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2812 Finfeather
Bryan, TX
USA 77801
Biographical Sketch:
- Dr. Dhar is the President of BCS Fuel Cells, Inc. He has established himself as a leader in the PEM fuel cell industry offering simplified and easy-to-operate fuel cells and systems. Dr. Dhar is an electrochemist having both academic and industrial experiences. He has a strong background in work related to fuel cell development. He has carried out half-cell measurements related to hydrogen oxidation and oxygen reduction on gas diffusion electrodes. He carried out detailed investigations on the extent of catalyst poisoning by CO present in hydrogen fuels. He has carried out optimization studies on the development of high power density fuel cells, and regenerative fuel cells. He is one of the early leaders in the development of self-humidified fuel cells, including designing and building PEM fuel cell stacks and systems. The work in the PEM fuel cell area has led to the issuance of four US patents. Dr. Dhar has introduced about 15 models of stacks and systems for sale and to date has sold about 500 fuel cell stacks and systems. He has 43 publications, including 5 patents and 2 book articles.
- Dr. Chaudhuri is a Research Engineer at BCS Fuel Cells, Inc. since July 2007. He is involved in work related to development and understanding of self-hydrating PEM fuel cells. He has the expertise in the area reaction engineering, catalysis, and reactor design in addition to the area of environmental micro- and molecular biology. Previously, he worked in academia on several US government and industrial sponsored research and development projects such as photocatalysis and photocatalytic reactor design, catalysts and process development for C1 hydrocarbon to ethylene, and microbial fuel cells for directly sugars to electricity. He also has experience in microbial perchlorate remediation, H2O2-based advanced wastewater treatment, and coal combustion byproducts management research. For more than eight years, he was a tenured faculty of the Department of Chemical Engineering, Calcutta University, India. He has earned BS, MS, Ph.D. in Chemical engineering including a BS in Chemistry (hons) and has more than 30 publications in peer-reviewed scientific journals including a patent.