Curriculum Vitae. Dr. Jay Pang-Chieh Sui

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1 Curriculum Vitae Dr. Jay Pang-Chieh Sui Institute for Integrated Energy Systems (IESVic) University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada (UVic) EDUCATION 1997, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, U.S.A. Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering Dissertation: Experimental and Numerical Investigations on the Breakup and Mixing Processes During Injection of Supercritical Fluid. Advisor: Professor Lea-Der Chen 1992, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, U.S.A. M.S., Mechanical Engineering Dissertation: Buoyant Propane Jet Diffusion Flame. Advisor: Professor Lea-Der Chen 1986, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, TAIWAN B.S., Power Mechanical Engineering RESEARCH INTERESTS AND EXPERIENCE Modelling, simulation and experiment of proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells Modelling of transport phenomena & detailed electrochemistry in PEMFC Direct numerical simulation & multiscale simulation of transport in catalyst layer Simulation tools for PEMFC design Fuel cell flow visualization and diagnostic Combustion, flames and sprays Combustion theory Dynamics of flow/flame interactions Critical phenomena and spray mixing & atomization at near-critical state High performance computing Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) Computer languages (FORTRAN, C++) and commercial software (Fluent, CFD-ACE+, COMSOL, Matlab, Simulink) Parallel computing & Linux cluster administration Laboratory Laser diagnostic technique for reacting flows Experimental instrumentation & analog/digital data acquisition Project management Project proposal and management Supervision on graduate student and post-doctoral researcher PAST AND CURRENT EMPLOYMENT Research Coordinator, September 2010 Present Institute for Integrated Energy Systems (IESVic), University of Victoria, Victoria BC, Canada Senior Research Engineer & Technical Lab Manager, April 1, 2006 Present Institute for Integrated Energy Systems (IESVic), University of Victoria, Victoria BC, Canada Coordination and Management of Projects on Modelling & Simulations of Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell (PEMFC) * Capabilities of numerical simulation tools; collaboration with Ballard Power Systems, Burnaby, Canada. 1

2 - Comprehensive model of electrochemical reactions in the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) framework - Stack simulation - Modelling of water transport in a PEMFC over a wide range of characteristic length scales - Dynamics of water droplets in micro-channels * Development in detailed models for the catalyst layers in a PEMFC; collaboration with National Research Council, Institute for Fuel Cell Innovation (NRC-IFCI), Vancouver BC, Canada. - Comprehensive model on the transport phenomena in a catalyst layer - Multi-scale simulations: theoretical framework and pore-scale model - Modelling on the impact of parameters during fabrication on the microstructures of the catalyst layer Laboratory Management and Group Development * Experimental capabilities - Fuel cell tests and fundamental electrochemical tests - Laser diagnostics and laser-based flow measurement techniques - In-situ flow visualization of PEMFC * High performance computation - Management of high performance Linux clusters - Novel numerical techniques for multi-scale computations * Supervision on group members and external collaboration - Oversee research progress of graduate students and post-doctoral fellows - Explore collaboration opportunities with external organizations Adjoint Associate Professor, July 2008 Present Yuan Ze Fuel Cell Center and Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Yuan Ze University, Taiwan * Teaching of graduate course - Transport Phenomena in PEMFC and Numerical Analysis * International collaboration - Scholar/student exchange program Postdoctoral Researcher, May 2003 March 31, 2006 MITACS Internship, August 2004 May 2006, June 2005 March 31, 2006 at Ballard Power Systems, Burnaby BC, Canada Institute for Integrated Energy Systems (IESVic), University of Victoria, Victoria BC, Canada Development and Validation of Simulation Tools for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells * Work on applications of commercial CFD software to research and design of PEMFC; collaboration with Ballard Power Systems, Burnaby, Canada. - Design and optimization of fluid channels of a PEMFC - Numerical simulation and flow network model for flow distribution in a PEMFC stack - Membrane hydration profile and membrane properties - Coupled transport phenomena in a gas diffusion layer with anisotropic properties - Modeling and numerical investigation of transport phenomena in PEMFC: water transport in the membrane, effects of anisotropic properties, phase change of water (condensation & freezing), two-phase flow in porous media. - Developing generalized framework for Computational Fuel Cell Engineering (CFCE) to integrate physical models of transport phenomena for different regions in a PEMFC. - Validation of fuel cell capabilities of CFD software: CFD-ACE+ and Fluent. - Chair CFCE Group Meeting at IESVic. Research Scientist, March 2000 April 2003 Team Leader, Fuel Cell National Advanced Driving Simulator & Simulation Center, IA 2

3 Adjunct Assistant Professor Experiments of Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell * Fuel cell set-up and diagnostics - Established a test fuel cell and data acquisition system - Flow visualization of water motion in a PEM fuel cell * Authoring technical reports and papers and documentation of user manuals. Software Development for Rapid Prototyping of PEMFC * Integration of simulation programs into a software package - Solvers: flow field plate solver, membrane solver, heat transfer solver, gas diffusion layer (GDL) solver - GUI to handle plate design and computational job execution - Novel flow pattern recognition method * Modeling - Heat transfer in a PEM fuel cell - Two-phase flow in gas channels and GDL Adjunct Assistant Professor, January 1999 February 2000 Modeling and Simulations of PEMFC * 2-D modeling and simulation of the PEM fuel cell - Water transport phenomena and simulations of mass transfer in a PEM fuel cell - Analytical/numerical solver for water transport in the membrane - Flow integration method were implemented for the mass transfer calculation in a 2-D configuration - 2-D fuel cell simulations with commercial CFD software. Research Associate, August 1997 December 1998 Modeling and Simulations of PEMFC * Literature and patent search on PEM fuel cells * 1-D Modeling of the PEMFC active layer - Membrane-electrode-assembly (MEA) model that includes coupled mass diffusion, oxygen reduction, and ion transport; solved numerically for a 1-D configuration - Analytical solution for the MEA - Comprehensive model of transport phenomena in PEM fuel cells using the volume-averaged method - Optimization design of the active layer based on the 1-D active layer model and a solid model of the catalyst particles. Course Instructor * Thermodynamics II, January 1999 May 1999 * Experimental Engineering, August 1997 December 1997 Research/Teaching Assistant, September 1990 August 1997 Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Iowa Supercritical spray study, September 1992 August 1997 * Experimental and numerical investigations on the atomization process during the injection of a fluid at near- or supercritical states into high pressure environments * Set up a high pressure test cell for spray experiments. Sulfur hexafluoride (SF 6 ) was used as a simulant fluid to simulate the behavior of hydrocarbon fuels at near thermodynamic critical state. * Flow visualization techniques including backlighting, sheet-lighting, and shadowgraphy were employed to obtain qualitative information of the spray. * A new breakup map for supercritical injection was proposed. 3

4 * A computer code solving the coupled species, energy equations, and an equation of state was developed. Jet Diffusion Flame Study, August 1990 May 1992 * Experimental and computational investigations on the low frequency flame oscillation of a nitrogendiluted propane jet diffusion flame. * A laser deflection technique was employed to determine the frequency of the flame oscillation. * Implemented a computer-aided data acquisition system using a multifunction I/O board and LabView software. * A parametric study on the gravitational and density variation effects was performed using an existing computer code. Time-dependent simulations of the oscillating flame were executed on IBM 3090 mainframe computer. Experimental Engineering, January 1995 August 1997 * Worked on the design and implementation for an undergraduate course Experimental Engineering. * Monitor laboratory sessions, grading logbooks and reports Wright Paterson Air Force Base Laboratory, Dayton, OH, August 1992 * Worked on visualization of the liquid motion and internal circulation during formation of Rayleighregime drops. Laser induced fluorescence technique with organic dye as the fluorescing medium was employed. Assistant Researcher, August 1988 July 1990 Industrial Technology Research Institute, Hsinchu, Taiwan * Research projects on reduction of diesel engine pollution * Diesel engine experiments * Design and implementation of subsystems: a ceramic trap filtration system, and a staticelectricity/cyclone particulate agglomerator system. Second Lieutenant, July 1986 June 1988 Artillery of Army, Military Service, Taiwan * Leadership for training of soldiers PUBLICATIONS 1. Chernyavsky, B., Sui, P.C., Chou, B.S., Djilali, N., 2011, Turbulent Flow in the Distribution Header of a PEM Fuel Cell Stack, Int. J. Hydrogen Energy, accepted. 2. Lange, K., Sui, P.C., Djilali, N., 2010, Pore Scale Modeling of a Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell Catalyst Layer: Effects of Water Vapour and Temperature, J. Power Sources, accepted. 3. Lange, K., Misra, C., Sui, P.C. and Djilali, N., A Numerical Study on Preconditioning and Partitioning Schemes for Reactive Transport in a PEMFC Catalyst Layer, Comp. Methods in App. Mech. And Engr., accepted. 4. Lange, K., Sui, P.C., Djilali, N., 2010, Pore scale simulation of transport and electrochemical reactions in reconstructed PEMFC catalyst layers, J. Electrochem. Soc., 157 (10), B1434-B Zhu, X., Liao, Q., Sui, P. C., Djilali, N., 2010, Numerical investigation of water droplet dynamics in a low-temperature fuel cell microchannel: Effect of channel geometry, Journal of Power Sources, 195(3), Kim, G. S., Sui, P. C., Shah, A. A., Djilali, N., 2010, Reduced-dimensional models for straight-channel proton exchange membrane fuel cells, Journal of Power Sources, 195(10), Chi, P.H., S.H. Chan, F.B. Weng, A. Su, P.C. Sui and N. Djilali, 2010, On the effects of non-uniform property distribution due to compression in the gas diffusion layer of a PEMFC,Int. J. Hydrogen Energy, 35(7), Cheng, C.H., K. Malek, P.C. Sui and N. Djilali, Effect of Pt Nano-Particle Size on the Microstructure of PEM Fuel Cell Catalyst Layers: Insights from Molecular Dynamics Simulations, Electrochimica Acta, 55(5),

5 9. P.C. Sui and N. Djilali, PEMFC Modeling, in Encyclopedia of Electrochemical Power Sources, C. Dyer (Ed.), Elsevier, in press. 10. Hu, J. W., Sui, P. C., Kumar, S., Djilali, N., 2009, Modelling and simulations of carbon corrosion during operation of a Polymer Electrolyte Membrane fuel cell, Electrochimica Acta, 54(23), Minor, G., Zhu, X., Oshkai, P., Sui, P.C., and Djilali, N., Water Transport Dynamics in Fuel Cell Micro-Channels,, in Mini-Micro Fuel Cells-Fundamentals and Applications, S. Kakac,A.Pramuanjaroenkij and L. Vasiliev, Eds. Springer Netherlands, pp , Freunberger, S. A., Schneider, I. A., Sui, P. C., Wokaun, A., Djilali, N., Buchi, F. N., 2008, Cell interaction phenomena in polymer electrolyte fuel cell stacks, Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 155(7), B704-B Zhu, X., Sui, P. C., Djilali, N., 2008, Three-dimensional numerical simulations of water droplet dynamics in a PEMFC gas channel, Journal of Power Sources, 181(1), Sui, P. C., Kumar, S., Djilali, N., 2008, Advanced computational tools for PEM fuel cell design Part 1. Development and base case simulations, Journal of Power Sources, 180(1), Sui, P. C., Kumar, S., Djilali, N., 2008, Advanced computational tools for PEM fuel cell design Part 2. Detailed experimental validation and parametric study, Journal of Power Sources, 180(1), Djilali, N., Sui, P. C., 2008, Transport phenomena in fuel cells: from microscale to macroscale, International Journal of Computational Fluid Dynamics, 22(1-2), Su, Z. Y., Liu, C. T., Chang, H. P., Li, C. H., Huang, K. J., Sui, P. C., 2008, A numerical investigation of the effects of compression force on PEM fuel cell performance, Journal of Power Sources, 183(1), Zhu, X., Sui, P.C. and Djilali, N., Dynamic behaviour of liquid water emerging from a GDL pore into a PEMFC gas flow channel. 2007, J. Power Sources 172(1), pp Zhu, X., Sui, P.C. and Djilali, N., Dynamic behavior of liquid water emerging from a GDL pore into a PEMFC gas channel, Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, Shah, A.A., Sui, P.C. and Kim, G.S., A transient model with CO poisoning and mitigation by O2 bleeding and Ru-containing catalyst, J. of Power Sources, 166(1), 1-21, Shah, A.A., Kim, G.S., Sui, P.C. and Harvey, D., Transient non-isothermal model of polymer electrolyte fuel cells J. of Power Sources 163(2), pp , Sui, P.C. and Djilali, N., Analysis of coupled electron and mass transport in the gas diffusion layer of a PEM fuel cell J. of Power Sources 161(1), pp , Sui, P.C. and Djilali, N., Analysis of Water Transport in Proton Exchange Membranes Using a Phenomenological Model, J. of Fuel Cell Science and Technology, Vol. 2, Sui, P.-C., Chen, L.-D., Seaba, J. P., and Wariishi, Y., "Modeling and Optimization of PEMFC Active Layer." The 1999 SAE International Congress and Exposition, Transportation Application of Fuel Cells session. Paper included in Fuel Cell Power for Transportation, Editors Stobart, R. and Seaba, J.P., SAE International, Detroit, Won Best Paper Award of SAE Congress Sui, P.C., Experimental and Numerical Investigations on the Breakup and Mixing Processes During Injection of Supercritical Fluid. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Iowa, IA, Chen, L.-D., and Sui, P.-C., "Atomization During the Injection of Supercritical Fluid into High Pressure Environment ", IUTAM Symposium on the Mechanics and Combustion of Droplets and Sprays, Taiwan, 1994; Begell House Inc., New York. 27. Sui, P.C., Propane Buoyant Jet Diffusion Flame. Masters Dissertation, University of Iowa, IA, Chen, L.-D., Sui, P.-C., Switzer, G., Gore, J., Obringer, C., and Roquemore, W.M., "Visualization of the Liquid Motion During Formation of Rayleigh-Regime Drops," Bulletin of the American Physical Society, Vol. 37, No. 10, Conference Papers and Presentations 1. Sui, P.C., Chernyavsky, B., Chou, B.S., Djilali, N., 2010, Numerical and Experimental Investigations of the Flowfield in Model Headers of PEMFC Stacks, ASME Eighth International Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology, New York, NY. 2. Sui, P.C., Djilali, N., 2010, A CFD-based Simulation Tool for PEMFC Stacks, ASME Eighth International Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology, New York, NY. 3. Lange, K., Sui, P.C., Djilali, N., 2010, Determination of Effective Transport Parameters from a Pore Scale Model of PEMFC Catalyst Layers: Effects of Water Vapor and Temperature, ASME Eighth International Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology, New York, NY. 5

6 4. Invited seminar talk on Modeling and Simulations for Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells Charting a Pathway to Multiscale Simulations. Peking University, Mar. 15, Invited keynote speaker at 2009 International Fuel Cell Symposium, Taiwan, Computational Methods for PEMFC: Part I. Stack Simulation, Part II. Catalyst Layer Model Sept , Sui, P.C., Chernyavsky, B., Chou, G., Djilali, N., Experimental and Numerical Investigations on the Flow Field of a Model Header for a PEMFC Stack, ISTP-20, Victoria, BC, July 7-10, Sui, P.C., Chi, P.H., Su, Z.Y., Kumar, S., Djilali, N., Chan, S.H., Non-uniform and Anisotropic Transport Properties in a PEMFC - Sensitivity for numerical simulations AIChE Annual Conference, Philadelphia, PA, Nov , Sui, P.C., Djilali, N., CFD-based stack tool for PEMFC AIChE Annual Conference, Philadelphia, PA, Nov , Hu, J. W., Sui, P. C., Djilali, N., 2008, Numerical Investigation on the Transport in a PEMFC using a Microstructure Reconstruction Technique, 16, pp , Honolulu, HI, Oct , Hu, J. W., Sui, P. C., Djilali, N., Kumar, S., Modelling and simulations on mitigation techniques for carbon oxidation reaction caused by local fuel starvation in a PEMFC, 16, pp , Honolulu, HI, Oct , Rasmussen, P. L., Sui, P. C., Kaer, S. K., Djilali, N., Development of a rapid simulation tool for PEM fuel cell stacks. pp , ASME Sixth International Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology, Jun , 2008, Denver, CO. 12. Sui, P. C., Djilali, N., Wang, Q. P., 1 st ASME Micro-Nanoscale Heat Transfer Conference, A pore scale model for the transport phenomena in the catalyst layer of a PEM fuel cell., pp , Jan. 6-9, 2008, Tainan, Taiwan. 13. Zhu, X., Sui, P. C., Djilali, N., 1 st ASME Micro-Nanoscale Heat Transfer Conference, Effect of channel geometry on the dynamics of a water droplet in a microchannel. pp , Jan. 6-9, 2008, Tainan, Taiwan. 14. Minor, G., Zhu, X., Oshkai, P., Sui, P. C., Djilali, N., 1 st ASME Micro-Nanoscale Heat Transfer Conference, Water transport dynamics in fuel cell micro-channels. pp , Jan. 6-9, 2008, Tainan, Taiwan. 15. Hu, J.W., Sui, P.C., Djilali, N., An along-the-channel model for carbon corrosion due to local fuel starvation of PEMFCs., AIChE 2007 Annual Conference, Nov. 4-9, 2007, Salt Lake City, UT. 16. Invited seminar and lectures on Development of Simulation Tools for PEMFC, Chongqing University, China, Oct. 24, Sui, P.C., Hu, J.W., Djilali, N., Pore-scale modelling of the coupled transport in a PEMFC catalyst layer. AIChE 2007 Annual Conference, Nov. 4-9, 2007, Salt Lake City, UT. 18. Sui, P.C., Kumar, S. and Djilali, Validation of advanced computational tools for PEM fuel cell design. 2007, ASME Fifth International Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology, New York, NY. 19. Invited seminar and lectures on Development of Simulation Tools for PEMFC, sponsored by Next-Tech (ESI distributor in Taiwan) at research institutes and universities in Taiwan, Feb. 24-Mar. 10, Invited lectures, on Design Issues in PEMFC, sponsored by Wuhan University of Technology at research institutes and universities in China, Dec. 1-Dec. 10, Kim, G.S., Sui, P.C. and Shah, A.A., A comparison of reduced and full dimensional simulation models for PEM fuel cells AIChE Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Nov , Sui, P.C., Djilali, N. and Kumar, S., Design and Optimization of the Gas Channels of A PEMFC Using CFD-Based Simulation Tools. 2006, ASME Fourth International Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology, Irvine, CA. 23. Mackie, R., Sui, P.C. and Djilali, Modelling and Simulation of Flow Distribution in a PEMFC Stack. 2006, ASME Fourth International Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology, Irvine, CA. 24. Sui, P.C., Djilali, N. and Kumar, S., Development of a CFD-based Design Tool for PEMFC Gas Channels, 2005 ESI User Conference, Huntsville, AL, Oct , Sui, P.C. and Djilali, N., Numerical Analysis of Coupled Electron and Mass Transport in the Gas Diffusion Layer of a PEMFC COM 2005 Conference for Metallurgists, Aug , 2005, Calgary, AB. 26. Sui, P.C., Overview of Computational Fuel Cell Engineering. Joint IESVic-NRC Workshop on Modelling and Simulations of PEMFC, IFCI-NRC, Vancouver, BC, September,

7 27. Sui, P.-C. and Djilali, N., Numerical Analysis of Water Transport in PEM Fuel Cell Membranes Using a Phenomenological Model. ASME Second International Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology, Rochester, NY, June 14-16, Sui, P.-C. and Chen, L.-D., Heat and Mass Diffusion in Binary Systems Composed of Supercritical and Subcritical Fluids. AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE, Joint Propulsion Conference, 33rd, Seattle, WA, July 6-9, Chen, L.-D., Sui, P.-C., and Roquemore, W.M., Dynamic Characteristics of a Buoyant Propane Diffusion Flame. Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, Sui, P.-C., Chen, L.-D., Davis, R.W., Moore, E., and Roquemore, W.M., Low Frequency Flame Oscillation of a Nitrogen-diluted Propane Diffusion Flame. Spring Technical Meeting, The Combustion Institute, Central State Section, Formal Research Report & Documentation 1. Sui, P.-C., Hu, J.W. and Djilali, N. Catalyst layer models for PEM fuel cells: current status and outlook for future study. Final Report to IFCI-NRC for the joint project for Nissan, Japan, Sui, P.C., Djilali, N. et al., Development of simulation tools for PEMFC Project reports, Sui, P.-C., Lin, Y.M., Green, P., and Chen, L.-D., "Fuel Cell Simulation Capability." Annual Progress Report to Honda R&D Co., Ltd., Tochigi Research Center, Japan, PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Society of Automobile Engineers (SAE) The Electrochemical Society (ECS) American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) HONORS AND ACTIVITIES Organizing Committee, Canada-China Clean Energy Research And Training Collaboration. Vice Chair, 20 th International Symposium on Transport Phenomena (ISTP-20), Victoria, BC, July 7-10, Nominated by the College of Engineering, University of Iowa, to be included in the 1996 edition of WHO S WHO AMONG STUDENTS IN AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES. Editor-in-chief of the 1986 Yearbook of the National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan. Acted as the coordinator of representatives from twenty five departments and institutes to work together on editing and publishing of the Yearbook. 7