UNIVERSITY OF HAWAIIResearcher and Director of Fuel Cell Research, Hawaii Natural Energy Institute, Jul. 2004 - present: Organize, manage and technically direct PEM fuel cell research program based on dynamic fuel cell simulation and fuel cell based hardware-in-loop techniques. Project funded by Office of Naval Research.OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE* Researcher & Director, Fuel Cell Vehicle Modeling Project and Co-Director of the USDoE Fuel Cell Vehicle Center-of-Excellence, Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California, Davis, March 1997-July 2004: Organized, managed and technically directed seven year fuel cell vehicle simulation and analysis project. Project funded by Consortium of ~25 international companies and organizations. Project funding was in excess of $2.5 millions, provided as gifts to support research as directed by R. M. Moore. Organized major workshop each year to report project results and provide interchange between project researchers and sponsors technical and management personnel. Developed and taught two courses (Fuel Cell Fundamentals, and Fuel Cell Systems) and developed Outreach activities within the USDoE Fuel Cell Vehicle Center-of-Excellence.* Member of Technical Staff and various management positions, Chevron Research Company, Richmond CA, April 1981-March 1997: Conducted research on thin-film photovoltaic devises and systems, and held a variety of senior research and research management positions at Chevron Research Company – including Manager of Corporate Research, Coordinator of Strategic Technology Assessment, and Assistant to the President of Chevron Research. * Member of Technical Staff, Solar Energy Research Institute, Golden CO, Nov 1980-Mar 1981: Research on thin-film photovoltaic devices. * Member of the Technical Staff, research team leader, research manager, Sarnoff Research Center of RCA Corporation. Princeton NJ and various other locations, June 1966-October 1980: Conducted research on thin-film photovoltaic devices and systems, and on thin-film electronics addressing arrays for liquid-crystal displys.. Directed research team in developing thin-film sensors. Directed research team in developing thin-film photo-sensors and Vidikon targets. Directed research on thin-film coatings for VideoDisc Project (Indianapolis IN). Research achievements were recognized with the 1969, and 1973, RCA Laboratories Outstanding Achievement Awards. Awarded with seven patents, both individual and shared. * NASA Pre-Doctoral Fellow, School of Engineering and Applied Science, The George Washington University, Washington DC, June 1964-June 1966: Completed research and Doctoral Thesis on “Acousto-Electric Amplification in Piezoelectric Semiconductors”. * Member of Technical Staff, Jansky & Bailey Inc., Washington DC, June 1959-September 1960: Conducted research on RFI associated with U. S. Air Force radar installations. * Lecturer (2 years) and Assistant Professor (two years), School of Engineering and Applied Science, The George Washington University, Washington DC, September 1960-June 1964: Developed and taught courses in Analog and Digital Electronic Circuits. Taught courses in various areas of electrical and mechanical engineering, including especially Circuit Theory and Mechanical Vibration Theory. Consulted (one day per week during school terms, and full time in summers) for the U. S. Naval Research Laboratory in the area of electromechanical transducers. EDUCATION* DScEngrg, The George Washington University, Washington DC, 1966: Electronics and Semiconductors; NASA Pre-Doctoral Fellow, 1964-1966; Thesis topic: “Acousto-Electric Amplification in Piezoelectric Semiconductors”.* MScEngrg, The George Washington University, Washington DC, 1962: Electrical and Mechanical Engineering; Thesis topic: “Negative Impedance in Electromechanical Systems”. * BSEngrg, The George Washington University, Washington DC, 1959: Major in Engineering Science; Minors in Physics and Mathematics; Awarded Outstanding BSE Graduate Prize for 1959; Member of the Engineering, the Physics and the Mathematics Honor Societies. PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES* Senior and Life Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers.* Member of International Organizing Committee for "1st European Fuel Cell Science and Technology Conference", Rome, Italy, 13-15 December 2005. * Reviewer, Journal of Power Sources. * Reviewer, Journal of Fuel Cell Science and Technology. PROFESSIONAL INTERESTSModeling of fuel cells, fuel cell stacks, fuel cell systems and vehicles. Development of a dynamic fuel cell system simulation tool for implementation of hardware-in-the-loop and rapid prototyping of fuel cell systems. Development of dynamic hardware-in-loop methodology and system for evaluation of fuel cells in dynamic applications. Thin-film technology; photovoltaic devices and thin-film optical and mechanical transducers.RECENT GRANTS AND AWARDS* Elected as ByFellow, Churchill College, The University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England, in 1999. From 1999 through 2003 spent several months each year at Cambridge engaged in collegial research on PEM fuel cells/catalysts and related areas of technology and applications. Organized the first two European Direct-Methanol Fuel Cell Workshops at The University of Cambridge, 2001 and 2002.* Researcher & Director, Fuel Cell Vehicle Modeling Project and Co-Director of the USDoE Fuel Cell Vehicle Center-of-Excellence, Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California, Davis, March 1997-July 2004: Organized, managed and technically directed seven year fuel cell vehicle simulation and analysis project. Developed project funding by Consortium of ~25 international companies and organizations. Project funding was in excess of $2.5 millions, provided as gifts to support research as directed by R. M. Moore. Organized major workshop each year to report project results and provide interchange between project researchers and sponsors technical and management personnel. PUBLICATIONSApproximately 70 publications in peer reviewed journals. Most recent publications:* R. Moore, K. Hauer and S. Ramaswamy, “Energy utilization and efficiency analysis for hydrogen fuel cell vehicles”, Journal of Power Sources, in press, 2006. * R. Moore, K. Hauer S. Ramaswamy and J. Cunningham, |
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