Title: Towards Platinum-Free Fuel Cells for Affordabl Zero-Emission Cars
Speaker: Prof. Yan Yushan (University of Delaware)
Time: 9:30am, Jun. 17th, 2019
Venue: Room 105, Shaw Engineering Building, Wushan Campus
[Biography]
Yushan Yan is a Distinguished Engineering Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Delaware. He also served as the founding Associate Dean for Research and Entrepreneurship for the College of Engineering. He studied Chemical Physics (BS) at the University of Science and Technology of China, Heterogeneous Catalysis at the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Chemical Engineering (MS/PhD) at the California Institute of Technology. He worked for AlliedSignal as Senior Staff Engineer and Project Leader before joining the faculty at the University of California Riverside where he held the position of University Scholar, University of California Presidential Chair, and Department Chair. His major recognitions include the Donald Breck Award from the International Zeolite Association, the Nanoscale Science and Engineering Forum Award from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers,the Energy Technology Division Award from the Electrochemical Society, Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors, and Fellow of the Electrochemical Society. He has been an inventor on 25+ issued or pending patents, some of which were licensed to form startup companies (e.g., NanoH2O and W7energy). His research has led to ~250 publications (17,000+ citations, h-index = 72 and average citation/paper = 72, Web of Science). He has advised ~30 PhD students and ~30 postdoctoral researchers in the past ~20 years, ~20 of whom now hold faculty positions worldwide.
Announced by School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering