Collaborators

Dr. Erik Kjeang is a Professor in Mechatronic Systems Engineering at Simon Fraser University (SFU) and Canada Research Chair in Fuel Cell Science and Technology Development. Dr. Kjeang obtained a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Victoria and an M.Sc. in Energy Engineering from Umea University, Sweden. 

Prior to joining SFU, Dr. Kjeang worked as a research engineer at Ballard Power Systems. He has 19 years of experience with fuel cell research, focusing on electrode and cell design.

Dr. Kjeang is also a recognized expert on fuel cell durability and recently contributed technology for enhancing and predicting membrane lifetime in fuel cell buses in collaboration with Ballard. His lab at SFU features Canada’s sole facility for multi-length
scale X-ray tomography, which is optimal for visualization of electrochemical cells. He has raised more than $30M in funding and authored 145 peer reviewed journal articles and 6 patents.

Dr. Kjeang leads the SFU Fuel Cell Research Lab (FCReL (click here)), with extensive, state-of-the-art facilities for:  

• Scalable fabrication of membranes, catalyst layers/electrodes, catalyst coated membranes, gas diffusion/porous transport
  layers, and membrane electrode assemblies (MEAs) for fuel cells, electrolyzers, and flow batteries;
• Synthesis of hydrogen storage materials;
• Ex situ characterization of MEA sub-component and hydrogen storage materials (BET, MSP, wettability, DMA, IGC-SEA, FTIR, Raman, SEM/EDX);
• In situ testing of fuel cells, electrolyzers, flow batteries, and hydrogen storage materials;
• Advanced visualization using lab-based micro-and nano- X-ray computed tomography;
• Modeling and simulation of fuel cells, electrolyzers, flow batteries, and hydrogen storage.