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Michael Jensen
NSF IGERT 2011 Online Poster Competition
Michael Jensen served as a judge for the NSF IGERT 2011 Online Poster Competition that took place May 3rd to May 6th 2011 on IGERT.org.
About Me
Research Summary
- Thermal management of large-scale, distributed high-power electronic and electrical systems is a growing problem (e.g. server farms, all electric ships, aircraft). Research is being conducted to study cooling of individual chips to high power levels (>1000 W/cm^2), as well as complex systems that are composed of up to hundreds of power sources; steady and transient operation of these integrated systems are being studied experimentally and numerically.
- The science and technology of fuel cells (proton exchange membrane -PEM- and solid oxide—SO) need major advances to ensure their acceptance and adoption on a widespread basis. Fundamental transport processes in PEM and SO FCs are being studied experimentally and numerically (e.g., water distribution in PEMs using a neutron imaging facility at NIST, advanced SOFC design using numerical simulation).
- Concentrating solar collectors combined with photovoltaic power generation have a much higher solar to electricity conversion efficiency than flat plate collectors. Such systems are being integrated into the urban environment on the facades of buildings using a patented technology that may revolutionize building integrated photovoltaic systems.
