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DR. KEVIN HUANG

SmartState Chair
Director of SmartState Center for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
Department of Mechanical Engineering
University of South Carolina
Telephone: 803-777-0204 (Office) 724-234-9010 (Cell)
E-mail: huang46@cec.sc.edu
 

EDUCATION

  • Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry (1992), University of Science and Technology Beijing
  • M.S. in Physical Chemistry (1989), Northeastern University, Shenyang, P. R. China
  • B. S. in Physical Chemistry (1986), Northeastern University, Shenyang, P. R. China

EXPERIENCE:

12/2017-present

SmartState Chair Professor, Director of SmartState Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Center of Excellence, University of South Carolina

1/2015-present: Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of South Carolina

1/2010-12/2014: Associate professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of South Carolina Research Focus: Solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs); storage batteries; gas separation membranes; solid- state electrochemistry; defect chemistry

1/2009-12/2009: Fellow engineer, Cells and Bundles Technology, Siemens Energy

1/2005-12/2008: Principal Engineer, Cells and Bundles Technology, Siemens Power Generation

9/2000-12/2004: Senior engineer, Cells and Bundles Technology, Siemens Westinghouse Power Generation Research Focus: Product development of cathode-supported tubular SOFCs; advanced SOFC materials; SOFC component cost-effective fabrication; cell power enhancement through advanced materials and geometries; zero emission SOFC power plants

4/1995-8/2000: Postdoctoral fellow in Texas Materials Institute, The University of Texas at Austin Research Focus: Intermediate-temperature oxide-ion conductors and mixed oxide-ion/electron conductors; oxygen transport membranes; metallic interconnect;

9/1993-4/1995: Assistant/Associate Professor, Laboratory for Solid State Ionics University of Science and Technology Beijing Research Focus: Oxygen sensors for steelmaking process; environmental sensors for SOx, NOx and COx

1/1989-6/1992: Ph.D. student, University of Science and Technology Beijing Research Focus: Fundamental study and applications of direct electrochemical oxygen determination in gases and melts

ACHIEVEMENTS:

  • 2024 Class Fellow of American Ceramic Society

  • 2023 Class Fellow of International Association of Advanced Materials

  • Recipient of 2018 Breakthrough Leadership in Research Award

  • Recipient of 2017 Educational Foundation Award for Research in Science, Mathematics and Engineering

  • Recipient of 2015 College of Engineering and Computing Research Achievement Award

  • Recipient of 2014 University of South Carolina Breakthrough Stars

  • Siemens Special Employee Recognition Award 2007

  • Siemens stationary fuel cell division, Employee of the Year Award 2006

  • Siemens Spot Awards 2005-2007

  • Science and Technology Achievement Award, 2nd prize, State Education Committee of China, 1994

  • Excellent Ph. D. Thesis Award, University of Science & Technology Beijing, 1992

  • Best Scientific Paper Award, Chinese Ceramic Society, 1991

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:

  • Associated editor of Journal of Materials Informatics, 2022-2026.

  • Editorial board member of International Journal of Minerals, Metals and Materials, 2022-2023.

  • Member of board of directors of Southeast Hydrogen Energy Alliance, 2021-2023.

  • Associate editor of Journal of Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage, 2015-2021

  • Associate editor of RSC Advances, 2015- 2017

  • Active member of American Electrochemical Society

  • Active member of American Ceramic Society

  • Active member of American Chemical Society

  • Active member of Sigma Xi Scientific Research Honor Society

  • Active member of AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science)

  • Chair of Award Selection Committee, Russell Research and Educational Foundation Awards, University of South Carolina, 2021–2024

  • Member of Advisor Board of Electron Microscopy, 2012 – present

  • College of engineering library liaison, 2013 – 2023

  • Chair of Seminar Committee, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of South Carolina, 2014 – 2017

  • Member of College of Engineering Scholarship Committee, 2014 – 2016

  • Session chairs of ICACC 2021, 2022, 2024, Daytona Beach, January.

  • Organizer and session chair of Symposium on Synthesis, Characterization, Modeling and Applications of Functional Porous Materials, MS&T, since 2013.

  • Session chair, ECS241, Vancouver, Canada, May 29-June 2, 2022.

  • Session chair, ECS236, Atlanta, Georgia, October 13-18, 2019.

  • Session chair of Symposium on Advances in Materials Science, Processing and Engineering for Fuel Cells and Electrolyzers, 2014 MRS Fall Meeting & Exhibit, Boston, December 1-5, 2014.

  • Panel moderator and co-organizer of Alternative Applications of Natural Gas workshop, sponsored by AIChE and DOE, Washington DC, October 8-9, 2014.

  • Session chair, ECS222, Hawaii, October 7-12, 2012.

  • Session chair, ECS220, Boston, October 10-14, 2011.

  • NSF proposal panelist, 2010-present.

  • DOE BES proposal reviewer.

  • DOE EERE AMR reviewer.