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2012 Annual Progress Report

VI. Manufacturing R&D

This section of the 2012 Annual Progress Report for the DOE Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Program focuses on manufacturing R&D.

Manufacturing R&D Sub-Program Overview, Nancy Garland, U.S. Department of Energy

  1. Fuel Cell Membrane Electrode Assembly Manufacturing R&D, Michael Ulsh, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
  2. Manufacturing of Low-Cost, Durable Membrane Electrode Assemblies Engineered for Rapid Conditioning, Colin Busby, W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
  3. Adaptive Process Controls and Ultrasonics for High-Temperature PEM MEA Manufacture, Dan Walczyk, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  4. Non-Contact Sensor Evaluation for Bipolar Plate Manufacturing Process Control and Smart Assembly of Fuel Cell Stacks, Eric Stanfield, National Institute of Standards and Technology
  5. High Speed, Low Cost Fabrication of Gas Diffusion Electrodes for Membrane Electrode Assemblies, Emory De Castro, BASF Fuel Cell
  6. Development of Advanced Manufacturing Technologies for Low Cost Hydrogen Storage Vessels, Mark Leavitt, Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide, Inc.
  7. Cause and Effect: Flow Field Plate Manufacturing Variability and its Impact on Performance, Eric Stanfield, National Institute of Standards and Technology
  8. Optical Scatterfield Metrology for Online Catalyst Coating Inspection of PEM (Fuel Cell) Soft Goods, Eric Stanfield, National Institute of Standards and Technology