EDUCATION

Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1999
M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1997
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Florida A&M University,1997

HONORS

• Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow, 2000-2001
• Recipient of Inaugural National Science Foundation/ Facilitating Academic Careers in Engineering and Science (FACES) "Faculty Initiation Grant", 1999
• National Science Foundation Fellow, 1994-1997

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Research Faculty: Georgia Tech Center for Innovative Fuel Cells and Battery Technologies, 2000-Present

• Application of heat exchanger analogies in the analysis of advanced fuel cell designs (NSF Grant)
• Vehicular (aerospace and land) applications of fuel cell systems (ONR Contract)
• Optimization of recirculation loops within low and high temperature fuel cells (Georgia Tech Internal Fund)

Doctoral Research: Simulation of Tubular Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Behavior for Integration into Gas Turbine Cycles, School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1994-1999 (Research Advisor: Dr. William J. Wepfer)

• Modeling of solid oxide fuel cell behavior under pressurized conditions (steady state and transient)
• Thermal management of high temperature fuel cells
• Second law analysis of high temperature fuel cells
• Modeling and thermodynamic optimization of hybrid fuel cell/ gas turbine cycles

ADDITIONAL RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Active flow control for enhanced control of transport phenomena within fuel cells
• Cost-effective thermal management of high temperature fuel cells
• Alternative energy systems
• Environmental engineering (Graduate School Minor; 4.00/4.00)

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

• Co-Instructor of Experimental Engineering senior-level Mechanical Engineering course (fuel cells section)
• Team taught a course on Fluid Flow and Convection in the Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering of the Georgia Institute of Technology (Summer 1997): prepared and presented lectures, homework assignments and exams
• Teaching practica in the Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering of the Georgia Institute of Technology (Fluid Flow and Convection, Summer 1995; Thermodynamics II, Fall 1995): Included discussion of teaching techniques, course and curriculum design, and student evaluation methods and criteria

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS/ PRESENTATIONS

• Haynes, C.L., "Enhanced Thermal Management of Planar SOFCs via Design Optimization," (in press) 2002 Fuel Cell Seminar.
• Haynes, C.L., "Simulating Process Settings for Unslaved SOFC Response to Increases in Load Demand," (in press) Journal of Power Sources.
• Haynes, C.L. and W.J. Wepfer, "Enhancing the Performance Evaluation and Process Design of a Commercial-Grade Solid Oxide Fuel Cell via Exergy Concepts," (in press) ASME Journal of Energy Resources Technology.
• Haynes, C.L. and W.J. Wepfer, "Enhancing Fuel Cell/ Gas Turbine Hybrid Power Systems via Reduced Fuel
  Utilization within Indirect Internally Reforming (IIR) Fuel Cell Stacks," Proceedings of the ASME Advanced Energy Systems Division Publication AES, CD-ROM, ASME, New York, Vol. 40, 2000.
• Haynes, C.L., "Clarifying Reversible Efficiency Misconceptions of High Temperature Fuel Cells in Relation to Reversible Heat Engines," Journal of Power Sources 92:199-203.
• Haynes, C.L. and W.J. Wepfer, "Characterizing Heat Transfer within a Commercial-Grade Tubular Solid Oxide Fuel Cell for Enhanced Thermal Management," International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
  26/4:369-379.
• Haynes, C.L. and W.J. Wepfer, " Modeling the Process Settings for Effective Load-Following of a Fuel Cell not ‘Slaved’ to Balance-of-Plant Components," 2000 Fuel Cell Seminar, Portland, Oregon, Oct. 30- Nov. 2.
• Haynes, C.L. and W.J. Wepfer, " ’Design for Power’ of a Commercial-Grade Tubular Solid Oxide Fuel Cell," Energy Conversion and Management 41:1123-1139; Erratum 41:2063-2067.
• Haynes, C.L. and W.J. Wepfer, "Reconsideration of Air/Fuel Ratios for Thermal Management of Tubular Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Stacks," 1998 Fuel Cell Seminar, Palm Springs, California, November 16-19.
• Haynes, C.L. and W.J. Wepfer, "Using Component Effectiveness for a More Comprehensive Analysis of High Temperature Fuel Cells," Proceedings of the ASME Advanced Energy Systems Division Publication AES, Y. Cengel et al., ed., ASME, New York, Vol. 38, 1998, pp. 181-187.
• Haynes, C.L. and W.J. Wepfer, "Thermodynamic Considerations of a Fuel Cell/ Gas Turbine Cycle," Proceedings of the 33rd Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1998.

PROFESSIONAL/ DEVELOPMENTAL ACTIVITIES

• Invited panelist for the 2002 ASME IMECE Panel Discussion of fuel cells technology
• Program coordinator (postdoctoral educational component) for Facilitating Academic Careers in Engineering and Science (FACES): a $2.5MM initiative between Georgia Tech, Spelman College and Morehouse College to increase the number of African-American faculty in the sciences and engineering (1999 –2001)
• Member of the Fuel Cell Power Systems and Systems Analysis technical committees of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Advanced Energy Systems Division
• Selected to attend:
  --Workshop on Fuel Cell Modeling - presentation of research innovation (April, 2000)
  --Workshop on Hybrid Fuel Cells Systems for the 21st Century (November, 1999)
  --Pilot session for a United States Department of Energy training seminar on "Fuel Cell Power Plant Systems" (October, 1999) {Only 15 participants invited}
  Strategic meetings wherein experts helped steer the development of the Department of Energy’s "UltraFuelCell Plant" research and education programs
• Assisted in the revision of the Department of Energy reference, Fuel Cells: A Handbook (1996)
• Co-Chair of the 1997 Georgia Tech Graduate Student Symposium Corporate Solicitation Subcommittee: Attracted potential sponsors/ employers of student researchers for showcase of graduate research activity
• Program developer in the Florida Georgia Alliance for Minority Participation (FGAMP) in engineering and science, sponsored by the National Science Foundation (1997)