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Bringing fuel cells to the classroom : The University of Washington's fuel cell curriculum
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Stuve, Eric M. |
| Copyright Year | 2006 |
| Abstract | In the high tech boom of the mid1990s fuel cells began to attract widespread attention, expanding from a relatively small group of academics and industrial technologists to include an array of industrial firms, large and small, and venture capitalists. The popular media ran stories of fuel cells with quotes from automotive executives promising fuel cell powered cars by some not too distant year. Fuel cells would be more efficient and less polluting. They would revolutionize our driving habits, let us talk longer on our cell phones, and free us from the electric grid. The only problem was that fuel cells are notoriously difficult to build, let alone at a cost competitive with other energy technologies. Apart from a few needed technological breakthroughs, fulfilling the promise of fuel cells depends every bit as much on the skills of a work force trained in the art of fuel cell engineering. Perhaps even more disturbing, there were few academics with any experience in building individual fuel cells and virtually none with experience in stacks or systems. This author belonged to neither group. |
| Starting Page | 31 |
| Ending Page | 36 |
| Page Count | 6 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Volume Number | 15 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://www.electrochem.org/dl/interface/fal/fal06/fall06_p31-36.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
