gianfranco digiuseppe

professor of mechanical

About

Associate professor of Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology and expertise in thermodynamics, heat...

Country

united states

City

flint

Industry

higher education

Skill

fuel cells, heat transfer, thin films, thermodynamics, materials, matlab, nanotechnology, solid oxide fuel cells, renewable energy, statistics, tem, electrochemistry, xps, design of experiments, powder x ray diffraction, cfd, ansys, li batteries, thin film technologies, electrochemical characterization/engineering, powder hr tem, impedance spectroscopy, electrochemical engineering, computational fluid dynamics

Experience

professor of mechanical

assistant professor

kettering university

2005-10 - 2011-7 · 5 yrs 10 mos

* Taught undergraduate and graduate courses in Mechanical Engineering * Thesis advisor for graduate and undergraduate students with their research projects * Director of the Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Laboratory * Research areas in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells, Batteries, Sustainable Energies, Entrepreneurial Mindset in the classroom * Faculty Senator and various university committees member * Delta Chi Faculty Advisor

adjunct professor

point park university

2003-9 - 2005-9 · 2 yrs 1 mo

Taught undergraduate courses in Mechanical Engineering and Math

principal engineer

siemens

2000-9 - 2005-9 · 5 yrs 1 mo

* Technical leader developing new SOFC geometries for enhanced performance * Development of fabrication processes and introduction of advanced materials pertinent to the new cell geometries

research assistant

illinois institute of technology

1994-9 - 2000-8 · 6 yrs

* Research in fabrication and characterization of planar thin-film SOFC * Electrochemical and material characterization of thin films * Research in ceramic processes for SOFC * Deposition of Mo-films using PECVD

teaching assistant

illinois institute of technology

1994-9 - 1997-5 · 2 yrs 9 mos

* Teaching assistant for graduate Thermodynamics * Teaching assistant for undergraduate Transport Phenomena * Teaching assistant for undergraduate Reaction Engineering

research assistant

argonne national laboratory

1994-1 - 1995-5 · 1 yr 5 mos

* Various lab duties * Gas testing using a Gas Chromatograph * Selective Separation of Uranyl Ions

visiting research scholar

nissan motor corporation

2018-6 - 2019-2 · 9 mos

Research, developing, fabrication, and testing of Solid Oxide Fuel Cells.

associate professor

kettering university

2011-7 - 2016-2 · 4 yrs 8 mos

professor of mechanical engineering at kettering university

kettering university

2016-2 - Present · 10 yrs 8 mos

* Undergraduate and graduate courses in Mechanical Engineering * Thesis advisor for graduate and undergraduate students with their research projects * Director of the Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Laboratory * Research areas in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells, Batteries, Sustainable Energies, Entrepreneurial Mindset in the classroom * Faculty Senator and various university committees member * Delta Chi Faculty Advisor