Development of a prototype fuel cell laboratory

This paper, the preliminary results pertaining to development of a prototype interdisciplinary undergraduate fuel cell laboratory is presented. The development of the new laboratory is carried out through innovations and recent advances in fuel cell technology and effective implementation of these techniques to substantially improve the instructional capability of undergraduate instruction. Such a goal is achieved through collaboration with several leading industries in fuel cell technology including Teledyne Energy System Inc. (TESI) and Energy Proton System Inc. These industries have extensive experiences in design, fabrication and implementation of fuel cells in both stationary and mobile applications. Students from various engineering disciplines are benefiting from opportunities the laboratory provides in design, experiment and simulation of fuel cells.