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Krishan Bhatia, Ph.D.
College of Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Rowan Hall
856-256-5346
Bhatia@rowan.edu
http://users.rowan.edu/~bhatia

RESEARCH SUMMARY:
My research fields include Fuel Cells, including catalyst layer poisoning and general transport phenomenon; as well as Advanced Powertrains, involving electric, hybrid-electric, and fuel cell vehicles. Recent Engineering courses that I have taught include Heat Transfer, Automotive Engineering, Fluid Mechanics (I/II), Freshman Clinic (II), and Thermodynamics (I/II). I am a member of the Society of Automotive Engineers and Tau Beta Pi Engineering Society, DE Alpha Chapter.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
�Transient Carbon Monoxide Poisoning of a Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell Operating on Diluted Hydrogen Feed�, Electrochimica Acta, K. Bhatia and C.Y. Wang, vol. 49, p. 2333-2341, 2004.

�Design and Development of Penn State University�s 2002 Hybrid Electric Ford Explorer�, Society of Automotive Engineers, H.M. Chance, G.L. Neal, K.A. Smith, and K.K. Bhatia, presented at SAE 2004 World Congress.

�Challenges for On-board Methanol and Petroleum Fuel Processing in Hydrogen Fuel-cell Vehicles�, Business Briefing: Global Automotive Manufacturing & Technology, K. Bhatia and C.Y. Wang, May 2002.

�Design of the 2001 Penn State University Series Hybrid Electric Sport Utility Vehicle�, Society of Automotive Engineers, Special Publication SP-1701, J. Musser, R. Noss, J. Anstrom, K. Bhatia, S. Inman, B. Kleback, R. Owens, R. Stroman, March 2002.

�Design of a Micro Direct Methanol Fuel Cell�, Proceedings of the IMECE �01, M. M. Mench, Z. H. Wang, K. Bhatia, and C. Y. Wang, November 2001.

GRANT SUBMISSIONS (2002-present)
Enhancing Performance in a direct methanol fuel cell through novel metal foam flow fields:understanding two phase trasport in porous media. - American Chemical Society, Petroleum Research Fund. - Fiscal Year 2006.

GRANT AWARDS (2002-present)