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Kenneth
Reifsnider,
NAE
Educational
Foundation
University
Professor of
Mechanical
Engineering
Director,
Solid Oxide
Fuel Cell
Program
Dr.
Reifsnider's research and interests include
durability,
damage
tolerance
and
strength-life
relationships
in material
systems;
performance
of life
prognosis,
aging,
material
state
changes,
long term
behavior;
fuel cell
science and
engineering.
Education
-
Ph.D.,
in
Metallurgy
and
Solid
Mechanics,
The
Johns
Hopkins
University,
1968
-
B.A., in
Mathematics,
Western
Maryland
College,
1963
-
M.S.E.,
in
Mechanics,
Johns
Hopkins
University,
1965
Selected Publications
-
Damage
Tolerance
and
Durability
of
Material
Systems,
K.L.
Reifsnider
and S.W.
Case,
John
Wiley
Sons,
2003
-
Xinyu
Huang,
Roham
Solasi,
Yue
Zou,
Matthew
Feshler,
Ken
Reifsnider,
David
Condit,
Sergei
Burlatsky,
“Mechanical
Endurance
of
Polymer
Electrolyte
Membrane
and
PEM
Fuel
Cell
Durability,”
J.
Polymer
Science,
Part B:
Polymer
Physics,
Vol. 44,
2346–2357
(2006)
-
G.
Ju,
K.
Reifsnider,
X.
Huang,
“Geometry
and Size
Dependent
Ionic
Conductivity:
Numerical
Modeling
of the
Real
Microstructure
and
Analysis
of the
Experimental
Results”,
The 4th
International
Conference
on FUEL
CELL
SCIENCE,
ENGINEERING
and
TECHNOLOGY,
June
19-21,
2006,
Irvine,
CA.
-
Ke
An
,
Kenneth
L.
Reifsnider
and
Carrie
Y.
Gao,
Durability
of (Pr0.7Sr0.3)MnO3±δ/8YSZ
composite
cathodes
for
solid
oxide
fuel
cells,
Journal
of Power
Sources
,
Volume
158,
Issue 1
, 14
July
2006,
Pages
254-262
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Reifsnider,
K.L.,
and An,
K., “A
Multiphysics
Modeling
Study of
(Pr0.7Sr0.3)MnO3±δ/8 mol %
Yttria-Stabilized
Zirconia
Composite
Cathodes
for
Solid
Oxide
Fuel
Cells,”
ASME
Journal
of Fuel
Cell
Science
and
Technology,
Vol. 2,
pp.
45–51,
2005
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