KENTUCKY: Professors receive NSF funding for the establishment of a Fuel Cell Lab
Murray State University (MSU) professors Dr. Aleck Leedy and Dr. Kevin Miller recently received funding from Kentucky NSF EPSCoR for the establishment of a Fuel Cell Laboratory on the MSU campus. The laboratory will support research and training of undergraduate engineering physics and chemistry students. Research studies will focus on the performance and durability of PEM (proton-exchange membrane) fuel cells which will employ novel, ion-containing polymeric membranes synthesized at Murray State.
“We have more students in our engineering physics program that are going to graduate school. These students need more opportunities at Murray State to conduct undergraduate research in prevalent areas such as fuel cells. The Fuel Cell Laboratory will provide those opportunities to our students. The laboratory has the potential to help students find employment in the power electronics industry, or provide more research opportunities in graduate school,” Leedy said.