Award
Congratulations 2007 Fuel Cell Seminar & Exposition Award
Winners!
The Fuel Cell Seminar & Exposition would like to
congratulate Mr. John Trocciola and Dr. Subhash Singhal as the
winners of the 2007 Fuel Cell Seminar & Exposition Award. This
award is given annually to those who have achieved outstanding
leadership and innovation in the promotion of the overall
advancement of fuel cell technology.
Dr. Subhash C. Singhal
Dr. Subhash C. Singhal is a Battelle Fellow and Director, Fuel
Cells at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) in
Richland, Washington, where he provides senior technical,
managerial and commercialization leadership to the Lab's extensive
fuel cell program. He is a highly regarded, acknowledged world
leader in solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs). He joined PNNL in April
2000 after having worked at Siemens Power Generation (formerly
Westinghouse Electric Corporation) for over 29 years. Dr. Singhal
is also an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Materials Science
and Engineering at the University of Utah; and serves on the
Visiting Advisory Board of the Department of Materials Science and
Engineering at the University of Florida.
At Siemens Westinghouse, he conducted and/or managed major
research, development, and demonstration programs in the field of
fuel cells. From 1984 to 2000, he was manager of Fuel Cell
Technology there, and was responsible for the development of high
temperature solid oxide fuel cells for stationary power generation.
In this role, he led an internationally recognized group in the
SOFC technology and brought this technology from a few-watt
laboratory curiosity to fully-integrated 200 kW size power
generation systems. He has authored over 75 scientific
publications, edited 14 books, received 13 patents, and given over
250 plenary, keynote and other invited presentations worldwide. His
book on High Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cells: Fundamentals,
Design and Applications has received worldwide acclaim and has also
been translated in Chinese.
Dr. Singhal received a B.S. degree in Physics, Chemistry, and
Mathematics from Agra University; a B.E. degree in Metallurgy from
the Indian Institute of Science; a Ph.D. degree in Materials
Science and Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania; and an
M.B.A. from the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Singhal is a member
of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering, a Fellow of four
professional societies (American Ceramic Society, The
Electrochemical Society, ASM International, and American
Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS); and a senior
member of the Mineral, Metals & Materials Society (TMS). He
served on the Electrochemical Society's Board of Directors during
1992-94, received its Outstanding Achievement Award in High
Temperature Materials in 1994, and continues as the Chairman of its
highly successful biennial International Symposium on Solid Oxide
Fuel Cells which he initiated in 1989. He served as President of
the International Society for Solid State Ionics during
2003-2005.
Dr. Singhal has received several awards for his contributions to
solid oxide fuel cell technology, including the American Ceramic
Society's Edward Orton Jr. Memorial Award in 2001; an Invited
Professorship Award from the Japan Ministry of Science, Education
and Culture in 2002; and the Christian Friedrich Schoenbein Gold
Medal from the European Fuel Cell Forum in 2006. He serves on the
Editorial Board of the Elsevier's Journal of Power Sources and is
an Associate Editor of ASME's Journal of Fuel Cell Science and
Technology. He has also served on many national and international
advisory panels including those of the National Research Council,
National Science Foundation, Materials Properties Council, U.S.
Department of Energy, NATO Advanced Study Institutes and NATO
Science for Peace Programs, United Nations Development Program
(UNDP), United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO),
International Energy Agency (IEA), and the European Commission.
Dr. Singhal has been responsible for promoting solid oxide fuel
cell technology for clean and efficient power generation through
his pioneering and continuing a biennial International Symposium on
Solid Oxide Fuel Cells and through his large number of lectures
worldwide. He has advised many international organizations and
countries on this technology, and has participated in numerous
radio, TV, and print media interviews to explain and promote the
technology. He has also been active in facilitating collaboration
among industry, academia and national laboratories.
Mr. John Trocciola
Mr. John Trocciola has served as a private consultant, both
professionally and on a pro-bono basis, for a variety of potential
fuel cell users in evaluating emerging and existing fuel cell
technologies. These clients include UTCPower , US Department of
Energy , US Department of Defense , US and Overseas electric
utilities (Including NY Power Authority, Long Island Power
Authority, and RWE). US and Overseas Natural Gas Companies such as
KeySpan Energy, Energy East and Gazprom are also clients of Mr.
Trocciola as well as Scripps Investments and Loans, Power
Management Concepts, Ct Clean Energy Fund, Ct Department of
Homeland Security, Massachusetts Technology Collaborative, Russian
Nuclear Agency Rosatom, and the Town Government of Portland,
CT.
Prior to working as a private consultant, Mr. Trocciola served a
variety of roles at the United Technologies Corporation from 1963 -
2004. His position as Manager of Advanced Materials and Development
allowed him to investigate the basic limits of materials for all
fuel cell technologies including AFC, PEM, PAFC and MCFC, and to
identify the fundamental thermodynamic properties of carbons,
graphites and polymers which determine their suitability for use in
fuel cells. In addition, he was active in performing Advanced
System Analysis/Evaluation of all alternative fuel cell
technologies of which he recommended PAFC for further development
for commercial stationary fuel cells
As Program Manager of several NASA and DOD Programs for space
and underwater fuel cell power plants, he was able to identify
successful methods for supplying hydrogen and cooling fuel cells in
harsh environments as well as methods to remove CO from hydrogen
streams for PEM power plants.
One of Mr. Trocciola's most notable and innovative achievements
occurred while working on several US Environmental Protection
Agency projects where and others at UTC and the EPA identified and
patented unique gas cleanup systems to treat the renewable gas to
produce H2; this resulted in 12 fuel cell installations at waste
water plants and landfills around the world. And it was during a
joint DOE/DOD Program that he was responsible for the management of
the installation and startup of the first commercial fuel cell in
Russia located at a Gazprom facility in Moscow. This is the same
commercial fuel cell that provided power during the Moscow
blackout.
Mr. Trocciola received his Bachelor of Chemical Engineering from
Manhattan College, a M.S. Degree in Chemical Engineering from the
University of Connecticut and a M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from
the University of Connecticut.
Mr. Trocciola is recognized as a fuel cell industry leader and
his 40 US Patents in areas such as AFC, PAFC, MCFC, SOFC, and PEM
show his enthusiastic innovation. He was recipient of many awards
including the Special Inventors Award by NASA, the Technology
Innovation Award by Discover Magazine, and the Outstanding Engineer
Graduate Award given to him by Manhattan College.
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