Key Technical Reports
- Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) Heat Exchanger, Makai Ocean Engineering, July 2011
- Crissy Field Center Wind Power Study (CFC WPS): Recommendations for Wind Turbine and Data Acquisition Systems, Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, November 2012
- CFC WPS: Final Design and Permitting, Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, December 2012
- CFC WPS: Turbine Installation Site Preparation and Footings, Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, March 2013
- CFC WPS: Turbine Installation Completion, Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, April 2013
- CFC WPS: Wind Turbine Commissioning and Interconnection, Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, September 2015
- CFC WPS: Installation and Commissioning of the Data Acquisition System, Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, September 2015
- CFC WPS: Final Report, Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, September 2015
- Biofuels Production, Harvesting, and Handling Assessment, GreenEra, April 2014
- Biofuels Crop Assessment, GreenEra, December 2013
Peer-Reviewed Papers
- 2017, J.T. Weissman, S.M. Masutani, Hydrogen Storage Capacity of Tetrahydrofuran and Tetra-N-Butylammonium Bromide Hydrates Under Favorable Thermodynamic Conditions, Energies, Vol. 10, Issue 8, Paper 1225. (Open Access: PDF)
- 2017, G. Severa, M. Edwards, M.J. Cooney, Bio-Oil Extraction of Jatropha Curcas with Ionic Liquid Co-Solvent: Fate of Biomass Protein, Bioresource Technology, Vol. 226, pp. 255-261.
- 2016, T.Y. Sylva, C.K. Kinoshita, S.M. Masutani, Inhibiting Effects of Transition Metal Salts on Methane Hydrate Stability, Chemical Engineering Science, Vol. 155, pp.10-15.
- 2015, M. Nurunnabi, S.Q. Turn, Characterization of Ru/Q10 Catalysts Containing Zr or Mn and Their Activity for Fischer–Tropsch Synthesis, Fuel Processing Technology, Vol. 138, pp. 490-499.
- 2014, G. Severa, G. Kumar, M.J. Cooney, Corecovery of Lipids and Fermentable Sugars from Rhodosporidium Toruloides Using Ionic Liquid Cosolvents: Application of Recycle to Batch Fermentation, Biotechnology Progress, Vol. 30, Issue 5, pp. 1239-1242.
- 2014, S. Van Wesenbeeck, W. Prins, F. Ronsse, M.J. Antal Jr., Sewage Sludge Carbonization for Biochar Applications. Fate of Heavy Metals, Energy Fuels, Vol. 28, Issue 8, pp. 5318-5326.
- 2014, Y. Zhai, G. Bender, K. Bethune, R. Rocheleau, Influence of cell temperature on sulfur dioxide contamination in proton exchange membrane fuel cells, Journal of Power Sources, Vol. 247, pp. 40-48.
- 2013, G. Severa, G. Kumar, M. Troung, G. Young, M.J. Cooney, Simultaneous Extraction and Separation of Phorbol Esters and Bio-Oil from Jatropha Biomass Using Ionic Liquid–Methanol Co-Solvents, Separation and Purification Technology, Vol. 116, pp. 265-270.
- 2013, G. Severa, G. Kumar, M.J. Cooney, Corecovery of Bio-Oil and Fermentable Sugars from Oil-Bearing Biomass, International Journal of Chemical Engineering, Vol. 2013, Article ID 617274. (Open Access: PDF)
- 2013, J. Yu, A. Dow, S. Pingali, The Energy Efficiency of Carbon Dioxide Fixation by a Hydrogen-Oxidizing Bacterium, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Vol. 38, Issue 21, pp. 8683-8690.
- 2013, S.R. Higgins, R.J. Lopez, E. Pagaling, T. Yan, M.J. Cooney, Towards a Hybrid Anaerobic Digester-Microbial Fuel Cell Integrated Energy Recovery System: An Overview of the Development of an Electrogenic Biofilm, Enzyme and Microbial Technology, Vol. 52, Issue 6-7, pp. 344-351.
- 2013, R.B. Coffin, J.P. Smith, R.E. Plummer, B. Yoza, R.K. Larsen, L.C. Millholland, M.T. Montgomery, Spatial Variation in Shallow Sediment Methane Sources and Cycling on the Alaskan Beaufort Sea Shelf/Slope, Marine and Petroleum Geology, Vol. 45, pp. 186-197.
- 2011, G.L. Martin, S.D. Minteer, and M. Cooney, Fluorescence Characterization of Immobilization Induced Enzyme Aggregation, Chemical Communications, Vol. 47, Issue 7, pp. 2083-2085.
- 2011, D.M. Scott, T.H. Tsang, L. Chetty, S. Aloi, B.Y. Liaw, Mechanistic understanding of monosaccharide-air flow battery electrochemistry, Journal of Power Sources, Vol. 196, Issue 24, pp. 10556–10562
- 2011, J.J. Manya, M.J. Antal, C.K. Kinoshita, S.M. Masutani, Specific Heat Capacity of Pure Water at 4.0 MPa between 298.15 and 465.65 K, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, Vol. 50, Issue 10, pp. 6470-6484.
- 2010, E.L. Miller, N. Gaillard, J. Kaneshiro, A. DeAngelis, R. Garland, Progress in new semiconductor materials classes for solar photoelectrolysis, International Journal of Energy Research, Vol. 34, Issue 14, pp. 1215-1222.
Conference Proceedings and Presentations
- 2017, S. Busquet, J. Kobayashi, R.E. Rocheleau, Daily Performance Comparison of PV Modules Operating in Maui, Proceeding of the European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference (EU PVSEC), Amsterdam, Netherlands, September 25-27, pp. 2311-2315.
- 2017, S. Busquet, J. Kobayashi, R.E. Rocheleau, Daily Performance Comparison of PV Modules Operating in Maui, Poster presented at the European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference (EU PVSEC), Amsterdam, Netherlands, September 25-27.
- 2017, S. Busquet, J. Kobayashi, R.E. Rocheleau, Operation and Performance Assessment of Grid-Connected PV Systems in Operation in Maui, Hawai‘i, Proceeding of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), Washington, D.C., June 25-30, INSPEC 18189001, pp. 1061-1066.
- 2017, S. Busquet, J. Kobayashi, R.E. Rocheleau, Assessment of Operation and Performance for Grid-Connected PV Systems, Poster presented at the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), Washington, D.C., June 25-30.
- 2016, A.J. Maskrey, S. Cerri, E. Peppard, M. Miller, S. Uddenberg, Positively Net Zero: Case Study of Performance Simulation and Hitting the Targets, American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, Proceeding of the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings Conference, Pacific Grove, California, August 21-26, Article 10-1001.
- 2014, M. Angelo, J. St-Pierre, K. Bethune, R. Rocheleau, Gas Chromatography Study of Reactions of Carbon Monoxide at Different Operating Temperatures within a PEMFC, Proceeding of the ECS MA2011-01 Meeting, ECS Transactions, Vol. 35, Issue 32, pp. 167-178.
- 2013, J. Yu, Direct Conversion of CO2 into Biopolyester with Solar Energy and Water, Presented at the American Chemical Society National Meeting, Indianapolis, Indiana September 8-12.
- 2012, T.V. Reshetenko, J. St-Pierre, PEMFC GDE Oxygen Mass Transport Coefficient Separation with Different Gas Diluents, Proceeding of the ECS MA2012-02 Meeting, ECS Transactions, Vol. 50, Issue 2, pp. 549-555.
- 2012, J. Yu, Clean Production of Bioplastics and Bio-Oil from Solar Energy and Carbon Dioxide, Presented at the CleanTech Conference & Showcase, Santa Clara, California, June 18-21, 2012.
- 2012, S. Li, D.M. Scott, B.Y. Liaw, Understanding the Reaction in the Sugar-Air Flow Battery, Presented at the ECS MA2012-02 Meeting, Honolulu, Hawai‘i, October 7-12, Abstract 1772.
- 2012, S. Li, D.M. Scott, B.Y. Liaw, Potential of a Novel Sugar-Air Flow Battery, Presented at the ECS MA2012-01 Meeting, Seattle, Washington, May 6-10, Abstract 592.
- 2011, M. Angelo, J. St-Pierre, K. Bethune, R. Rocheleau, Gas Chromatography Study of Reactions of Carbon Monoxide at Different Operating Temperatures within a PEMFC, Proceeding of the ECS MA2011-01 Meeting, ECS Transactions, Vol. 35, Issue 32, pp. 167-178.
- 2010, N. Gaillard, Y. Chang, J. Kaneshiro, A. Deangelis, E.L. Miller, Status of research on tungsten oxide-based photoelectrochemical devices at the University of Hawai’i, Proceeding of the SPIE Solar Energy + Technology Conference, Vol. 7770, Paper 77700V.
Student Theses
- 2012, T.H. Ching, Characterization of biocontaminants in biodiesel fuels and potential roles in the formation of microbially induced corrosion, Master of Science, Department of Microbiology, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI.
