina Commission on Higher Education, “Photoelectrochemical $20,000 Catalyst Immobilization by Electrochemical Deposition 1/1/01-12/31/01 (PI on a $90,700 grant, A. T. Cooper).

• Department of Energy “Electrochemical Power Sources,” 9/1/95-9/30/01 $300,000 (PI on a $4,500,000 grant, R. E. White).


• Department of Energy, “Decontamination and Decommissioning of PCB $157,000 Sites at DOE: Extraction, Electrokinetics, and Hydrothermal Oxidation,” 9/1/98-8/31/01 (PI on a $779,100 grant, M. A. Matthews).

• Department of Defense, “Supercapacitors and Batteries from Sol-Gel $200,000 Derived Carbon-Metal Oxide Electrodes,” 9/1/96-8/31/99 (PI on a $600,000 grant, J. A. Ritter).

• Office of Research and Development-CIA, “Nickel Hydrogen Performance $50,000 and Nickel Electrode Impregnation Models,” 8/1/96-7/31/98, (PI on a $650,000 grant, R. E. White).

• 3M Flourochemical Technology Center, “Flow Cell Modeling,” $41,311 4/1/96-3/31/97 (PI on a $91,604 grant, R. E. White).

• South Carolina Universities Research and Educational Foundation, $240,000 “Evaluation of Porous Electrodes for the Removal of Hazardous Species from Alkaline Waste Streams,” 4/1/93-9/30/96 (PIs on a $878,000 grant, R. E. White and J. W. Van Zee).

• Office of Research and Development-CIA, “Ni/H2 Battery Model,” $170,000 6/1/93-12/31/95 (PI on a $710,000 grant, R. E. White).

PUBLICATIONS Refereed Journal Articles (~6,100 citations; h-index = 40; i10-index = 85: Google Scholar) 105. P. Satjaritanun, J. R. Regalbuto, V. Shimpalee, and J. W. Weidner, “Experimental and

Computational Investigation of Mixing with Contra-Rotating, Baffle-Free Impellers,” Chem. Eng. Res. Des., 130, 63-77 (2018).

104. T. R. Garrick, C. H. Wilkins, A. T. Pingitore, J. Mehlhoff, A. Gulledge, B. C. Benciwicz,

and J. W. Weidner, “Characterizing Voltage Losses in an SO2 Depolarized Electrolyzer using Sulfonated Polybenzimidazole Membranes,” J. Electrochem. Soc., 164(14), F1591-F1595 (2017).

103. C. Corgnale, S. Shimpalee, M. B. Gorensek, P. Satjaritanun, J. W. Weidner, and W. A. Summers, “Numerical Modeling of a Bayonet Heat Exchanger-based Reactor for Sulfuric Acid Decomposition in Thermochemical Hydrogen Production Processes,” Int. J. Hydr. Energy, 43(32), 20463-20472 (2017).

102. T. R. Garrick, K. Higa, S. Wu, Y. Dai, X. Huang, V. Srinivasan, and J. W. Weidner, “Modeling Battery Performance Due to Intercalation Driven Volume Change in Porous Electrodes,” J. Electrochem. Soc., 164(11), E3592-E3597 (2017).

101. T. R. Garrick, X. Huang, V. Srinivasan, and J. W. Weidner, “Modeling Volume Change in Dual Insertion Electrodes,” J. Electrochem. Soc., 164(11), E3552-E3558 (2017).

100. P. Satjaritanun, J. W. Weidner, S. Hirano, Z. Lu, Y. Khunatorn, S. Ogawa, S. E. Litster, A. D. Shum, I. V. Zenyuk, and S. Shimpalee “Micro-Scale Analysis of Liquid Water Breakthrough inside Gas Diffusion Layer for PEMFC Using X-ray Computed Tomography and Lattice Boltzmann Method,” J. Electrochem. Soc., 164(11), E3359-E3371 (2017).

99. S. Shimpalee, S. Hirano, M. DeBolt, V. Lilavivat, J. W. Weidner and Y. Khunatorn, “Macro-scale Analysis of Large Scale PEM Fuel Cell Flow-Fields for Automotive Applications,” J. Electrochem. Soc., 164(11), E3073-E3080 (2017).

98. B. A. Tavakoli-Mehrabadi, H. N. Dinh, and G. Bender, and J. W. Weidner, “Effect of System Contaminants on the Performance of a Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell,” J. Electrochem. Soc., 163(14), F1527-F1534 (2016).


97. J. M. Tengco, B. Tavakoli, Y. Zhang, A. Wongkaew, J. R. Regalbuto, J. W. Weidner, and J. R. Monnier, “Synthesis and Electrochemical Evaluation of Carbon Supported Pt-Co Bimetallic Catalysts Prepared by Electroless Deposition and Modified Charge Enhanced Dry Impregnation,” Catalysis, 6, 83 (2016).

96. B. A. Tavakoli-Mehrabadi, J. W. Weidner, B. L. Garcia-Diaz, M. J. Martinez-Rodriguez, L. C. Olsen, and S. Shimpalee, “Multidimensional Modeling of Nickel Alloy Corrosion inside High Temperature Molten Salt Systems,” J. Electrochem. Soc., 163(14), C830-C838 (2016).

95. S. Shimpalee, V. Lilavivat, H. McCrabb, Y. Khunatorn, H.-K. Lee, W.-K. Lee, and J. W. Weidner, “Investigation of Bipolar Plate Materials for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells,” Int. J. Hydrogen. Energy, 41, 13688-13696 (2016).

94. J. W. Weidner “Electrolyzer Performance for Producing Hydrogen via a Solar-Driven Hybrid-Sulfur Process,” J. App. Electrochem., 46, 829-839 (2016).

93. J.-Y. Lee, W.-K. Lee, H.-R. Rem, G.-B. Joung, J. W. Weidner, and H.-K. Lee, “Preparation of Pt Nanocatalyst on Carbon Materials via a Reduction Reaction of a Pt Precursor in a Drying Process,” J. Nanoscience & Nanotech., 16(6), 6383-6387 (2016).

92. T. R. Garrick, W. Diao, J. M. Tengco, J. Monnier, and J. W. Weidner, “The Effect of the Surface Composition of Ru-Pt Bimetallic Catalysts for Methanol Oxidation,” Electrochim. Acta, 195, 106-111 (2016).

91. K. M. Daniels, A. Obe, B. K. Dass, J. Weidner, C. Williams, T.S. Sudarshan, and MVS Chandrashekhar, “Mechanism of Electrochemical Hydrogenation of Epitaxial Graphene,” J. Electrochem. Soc., 163(5), E130-E134 (2016).

90. H.-S.Cho, J. W. Van Zee, S. Shimpalee, B. A. Tavakoli-Mehrabadi, J. W. Weidner, B. L. Garcia-Diaz, M. J. Martinez-Rodriguez, L. C. Olsen, and J. R. Gray, “Dimensionless Analysis for Predicting Fe-Ni-Cr Alloy Corrosion in Molten Salt Systems for Concentrated Solar Power Systems,” Corrosion, 72(6), 742-760 (2016)

89. V. Rodriguez-Rivera V, J. W. Weidner, M. J. Yost, “Three-dimensional Biomimetic Technology: Novel Biorubber Creates Defined Micro- and Macro-scale Architectures in Collagen Hydrogels,” J. Vis. Exp. (108), e53578, DOI: 10.3791/53578 (2016).

88. J. Shim, K. J. Lopez, H.-J. Sun, G. Park, J.-C. An, S. Eom, S. Shimpalee and J. W. Weidner, “Preparation and Characterization of Electrospun LaCoO3 Fibers for Oxygen Reduction and Evolution in Rechargeable Zn-Air Batteries,” J. Appl. Electrochem, 45(9), 1005-1012 (2015).

87. S. Balasubramanian and J. W. Weidner, “Analysis of an Electrochemical Filter for Removing CO from Reformate,” J. Electrochem. Soc., 162(10), E231-E236 (2015).

86. K. M. Daniels, S. Shetu, J. Staser, J. Weidner, C. Williams, T. S. Sudarshan, and MVS Chandrashekhar, “Mechanism of Electrochemical Hydrogenation of Epitaxial Graphene,” J. Electrochem. Soc., 162(4), E37-E42 (2015).

85. T. R. Garrick, K. Kanneganti, X. Huang, and J. W. Weidner, “Modeling Volume Change due to Intercalation into Porous Electrodes,” J. Electrochem. Soc., 161(8), E3297-E3301 (2014).

84. J. A. Staser and J. W. Weidner, “Mathematical Modeling of Hybrid Asymmetric Electrochemical Capacitors,” J. Electrochem. Soc., 161(8), E3267-E3275 (2014).

83. P. Sethupathy, I. M. Alnashef, J. R. Monnier, M. A. Matthews, and J. W. Weidner, “Synthesis of Carbonyl Compounds from Alcohols Using Electrochemically Generated Superoxide Ions in RTILs,” Synthetic Comm. 42, E3267-E3275 (2012).


82. J. V. Jayakumar, A. Gulledge, J. A. Staser, C. H. Kim, B. C. Benciwicz, and J. W. Weidner, “Polybenzimidazole Membranes for Hydrogen and Sulfuric Acid Production in the Hybrid Sulfur Electrolyzer,” ECS Electrochem. Lett., 1(6), F44-F48 (2012).

81. J. V. Jayakumar, J. A. Staser, C. H. Kim, S. G. Stone and J. W. Weidner, “The Extraction of the Diffusion Coefficient and Solubility of Sulfur Dioxide in Bi-Layer Proton Exchange Membranes,” J. Electrochem. Soc., 159(10), F617-F621 (2012).

80. B. L. García, J. Patterson, and J. W. Weidner, “Quantifying Individual Voltage Losses in a Direct Methanol Fuel Cell: Experimental and Modeling,” J. Fuel Cell Sc. and Tech., 9, 011012 (2012).

79. R. Zhang, L. Wolters, and J. W. Weidner, “Quantifying potential losses of non-Pt MEAs for gas-phase HBr PEM electrolyzer to produce hydrogen,” Int. J. Hydr. Energy, 37, 2935-2939 (2012).

78. R. Zhang and J. W. Weidner, “Analysis of a Gas-phase Br2-H2 Redox Flow Battery,” J. App. Electrochem., 41, 1245-1252 (2011).

77. S. Balasubramanian, B. Lakshmanan, C.E. Hetzke, V.A. Sethuraman, and J. W. Weidner, “Quantifying Oxidation Rates of Carbon Monoxide on a Pt/C Electrode,” Electrochim. Acta, 58, 723-728 (2011).

76. R. E. Fuentes, B. L. Garcia and J. W. Weidner, “Effect of Titanium Dioxide Supports on the Activity of Pt-Ru toward Electrochemical Oxidation of Methanol,” J. Electrochem. Soc., 158(5), B461-B466 (2011).

75. R. E. Fuentes, J. Farell and J. W. Weidner, “Multimetallic Electrocatalysts of Pt, Ru, and Ir Supported on Anatase and Rutile TiO2 for Oxygen Evolution in an Acid Environment,” Electrochem. Solid-State Lett., 14(3), E5-E7 (2011).

74. V. A. Sethuraman and J. W. Weidner, “Analysis of Sulfur Poisoning on a PEM Fuel Cell Electrode,” Electrochim. Acta, 55, 5683–5694 (2010).

73. J. A. Staser, M. B. Gorensek, and J. W. Weidner, “Quantifying Individual Potential Contributions of the Hybrid Sulfur Electrolyzer,” J. Electrochem. Soc., 157(6), B952-B958 (2010).

72. S. Balasubramanian, C. E. Holland and J. W. Weidner, “Electrochemical Removal of Carbon Monoxide in Reformate Hydrogen for Fueling Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells,”, Electrochem. Solid-State Lett., 13(2), B5-B7 (2010).

71. S. V. Biechler, J. D. Potts, M. J. Yost, L. Junor, R. L. Goodwin and J. W. Weidner, “Mathematical Modeling of Flow-Generated Forces in an In Vitro System of Cardiac Valve Development,” Annals Biomed. Eng., 38, 109-117 (2010).

70. V. A. Sethuraman, S. Khan, J. A. Jur, A. T. Haug and J. W. Weidner, “Measuring Oxygen, Carbon Monoxide and Hydrogen Sulfide Diffusion Coefficient and Solubility in Nafion Membranes”, Electrochim. Acta, 54(27), 6850–6860 (2009).

69. M. B. Gorensek, J. A. Staser, T. G. Stanford and J. W. Weidner, “A Thermodynamic Analysis of the SO2/H2SO4 System in SO2 – depolarized Electrolysis,” Int. J. Hydr. Energy, 34, 6089-6095 (2009).

68. V. A. Sethuraman, J. W. Weidner, A. T. Haug, M. Pemberton, and L. V. Protsailo, “Importance of Catalyst Stability vis-à-vis Hydrogen Peroxide Formation Rates in PEM Fuel Cell Electrodes,” Electrochem. Acta, 54(23), 5571-5582 (2009).

67. V. A. Sethuraman, B. Lakshmanan and J. W. Weidner, “Quantifying Desorption and Rearrangement Rates of Carbon Monoxide on a PEM Fuel Cell Electrode,” Electrochim. Acta, 54(23), 5492-5299 (2009).


66. J. A. Staser, K. Norman, Cy H. Fujimoto, M. A. Hickner and J. W. Weidner, “Transport Properties and Performance of Polymer Electrolyte Membranes for the Hybrid Sulfur Electrolyzer,” J. Electrochim. Soc., 156(7), B842-B847 (2009).

65. J. A. Staser and J. W. Weidner, “Sulfur Dioxide Crossover During the Production of Hydrogen and Sulfuric Acid in a PEM Electrolyzer,” J. Electrochem. Soc., 156(7), B836-B841 (2009).

64. J. A. Staser and J. W. Weidner, “Effect of Water Transport on the Production of Hydrogen and Sulfuric Acid in a PEM Electrolyzer,” J. Electrochem. Soc. 156(1), B16-B21 (2009).

63. S. Eccarius, B.L. Garcia, C. Hebling, and J. W. Weidner, “Experimental Validation of a Methanol Crossover Model in DMFC Applications,” J. Power Sources, 179, 723-733 (2008).

62. V. A. Sethuraman, J. W. Weidner, A. T. Haug, and L. V. Protsailo, “Durability of Perfluorosulfonic Acid and Hydrocarbon Membranes: Effect of Humidity and Temperature,” J. Electrochem. Soc., 155, B119-B124 (2008).

61. V. A. Sethuraman, J. W. Weidner, A. T. Haug, S. Motupally, and L. V. Protsailo, “Hydrogen Peroxide Formation Rates in a PEMFC Anode and Cathode: Effect of Humidity and Temperature,” J. Electrochem. Soc., 155 (1), B50-B57 (2008).

60. P. M. Gomadam, D. R. Merritt, E. R. Scott, C. L. Schmidt, P. M. Skarstad, and J. W. Weidner, “Modeling Lithium/Hybrid-Cathode Batteries,” J. Power Sources, 174, 872-876 (2007).

59. V. A. Sethuraman, J. W. Weidner, and L. V. Protsailo, “Effect of Diphenyl Siloxane on the Catalytic Activity of Pt on Carbon,” Electrochem. Solid-State Lett., 10, B107-B109 (2007).

58. P. Gomadam, D. Merritt, E. Scott, C. Schmidt, P. Skarstad, and J. W. Weidner, “Modeling Li/CFx-SVO Hybrid-Cathode Batteries,” J. Electrochem. Soc., 154, A1058-A1064 (2007).

57. J. A. Staser, R. P. Ramasamy, P. Sivasubramanian, and J. W. Weidner, “Effect of Water on the Electrochemical Oxidation of SO2 in a PEM Electrolyzer for H2 Production,” Electrochem. Solid-State Lett., 10, E17-E19 (2007).

56. B.L. Garcia, R. Fuentes, and J. W. Weidner, “Low Temperature Synthesis of of PtRu/Nb01TiO0.9O2 Electrocatalyst for Methanol Oxidation,” Electrochem. Solid-State Lett., 10, B108-B110 (2007).

55. B. L. Garcia, B. Captain, R. D. Adams, A. B. Hungria, P. A. Midgley, J. M. Thomas, and J. W. Weidner, “Bimetallic Cluster Provides a High Activity Electrocatalysts for Methanol Oxidation,” J. Cluster Science. 18(1), 121-130 (2007).

54. P. Sivasubramanian, R. P. Ramasamy, F. J. Freire, C. E. Holland and J. W. Weidner, “Electrochemical Hydrogen Production from Thermochemical Cycles using a Proton Exchange Membrane Electrolyzer,” Int. J. Hydrogen. Energy, 32(4) 463-468 (2007).

53. S. Renganathan, Q. Guo, V. A. Sethuraman, J. W. Weidner, and R. E. White “Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Resistance Model,” J. Power Sources, 160, 386-397 (2006).

52. P. M. Gomadam and J.W. Weidner, “Modeling Volume Changes in Porous Electrodes,” J. Electrochem. Soc., 153, A179-A186 (2006).

51. P. Gomadam and J.W. Weidner, “Analysis of Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy in Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells,” Int. J. Energy Res., 29, 1133-1151 (2005).

50. S. Liu, R. Dougal, J. W. Weidner, and L. Gao, “A Simplified Physics-Based Model for a Nickel Hydrogen Battery,” J. Power Sources, 141, 326-339 (2005).


49. V. Srinivasan, B. C. Cornilsen, and J. W. Weidner, “A Nonstoichiometric Structural Model to Characterize Changes in the Nickel Hydroxide Electrode During Cycling,” J. Solid-State Electrochem., 9, 61-76 (2005).

48. B. Garcia, V. A. Sethuraman, J. W. Weidner, R. E. White, and R. Dougal, “Mathematical Model of a Direct Methanol Fuel Cell,” J. Fuel Cell Sc. and Tech., 1, 43-48 (2004).

47. B. Lakshmanan, W. Huang, D. Olmeijer, and J. W. Weidner, “Poly Etheretherketone Membranes for Elevated Temperature PEMFCs,” Electrochem. Solid-State Lett., 6, A282-A285 (2003).

46. P. Gomadam, R.E. White, and J.W. Weidner, “Modeling Heat Conduction in Spiral Geometries,” J. Electrochem. Soc., 150, A1339-A1345 (2003).

45. P. Gomadam, J.W. Weidner, T.A. Zawodzinski, and A. P. Saab, “Theoretical Analysis for Obtaining Physical Properties of Composite Electrodes,” J. Electrochem. Soc., 150, E371-376 (2003).

44. P. Gomadam, J. W. Weidner, R. A. Dougal, and R. E. White “Mathematical Modeling of Lithium-Ion and Nickel Battery Systems,” J. Power Sources, 110, 267-284 (2002).

43. B. Lakshmanan and J. W. Weidner, “Electrochemical CO Filtering of Fuel-Cell Reformate,” Electrochem. Solid-State Lett., 5, A267-A270 (2002).

42. I. M. AlNashef, M. L. Leonard, M. A. Matthews, and J. W. Weidner “Superoxide Electrochemistry in an Ionic Liquid”, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 41, 4475-4478 (2002).

41. C. Holland, J. W. Weidner, R. Dougal, and R. E. White “Experimental Characterization of Hybrid Power Systems under Pulse Load,” J. Power Sources, 109, 32-37 (2002).

40. A. T. Haug, R. E. White, J. W. Weidner, W. Huang, S. Shi, N. Rana, S. Grunow, T. C. Stoner, and A. E. Kaloyeros, “Using Sputter Deposition to Increase CO Tolerance in a Proton-Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell,” J. Electrochem. Soc., 149, A868-A872 (2002).

39. A. T. Haug, R.E. White, J.W. Weidner, and W. Huang “Development of a Novel CO Tolerant Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell Anode,” J. Electrochem. Soc., 149, A862-A867 (2002).

38. V. Srinivasan and J. W. Weidner, “Capacitance Studies of Cobalt-Oxide Films Formed via Electrochemical Precipitation,” J. Power Sources, 108, 15-20 (2002).

37. S. Motupally, A. J. Becker, and J. W. Weidner, “Water Transport in PEM Electrolyzers Used to Recycle Anhydrous HCl: I Characterization of Diffusion and Electro-osmotic Drag,” J. Electrochem. Soc., 149, D63-D71 (2002).

36. D. Tianping, J. W. Weidner, and R. E. White, “Extension of Newman’s Method to Electrochemical Reaction-Diffusion in a Fuel-Cell Catalyst Layer,” J. Power Sources, 107, 24-33 (2002).

35. Q. Guo, V. Subramanian, J. W. Weidner, and R. E. White “Estimation of the Diffusion Coefficient of Lithium in Carbon Using AC Impedance Technique,” J. Electrochem. Soc., 149, A307-A318 (2002).

34. A. T. Haug, R.E. White, J.W. Weidner, W. Huang, S. Shi, T. Stoner, and N. Rana, “Increasing PEM Fuel Cell Catalyst Effectiveness Through Sputter Deposition,” J. Electrochem. Soc., 149, A280-A287 (2002).

33. I. M. AlNashef, M. L. Leonard, M. C. Kittle, M. A. Matthews, and J. W. Weidner, “Electrochemical Generation of Superoxide in Room Temperature Ionic Liquids,” Electrochem. Solid-State Lett., 4, D16-D18 (2001).


32. V. Srinivasan, J. W. Weidner, and J. Newman, “Hysteresis During Cycling of the Nickel Hydroxide Electrode,” J. Electrochem. Soc., 148, A969-A980 (2001).

31. K. Jha, G. L. Bauer, and J. W. Weidner, “Vapor-Liquid Slip in a Parallel-Plate Electrochemical Fluorination Reactor,” J. Appl. Electrochem., 31, 863-870 (2001).

30. E. E. Kalu, T. T. Nwoga, V. Srinivasan, and J. W. Weidner, “Cyclic Voltammetric Studies of the Effects of Time and Temperature on the Capacitance of Electrochemically Deposited Nickel Hydroxide,” J. Power Sources, 92, 163-167 (2001).

29. S. Motupally, A. J. Becker, and J. W. Weidner, “Diffusion of Water through NafionÒ 115 Membranes,” J. Electrochem. Soc., 147, 3171-3177 (2000).

28. V. Srinivasan, J. W. Weidner, and R. E. White, “Mathematical Modeling of the Nickel Hydroxide Active Material,” J. Solid State Electrochem., 4, 367-382 (2000).

27. V. Srinivasan and J. W. Weidner, “Studies on the Capacitance of Nickel Oxide Films: Effect of Heating Temperature and Electrolyte Concentration,” J. Electrochem. Soc., 147, 880-885 (2000).

26. W. B. Gu, C. Y. Wang, J. W. Weidner, R. Jungst, and G. Nagasubramian, “Computational Fluid Dynamics Modeling of a Lithium/Thionyl Chloride Battery with Electrolyte Flow,” J. Electrochem. Soc., 147, 427-434 (2000).

25. K. Jha, G. L. Bauer, and J. W. Weidner, “Dynamic Simulation of a Parallel-Plate Electrochemical Fluorination Reactor,” J. Appl. Electrochem., 30, 85-93 (2000).

24. M. Jain, G. Nagasubramian, R. Jungst, and J. W. Weidner, “Analysis of a Lithium/Thionyl Chloride Battery under Moderate-Rate Discharge,” J. Electrochem. Soc., 146, 4023-4030 (1999).

23. K. Jha, and J. W. Weidner, “Evaluation of Porous Cathodes for the Electrochemical Reduction of Nitrates and Nitrites in Alkaline Waste Streams,” J. Appl. Electrochem., 29, 1305-1315 (1999).

22. V. Srinivasan and J. W. Weidner, “Mathematical Modeling of Electrochemical Capacitors,” J. Electrochem. Soc., 146, 1650-1658 (1999).

21. M. Jain and J. W. Weidner, “Material Balance Modification in One-Dimensional Modeling of Porous Cathodes,” J. Electrochem. Soc., 146, 1370-1374 (1999).

20. A. Srikumar, T. G. Stanford, and J. W. Weidner, “Cycling Voltammetry in a Porous Electrodes at Low Sweep Rates,” J. Electroanal. Chem. 458, 161-173 (1998).

19. K. Jha, G. L. Bauer, and J. W. Weidner, “Steady State Modeling of a Parallel-Plate Electrochemical Fluorination Reactor,” J. Electrochem. Soc., 145, 3521-3530 (1998).

18. H. Duarte, K. Jha, and J. W. Weidner, “Electrochemical Reduction of Nitrates and Nitrites in Alkaline Media in the Presence of Hexavalent Chromium,” J. Appl. Electrochem., 28(8), 811-817 (1998).

17. M. Jain, A. Elmore, M. A. Matthews, and J. W. Weidner, “Thermodynamic Considerations of the Reversible Potential for the Nickel Electrode,” Electrochim. Acta, 43(18), 2649-2660 (1998).

16. S. Motupally, M. Jain, V. Srinivasan, and J. W. Weidner, “The Role of Oxygen at the Second Discharge Plateau of Nickel Hydroxide,” J. Electrochem. Soc., 145, 34-39 (1998).

15. S. Motupally, C. C. Streinz, and J. W. Weidner, “Proton Diffusion in Nickel Hydroxide: Prediction of Active Material Utilization,” J. Electrochem. Soc., 145, 29-34 (1998).

14. V. Srinivasan and J. W. Weidner, “An Electrochemical Route for Making Porous Nickel Oxide Electrochemical Capacitors,” J. Electrochem. Soc., 144, L210-L213 (1997).


13. M. M. Saleh, J. W. Weidner, and B. G. Ateya, “Electrowinning of Non-Noble Metals with Simultaneous Hydrogen Evolution at Flow-Through Porous Electrodes: III: Time Effects,” J. Electrochem. Soc., 144, 922-927 (1997).

12. M. Murthy, G. S. Nagarajan, J. W. Weidner, and J. W. Van Zee, “A Model for Galvanostatic Deposition of Nickel Hydroxide,” J. Electrochem. Soc., 143, 2319-2327 (1996).

11. M. M. Saleh, J. W. Weidner, B. E. El-Anadouli, and B. G. Ateya, “Electrowinning of Non-Noble Metals with Simultaneous Hydrogen Evolution at Flow-Through Porous Electrodes: II. Experimental,” J. Electrochem. Soc., 142, 4122-4128 (1995).

10. M. M. Saleh, J. W. Weidner, and B. G. Ateya, “Electrowinning of Non-Noble Metals with Simultaneous Hydrogen Evolution at Flow-Through Porous Electrodes: I. Theoretical,” J. Electrochem. Soc., 142, 4113-4121 (1995).

9. C. C. Streinz, S. Motupally, and J. W. Weidner, “Effect of Temperature and Ethanol on the Electrochemical Deposition of Nickel Hydroxide Films,” J. Electrochem. Soc., 142, 4051-4056 (1995).

8. S. Prasad, J. W. Weidner, and A. E. Farell, “A Boundary Layer Parallel Plate Electrochemical Reactor Model for the Destruction of Nitrates and Nitrites in Alkaline Waste Streams,” J. Electrochem. Soc., 142, 3815-3824 (1995).

7. S. Motupally, C. C. Streinz, and J. W. Weidner, “Proton Diffusion in Nickel Hydroxide Films: Measurement of the Diffusion Coefficient as a Function of State of Charge,” J. Electrochem. Soc., 142, 1401-1408 (1995).

6. C. C. Streinz, A. P. Hartman, S. Motupally, and J. W. Weidner, “Effect of Current and Nickel Nitrate Concentration on the Deposition of Nickel Hydroxide Films,” J. Electrochem. Soc., 142, 1084-1089 (1995).

5. J. W. Weidner and P. Timmerman, “Effect of Proton Diffusion, Electron Conductivity, and Charge-Transfer Resistance on Nickel Hydroxide Discharge Curves,” J. Electrochem. Soc., 141, 346-351 (1994).

4. J. W. Weidner and P. S. Fedkiw, “Linear-Sweep Voltammetry in a Cylindrical-Pore Electrode,” Anal. Chem., 64, 449-453 (1992).

3. J. W. Weidner and P. S. Fedkiw, “Effect of Ohmic, Mass-Transfer and Kinetic Resistances on Linear-Sweep Voltammetry in a Cylindrical-Pore Electrode,” J. Electrochem. Soc., 138, 2514-2526 (1991).

2. J. W. Weidner and P. S. Fedkiw, “Reversible, Linear-Sweep Voltammetry of a Soluble Redox Couple: Effect of Initial Concentrations,” Anal. Chem., 62, 875-877 (1990).

1. P. S. Fedkiw, J. W. Weidner, and M. P. Kang, “Ohmic Distortion of Voltammograms in Thin Layer Cells,” Electrochim. Acta, 33, 421-424 (1988).

Contributions to Proceedings Volumes 44. C. Corgnale S. Shimpalee, M. Gorensek, J. W. Weidner, and W. Summers, “Modeling of a

Bayonet Reactor for Sulfuric Acid Decomposition in Thermo-Electrochemical Sulfur Based Hydrogen Production Processes,” ECS Transacations, 75(43), 7-15 (2017).

43. B. A. Tavakoli-Mehrabadi, S. Shimpalee, J. W. Weidner, B. L. Garcia-Diaz, M. J. Martinez-Rodriguez, and L. C. Olsen, “The Effect of Nickel Alloy Corrosion under Cathodic Protection inside High Temperature Molten Salt Systems Corrosion Protection,” ECS Transacations, 72(17), 151-162 (2016).


42. T. R. Garrick, Y. Dai, K. Higa, V. Srinivasan, and J. W. Weidner, “Modeling Battery Performance Due to Intercalation Driven Volume Change in Porous Electrodes,” ECS Transacations, 72(11), 11-31 (2016).

41. B. Tavakoli and J. W. Weidner, “Effect of Contaminants on the Performance of a Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell,” ECS Transacations, 66(8), 77-90 (2015).

40. T. R. Garrick, A. Gulledge, J. A. Staser, B. C. Benciwicz, and J. W. Weidner “Polybenzimidazole Membranes for Hydrogen Production in the Hybrid-Sulfur Electrolyzer,” ECS Transacations, 66(3), 31-40 (2015).

39. T. R. Garrick, A. Gulledge, J. A. Staser, B. C. Benciwicz, and J. W. Weidner “Polybenzimidazole Membranes for Hydrogen Production in the Hybrid-Sulfur Electrolyzer,” ECS Transacations, 61(28), 11-17 (2014).

38. T. R. Garrick, W. Diao, J. M. Tengco, J. Monnier and J. W. Weidner, “The Effect of Bimetallic Surface Composition for Methanol Oxidation,” ECS Transacations, 53(29), 79-84 (2013).

37. K. M. Daniels, S. Shetu, J. Staser, J. W. Weidner, C. Williams, T. Sudarshan, and M. V. S. Chandrashekhar, “Electrochemical Hydrogenation of Dimensional Carbon Material Synthesis and Processing,” ECS Transacations, 58(4), 439-445 (2013).

36. J. V. Jayakumar, J. Staser, C-H Kim, S. Stone, and J. W. Weidner, “Gas-Phase Hybrid Sulfur Electrolyzer Stack,” ECS Transacations, 45(9), 41-53 (2013).

35. S. Stone, C. McPheeters, J. Staser, J. V. Jayakumar, and J. W. Weidner, “Gas-Phase Hybrid Sulfur Electrolyzer Stack,” ECS Transacations, 35(37), 23-33 (2011).

34. R. Zhang. T. G. Stanford, L. Wolters and J. W. Weidner, “Development of Non-Pt Electrocatalysts towards Hydrogen Evolution Reaction for Gas-Phase Br2-H2 Flow Battery,” ECS Transacations, 33(27), 169-178 (2011).

33. R. Fuentes, S. Rau, T. Smolinka, and J.W. Weidner, “Bimetallic Electrocatalysts Supported on TiO2 for PEM Water Electrolysis,” ECS Transacations, 28(26), 23-35 (2010).

32. R. Zhang and J. W. Weidner, “Quantification of Voltage Loss in the PEM Reactor for Electrolyzing Hydrogen Bromide to Produce Hydrogen,” ECS Transacations, 28(26), 51-63 (2010).

31. R. Zhang and J. W. Weidner, “Low Temperature Electrochemical Production of Hydrogen from Hybrid Copper-Chloride Thermochemical Cycle,” ECS Transacations, 19(10), 95-104 (2009).

30. J. Staser and J.W. Weidner, “Effect of SO2 Crossover on Hydrogen and Sulfuric Acid Production in a PEM Electrolyzer,” ECS Transacations, 19(10), 67-75 (2009).

29. P. Gomadam, R. E. White and J.W. Weidner, “Electrochemical-Thermal Modeling of Spirally Wound Batteries,” ECS Transacations, 19(19), 1-10 (2009).

28. S. Balasubramanian, C. E. Holland and J.W. Weidner, “Electrochemical Filter Design for the Removal of CO Contamination in Reformate Hydrogen,” ECS Transacations, 25(1), 1873-1880 (2009).

27. P. Gomadam, D. Merritt, E. Scott, C. Schmidt, P. Skarstad, and J.W. Weidner, “Modeling Transients in Li/CFx-SVO Hybrid-Cathode Batteries,” ECS Transacations, 11(30), 1 (2008).

26. R. Fuentes, B.L. Garcia, and J.W. Weidner, “A Nb Doped TiO2 Electrocatalyst for Use in Direct Methanol Fuel Cells,” ECS Transacations, 12(1), 239 (2008).


25. P. Gomadam, D. Merritt, E. Scott, C. Schmidt, P. Skarstad, and J.W. Weidner, “Mathematical Modeling of Li/CFx-SVO Batteries,” ECS Transacations, 3(36), 45 (2007).

24. V. A. Sethuraman, S. Sivagaminathan, and L. Wise, and J. W. Weidner “Hydrogen Sulfide Kinetics on PEM Fuel Cell Electrodes,” ECS Transacations, 1(8), 111 (2006).

23. B. Lakshmanan and J. W. Weidner, “Rates of Adsorption, Desorption, and Oxidation of CO on PEM Electrodes,” 3rd International Symposium on Proton Conducting Membrane Fuel Cells, PV 2-31, J. W. Van Zee, M. Murthy, and T. Fuller, Eds., ECS, Pennington, NJ, 2002.

22. P. Gomadam, R.E. White, and J.W. Weidner, “Modeling Heat Conduction in Spiral Geometries,” PV 02-30, Power Sources Modeling, R. G. Jungst, J. W. Weidner, B. Y. Liaw, and K. Nechev, Eds., ECS, Pennington, NJ, 2002.

21. R. Gundala, R. E. White, and J. W. Weidner, “Optimal Battery-Fuel Cell Hydrid Power System and Control Studies on a PEM Fuel Cell,” PV 02-30, Power Sources Modeling, R. G. Jungst, J. W. Weidner, B. Y. Liaw, and K. Nechev, Eds., ECS, Pennington, NJ, 2002.

20. V. Srinivasan, J. W. Weidner, and J. Newman, “Hysteresis during Cycling of the Nickel Hydroxide Electrode,” PV 02-30, Power Sources Modeling, R. G. Jungst, J. W. Weidner, B. Y. Liaw, and K. Nechev, Eds., ECS, Pennington, NJ, 2002.

19. I. M. Al-Nashef, M. A. Matthews, and J. W. Weidner, “Electrochemcially Generated Superoxide Ions in Ionic Liquids: Applications to Green Chemistry,” Ionic Liquids as Green Solvents: Progress and Prospects, ACS Symposium Series, R. Rogers and K. Seddon, Eds., from ACS Meeting, Boston, August 2002.

18. M. L. Leonard, M. C. Kittle, I. M. AlNashef, M. A. Matthews, and J. W. Weidner, “Superoxide Electrochemsitry in Ionic Liquids,” Ionic Liquids: Industrial Applications to Green Chemistry, ACS Symposium Series 818, R. Rogers and K. Seddon, Eds., from ACS Meeting, San Diego, CA, 2001.

17. S. Motupally, A. Becker, and J. W. Weidner, “Effect of Design and Operating Conditions on Water Transport in PEM Anhydrous Electrolyzers,” Tutorials in Electrochemical Engineering-Mathematical Modeling, PV 99-14, R.F. Savinell, A.C. West, J.M. Fenton, and J. Weidner, Eds., ECS, Pennington, NJ, 1999.

16. M. Jain and J. W. Weidner, “Material Balance Modification in One-Dimensional Modeling of Porous Electrodes,” Selected Battery Topics, PV 98-15, G. Halpert, M. L. Gopikanth, K. M. Abraham, W. R. Cieslak, W. A. Adams, Eds., ECS, Pennington, NJ, 1998.

15. M. Jain, G. Nagasubramian, R. Jungst, and J. W. Weidner, “Mathematical Modeling of Lithium/Thionyl Chloride Batteries,” Selected Battery Topics, PV 98-15, G. Halpert, et. al, Eds., ECS, Pennington, NJ, 1998.

14. V. Srinivasan, and J. W. Weidner, “Mathematical Modeling of Electrochemical Capacitors,” Selected Battery Topics, PV 98-15, G. Halpert, et. al, Eds., ECS, Pennington, NJ, 1998.

13. V. Srinivasan, B. Cornilsen, and J. W. Weidner, “The Application of Point Defect Chemistry in Characterizing the Redox Processes in the Nickel Hydroxide Electrode,” Selected Battery Topics, PV 98-15, G. Halpert, et. al, Eds., ECS, Pennington, NJ, 1998.

12. V. Srinivasan, T. Nwoga, E. Kalu, and J. W. Weidner, “The Effect of Annealing Temperature and Time on the Performance of Porous Nickel Oxide Capacitors,” Selected Battery Topics, PV 98-15, G. Halpert, G. Halpert, et. al, Eds., ECS, Pennington, NJ, 1998.

11. R. G. Jungst, G. Nagasubramanian, D. Ingersoll, C. C. O’Gorman, T. L. Paez, M. Jain, and J. W. Weidner, “An Integrated Model of the Lithium/Thionyl Chloride Battery,” Power Sources Conference, 1998.


10. K. Jha, J. W. Weidner, and G. L. Bauer “Modeling of a Parallel-Plate Electrochemical Fluorination Reactor,” Electrochemistry in the Preparation of Fluorine and Its Compounds, PV 97-17, W. V. Childs and T. Fuchigami, Eds., ECS, Pennington, NJ, 1997.

9. M. Jain and J. W. Weidner, “Oxygen Kinetics on the Nickel Hydroxide Active Material,” Aqueous Batteries, PV 96-16, P. D. Bennett and S. Gross, Eds., ECS, Pennington, NJ, 1996.

8. V. Srinivasan, C. Lin, J. A. Ritter, and J. W. Weidner, “Mathematical Modeling of Sol-Gel Derived Carbon Xerogels as Double-Layer Capacitors,” Electrochemical Capacitors, PV 96-25, F. M Delnick and D. Ingersoll, Eds., ECS, Pennington, NJ, 1996.

7. P. Timmerman and J. W. Weidner, “A First Principles NiH2 Battery Model: A New Approach,” NASA Conference Publication, 3292, 151-175, (1995).

6. C. C. Streinz, S. Motupally, and J. W. Weidner, “Factors Influencing the Electrochemical Deposition of Nickel Hydroxide Films,” Rechargeable Zinc Batteries: Commemorating the 100th Birthday of A. N. Frumkin, PV 95-13, A. J. Salkind and F. R. McLarnon, Eds., ECS, Pennington, NJ, Pennington, NJ, 1995.

5. S. Motupally, C. C. Streinz, and J. W. Weidner, “The Effect of Temperature, Co(OH)2 and Zn(OH)2 on the Proton Diffusion Coefficient in Nickel Hydroxide Films,” Rechargeable Zinc Batteries: Commemorating the 100th Birthday of A. N. Frumkin, PV 95-13, A. J. Salkind and F. R. McLarnon, Eds., ECS, Pennington, NJ, 1995.

4. M. Jain and J. W. Weidner, “Effect of Hydrogen Diffusion and Charge-Transfer on Metal Hydride Discharge Curves,” Hydrogen and Metal-Hydride Batteries, PV 94-27, P. D. Bennett and T. Sakai, Eds., ECS, Pennington, NJ, 1994.

3. S. L. Blanton, J. W. Weidner, and J. W. Van Zee, “A Model for Silver-Oxide Charge/Discharge Behavior,” Douglas N. Bennion Memorial Symposium, PV 94-22, R. E. White and J. S. Newman, Eds., ECS, Pennington, NJ, 1994.

2. D. A. Wingard, J. W. Weidner, J. W. Van Zee, and D. T. Hobbs, “A Simple Model of the Batch Electrochemical Reduction of NO3

-/NO2,” Douglas N. Bennion Memorial Symposium, PV 94-22, R. E. White and J. S. Newman, Eds., ECS, Pennington, NJ, 1994.

1. J. W. Weidner and P. Timmerman, “Theoretical Charge-Discharge Curves for the Nickel Electrode,” Recent Advances in Fuel Cells and Batteries, M. C. Williams and J. R. Selman, Eds., American Chemical Society, 1993.

Refereed Book Chapters 2. V. A. Sethuraman, A. Z. Weber, and J. W. Weidner, “Cells,” Encyclopedia of

Electrochemical Power Sources, Eds. J. Garche, C. Dyer, P. Moseley, Z. Ogumi, D. Rand and B. Scrosati, Elsevier, Amsterdam, 2, 817-827 (2009).

1. B. L. Garcia and J. W. Weidner, “Review of Direct Methanol Fuel Cells,” Modern Aspects of Electrochemistry, Eds. R. E. White, C. G. Vayenas, and M. E. Gamboa-Aldeco, Springer, 40, 229-280 (2007).

Other Publications 10. M.B. Gorensek, C. Corgnale, J.A. Staser, and J.W. Weidner, “Solar Thermochemical

Hydrogen (STCH) Processes,” ECS Interface, The Electrochemical Society, Inc., Pennington, NJ, 27(1), 45 (2018).

9. J.W. Weidner, “Solar Energy: An Enabler of the Hydrogen Economy,” ECS Interface, The Electrochemical Society, Inc., Pennington, NJ, 27(1), 53-56 (2018).

8. J.W. Weidner, “Leadership and Education in Electrochemical Engineering,” ECS Interface, The Electrochemical Society, Inc., Pennington, NJ, 19(2), 36 (2010).


7. M. Grotheer, R. Alkire, R. Varjian, V. Srinivasan, and J. W. Weidner, “Industrial Electrolysis and Electrochemical Engineering,” ECS Interface, The Electrochemical Society, Pennington, NJ, 15(1), 52-54 (2006).

6. J.W. Weidner, V. A. Sethuraman, and J. W. Van Zee, “Engineering a Membrane Electrode Assembly,” Interface, The Electrochemical Society, Pennington, NJ, 12(4), 40-43 (2003).

5. J.W. Weidner and M. Doyle, “Report of the Electrolytic Industries for the Year 1999,” J. Electrochem. Soc., 147, 3953-3974 (2000).

4. D. T. Mah, S. Motupally, and J. W. Weidner, “Report of the Electrolytic Industries for the Year 1998,” J. Electrochem. Soc., 146, 3924-3947 (1999).

3. S. Motupally, D. T. Mah, F. J. Freire, and J. W. Weidner, “Recycling Chlorine from Hydrogen Chloride,” ECS Interface, The Electrochemical Society, Pennington, NJ, 7(3), 32-36 (1998).

2. J.W. Weidner, “Linear-Sweep Voltammetry in Porous Electrodes,” Ph.D. dissertation, North Carolina State University, August, 1991.

1. J.W. Weidner, “Linear-Sweep Voltammetry of a Soluble Redox Couple in a Cylindrical Electrode,” J. Electrochem. Soc., 138, 258C, Report for Energy Research Summer Fellowship, 1990.

TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS Invited Presentations (2011-present) 28. “Solar Hydrogen Production via the Hybrid Sulfur Process,” Invited Seminars, National

Renewal Energy Laboaratory, Golden, CO, March, 2018. 27. “Solar Hydrogen Production via the Hybrid Sulfur Electrolyzer,” Invited Seminars, Texas

A&M University, College Station, TX, November, 2017. 26. “Mathematical Modeling of Lithium Ion Cells and Batteries,” Invited Speaker, American

Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, November, 2016. 25. “Solar Hydrogen Production via the Hybrid Sulfur Electrolyzer,” Keynote Speaker,

Sustainable Energy & Technology Asia, Thailand, March, 2016. 24. “Solar Hydrogen Production via the Hybrid Sulfur Electrolyzer,” Invited Seminar, Burapha

University, Thailand, March, 2016. 23. “Solar Hydrogen Production via the Hybrid Sulfur Electrolyzer,” Keynote Speaker, 12th New

and Renewable Energy International Forum, South Korea, November, 2015. 22. “Solar Hydrogen Production via the Hybrid Sulfur Electrolyzer,” Invited Seminars, Yonsei

University and Woosuk University, South Korea, November, 2015. 21. “Solar Hydrogen Production via the Hybrid Sulfur Process,” Keynote Speaker, ISE Satellite

Meeting: New Devices for Energy Conversion and Storage, Hong Kong, October, 2015. 20. “Solar Hydrogen Production via the Hybrid Sulfur Electrolyzer,” Invited Seminar,

University of Florida, Gainsville, FL, September, 2015. 19. “Modeling Volume Change in Porous Electrodes,” Invited Seminar, Ohio University,

Athens, OH, September, 2014. 18. “International Collaborations on Hydrogen, Fuel Cells, and Biomass Conversion,” Invited

Seminar, Chaing Mia University, Thailand, April, 2014. 17. “Electrolytic Hydrogen Production,” Invited Seminar, University of Nebraska, Lincoln,

Nebraska, June, 2013. 16. “Fundamentals of SO2 Electrolysis for H2 Production,” Invited Seminar, Korea Institute of

Energy Research, Daejeon, South Korea, June, 2012.


15. “Nanostructured TiO2 Supports for Fuel Cells and Electrolyzers,” Keynote Address, Summer Workshop on Industry/University Cooperation, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju, South Korea, June, 2012.

14. “Fundamentals of SO2 Electrolysis for H2 Production,” Invited Lecturer, Hydrogen South Africa Short Course, North-West University, Porchefstroom, South Africa, April, 2012.

13. “Solar-Hydrogen Production using Nanostructured TiO2 Supports,” Keynote Address, Brazilian Symposium of Electrochemistry and Electroanalytical Chemistry, Bento Goncalves, Brazil, September, 2011.

Conference Presentations (2014-present; presenter is underlined) 172. Tavakoli Mehrabadi, B. A., J. R. Regalbuto, J. W. Weidner, and J. R. Monnier, Preparation

and Evaluation of Pt-Ru/CNTs Catalysts for Direct Methanol Fuel Cell,” The Electrochemical Society, Cancun, MX, October, 2018.

171. Hirano, S., S. Shimpalee, P. Satjaritanun, and J. W. Weidner, “Model-Based Engineering for Water Management in the Gas Diffusion Layer of PEMFC, The Electrochemical Society, Cancun, MX, October, 2018.

170. Shimpalee, S., P. Satjaritanun, J. W. Weidner, and S. Hirano, “Numerical Study of Liquid Water Saturation inside Gas Diffusion Layer and Micro Porous Layer during PEMFC Operations Using Multiscale and Multiphase Modeling Approach,” The Electrochemical Society, Cancun, MX, October, 2018.

169. Satjaritanun, P., S. Shimpalee, J. W. Weidner, A. Shum, I. V. Zenyuk, A. Z. Weber, and S. Hirano, “Fundamental Understanding of Water Movement in Gas Diffusion Layer Under Different Arrangements Using Combination of Direct Modeling and Experimental Visualization,” The Electrochemical Society, Cancun, MX, October, 2018.

168. Pereira, D. J., N. Kamyab, H. Colon-Mercado, A. T. Pingitore, B. C. Benicewicz, and J. W. Weidner, “Hydrogen Production in an SO2 Depolarize Electrolyzer Using Sulfonated Polybenzimidazole Membranes,” The Electrochemical Society, Cancun, MX, October, 2018.

167. Corgnale C., J. R. Monnier, J. R. Regalbuto, S. Shimpalee, J. W. Weidner, J. Tengco, W. Diao, D. Ginosar, M. Gorensek, Z. Ma, and W. Summers, “Solar Driven Thermo-Electrochemical Hybrid Sulfur Process for Hydrogen Production,” The Electrochemical Society, Cancun, MX, October, 2018.

166. Satjaritanun, P., S. Shimpalee, J. W. Weidner, B. A. Devivo, C. E. Turick, H. Colon-Mercado, S. Greenway, A. L. Martin, and J. M. Henson, “Electrochemical Techniques for Real Time, in-Situ Monitoring of Biogeochemistry, The Electrochemical Society, Cancun, MX, October, 2018.

165. Gorensek, M., J. W. Weidner, C. Corgnale, T. Stanford, S. Boddu, E. Smith, Z. Al Lawati and E. P. Gatzke, “Dynamic Simulation of a Solar Powered Hybrid Sulfur Process for Hydrogen Production,” American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, November, 2017.

164. Pereira, D. J., C. H. Wilkins, S. Shimpalee, and J. W. Weidner, “Pt-Ru/C Catalyst Performance during Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Operation,” The Electrochemical Society, National Harbor, MD, October, 2017.

163. Corgnale, C., S. Greenway, M. Sulic, T. Motyka, B. Hardy, T. Molten, D. Ludlow, J. Hattrick-Simpers, T. Williams, J. Lauterbach, and J. W. Weidner, “Hybrid Thermo-Electrochemical System for Efficient and Low Cost High Pressure Hydrogen Compression,” The Electrochemical Society, National Harbor, MD, October, 2017.


162. Pingitore, A. T., T. R. Garrick, C. H. Wilkins, J. W. Weidner, and B. C. Benciwicz, “PBI Membrane Development for Fuel Cells and Electrochemical Separations,” The Electrochemical Society, National Harbor, MD, October, 2017.

161. Satjaritanun, P., S. Shimpalee, J. W. Weidner, S. Hirano, Z. Lu, A. D. Shum, I. V. Zenyuk, S. Ogawa, and S. E. Litster, “Numerical Predicting of Liquid Water Transport inside Gas Diffusion Layer for PEMFC Using Lattice Boltzmann Method,” The Electrochemical Society, National Harbor, MD, October, 2017.

160. Shimpalee, S., P. Satjaritanun, J. W. Weidner, S. Hirano, Z. Lu, A. D. Shum, I. V. Zenyuk, S. Ogawa, and S. E. Litster, “Using Multi-Scale Modeling to Understand Transports inside PEMFC Under Different Configurations,” The Electrochemical Society, National Harbor, MD, October, 2017.

159. Hirano, S., S. Shimpalee, Z. Lu, P. Satjaritanun, and J. W. Weidner “Investigation of PEMFC Performance and Property of the Gas Diffusion Layers Utilizing the Numerical Model,” The Electrochemical Society, National Harbor, MD, October, 2017.

158. Tavakoli, B., J. R. Regalbuto J. W. Weidner, and J. R. Monnier, “Synthesis of Highly Activity Fuel-Cell Catalysts for Direct Methanol Fuel Cells,” 16th Southeastern Catalysis Society Annual Fall Symposium, Ashville, NC, September, 2017.

157. Tengco, J. M., B. Tavakoli, W. Diao, T. R. Garrick, J. W. Weidner, J. R. Monnier, and J. R. Regalbuto, “Bimetallic Ru-Pt Catalysts Prepared By Strong Electrostatic Adsorption and Electroless Deposition for Direct Methanol Fuel-Cell Applications,” 25th North American Catalysis Society Meeting, Denver, CO, June, 2017.

156. Tavakoli, B., J. M. Tengco, J. R. Regalbuto J. W. Weidner, and J. R. Monnier, “Evaluation of Different Methods for Determination of Pt Active Sites for Supported Pt Electrocatalysts,” 25th North American Catalysis Society Meeting, Denver, CO, June, 2017.

155. Garrick, T. R., K. Higa, V. Srinivasan, and J. W. Weidner, “Modeling Intercalation Driven Volume Change in Porous Electrodes,” The Electrochemical Society, New Orleans, LA, May, 2017.

154. Garrick, T. R., C. H. Wilkins, A. Gulledge, A. T. Pingitore, B. C. Benciwicz, and J. W. Weidner, “Quantifying Potential Contributions in the Hybrid Sulfur Electrolyzer at Elevated Temperatures,” The Electrochemical Society, New Orleans, LA, May, 2017.

153. Tavakoli, B., S. Shimpalee, J. W. Weidner, B. L. Garcia-Diaz, M. J. Martinez-Rodriguez, and L. C. Olsen, “Mathematical Modeling of Transport and Corrosion Phenomeon of High Temperature Molten Salts for Next Generation Concentrated Solar Power Systems,” The Electrochemical Society, New Orleans, LA, May, 2017.

152. Tengco, J. M., B. Tavakoli, A. Wongkaew, Y. Zhang, W. Diao, T. Garrick, J. W. Weidner, J. R. Monnier, and J. R. Regalbuto, “Bimetallic Ru-Pt and Pt-Co Fuel Cell Catalysts Prepared By Strong Electrostatic Adsorption and Electroless Deposition,” American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, November, 2016.

151. Garrick, T. R., C. H. Wilkins, T. Pingitore, B. C. Benciwicz, and J. W. Weidner, “Polybenzimidazoles for Hydrogen Generation in the Hybrid Sulfur Electrolyzer,” The Electrochemical Society, Honolulu, HI, October, 2016.

150. Tavakoli, B., R. E. Fuentes, S. Tan, C. Williams, and J. W. Weidner, “The Effect of Metal Oxide Supports on the Activity of Pt-Ru Towards Methanol Electrooxidation,” The Electrochemical Society, Honolulu, HI, October, 2016.


149. Garrick, T. R., C. H. Wilkins, A. Gulledge, B. C. Benciwicz, and J. W. Weidner, “Quantifying Potential Contributions in the Hybrid Sulfur Electrolyzer at Elevated Temperatures and Pressures,” The Electrochemical Society, Honolulu, HI, October, 2016.

148. Corgnale, C., S. Shimpalee, M. Gorensek, J. W. Weidner, and W. Summers, “Modeling of a Bayonet Reactor for Sulfurinc Acid Decomposition in Thermo-Electrochemical Hydrogen Production Processes,” The Electrochemical Society, Honolulu, HI, October, 2016.

147. Garrick, T. R., Y. Dai, K. Higa, V. Srinivasan, and J. W. Weidner, “Modeling Volume Change and Battery Performance Due to Intercalation in Porous Electrodes,” The Electrochemical Society, Honolulu, HI, October, 2016.

146. Shimpalee, S., S. Hirano, Z. Lu, P. Satjaritanun , S. Ogawa, S. Litster, Y. Khunatorn and J. W. Weidner, “Multi-Scale Modeling of Transports inside PEMFC By Combining Multi-Phase CFD Fuel Cell Model with Lattice Boltzmann Method,” The Electrochemical Society, Honolulu, HI, October, 2016.

145. Tavakoli, B., S. Shimpalee, J. W. Weidner, B. L. Garcia-Diaz, M. J. Martinez-Rodriguez, and L. C. Olsen, “Modeling the Effect of High-Temperature Alloys on Corrosion inside Molten Salt Systems,” The Electrochemical Society, Honolulu, HI, October, 2016.

144. Tengco, J. M., B. Tavakoli, W. Diao, Y. Zhang, A. Wongkaew, T. R. Garrick, J. W. Weidner, J. R. Regalbuto, and J. R. Monnier, “Bimetallic Ru-Pt and Pt-Co Fuel Cell Catalysts Prepared By Strong Electrostatic Adsorption and Electroless Deposition,” American Chemical Society National Meeting and Exposition, Philadelphia, PA, August, 2016.

143. Garrick, T. R., Y. Dai, K. Higa, V. Srinivasan, and J. W. Weidner, “Modeling Battery Performance Due to Intercalation Driven Volume Change in Porous Electrodes,” The Electrochemical Society, San Diego, CA, May, 2016.

142. Tavakoli, B., S. Shimpalee, J. W. Weidner, B. L. Garcia-Diaz, M. J. Martinez-Rodriguez, and L. C. Olsen, “The Effect of Nickel Alloy Corrosion Under Cathodic Projection Inside a High Temperature Molten Salt Systems,” The Electrochemical Society, San Diego, CA, May, 2016.

141. Garrick, T. R., A. Gulledge, J. Staser, B. C. Benciwicz, and J. W. Weidner, “Quantifying Individual Potential Contributions for Hydrogen Production in the Hybrid-Sulfur Electrolyzer,” The Electrochemical Society, San Diego, CA, May, 2016.

140. Tavakoli, B., S. Shimpalee, J. W. Weidner, H. S. Cho, J. W. Van Zee, B. L. Garcia-Diaz, M. J. Martinez-Rodriguez, L. C. Olsen, and J. R. Gray, “Multidimensional Modeling of Nickel Alloy Corrosion inside High Temperature Molten Salt Systems,” The Electrochemical Society, Phoenix, AZ, October, 2015.

139. Tengco, J. M., A. Wongkaew, Y. Zhang, B. Tavakoli, W. Diao, J. W. Weidner, J. R. Monnier, and J. R. Regalbuto, “Bimetallic Ru-Pt and Pt-Co Fuel Cell Catalysts Prepared By Strong Electrostatic Adsorption and Electroless Deposition,” 14th Southeastern Catalysis Society Annual Fall Symposium, Clemson, SC, September, 2015.

138. Tavakoli, B., and J. W. Weidner, “Effect of Contaminants on the Performance of a Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell,” The Electrochemical Society, Chicago, IL, May, 2015.

137. Garrick, T. R., A. Gulledge, J. Staser, B. C. Benciwicz, and J. W. Weidner, “Polybenzimidazole Membranes for Hydrogen Production in the Hybrid-Sulfur Electrolyzer,” The Electrochemical Society, Chicago, IL, May, 2015.


136. Cho, H. S., J. W. Van Zee, S. Shimpalee, Tavakoli, B., J. W. Weidner, B. L. Garcia-Diaz, M. J. Martinez-Rodriguez, L. C. Olsen, and J. R. Gray, “Dimensionless Analysis for Predicting High Temperature Alloys Corrosion in Molten Salt Systems for Concentrated Solar Power Systems,” The Electrochemical Society, Chicago, IL, May, 2015.

135. Rodriguez, V., J. W. Weidner, and M. J. Yost, “Biofabrication of 3D Collagen Scaffold Mimicking the in Vivo Tissue Architecture,” American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, November, 2014.

134. Garrick, T. R., A. Gulledge, J. Staser, B. C. Benciwicz, and J. W. Weidner, “Polybenzimidazole Membranes for Hydrogen Production in the Hybrid-Sulfur Electrolyzer,” The Electrochemical Society, Orlando, FL, May, 2014.

133. Garrick, T. R., W. Diao, J. M. Tengco, J. Monnier and J. W. Weidner, “The Effect of Bimetallic Surface Composition On the Activity towards Ethanol Oxidation,” The Electrochemical Society, Orlando, FL, May, 2014.

RESEARCH SUPERVISED Post-doctoral Associates 11. Masato Ohashi, “Effect of System and Air Contaminants on PEMFC Performance and

Durability,” January-December, 2013. 10. Javid Moraveji, “Mathematical Modeling of Flow-Generated Forces in Cardiac Valve

Development,” August, 2009-February, 2012. 9. John Staser, “H2 Production via SO2 Electrolysis,” May, 2009-December, 2009. 8. Snigdhamayee Praharaj, “Novel Electrocatalysts,” July, 2007-December, 2008. 7. Brenda Garcia, “TiO2 Supports for PEM Fuel Cells,” May-October, 2007. 6. Vijay Sethuraman, “Durability of PEM Fuel Cells,” January-September, 2007. 5. Ramaraja Ramasamy, “Hydrogen Production via SO2 Electrolysis,” January-May, 2005. 4. Parthasarath Gomadam, “Development of an Electrochemical Model for Simulating the

Performance Behavior of a Prismatic Li/SOCl2 Cell,” March, 2004-June, 2005. 3. Duan Tianping, “Mathematical Model of CO Poisoning in a PEM Fuel Cells,” September,

2000-September, 2001. 2. Haraldo A. Duarte, “Electrochemical Reduction of Nitrates and Nitrites in the Presence of

Chromates,” March, 1997-September,1997. 1. Christopher C. Streinz, “Determination of Kinetic Parameters in Nickel-Hydroxide and

Metal-Hydride Electrodes,” August, 1993-May,1995. Doctoral Students 22. Niloofar Kamyab, “Modeling the Hybrid Sulfur Process,” expected graduation, December,

2021. 21. Joseph Lopata, “Mathematical Modeling of Li-Ion Batteries,” expected graduation,

December, 2020. 20. Drew Pereira, “Bimetallic Fuel Cell Catalysts Prepared By Strong Electrostatic Adsorption

and Electroless Deposition,” expected graduation, December, 2020. 19. Pongsarun Satjaritanun, “Computational Fluid Dynamics Modeling of a Bioreactor,”

expected graduation, August, 2020. 18. Taylor Garrick, “Predicting Volume Change in Li-Ion Batteries,” graduation, May, 2017.

Current Employer: General Motors Corporation, Pontiac, MI.


17. Bahareh Tavakoli, “Mathematical Modeling of Transport and Corrosion Phenomenon Inside High Temperature Molten Salt Systems,” graduation, December, 2016. Current Employer: University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC.

16. Veronica Rodriguez, “Novel Biofabrication Technologies to Recapitulate In Vivo Geometrics in Collagen Hydrogels,” graduation, December, 2014. Current Employer: Poly-Med, Inc., Anderson, SC.

15. Roderick Fuentes, “Synthesis and Characterization of Catalyst Supports used in Direct Methanol Fuel Cells,” graduation, December, 2011. Current Employer: Savannah River National Laboratory, Aiken, SC.

14. Rui Zhang, “Catalyst Development for Electrolysis in Thermochemical Cycles,” graduation, August, 2011. Current Employer: Fuel Cell Energy, Danbury, CT.

13. Siva Balaburamanian, “Effect of Impurities on PEM Fuel Cells Performance,” graduation, May, 2011. Current Employer: Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, CA.

12. John Staser, “H2 Production via SO2 Electrolysis,” graduation, May, 2009. Current Employer: Ohio University, Athens, OH.

11. Brenda Garcia, “Characterizing a Direct Methanol Fuel Cell,” graduation, May, 2007. Current Employer: Savannah River National Laboratory, Aiken, SC.

10. Vijay Sethuraman, “Effect of H2S on PEM Fuel Cells Performance,” graduation, December, 2006. Current Employer: Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.

9. Lingyun Liu, “Non-Precious Metal Oxygen Catalysts for PEM Fuel Cells,” graduation, December, 2006 (co-advised with B. Popov). Current Employer: Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI.

8. Inas Al-Nashef, “Electrochemistry of Superoxide Ions in Rooom Temperature Ionic Liquids and Its Application to Green Engineering,” graduation, August, 2004. Current Employer: Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

7. Balsu Lakshmanan, “Electrochemical Removal of CO from Fuel-Cell Reformate,” graduation, December, 2003. Current Employer: General Motors Corporation, Pontiac, MI.

6. Parthasarath Gomadam, “Heat Generation in Lithium-Ion Batteries,” (co-advisor R. E. White) graduation, May, 2003. Current Employer: Medtronic, Brooklyn Center, MN.

5. Andrew Haug, “Development of CO Tolerant Anodes for PEM Fuel Cells,” (co-advisor R.E. White) graduation, August, 2002. Current Employer: 3M, St. Paul, MN.

4. Venkat Srinivasan, “Synthesis and Characterization of Materials for Electrochemical Supercapacitors,” graduation, August, 2000. Current Employer: Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL.

3. Kamal Jha, “Design and Operation of Electrochemical Flow Reactors,” graduation, August, 1998. Current Employer: Booz Allen Hamilton, Cleveland, OH.

2. Mukul Jain, “Analysis of Lithium/Thionyl-Chloride Batteries,” graduation, August, 1998. Current Employer: Senseonics, Incorporated, Germantown, MD.

1. Sathya Motupally, “Water Transport in PEM Anhydrous HCl Electrolyzers,” graduation, August, 1998. Current Employer: Doosan Fuel Cell America, South Windsor, CT.

Masters Students 13. CodyWilkins, “Solar-Hydrogen Production via the Hybrid-Sulfur Process,” graduated, May,

2017. 12. Jennifer Patterson, “Quantifying Voltage Losses in Direct Methanol Fuel Cells,” graduated,

December, 2014.


11. Kumud Kanneganti, “Mathematical Modeling of a Volume Charge in Intercalation Electrodes,” graduated, August, 2013.

10. Jai Vishnuvarman Jayakumar, “Sulfur Dioxide Diffusion Coefficient and Solubility in Two -Layer Proton Exchange Membranes,” graduation, August, 2012. 9. Rahul Roy, “Electrolyzer Development in the CuCl Thermochemical Cycles,” graduation,

December, 2010. 8. Praneshwar Sethupathy, “Effect of Structure of Room Temperature Ionic Liquids on Organic

Reactions Involving Electrochemically Generated Superoxide Ions,” graduation, August, 2008.

7. Premkumar Sivasubramanian, “Hydrogen Production via HBr Electrolysis,” graduation, May, 2007.

6. Vasudevan Suryanarayanan, “Water Management in PEM Fuel Cells during Transient Loads,” graduation, May, 2005.

5. Charles E. Holland, “Experimental Characterization of Hybrid Power Systems Under Pulse Current Loads,” graduation, May, 2003.

4. Anand Srikumar, “Linear-Sweep Voltammetry in Porous Electrodes,” graduation, May, 1998.

3. Shannon Baxter, “Electrochemical Removal of Chromium from Dilute Waste Streams,” graduation, May, 1995.

2. Sathya Motupally, “Determination of Proton Diffusion Coefficients in Nickel Hydroxide using Impedance Spectroscopy,” graduation, December, 1994.

1. Suzanne L. Keller, “Evaluation of a Microarray Electrochemical Sensor,” (co-advisor John Van Zee) graduation, May, 1994.

Other Research- Supervised 8. Korawat Wuttigid, “The Effect of Contaminants on the Performance of a PEM Fuel Cell,”

Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand, March 2015-June 2015. 7. Pongsarun Satjaritanun, “Gas Transport Across a Proton-Exchange Membrane,” Chiang Mai

University, Chiang Mai, Thailand, March 2015-June 2015. 6. Joongpyo Shim, “Preparation and characterization of electrospun LaCoO3 fiber for oxygen

reduction and evolution in rechargeable Zn-air batteries,” Department of Nano & Chemical Engineering, Kunsan National University, Daehangno, Gunsan, South Korea, January 2014-January 2015.

5. Andries Kruger, “Analysis of a Hybrid-Sulfur Electrolyzer,” Hydrogen South Africa, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa, July 2013-September 2013

4. Changhee Kim “Polybenzimidazole Membranes for Hydrogen and Sulfuric Acid Production in the Hybrid Sulfur Electrolyzer,” Hydrogen Energy Research Center, Korea Institute of Energy Research, Daejeon, South, January 2011-December 2011.

3. Christoph Ziegler, “Water Transport in a PEM Fuel Cell,” Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Research, Freiburg, Germany, March 2007-June 2007.

2. Mahmoud Saleh, Peace Fellow, “The Effect of Gas Evolution on the Recovery of Zinc at Flow-Through Porous Electrodes,” Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt, February 1993-February 1995.

1. Ninty one (91) Undergraduate Students; Twenty four (24) High-School Students. Graduate Student Awards


10. Bahareh Tavakoli, Outstanding Graduate Student, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of South Carolina (2017).

9. Taylor Garrick, Breakthrough Graduate Scholar Award, University of South Carolina (2017). 8. Bahareh Tavakoli, Industrial Electrochemistry and Electrochemical Engineering Division

Student Achievement Award, Electrochemical Society (2017). 7. John Staser, Outstanding Graduate Student, Department of Chemical Engineering, University

of South Carolina (2009). 6. Brenda Garcia, Outstanding Graduate Student, Department of Chemical Engineering,

University of South Carolina (2007). 5. Brenda Garcia, Industrial Electrochemistry and Electrochemical Engineering Division H. H.

Dow Memorial Student Research Award, Electrochemical Society (2007). 4. Inas AlNashef, Industrial Electrochemistry and Electrochemical Engineering Division

Student Achievement Award, Electrochemical Society (2004). 3. Venkat Srinivasan, Battery Division Student Research Award, Electrochemical Society

(2000). 2. Sathya Motupally, U.S. Department of Energy Research Summer Fellowship,

Electrochemical Society (1996). 1. Sathya Motupally, Battery Division Student Research Award, Electrochemical Society

(1995). PATENTS PENDING 4. “Production of Low Temperature Electrolytic Hydrogen,” J. W. Weidner and C. E. Holland,

Patent #9,057,136, Filed May 12, 2015. 3. “Method and System for Core-Shell Catalyst Processing,” M. Shao, J. W. Weidner, and J. H.

Odell, Filed March 13, 2013. 2. “Electrochemical Removal of Contaminants from Hydrogen,” J. W. Weidner, Patent

#8,715,868, Filed April 26, 2011. 1. “Electrocatalyst Support and Catalyst Supported Thereon,” J. W. Weidner and B. L. Garcia,

Patent #8,801,961, Filed October 18, 2007.

SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP Electrochemical Society, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Materials Research Society, American Association of Engineering Education, Tau Beta Pi, Order of the Engineer, International Society of Electrochemistry

PROFESSIONAL AND OTHER ACTIVITIES Technical Reviewer

Funding Agencies: National Science Foundation, Department of Defense, Department of Energy

Refereed Journals: Journal of the Electrochemical Society, Journal of Applied Electrochemistry, Journal of New Materials for Electrochemical Systems, Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions, Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, Electrochimica Acta, Journal of Hazardous Materials, Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, AIChE Journal, Analytical Chemistry, The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, Journal of Environmental Engineering, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Journal of Power Sources


American Institute of Chemical Engineers Career and Education Operating Council, 2017-present. ABET Program Evaluator (PEV), 2012-present. Member of Planning Committee for Electrochemical Fundamentals (area 1e), 1991-present. Chair of Electrochemical Energy (area 7i), 1993-1995. AIChE Student Chapter Advisor, University of South Carolina, 1996-1999.

Electrochemical Society Ways and Means Committee, member, 2017-present Journal of the Electrochemical Society, Technical Editor, 2012-2017. ECS Transactions, Editor, 2007-2012. ECS Board of Directors, Member, 2008-2010. Energy Technology Division Executive Committee, Member-At-Large, 2014-present. ECS Transactions Steering Committee, Chair, 2005-2007. Industrial Electrochemistry and Electrochemical Engineering (IE&EE) Division Executive

Committee, Officer, 2004-2010. Technical Affairs Committee, Member, 2003-2008. Energy Technology Division, Advisor, 2003-2008. Interface Magazine Advisory Board, IE&EE representative, 1994-1999; 2001-2005; 2017-

present. IE&EE Division Planning Committee, Member, 1991-present. Young Authors Award for the Electrochemical Science and Technology, Chair, 2002-2005. Student Battery Award, Battery Division, Chair, 2000-2005.

Battery Division Executive Committee, Member-At-Large, 1994-1997; 2002-2004 Selected University Service

Provost’s Excellence Initiative Committee, 2017-present USC Connect Faculty Fellow, 2016-present Russell Research and USC Educational Foundation Research Award for Science,

Mathematics and Engineering Committee, 2014-2017 University Committee on Tenure and Promotion, Chair, Fall 2010. University Committee on Tenure and Promotion, Member, 2008-2010. Breakthrough Magazine Editorial Board, Member, 2006-2009. President’s Alternative Energy Council, Member, 2006-2009. Goldwater Scholarshop Committee, Member, 2006-2007. FIRST LEGO League of South Carolina, State Coordinator, 2003-2006. NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates program, Director, 2003-2011. Graduate Director, Department of Chemical Engineering, 2000-2003. Faculty Senate, Departmental Representative, 1995-98; 2001-2005. Scholarship Committee, Department of Chemical Engineering, Chair, 1995-99.

Selected Community Service FIRST LEGO League (FLL) robotics program, SC State Director, 2001-2006.

School Improvement Council, Executive Committee, 2002-04

COURSES TAUGHT Undergraduate

ENGR-101: Introduction to Engineering UNIV-101E: Engineering Students and the University BMEN-101: Introduction to Biomedical Engineering ECHE-101: Introduction to Chemical Engineering


ECHE-300: Chemical Process Principles ECHE-320: Chemical Engineering Fluid Mechanics ECHE-322: Mass Transfer ECHE-466: Chemical Process Analysis and Design II ECHE-573: Next Energy

Graduate ECHE-722: Advanced Mass Transfer ECHE-770: Electrochemical Engineering

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