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John W. Weidner

Professor and Interim Associate Dean for Research

Curriculum Vitae
I. Education
  • Ph. D., Chemical Engineering, North Carolina State University (1991)
    Advisor: Peter S. Fedkiw
  • B. S., Chemical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison (1986)
II. Professional Experience
  • Interim Associate Dean for Research, College of Engineering and Computing, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, 2006-present.
  • Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, 2004-present.
  • Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, 1997-2004.
  • Visiting Scientist, Electronic Materials and Devices Group, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, Spring 2000.
  • Visiting Scholar, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA, Fall, 1999.
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, 1991-1997.
  • Summer Faculty Fellow, Energy Storage Systems Group, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, 1992.
  • Research/Teaching Assistant, Department of Chemical Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 1986-1991.
  • Cooperative Education Student, Electro-finishing Department, S&C Electric Co., Chicago, IL, 1982-1984.
III. Consulting
  • Medtronic Energy and Component Center, Brooklyn Center, MN, 2005 - present.
  • Incompressible Fluid Dynamics Group, Sandia National Laboratory, Albuquerque, NM, 1999-2003.
  • Energy Storage Systems Group, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, 1992-1998.
IV. Honors & Awards
  • Golden Key Faculty Award for Creative Integration of Research and Undergraduate Teaching, 2006.
  • Outstanding AIChE Student Chapter Award (Advisor), 1998 and 1999.
  • Intellectual Property Award, University of South Carolina, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2003.
  • Elected to Tau Beta Pi, Beta Chapter of South Carolina, 1997.
  • Summer Faculty Fellowship, NASA-ASEE, 1992.
  • Research and Productive Scholarship, University of South Carolina, 1991.
  • Electrochemical Society Energy Research Summer Fellowship, 1990.
  • Electrochemical Society Battery Division Student Research Award, 1989.
  • Dow Graduate Fellowship for Graduate Student Teaching, 1989.
  • Graduate Teaching Award, North Carolina State University, 1988.
  • Engineering Honors Graduate, University of Wisconsin, 1986.
  • Julia Blake Junior Scholarship, 1982.
V. Memberships
  • Electrochemical Society
  • American Institute of Chemical Engineers
  • American Association for the Advancement of Science
  • American Association of Engineering Education
  • Tau Beta Pi
  • Order of the Engineer
VI. Refereed Journal Articles
  1. P. S. Fedkiw, J. W. Weidner and M. P. Kang, “Ohmic Distortion of Voltammograms in Thin Layer Cells”, Electrochim. Acta, 33, 421-424 (1988).
  2. J. W. Weidner and P. S. Fedkiw, “Reversible, Linear-Sweep Voltammetry of a Soluble Redox Couple:  Effect of Initial Concentrations”, Anal. Chem., 62, 875-877 (1990). [PDF]
  3. J. W. Weidner and P. S. Fedkiw, “Effect of Ohmic, Mass-Transfer and Kinetic Resistances on Linear-Sweep Voltammetry in a Cylindrical-Pore Electrode”, J. Electrochem. Soc., 138, 2514-2526 (1991). [PDF]
  4. J. W. Weidner and P. S. Fedkiw, “Linear-Sweep Voltammetry in a Cylindrical-Pore Electrode”, Anal. Chem., 64, 449-453 (1992). [PDF]
  5. J. W. Weidner and P. Timmerman, “Effect of Proton Diffusion, Electron Conductivity, and Charge-Transfer Resistance on Nickel Hydroxide Discharge Curves”, J. Electrochem. Soc., 141, 346-351 (1994). [PDF]
  6. C. C. Streinz, A. P. Hartman, S. Motupally and J. W. Weidner, “Effect of Current and Nickel Nitrate Concentration on the Deposition of Nickel Hydroxide Films”, J. Electrochem. Soc., 142, 1084-1089 (1995). [PDF]
  7. S. Motupally, C. C. Streinz and J. W. Weidner, “Proton Diffusion in Nickel Hydroxide Films:  Measurement of the Diffusion Coefficient as a Function of State of Charge”, J. Electrochem. Soc., 142, 1401-1408 (1995). [PDF]
  8. S. Prasad, J. W. Weidner and A. E. Farell, “A Boundary Layer Parallel Plate Electrochemical Reactor Model for the Destruction of Nitrates and Nitrites in Alkaline Waste Streams”, J. Electrochem. Soc., 142, 3815-3824 (1995). [PDF]
  9. C. C. Streinz, S. Motupally and J. W. Weidner, “Effect of Temperature and Ethanol on the Electrochemical Deposition of Nickel Hydroxide Films”, J. Electrochem. Soc., 142, 4051-4056 (1995). [PDF]
  10. M. M. Saleh, J. W. Weidner and B. G. Ateya, “Electrowinning of Non-Noble Metals with Simultaneous Hydrogen Evolution at Flow-Through Porous Electrodes: I. Theoretical”, J. Electrochem. Soc., 142, 4113-4121 (1995). [PDF]
  11. M. M. Saleh, J. W. Weidner, B. E. El-Anadouli, and B. G. Ateya, “Electrowinning of Non-Noble Metals with Simultaneous Hydrogen Evolution at Flow-Through Porous Electrodes: II.  Experimental”, J. Electrochem. Soc., 142, 4122-4128 (1995). [PDF]
  12. M. Murthy, G. S. Nagarajan, J. W. Weidner and J. W. Van Zee, “A Model for Galvanostatic Deposition of Nickel Hydroxide”, J. Electrochem. Soc., 143, 2319-2327 (1996). [PDF]
  13. M. M. Saleh, J. W. Weidner, and B. G. Ateya, “Electrowinning of Non-Noble Metals with Simultaneous Hydrogen Evolution at Flow-Through Porous Electrodes:  III:  Time Effects”, J. Electrochem. Soc., 144, 922-927 (1997). [PDF]
  14. V. Srinivasan and J. W. Weidner, “An Electrochemical Route for Making Porous Nickel Oxide Electrochemical Capacitors”, J. Electrochem. Soc., 144, L210-L213 (1997). [PDF]
  15. S. Motupally, C. C. Streinz and J. W. Weidner, “Proton Diffusion in Nickel Hydroxide:  Prediction of Active Material Utilization”, J. Electrochem. Soc., 145, 29-34 (1998). [PDF]
  16. S. Motupally, M. Jain, V. Srinivasan and J. W. Weidner, “The Role of Oxygen at the Second Discharge Plateau of Nickel Hydroxide”, J. Electrochem. Soc., 145, 34-39 (1998). [PDF]
  17. M. Jain, A. Elmore, M. A. Matthews and J. W. Weidner, “Thermodynamic Considerations of the Reversible Potential for the Nickel Electrode”, Electrochim. Acta, 43(18), 2649-2660 (1998). [PDF]
  18. H. Duarte, K. Jha and J. W. Weidner, “Electrochemical Reduction of Nitrates and Nitrites in Alkaline Media in the Presence of Hexavalent Chromium”, J. Appl. Electrochem., 28(8), 811-817 (1998). [PDF]
  19. K. Jha, G. L. Bauer and J. W. Weidner, “Steady State Modeling of a Parallel-Plate Electrochemical Fluorination Reactor”, J. Electrochem. Soc., 145, 3521-3530 (1998). [PDF]
  20. A. Srikumar, T. G. Stanford and J. W. Weidner, “Cycling Voltammetry in a Porous Electrodes at Low Sweep Rates”, J. Electroanal. Chem. 458, 161-173 (1998). [PDF]
  21. M. Jain and J. W. Weidner, “Material Balance Modification in One-Dimensional Modeling of Porous Cathodes”, J. Electrochem. Soc., 146, 1370-1374 (1999). [PDF]
  22. V. Srinivasan and J. W. Weidner, “Mathematical Modeling of Electrochemical Capacitors”, J. Electrochem. Soc., 146, 1650-1658 (1999). [PDF]
  23. K. Jha and J. W. Weidner, “Evaluation of Porous Cathodes for the Electrochemical Reduction of Nitrates and Nitrites in Alkaline Waste Streams”, J. Appl. Electrochem., 29, 1305-1315 (1999). [PDF]
  24. M. Jain, G. Nagasubramian, R. Jungst and J. W. Weidner, “Analysis of a Lithium/Thionyl Chloride Battery under Moderate-Rate Discharge”, J. Electrochem. Soc., 146, 4023-4030 (1999). [PDF]
  25. K. Jha, G. L. Bauer and J. W. Weidner, “Dynamic Simulation of a Parallel-Plate Electrochemical Fluorination Reactor”, J. Appl. Electrochem., 30, 85-93 (2000). [PDF]
  26. W. B. Gu, C. Y. Wang, J. W. Weidner, R. Jungst and G. Nagasubramian, “Computational Fluid Dynamics Modeling of a Lithium/Thionyl Chloride Battery with Electrolyte Flow”, J. Electrochem. Soc., 147, 427-434 (2000). [PDF]
  27. V. Srinivasan and J. W. Weidner, “Studies on the Capacitance of Nickel Oxide Films: Effect of Heating Temperature and Electrolyte Concentration”, J. Electrochem. Soc., 147, 880-885 (2000). [PDF]
  28. V. Srinivasan, J. W. Weidner and R. E. White, “Mathematical Modeling of the Nickel Hydroxide Active Material”, J. Solid State Electrochem., 4, 367-382 (2000). [PDF]
  29. S. Motupally, A. J. Becker and J. W. Weidner, “Diffusion of Water through Nafion 115 Membranes”, J. Electrochem. Soc., 147, 3171-3177 (2000). [PDF]
  30. E. E. Kalu, T. T. Nwoga, V. Srinivasan and J. W. Weidner, “Cyclic Voltammetric Studies of the Effects of Time and Temperature on the Capacitance of Electrochemically Deposited Nickel Hydroxide”, J. Power Sources, 92, 163-167 (2001). [PDF]
  31. K. Jha, G. L. Bauer and J. W. Weidner, “Vapor-Liquid Slip in a Parallel-Plate Electrochemical Fluorination Reactor”, J. Appl. Electrochem., 31, 863-870 (2001). [PDF]
  32. V. Srinivasan, J. W. Weidner and J. Newman, “Hysteresis During Cycling of the Nickel Hydroxide Electrode”, J. Electrochem. Soc., 148, A969-A980 (2001). [PDF]
  33. I. M. AlNashef, M. L. Leonard, M. C. Kittle, M. A. Matthews and J. W. Weidner, “Electrochemical Generation of Superoxide in Room Temperature Ionic Liquids”, Electrochem. Solid-State Lett., 4, D16-D18 (2001). [PDF]
  34. A. T. Haug, R. E. White, J. W. Weidner, W. Huang, S. Shi, T. Stoner and N. Rana, “Increasing PEM Fuel Cell Catalyst Effectiveness Through Sputter Deposition”, J. Electrochem. Soc., 149, A280-A287 (2002). [PDF]
  35. Q. Guo, V. Subramanian, J. W. Weidner, and R. E. White “Estimation of the Diffusion Coefficient of Lithium in Carbon Using AC Impedance Technique,” J. Electrochem. Soc., 149, A307-A318 (2002). [PDF]
  36. D. Tianping, J. W. Weidner and R. E. White, “Extension of Newman’s Method to Electrochemical Reaction-Diffusion in a Fuel-Cell Catalyst Layer”, J. Power Sources, 107, 24-33 (2002). [PDF]
  37. S. Motupally, A. J. Becker, and J. W. Weidner, “Water Transport in PEM Electrolyzers Used to Recycle Anhydrous HCl: I. Characterization of Diffusion and Electro-osmotic Drag”, J. Electrochem. Soc., 149, D63-D71 (2002). [PDF]
  38. V. Srinivasan and J. W. Weidner, “Capacitance Studies of Cobalt-Oxide Films Formed via Electrochemical Precipitation”, J. Power Sources, 108, 15-20 (2002). [PDF]
  39. A. T. Haug, R. E. White, J. W. Weidner and W. Huang “Development of a Novel CO Tolerant Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell Anode”, J. Electrochem. Soc., 149, A862-A867 (2002). [PDF]
  40. A. T. Haug, R. E. White, J. W. Weidner, W. Huang, S. Shi, N. Rana, S. Grunow, T. C. Stoner and A. E. Kaloyeros, “Using Sputter Deposition to Increase CO Tolerance in a Proton-Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell”, J. Electrochem. Soc., 149, A868-A872 (2002). [PDF]
  41. C. Holland, J. W. Weidner, R. Dougal and R. E. White “Experimental Characterization of Hybrid Power Systems under Pulse Load”, J. Power Sources, 109, 32-37 (2002). [PDF]
  42. I. M. AlNashef, M. L. Leonard, M. A. Matthews and J. W. Weidner, “Superoxide Electrochemistry in an Ionic Liquid”, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 41, 4475-4478 (2002). [PDF]
  43. B. Lakshmanan and J. W. Weidner, “Electrochemical CO Filtering of Fuel-Cell Reformate”, Electrochem. Solid-State Lett., 5, A267-A270 (2002). [PDF]
  44. P. Gomadam, J. W. Weidner, R. A. Dougal and R. E. White “Mathematical Modeling of Lithium-Ion and Nickel Battery Systems” J. Power Sources, 110, 267-284 (2002). [PDF]
  45. P. Gomadam, J. W. Weidner, T. A. Zawodzinski and A. P. Saab, “Theoretical Analysis for Obtaining Physical Properties of Composite Electrodes”, J. Electrochem. Soc., 150, E371-376 (2003). [PDF]
  46. P. Gomadam, R. E. White and J. W. Weidner, “Modeling Heat Conduction in Spiral Geometries”, J. Electrochem. Soc., 150, A1339-A1345 (2003). [PDF]
  47. B. Lakshmanan, W. Huang, D. Olmeijer and J. W. Weidner, “Poly Etheretherketone Membranes for Elevated Temperature PEMFCs”, Electrochem. Solid-State Lett., 6, A282-A285 (2003). [PDF]
  48. B. Garcia, V. A. Sethuraman, J. W. Weidner, R. E. White and R. Dougal, “Mathematical Model of a Direct Methanol Fuel Cell”, J. Fuel Cell Sc. and Tech., 1, 43-48 (2004). [PDF]
  49. V. Srinivasan, B. C. Cornilsen and J. W. Weidner, “A Nonstoichiometric Structural Model to Characterize Changes in the Nickel Hydoxide Electrode During Cycling”, J. Solid-State Electrochem., 9, 61-76 (2005). [PDF]
  50. S. Liu, R. Dougal, J. W. Weidner and L. Gao, “A Simplified Physics-Based Model for a Nickel Hydrogen Battery”, J. Power Sources, 141, 326-339 (2005). [PDF]
  51. P. M. Gomadam and J. W. Weidner, “Analysis of Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy in Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells”, Int. J. Energy Res., 29, 1133-1151 (2005 ). [PDF]
  52. P. M. Gomadam and J. W. Weidner, “Modeling Volume Changes in Porous Electrodes”, J. Electrochem. Soc., 153, A179-A186 (2006). [PDF]
  53. P. Sivasubramanian, R. P. Ramasamy, F. J. Freire, C. E. Holland and J. W. Weidner, “Electrochemical Hydrogen Production from Thermochemical Cycles using a Proton Exchange Membrane Electrolyzer”, Int. J. Hydr. Engery, in press (2006). [PDF]
  54. S. Renganathan, Q. Guo, V. A. Sethuraman, J. W. Weidner and R. E. White “Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Resistance Model”, J. Power Sources, 160, 386-397 (2006). [PDF]
  55. B. L. Garcia, B. Captain, R. D. Adams, A. B. Hungria, P. A. Midgley, J. M. Thomas, and J. W. Weidner, “Bimetallic Cluster Provides a High Activity Electrocatalysts for Methanol Oxidation,” J. Cluster Science, In press (2007).
VII. Refereed Journal Articles Under Review
  1. B. Lakshmanan, V. A. Sethuraman and J. W. Weidner, “Adsorption and Desorption of CO on Composite Electrodes,” J. Electrochem. Soc., (2006). 
  2. R. P. Ramasamy, P. Sivasubramanian, J. Staser and J. W. Weidner, “Electrochemical Oxidation of SO2 in a PEM Electrolyzer for H2 Production”, Electrochem. Solid-State Lett., (2006).
  3. V. A. Sethuraman, J. W. Weidner, A. T. Haug, S. Motupally and L. V. Protsailo, “Effect of Water Activity and Oxygen Concentration on Hydrogen Peroxide Formation on Pt on Carbon”, J. Electrochem. Soc. (2006).
  4. I. M. Alnashef, P. Sethupathy, J. Dickensheets, J. R.. Monnier, M. A. Matthews, and J. W. Weidner, “Synthesis of Carbonyl Compounds from Alcohols Using Electrochemically Generated Superoxide Ions in Ionic Liquids,” Green Chemistry (2006).
  5. V. A. Sethuraman, J. W. Weidner, and L. V. Protsailo, “Effect of Di-phenyl Siloxane on the Catalytic Activity of Pt/C,” Electrochem. Solid-State Lett. (2006).
  6. V. A. Sethuraman, J. W. Weidner, A. T. Haug, and L. V. Protsailo, “Effect of Humidity on the Durability of PFSA and Hydrocarbon Membranes,” J. Electrochem. Soc. (2006).
VIII. Contributions to Proceedings Volumes
  1. J. W. Weidner and P. Timmerman, “Theoretical Charge-Discharge Curves for the Nickel Electrode,” Recent Advances in Fuel Cells and Batteries, M. C. Williams and J. R. Selman, Eds., American Chemical Society, 1993.
  2.  D. A. Wingard, J. W. Weidner, J. W. Van Zee, and D. T. Hobbs, “A Simple Model of the Batch Electrochemical Reduction of NO3-/NO2,” Douglas N. Bennion Memorial Symposium, PV 94-22, R. E. White and J. S. Newman, Eds., ECS, Pennington, NJ, 1994.
  3. S. L. Blanton, J. W. Weidner, and J. W. Van Zee, “A Model for Silver-Oxide Charge/Discharge Behavior,” Douglas N. Bennion Memorial Symposium, PV 94-22, R. E. White and J. S. Newman, Eds., ECS, Pennington, NJ, 1994.
  4. M. Jain and J. W. Weidner, “Effect of Hydrogen Diffusion and Charge-Transfer on Metal Hydride Discharge Curves,” Hydrogen and Metal-Hydride Batteries, PV 94-27, P. D. Bennett and T. Sakai, Eds., ECS, Pennington, NJ, 1994.
  5. S. Motupally, C. C. Streinz, and J. W. Weidner, “The Effect of Temperature, Co(OH)2 and Zn(OH)2 on the Proton Diffusion Coefficient in Nickel Hydroxide Films,” Rechargeable Zinc Batteries:  Commemorating the 100th Birthday of A. N. Frumkin, PV 95-13, A. J. Salkind and F. R. McLarnon, Eds., ECS, Pennington, NJ, 1995.
  6. C. C. Streinz, S. Motupally, and J. W. Weidner, “Factors Influencing the Electrochemical Deposition of Nickel Hydroxide Films,” Rechargeable Zinc Batteries:  Commemorating the 100th Birthday of A. N. Frumkin, PV 95-13, A. J. Salkind and F. R. McLarnon, Eds., ECS, Pennington, NJ, Pennington, NJ, 1995.
  7. P. Timmerman and J. W. Weidner, “A First Principles NiH2 Battery Model: A New Approach,” NASA Conference Publication, 3292, 151-175, (1995).
  8. V. Srinivasan, C. Lin, J. A. Ritter, and J. W. Weidner, “Mathematical Modeling of Sol-Gel Derived Carbon Xerogels as Double-Layer Capacitors,” Electrochemical Capacitors, PV 96-25, F. M Delnick and D. Ingersoll , Eds., ECS, Pennington, NJ, 1996.
  9. M. Jain and J. W. Weidner, “Oxygen Kinetics on the Nickel Hydroxide Active Material,” Aqueous Batteries, PV 96-16, P. D. Bennett and S. Gross, Eds., ECS, Pennington, NJ, 1996.
  10. K. Jha, J. W. Weidner, and G. L. Bauer “Modeling of a Parallel-Plate Electrochemical Fluorination Reactor,” Electrochemistry in the Preparation of Fluorine and Its Compounds, PV 97-17, W. V. Childs and T. Fuchigami, Eds., ECS, Pennington, NJ, 1997.
  11. V. Srinivasan, T. Nwoga, E. Kalu, and J. W. Weidner, “The Effect of Annealing Temperature and Time on the Performance of Porous Nickel Oxide Capacitors,” Selected Battery Topics, PV 98-15, G. Halpert, M. L. Gopikanth, K. M. Abraham, W. R. Cieslak, W. A. Adams, Eds., ECS, Pennington, NJ, 1998.
  12. R. G. Jungst, G. Nagasubramanian, D. Ingersoll, C. C. O’Gorman, T. L. Paez, M. Jain, and J. W. Weidner, “An Integrated Model of the Lithium/Thionyl Chloride Battery,” Power Sources Conference, 1998.
  13. V. Srinivasan, B. Cornilsen, and J. W. Weidner, “The Application of Point Defect Chemistry in Characterizing the Redox Processes in the Nickel Hydroxide Electrode,” Selected Battery Topics, PV 98-15, G. Halpert, M. L. Gopikanth, K. M. Abraham, W. R. Cieslak, W. A. Adams, Eds., ECS, Pennington, NJ, 1998.
  14. V. Srinivasan, and J. W. Weidner, “Mathematical Modeling of Electrochemical Capacitors,” Selected Battery Topics, PV 98-15, G. Halpert, M. L. Gopikanth, K. M. Abraham, W. R. Cieslak, W. A. Adams, Eds., ECS, Pennington, NJ, 1998.
  15. M. Jain, G. Nagasubramian, R. Jungst, and J. W. Weidner, “Mathematical Modeling of Lithium/Thionyl Chloride Batteries,” Selected Battery Topics, PV 98-15, G. Halpert, M. L. Gopikanth, K. M. Abraham, W. R. Cieslak, W. A. Adams, Eds., ECS, Pennington, NJ, 1998.
  16. M. Jain and J. W. Weidner, “Material Balance Modification in One-Dimensional Modeling of Porous Electrodes,” Selected Battery Topics, PV 98-15, G. Halpert, M. L. Gopikanth, K. M. Abraham, W. R. Cieslak, W. A. Adams, Eds., ECS, Pennington, NJ, 1998.
  17. S. Motupally, A. Becker, and J. W. Weidner, “Effect of Design and Operating Conditions on Water Transport in PEM Anhydrous Electrolyzers,” Tutorials in Electrochemical Engineering-Mathematical Modeling, PV 99-14, R. F. Savinell, A. C. West, J. M. Fenton, and J. Weidner, Eds., ECS, Pennington, NJ, 1999.
  18. M. L. Leonard, M. C. Kittle, I. M. AlNashef, M. A. Matthews, and J. W. Weidner, “Superoxide Electrochemsitry in Ionic Liquids,” Ionic Liquids: Industrial Applications to Green Chemistry,  ACS Symposium Series 818, R. Rogers and K. Seddon, Eds., from ACS Meeting, San Diego, CA, 2001.
  19. I. M. Al-Nashef, M. A. Matthews, and J. W. Weidner, “Electrochemcially Generated Superoxide Ions in Ionic Liquids: Applications to Green Chemistry,” Ionic Liquids as Green Solvents: Progress and Prospects, ACS Symposium Series, R. Rogers and K. Seddon, Eds., from ACS Meeting, Boston, August 2002.
  20. V. Srinivasan, J. W. Weidner, and J. Newman, “Hysteresis during Cycling of the Nickel Hydroxide Electrode,” Power Sources Modeling, R. G. Jungst, J. W. Weidner, B. Y. Liaw, and K. Nechev, Eds., ECS, Pennington, NJ, 2002, in press in 2004.
  21. R. Gundala, R. E. White, and J. W. Weidner, “Optimal Battery-Fuel Cell Hydrid Power System and Control Studies on a PEM Fuel Cell,” Power Sources Modeling, R. G. Jungst, J. W. Weidner, B. Y. Liaw, and K. Nechev, Eds., ECS, Pennington, NJ, 2002, in press in 2004. 
  22. P. Gomadam, R. E. White, and J. W. Weidner, “Modeling Heat Conduction in Spiral Geometries,” Power Sources Modeling, R. G. Jungst, J. W. Weidner, B. Y. Liaw, and K. Nechev, Eds., ECS, Pennington, NJ, 2002, in press in 2004.
  23. B. Lakshmanan and J. W. Weidner, “Rates of Adsorption, Desorption, and Oxidation of CO on PEM Electrodes,” Third International Symposium on Proton Conducting Membrane Fuel Cells, J. W. Van Zee, M. Murthy, T. Fuller, and S. Gottesfeld, Eds., ECS, Pennington, NJ, 2002, in press in 2004.
IX. Editor of Proceedings Volumes
  1. Proceedings of the Symposium on Metal Deposition and Dissolution, PV 92- 23, Eds., D. Chin, R. E. White, J. W. Van Zee, and J. W. Weidner, The Electrochemical Society, Inc., Pennington, NJ, 1992.
  2. Proceedings of the Symposium on Selected Battery Topics, PV 98-15, G. Halpert, M. L. Gopikanth, K. M. Abraham, W. R. Cieslak, W. A. Adams, J. W. Weidner, et al., Eds., The Electrochemical Society, Inc., Pennington, NJ, 1998.
  3. Proceedings of the Symposium on Tutorials in Electrochemical Engineering-Mathematical Modeling, PV 99-14, R. F. Savinell, A. C. West, J. M. Fenton, and J. Weidner, Eds., The Electrochemical Society, Inc., Pennington, NJ, 1999.
  4. Power Sources Modeling, R. G. Jungst, J. W. Weidner, B. Y. Liaw, and K. Nechev, Eds., The Electrochemical Society, Pennington, NJ, 2002, in press in 2003.
X. Other Publications
  1. J. W. Weidner, “Linear-Sweep Voltammetry of a Soluble Redox Couple in a Cylindrical Electrode,” J. Electrochem. Soc., 138, 258C, Report for Energy Research Summer   Fellowship, 1990.
  2. J. W. Weidner, “Linear-Sweep Voltammetry in Porous Electrodes,” Ph.D. dissertation, North Carolina State University, August, 1991.
  3. S. Motupally, D. T. Mah, F. J. Freire, and J. W. Weidner, “Recycling Chlorine from Hydrogen Chloride,” Interface, The Electrochemical Society, Inc., Pennington, NJ, 7(3), 32-36 (1998).
  4. D. T. Mah, S. Motupally, and J. W. Weidner, “Report of the Electrolytic Industries for the Year 1998,” J. Electrochem. Soc., 146, 3924-3947 (1999).
  5. J. W. Weidner and M. Doyle, “Report of the Electrolytic Industries for the Year 1999,” J. Electrochem. Soc., 147, 3953-3974 (2000).
  6. J. W. Weidner, V. A. Sethuraman, and J. W. Van Zee, “Engineering a Membrane Electrode Assembly,” Interface, The Electrochemical Society, Inc., Pennington, NJ, 12(4), 40-43 (2003).
  7. M. Grotheer, R. Alkire, R. Varjian, V. Srinivasan and J. W. Weidner, “Industrial Electrolysis and Electrochemical Engineering”, Interface, The Electrochemical Society, Inc., Pennington, NJ, 15(1), 52-54 (2006).
XI. Technical Presentations (Listed from 1999 - present; Presenter is underlined)
32. S. Motupally, A. Becker and J. W. Weidner, “Effect of Design and Operating Conditions on Water Transport in PEM Anhydrous Electrolyzers”, The Electrochemical Society, Seattle, May, 1999.
33. S. Motupally, A. Becker and J. W. Weidner, “Transport of Water Through Nafion in an Anhydrous HCl Electrolyzer”, The Electrochemical Society, Seattle, May, 1999.
34. S. Motupally, A. Becker and J. W. Weidner, “Diffusion of Water in Nafion 115 Membranes”, The Electrochemical Society, Seattle, May, 1999.
35. M. Jain and J. W. Weidner, “Lithium/Thionyl Chloride Battery: Pulse Discharge Behavior for Anode-Limited Cells”, The Electrochemical Society, Seattle, May, 1999.
36. J. W. Weidner, M. L. Leonard and M.A. Matthews, “Electrochemical Reactions in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide,” International Society of Electrochemistry, Warsaw, Poland, September 2000.
37. B. V. Corilsen, V. Srinivasan and J. W. Weidner, “The Effect of Charge/Discharge, Overcharge, and Deep Discharge on the Nonstoichiometric Structure of Nickel Electrode”, The Electrochemical Society, Phoenix, AZ, October, 2000.
38. J. W. Weidner, R. E. White and R. A Dougal, “Mathemical Modeling of Ni/H2 and Li-Ion Battteries”, NASA Battery Workshop, Huntsville, AL, November, 2000.
39. P. M. Gomadam, J. W. Weidner and R. E. White “Three-Dimensional Thermal Electrochemical Modeling of a Lithium-Ion Battery”, The Electrochemical Society, Washington, DC, March, 2001.
40. V. Subramanian, Q. Guo, J. W. Weidner and R. E. White “A Generalized Symbolic Solution for Diffusional Impedance of Particle Electrodes” The Electrochemical Society, Washington, DC, March, 2001.
41. M. A. Matthews, M. L. Leonard, M. C. Kittle and J. W. Weidner, “Superoxide Electrochemsitry in Ionic Liquids”, American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Diego, CA April, 2001.
42.
M. A. Matthews, J. W. Weidner, M. C. Thies, D.A. Bruce, E. A. Hamilton, L. Oji, J. Pickett and N. Laway, “Extraction and Oxidation of PCBs from Mixed Low-Level Solid Waste at DOE Sites”, American Chemical Society National Meeting, Chicago, IL August, 2001.
43. P. M. Gomadam, J. W. Weidner and R. E. White “Analysis of Pulse Discharge of a Lithium-Ion Battery”, The Electrochemical Society, San Francisco, CA, September, 2001.
44. Q. Guo, V. Subramanian, J. W. Weidner and R. E. White “Impedance Simulation of A Lithium-Ion Battery: Validity of Solid Phase Diffusion Coefficient Estimation”, The Electrochemical Society, San Francisco, CA, September, 2001.
45. R. Gundala, J. W. Weidner and R. E. White “Optimal Sizing of a Li-Ion Battery, a Fuel Cell and a Capacitor for a Hybrid Power System”, The Electrochemical Society, San Francisco, CA, September, 2001.
46. A. Huag, Q. Guo, J. W. Weidner, R. E. White and W. Huang  “Development of a Novel CO Tolerant Anode”, The Electrochemical Society, San Francisco, CA, September, 2001.
47. B. Lakshmanan and J. W. Weidner, “Electrochemical CO Filter for Fuel Cell Applications”, The Electrochemical Society, San Francisco, CA, September, 2001.
48.  I. M. Alnashef, J. W. Weidner, M.A. Matthews and T. A. Davis, “Superoxide Electrochemistry in Room Temperature Ionic Liquids”, 15th International Forum on Applied Electrochemistry, Clearwater, FL, November, 2001.
49. M. A. Matthews, I. M. AlNashef and J. W. Weidner, “Electrochemical Generation of Superoxide in Ionic Liquids: Potential for Sustainable Chemical Synthesis”, The American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting, Reno, NV, November, 2001.
50. Jiang, Z., S. Liu, R. A. Dougal, J. W. Weidner and R. E. White, “Battery System Studies in a Virtual Prototyping Environment”, NASA Battery Workshop, Huntsville, AL, November, 2001.
51. I. M. Alnashef, J. W. Weidner and M.A. Matthews “Selected Chemical Reactions for the Electrochemically Generated Superoxide Ion in Ionic Liquids”, The American Institute of Chemical Engineers Spring Meeting, New Orleans, LA, March, 2002.
52. I. M. AlNashef, M.A. Matthews and J. W. Weidner, “Superoxide Electrochemistry in Room Temperature Ionic Liquids”, ACS Annual Meeting , Orlando, FL, April, 2002.
53. B. Lakshmanan and J. W. Weidner, “Rates of Adsorption, Desorption, and Oxidation of CO on PEM Electrodes”, The Electrochemical Society, Philadelphia, PA, May, 2002.
54. A. T. Haug, R. E. White, J. W. Weidner, W. Huang, S. Shi and T. Stoner, “Increasing PEM Fuel Cell Catalyst Effectiveness Through Sputter Deposition”, The Electrochemical Society, Philadelphia, PA, May, 2002.
55. Q. Guo, V. Subramanian, J. W. Weidner and R. E. White “Measurement of Electrolyte Transport Parameters in a Lithium Ion Battery”, The Electrochemical Society, Philadelphia, PA, May, 2002.
56. Q. Guo, V. Subramanian, J. W. Weidner and R. E. White “Estimation of Diffusion Coefficient Impedance of Lithium in Carbon Using AC Impedance Technique”, The Electrochemical Society, Philadelphia, PA, May, 2002.
57. M. A. Matthews, I. M. AlNashef and J. W. Weidner, “Applications for the Electrochemically Generated Superoxide Ion in Room Temperature Ionic Liquids”, 6 Annual Green Chemistry and Engineering Conference, Washington, D.C., June, 2002.
58. I. M. AlNashef, M. A. Matthews and J. W. Weidner, “Electrochemically Generated Superoxide Ion in Ionic Liquids: Applications to Green Chemistry”, 224th ACS National Meeting, Boston, MA, August 2002.
59. V. Srinivasan, J. W. Weidner and J. Newman, “Hysteresis during Cycling of the Nickel Hydroxide Electrode,” The Electrochemical Society, Salt Lake City, UT, October, 2002.
60. R. Gundala, R. E. White and J. W. Weidner, “Optimal Battery-Fuel Cell Hydrid Power System and Control Studies on a PEM Fuel Cell”, The Electrochemical Society, Salt Lake City, UT, October, 2002.
61. P. M. Gomadam, R. E. White and J. W. Weidner, “Modeling Heat Conduction in Spiral Geometries”, The Electrochemical Society, Salt Lake City, UT, October, 2002.
62. B. Lakshmanan and J. W. Weidner, “Rates of Adsorption, Desorption, and Oxidation of CO on PEM Electrodes”, The Electrochemical Society, Salt Lake City, UT, October, 2002.
63. M. A. Matthews, J. W. Weidner and I. M. AlNashef, “Selected Chemical Reactions for the Electrochemically Generated Superoxide Ion in Room Temperature Ionic Liquids”, The AIChE Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, IN, November, 2002.
64. S. Liu, R. A. Dougal, J. W. Weidner and L. Gao, “Dynamic Model of Ni-H2 Battery-The Virtual Test Bed Implementation”, 14th IASTED International Conference, Modeling and Simulations, Palm Springs, CA, February, 2003.
65. P. Gomadam, R. E. White, and J. W. Weidner, “Estimation of the Entropy of Li/LiCoO2  Half-Cell as a Function of State-of-Charge”, The Electrochemical Society, Paris, France, April, 2003.
66. B. Lakshmanan, V. Sethuraman and J. W. Weidner, “Adsorption, Desorption and Oxidation of CO on PEM Electrodes”, The Electrochemical Society, Orlando, FL, October, 2003.
67. B. Lakshmanan and J. W. Weidner, “Electrochemical Reforming of Fuel Cell Reformate”, The Electrochemical Society, Orlando, FL, October, 2003.
68. J. W. Weidner, B. Garcia, R. Dougal and R. E. White, “Mathematical Modeling of a Direct Methanol Fuel Cell”, First International Conference on Fuel Cell Development and Deployment, Stoors, CT March, 2004.
69. B. Garcia, V. Sethuraman and J. W. Weidner, “Simple Analytical Modeling of Performance and Crossover of Direct Methanol Fuel Cells”, The Electrochemical Society, San Antonio, TX, October, 2003.
70. J. W. Weidner, “Using Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy to Design a Better Membrane Electrode Assembly”, Fuel Cell Gordon Research Conference, Invited, Roger Williams University, July, 2004.
71. P. Gomadam and J. W. Weidner, “Modeling Volume Expansion in Lithium-Ion Batteries”, The Electrochemical Society, Honolulu, HI, October, 2004.
72. J. W. Weidner, P. Sivasubramanian and F. Freire, “Electrochemical Conversion of Anhydrous HBr to Br2 for Hydrogen Production”, The Electrochemical Society, Honolulu, HI, October, 2004.
73. J. W. Weidner, P. Sivasubramanian and F. Freire, “Electrochemical Recovery of Cl2 from Anhydrous HCl Using a Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Reactor”, The Electrochemical Society, Honolulu, HI, October, 2004.
74. P. Sivasubramanian, Ramaraja P. Ramasamy, Charles E. Holland, F. Freire and J. W. Weidner, “Electrochemical Generation of Hydrogen via Thermochemical Cycles”, The American Institute of Chemical Engineers Spring Meeting, Atlanta, GA, April, 2005.
75. B. Garcia-Diaz and J. W. Weidner, “Prediction of the Effect of Anode and Cathode Stoich on DMFC Performance and Crossover Using a 2D Model”, The Electrochemical Society, Quebec City, Canada, May, 2005.
76. J. W. Weidner, I. M. AlNashef and M.A. Matthews, “Kinetics of Homogeneous Reactions in Ionic Liquids using Double Potential Step Chronoamperometry”, 2nd International Conference on Green and Sustainable Chemistry; 9th Annual Green Chemistry & Engineering Conference, Washington, DC, June, 2005.
77. V. A. Sethuraman and J. W. Weidner, “Adsorption & Oxidation of Anode Impurities on Composite Polymer Electrolyte Electrodes”, 2nd International Conference on Green and Sustainable Chemistry; 9th Annual Green Chemistry & Engineering Conference, Washington, DC, June, 2005.
78. J. W. Weidner, “Using Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy for Designing Better Electrodes”, Invited, Medtronic, Inc., Brooklyn Center, MN, June, 2005.
79. J. W. Weidner, P. Sivasubramanian and R. Ramasamy, “Low Temperature Electrolytic Hydrogen Production in a PEM Electrolyzer”, The Electrochemical Society, Los Angeles, CA, October, 2005.
80. V. Sethuraman, J. W. Weidner, and B. Lakshmanan, “Adsorption, Desorption, and Oxidation of Hydrogen Sulfide on PEM Electrodes”, The Electrochemical Society, Los Angeles, CA, October, 2005.
81. J. W. Weidner, P. Sivasubramanian, C. E. Holland and F. Freire, “Electrochemical Generation of Hydrogen via Gas-Phase Oxidation of Sulfur Dioxide and Hydrogen Bromide”, The American Instititute of Chemical Engineers, Cincinnati, OH, November, 2005.
82. B. L. Garcia-Diaz, J. Patterson and J. W. Weidner, “Effect of Operating Conditions on Crossover and Anode Polarization of a DMFC”, The American Instititute of Chemical Engineers, Cincinnati, OH, November, 2005.
83. V. Sethuraman, J. W. Weidner, A. Haug, S. Motupally and L. Protsaila, “Effect of Water Activity on the Durability of PEM Fuel Cells. I: Hydrogen Peroxide Kinetics”, The Electrochemical Society, Denver, CO, May 2006.
84. M. B. Gorensek, W. A. Summers and J. W. Weidner, “Hybrid Sulfur Cycle Flowsheets for Hydrogen Production from Nuclear Energy”, The American Institute of Chemical Engineers Spring Meeting, Orlando, FL, April, 2006.
85. J. W. Weidner, J. Staser and P. Sivasubramanian, “Electrochemical Generation of Hydrogen via Thermochemical Cycles”, The 1st Annual Korea-USA Joint Symposium on Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Technology, Daejeon, Korea, May, 2006.
86. Weidner, J. W., P. Sivasubramanian, J. Staser, C. E. Holland, “Electrochemical Generation of Hydrogen via Thermochemical Cycles,” Fuel Cells Science & Technology 2006, Turin, Italy, September, 2006.
87. Gomadam, P., D. Merritt, E. Scott, C. Schmidt, P. Skarstad, and J. W. Weidner, “Mathematical Modeling of Li/CFx-SVO Batteries,” The Electrochemical Society, Cancun, Mexico, October 2006.
88. Weidner, J. W., P. Sethupathy, M. Matthews, J. Monnier and J. Dickensheets “Synthesis of Ketones from Secondary Alcohols using Electrochemically Generated Superoxide Ions in Room Temperature Ionic Liquids,” The Electrochemical Society, Cancun, Mexico, October 2006.
89. Weidner, J. W., V. A. Sethuraman, A. Haug, S. Modi and L. Protsailo, “Effect of Water Activity on the Durability of PEM Fuel Cells II: H202 Kinetics on Pt Alloys” The Electrochemical Society, Cancun, Mexico, October 2006.
90. Fuentes, R., B. L. Garcia and J. Weidner, “A Conductive Nb-Doped Titania Supported Electrocatalyst for use in DMFC Synthesized at Low Temperature,” The Electrochemical Society, Cancun, Mexico, October 2006.
91. Weidner, J. W., J. Staser, P. Sivasubramanian, “Electrochemical Generation of Hydrogen via Thermochemical Cycles,” The American Institute of Chemical Engineers Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, November, 2006.
XII. Research Supervised
Post-doctoral Associates
  1. Christopher C. Streinz, “Determination of Kinetic Parameters in Nickel-Hydroxide and Metal-Hydride Electrodes,” August 1993-May 1995.
  2. Haraldo A. Duarte, “Electrochemical Reduction of Nitrates and Nitrites in the Presence of Chromates,” March 1997-September 1997.
  3. Duan Tianping, “Mathematical Model of CO Poisoning in PEM Fuel Cells,” September 2000-September 2001.
  4. Parthasarathy M. Gomadam, “Development of an Electrochemical Model for Simulating the Performance Behavior of a Prismatic Li/SOCl2 Cell,” March 2004-May 2005.
  5. Ramaraja P. Ramasamy, “Hydrogen Production via SO2 Electrolysis,” January 2005-May 2005.
Doctoral Students
  1. Sathya Motupally, “A Study of Water Transport in PEM Anhydrous HCl Electrolyzers,” graduation, August, 1998.  Current Employer:  UTC Power, South Windsor, CT.
  2. Mukul Jain, “Analysis of Lithium/Thionyl-Chloride Batteries,” graduation, August, 1998.  Current Employer:  Medtronic Inc., Minneapolis, MN.
  3. Kamal Jha, “Design and Operation of Electrochemical Flow Reactors,” graduation, August, 1998.  Current Employer:  Unilever, Mumbai, India.
  4. Venkat Srinivasan, “Synthesis and Characterization of Materials for Electrochemical Supercapacitors,” graduation, August, 2000.  Current Employer:  Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, CA.
  5. Andrew T. Haug, “Development of CO Tolerant Anodes for PEM Fuel Cells,” (co-advisor R. E. White) graduation, August, 2002.  Current Employer:  UTC Power, South Windsor, CT.
  6. Parthasarathy M. Gomadam, “Heat Generation in Lithium-Ion Batteries,” (co-advisor R. E. White) graduation, May, 2003.  Current Employer:  Medtronic Inc, Minneapolis, MN.
  7. Balsu Lakshmanan, “Electrochemical Removal of CO from Fuel-Cell Reformate,” graduation, December, 2003.  Current Employer:  GM Fuel Cells Alternatives, Rochester, NY.
  8. Inas Al-Nashef, “Electrochemistry of Superoxide Ions in Room Temperature Ionic Liquids and Its Application to Green Engineering,” (co-advisor M.A. Matthews). graduation, August, 2004.  Current Employer:  King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
  9. Lingyun Liu, “Non-Precious Metal Oxygen Catalysts for PEM Fuel Cells”, (co-advised with B. N. Popov). graduation, August, 2006.
  10. Vijay A. Sethuraman, “Durability Aspects of PEM Fuel Cells,” expected graduation, December  2006. Current Employer: University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC.
  11. Brenda Garcia, “Characterizing a Direct Methanol Fuel Cell,” expected graduation, May, 2007.
  12. Praneshwar Sethupathy, “Effect of Structure of Room Temperature Ionic Liquids on Organic Reactions Involving Electrochemically Generated Superoxide Ions,” expected graduation, August, 2008.
  13. Siva Balaburamanian, “Effect of Impurities on PEM Fuel Cells Performance,” expected graduation, December, 2008.
  14. John Staser, “Hydrogen Production via SO2 Electrolysis,” expected graduation, May, 2010.
  15. Roderick Fuentes, “Synthesis and Characterization of Catalyst Supports used in Direct Methanol Fuel Cells,” expected graduation, May, 2010.
  16. Rui Zhang, “Catalyst Development for SO2 Electrolysis,” expected graduation, May, 2011.
Masters Students
  1. Suzanne L. Keller, “Evaluation of a Microarray Electrochemical  Sensor,” (co-advisor John Van Zee) graduation, May, 1994.
  2. Sathya Motupally, “Determination of Proton Diffusion Coefficients in Nickel Hydroxide using Impedance Spectroscopy,” graduation, December, 1994.
  3. Shannon Baxter, “Electrochemical Removal of Chromium from Dilute Waste Streams,” graduation, May, 1995.
  4. Anand Srikumar, “Linear-Sweep Voltammetry in Porous Electrodes,” graduation, May, 1998.
  5. Charles E. Holland, “Experimental Characterization of Hybrid Power Systems Under Pulse Current Loads,” graduation, May, 2003.
  6. Vasudevan Suryanarayanan, “Water Management in PEM Fuel Cells during Transient Loads,”  graduation, May, 2005.
  7. Premkumar Sivasubramanian, “Hydrogen Production via HBr Electrolysis,” expected graduation, May, 2007.
Other Research Supervised
  1. Thirteen (13) High-School Students.
  2. Twenty seven (35) Undergraduate Students.
  3. Mahmoud Saleh, Peace Fellow, “The Effect of Gas Evolution on the Recovery of Zinc at Flow-Through Porous Electrodes,” February 1993-February 1995.
XIII. Research Funding
Current Funding
Principal Investigator
  • National Science Foundation-STTR with Giner Inc., “Portable Electrochemical Hydrogen Peroxide Generator Decontamination for Enclosed-Area”, $30,959, 10/1/06 - 3/31/07
  • National Science Foundation, “REU Site: Green Chemistry in Chemical Engineering”, $284,932, 3/14/06 - 3/13/09
  • Department of Energy-Nuclear Energy Research Initiative, “High Performance Electrolyzers for Hybrid Thermochemical Cycles”, $500,000, 4/1/06 - 3/31/09
  • National Science Foundation, “Effect of Structure of Room Temperature Ionic Liquids on Organic Reactions Involving Electrochemically Generated Superoxide Ions”, $281,882, 4/15/05 - 3/31/08
  • National Science Foundation, “REU Site: Materials in Chemical Engineering”, $255,000, 3/15/04 - 3/14/07
Co-Principal Investigator
  • Department of Energy, “Clean Energy”, $345,212, 4/1/04 - 5/31/07 (PI on $1,875,000 grant is R. E. White)
  • National Science Foundation-I/UCRC Supplement, “Novel Non-Carbon Supports for Electrocatalysts used in Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell,” $75,000, 9/1/06-8/31/08 (PI on $150,000 grant is J. W. Van Zee)
Pending: Principal Investigator
  • National Science Foundation-I/UCRC Supplement, “Novel Non-Carbon Supports for Electrocatalysts used in Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells”, $75,000, 7/1/06 - 6/30/08, (PI on $150,000 grant is J. W. Van Zee)
Past Funding
Principal Investigator
  • Argonne National Laboratory, “Low Temperature Electrolytic Hydrogen Production via the Conversion of HBr to Br2 in the Modified Ca-Br Process”, $65,000, 2/1/06 - 8/31/06.
  • Sandia National Laboratory, “Mathematical Model of a Lithium Monofluoride Battery”, $25,000, 2/24/06 - 9/30/06.
  • FinnChem USA, Inc., “Low Temperature Ionic Liquid Electrolytes,” $33,471, 5/17/04 - 12/15/04.
  • Sandia National Laboratory, “Development of an Electrochemical Model for Simulating the Performance Behavior of a Prismatic Li/SOCl2 Cell”, $41,035, 2/11/04 - 9/30/04.
  • USC Research Foundation, “Chlorine Generation from Anhydrous HCl”, $150,000, 2/1/03 - 2/28/05
  • CMAT/MeadWestvaco, “Exploratory Testing to Evaluate Carbon-Based Paper for Fuel-Cell Applications”, $28,050, 9/15/02 - 12/31/03.
  • Mead Westvaco, “Evaluation of Carbons for Li-Ion Batteries”, $4,000, 3/1/03 - 6/1/03
  • Cape Code Research, Inc., ”Gas-Diffusion Measurements through Polymer Membranes”, $21,500, 10/1/00 - 5/31/01
  • NASA/EPSCoR, “Mathematical Modeling of Lithium-Ion Batteries” , $25,000, 1/1/00 - 12/31/00
  • Sandia National Laboratory, “Lithium Thionyl Chloride Battery Modeling”, $175,000, 4/1/96 - 9/30/98.
  • DuPont Central Research and Development, “Electrochemical Conversion of Anhydrous Hydrogen Chloride”, $103,712, 10/15/95 - 4/6/98.
  • NASA-South Carolina Space Grant Consortium, “Theoretical Charge/Discharge Curves for Nickel Electrodes”, $2,500, 8/16/93 - 5/15/94.
  • South Carolina Universities Research and Educational Foundation, “Electrochemical Reduction and Removal of Hexavalent Chromate from Alkaline Waste Streams”, $102,205, 7/1/96 - 9/30/97.
  • Hazardous Waste Management Research Fund, “Electrochemical Removal of Chromium and Zinc from Dilute Industrial Waste Streams”, $49,492, 5/16/93 - 5/15/94.
  • Roll Technology Inc. and Southeastern Coated Products Inc., “Electrochemical Removal of Chromium and Zinc from Dilute Industrial Waste Streams”, $24,800, 12/1/92 - 11/30/93.
  • University of South Carolina, “Electrochemical Quartz Crystal Microbalance in Conjunction with Linear-Sweep Voltammetry at a Nickel Hydroxide Electrode”, $3,000, 12/1/91 - 11/30/92.
Co-Principal Investigator
  • FinnChem, “Peroxide Manufacture in a PEM Fuel Cell Reactor”, $15,000, 5/15/06 - 12/31/06 (PI on $30,000 grant is C. T. Williams).
  • General Motors, “Development of a Mathematical Model of a Ni-MH Cell”, $15,000, 5/1/06 - 12/31/06 (PI on $126,422 grant is R. E. White).
  • NSF I/UCRC Fuel Cell Center, “Effect of Impurities on a PEMFC Operation”, $40,000, 1/1/06 - 12/31/06 (PI on Center, J. W. Van Zee).
  • Department of Energy, “Non-Precious Metal Catalysts for Oxygen Reduction”, $300,000, 10/1/03-9/30/06, (PI on $2,000,000 grant, B. N. Popov).
  • NSF I/UCRC Fuel Cell Center, “Techniques for Understanding Adsorption And Oxidation of Anode Impurities in a PEMFC”, $120,000, 9/15/02 - 12/31/05, (PI on Center, J. W. Van Zee).
  • Army/CECOM, “Hybrid Advanced Power Sources”, $635,000, 8/1/00 - 7/31/04, (PI on a $3,230,000 grant, R. E. White).
  • National Science Foundation, “REU Site: Novel Technologies in Pollution Prevention”, $513,584, 5/1/01 - 4/30/06, (PI: Michael Amiridis).
  • National Science Foundation, “Electrochemical Oxidation in Room Temperature Ionic Liquids”, $56,000, 1/1/01 - 12/31/03, (PI on a $112,000 grant, M. A. Matthews).
  • South Carolina Commission on Higher Education, “Photoelectrochemical Catalyst Immobilization by Electrochemical Deposition", $20,000, 1/1/01 - 12/31/01, (PI on a $90,700 grant, A. T. Cooper). -
  • Department of Energy,  “Electrochemical Power Sources”, $300,000, 9/1/95 - 9/30/01, (PI on a $4,500,000 grant, R. E. White).
  • Department of Energy, “Decontamination and Decommissioning of PCB Sites at DOE: Extraction, Electro-kinetics, and Hydrothermal Oxidation”, $157,000, 9/1/98 - 8/31/01, (PI on a $779,100 grant, M. A. Matthews).
  • Department of Defense, “Supercapacitors and Batteries from Sol-Gel Derived Carbon-Metal Oxide Electrodes”, $200,000, 9/1/96 - 8/31/99, (PI on a $600,000 grant, J. A. Ritter).
  • Office of Research and Development - CIA, “Nickel Hydrogen Performance and Nickel Electrode Impregnation Models", $50,000, 8/1/96 - 7/31/98, (PI on a $650,000 grant, R. E. White).
  • 3M Flouro-chemical Technology Center, “Flow Cell Modeling”, $41,311, 4/1/96 - 3/31/97, (PI on a $91,604 grant, R. E. White).
  • South Carolina Universities Research and Educational Foundation, “Evaluation of Porous Electrodes for the Removal of Hazardous Species from Alkaline Waste Streams”, $70,000, 4/1/95 - 9/30/96, (PIs on a $203,000 grant, R. E. White and J. W. Van Zee).
  • Office of Research and Development-CIA, “Ni/H2Battery Model”, $240,000, 6/1/93 - 12/31/95, (PI on a $710,000 grant, R. E. White).
  • South Carolina Universities Research and Educational Foundation, “Electrochemical Treatment of Liquid Radioactive Wastes”, $170,000, 4/1/93 - 3/31/95, (PIs on a $675,000 grant, R. E. White and J. W. Van Zee).
XIV. Inventions/Copyright Disclosures
  1. “An Electrochemical Route to Making Porous Nickel Oxide Electrochemical Capacitors”, V. Srinivasan and J. W. Weidner, patent disclosed to the University of South Carolina, September, 1996.
  2. “Electrochemical Destruction of Nitrates and Nitrites in the Presence of Hexavalent Chromate”, T. Duarte, K. Jha and J. W. Weidner, patent disclosed to the University of South Carolina, October, 1996.
  3. “Lithium/Thionyl Chloride Battery Modeling”, M. Jain and J. W. Weidner, copyright disclosed to the University of South Carolina, September, 1997.
  4. "Process and Composition for Selective Oxidation in Novel Solvents”, M. A. Matthews and J. W. Weidner, patent disclosed to the University of South Carolina, October, 2000.
  5. "Pulsed Current Analysis Software for Hybrid Battery and Capacitor Systems”, C. Holland, J. W. Weidner and R. E. White, copyright disclosed to the University of South Carolina, July, 2001.
  6. “Automated Fabrication of Catalyst Fibers for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells”, B. Lakshmanan and J. W. Weidner, invention disclosed to the University of South Carolina Research Foundation, May, 2003.
  7. “A New Method for the Synthesis of 2-imidazolones”, I. M. AlNashef, M. A. Matthews and J. W. Weidner,, invention disclosed to the University of South Carolina Research Foundation, June, 2004.
  8. “A New Reactor for Electro-Organic Synthesis”, I. M. AlNashef, M. A. Matthews and J. W. Weidner, invention disclosed to the University of South Carolina Research Foundation, June, 2004.
  9. “Bimetallic Fuel Cell Catalysts”, V. A. Sethuraman, O. Alexeev, M. D. Amiridis and J. W. Weidner, invention disclosed to the University of South Carolina Research Foundation, June, 2004.
  10. “Novel Electrolytic Production of Hydrogen”, J. W. Weidner and C. E. Holland, invention disclosed to the University of South Carolina Research Foundation, February, 2005.
  11. “Epoxidation of Olefins Using Molecular Oxygen in an Electrochemical Membrane Reactor”, J. W. Weidner, P. Sethupathy, M. Matthews and J. Monnier, invention disclosed to the University of South Carolina Research Foundation, April, 2006.
  12. “Novel Electrocatalyst Support and Catalyst Supported Theorem”, J. W. Weidner and B. L. Garcia, invention disclosed to the University of South Carolina Research Foundation, April, 2006.
  13. “Bimetallic Cluster Derived Electrocatalyst”, J. W. Weidner, R. D. Adams, B. Captain and B. L. Garcia, invention disclosed to the University of South Carolina Research Foundation, June, 2006.
XV. Patents Pending
  1. "An Electrochemical Route to Making Porous Nickel Oxide Electrochemical Capacitors”, V. Srinivasan and J. W. Weidner, patent disclosed to the University of South Carolina, September, 1996.
XVI. Professional Activities
Technical Reviewer

Funding Agencies:

  • National Science Foundation
  • Department of Defense
  • Department of Energy


    • Refereed Journals:

    • Journal of the Electrochemical Society
    • Journal of Applied Electrochemistry
    • Journal of New Materials for Electrochemical Systems
    • Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry
    • Metallurgical and Materials Transactions
    • Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research
    • Electrochimica Acta
    • Journal of Hazardous Materials
    • Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry
    • AIChE Journal
    • Analytical Chemistry<
    • The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering
    • Journal of Environmental Engineering
    • International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

American Institute of Chemical Engineers
  • Member of Electrochemical Fundamentals (area 1e) Planning Committee, 1991-present.
  • Symposium organizer, 1991-2002.

Electrochemical Society
  • ECS Transactions, Editor, 2006 - present.
  • Industrial Electrolysis and Electrochemical Engineering (IEEE) Division, Vice Chair, 2004-Present.
  • Technical Affairs Committee, member, 2003 - present.
  • Energy Division, Advisor, 2003 - present.
  • Interface Magazine, IEEE representative, 1994-1999, 2001-2005.
  • IEEE Planning Committee, member, 1994 - present.
  • Young Authors Award for the Electrochemical Science and Technology portion of the Journal, Chair, 2002-present.
  • Student Battery Award, Battery Division, Chair, 2000-2005.
  • Battery Division Executive Committee, Member, 1994-1997; 2002-2004.

Selected University Service
  • State Coordinator, First Lego League of South Carolina, 2003-present.
  • Chair, Next Energy Building Committee, 2005 - present.
  • Member, Graduate Committee, Department of Chemical Engineering, 2000 - present.
  • Director, Department of Chemical Engineering’s National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates sites, 2003-present.
  • Faculty Senate, 1995-98; 2001-2005.
  • Graduate Director, Department of Chemical Engineering, 2000-2003.
  • Member of Department Chair Search Committee, Department of Chemical Engineering, 2000-present.
  • AIChE Student Chapter Advisor, University of South Carolina, 1996-1999.
  • Chair of Faculty Search Committee, Department of Chemical Engineering, 1997-98.
  • Member of Faculty Search Committee, Department of Chemical Engineering, 1996-97.
  • Member of Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, Department of Chemical Engineering, 1995-99.
  • Chair of Scholarship Committee, Department of Chemical Engineering, 1995-99.
XVII. Courses Taught
Undergraduate
  • ENGR-101: Introduction to Engineering
  • UNIV-101E: Engineering Students and the University
  • ECHE-300: Chemical Process Principles
  • ECHE-320: Chemical Engineering Fluid Mechanics
  • ECHE-322: Mass Transfer
  • ECHE 589W: Next Energy
Graduate
  • ECHE-589W: Next Energy
  • ECHE-722: Advanced Mass Transfer
  • ECHE-770: Electrochemical Engineering
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