SEONG JIN AN Ph.D. student, Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh •E-mail: [email protected], [email protected] •Tel: +1 (412) 953-7003 EXPERIENCE SAMSUNG SDI Co., Ltd, South Korea 2003-2011 Senior Research Engineer, R&D Center l Developed Membrane Electrode Assembly (MEA) for PEM fuel cells (2010~2011) - Water management in the MEA and Gas Diffusion Layer (GDL) - Cell hardware design for MEA evaluation l Evaluated and analyzed MEA for stationary and automobile application (2010~2011) - Accelerated stress test - Evaluation protocol set-up - Cell hardware design for pressurized operation - Test stand set-up for pressurized operation l Customer support management (2009~2011) - MEA B2B customer support l International cooperation management (2008~2011) - Component O/S and management for fuel cell stacks - Component evaluation and feedback l PEM fuel cell stack durability test and analysis (2008~2011) l Developed PEM fuel cell stacks for 200W portable system (2008~2009) - 300W PEM fuel cell stacks operating at sub-zero temperature, low stoichiometry, dry air, and low coolant - Successfully developed and demonstrated at Samsung Fair l Developed 5W NaBH4 fuel cell planar stacks for portable application (2007~2008) - Planar type PEM fuel cell stacks operated by air convention and hydrogen from NaBH4 - Successfully developed and demonstrated at Samsung Fair l Developed 10W DMFC stacks for portable application (2005~2007) - Planar type Direct Methanol Fuel Cell (DMFC) stacks operated by air convention - Successfully developed and demonstrated at Samsung Fair l Developed 100W PEM fuel cell stacks for laptop application (2003~2004) - PEM fuel cell stacks operated by air from a pump and reformate gas from fuel processors - Successfully developed and demonstrated at Samsung Fair l Developed high temperature PEM fuel cell (2003) - MEA comprising poly (2,5-benzimidazole) membrane and phosphoric acid l Fuel cell test equipment management (2003~2011) GS fuel cell Co., Ltd, South Korea 2001-2003 Research Engineer, R&D Center l Developed a Preferential Oxidation reactor (PROx) for 1kW stationary PEM fuel cell systems (2002~2003) l Component O/S for fuel processors (2001~2003) l Evaluated fuel processors for 1kW stationary PEM fuel cell systems (2001) l Received technologies for a 3kW PEM fuel cell system from Dais-Analytics, USA (2001) - Technologies including stack, fuel processor, balance of plants, and system l Fuel cell test equipment set-up (2001) Korea Army, South Korea 1992-1994 Sergeant, Ammunition Unit EDUCATION Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA Jan. 2012 - present Ph.D. student, Mechanical Engineering l GPA: 4.0/4.0 (Spring, 2012) l Research: Microscale diagnostics for fuel cell electrodes l Advisor: Shawn Litster (http://www.cmu.edu/me/tpes) Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea Master of Chemical Engineering Feb. 2001 l Overall GPA: 3.6/4.3 l Dissertation: Pt-membrane Reformed by Equilibrium I-R Method and Its Effects on Self-humidification PEMFC. Seoul National University of Science & Technology, Seoul, South Korea Bachelor of Chemical Engineering Feb. 1999 l Overall GPA: 4.14/4.5 AWARDS Samsung Group, South Korea l Samsung Thesis Prize (Bronze) 2007 Title: A Mono-Polar DMFC Stack for Portable Media Players (PMP) 2000 Fuel Cell Seminar, Portland, USA l Scholarship (Financial Assistance for Travel) 2000 Title: Comparison and Development of Pt-Membranes Reformed by Two Kinds of Methods for Self-Humidification PEM Fuel Cell Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea l Scholarship (Teaching Assistant) 2000 l Scholarship (Teaching Assistant) 1999 Seoul National University of Technology, Seoul, South Korea l Excellence Award (Graduation with Honors) Feb. 1999 l Scholarship (Excellent Record) 1999 l Scholarship (Excellent Record) 1998 ACTIVITIES Lecturer of Design Of Experiment (DOE, Six Sigma), SAMSUNG SDI 2008-2011 Member of MEA water management task force, SAMSUNG SDI 2010-2011 Co-advisor for SOFC modules and stacks, SAMSUNG SDI 2010 Manager of Environmental Health & Safety at Fuel Cell group, SAMSUNG SDI 2008, 2010 Graduate teaching assistant - Heat and mass transfer, Yonsei University 1999-2000 PUBLICATIONS Journal 7. S. J. An, G. T. Roh, S. R. Chang, Y. C. Eun, J. M. Kim. (2008), A Mono-Polar DMFC Stack for Portable Media Players (PMP), SAMSUNG Journal of Innovative Technology, vol 4, #2. 6. Kim, H.J., An, S. J., Kim, J.-Y., Moon, J. K., Cho, S. Y., Eun, Y. C., Yoon, H.-K., Park, Y., Kweon, H.-J. and Shin, E.-M. (2004), Polybenzimidazoles for High Temperature Fuel Cell Applications. Macromol. Rapid Commun., 25: 1410–1413. 5. Kim, H.J., Cho, S. Y., An, S. J., Eun, Y. C., Kim, J.-Y., Yoon, H.-K., Kweon, H.-J. and Yew, K. H. (2004), Synthesis of Poly(2,5-benzimidazole) for Use as a Fuel-Cell Membrane. Macromol. Rapid Commun., 25: 894–897. 4. S. J. An, H. K. Lee, D. Y. Kim, T. H. Lee (2001), Comparison and Development of Pt-membranes Reformed by Two kinds of Methods For Self-humidification PEMFC, Theories and Applications of Chemical Engineering, Vol.7, No.1, p.1597, South Korea. 3. C. S. Kong, S. J. An, H. K. Lee, D. Y. Kim, T. H. Lee (2000), Fabrication of high performance electrode for PEMFCs, Theories and Applications of Chemical Engineering, Vol.6, No.1, p.1429, South Korea. 2. Seong Jin An, H. K. Lee, C. S. Kong, D. Y. Kim, T. H. Lee (2000), The Effect of reforming membrane on Self-Humidification PEMFC, Theories and Applications of Chemical Engineering, Vol.6, No.1, p.1525, South Korea. 1. Bum-Soo Lee, Seong-Jin An, Han-Kyu Lee, Tae-Hee Lee (1999), The effect of Pt impregnation methods for fabricating electrolyte of Self-Humidification PEMFC, Theories and Applications of Chemical Engineering, Vol.5, No.2, p.3773, South Korea. Conference 1. S. J. An, B. S. Lee, H. K. Lee, C. S. Kong, D. Y. Kim and T. H. Lee (2000), Comparison and Development of Pt-Membranes Reformed by Two Kinds of Methods for Self-Humidification PEM Fuel Cell, 2000 fuel cell seminar (#148) p216–219, Portland, USA. PATENTS 2012 200. Seong-Jin An, Hee-Tak Kim, Seung-Shik Shin, Yeong-Chan Eun, Ho-Jin Kweon: Fuel cell and fuel cell system with the same. Samsung SDI. Aug, 21 2012: US8247134 199. Man-Seok Han, Seong-Jin An, Ju-Yong Kim, Sung-Chul Lee, Yong-Kul Lee, Chan-Ho Lee, Jun-Sik Kim, Jin-Goo Ahn: Carbon monoxide treatment apparatus for fuel cell. Samsung SDI. May, 22 2012: US8182750 198. Yeong-chan Eun, Seong-jin An, Jun-ho Sauk, Gill-tae Roh, Seok-rak Chang: Fuel cell stack and manufacturing method of the same. Samsung SDI. Mar, 13 2012: US8133636 197. Chi-Seung Lee, Seong-Jin An, Jin-Hwa Lee: Fuel cell system and driving method for the same. Feb, 2 2012: US20120028138 2011 196. Jin-Hwa Lee, Chi-Seung Lee, Seong-Jin An, Sang-Il Han, Kah-Young Song: Stack for fuel cell system. Dec, 15 2011: US20110305965 195. Jin-Hwa LEE, Chi-Seung Lee, Seong-Jin An, Sang-II Han, Kah-Young Song: Fuel cell stack. Dec, 15 2011: US20110305968 194. Chi-Seung Lee, Jin-Hwa Lee, Seong-Jin An: Fuel cell stack. Dec, 15 2011: US20110305967 193. Gill-Tae Roh, Yeong-Chan Eun, Jun-Ho Sauk, Seong-Jin An, Seok-Rak Chang: Cathode end plate and breathable fuel cell stack using the same. Samsung SDI. Nov, 8 2011: US8053132 192. Seong-Jin An, Chi-Seung Lee, Jin-Hwa Lee: Fuel cell system. Oct, 6 2011: US20110244342 191. Ju-Yong Kim, Ho-Jin Kweon, Yeong-Chan Eun, Sung-Yong Cho, Seong-Jin An: Fuel cell reformer and system. Samsung SDI. Oct, 4 2011: US8029580 190. Gi-Jang Ahn, Jin-Ho Lee, Ki-Woon Kim, Seong-Jin An, Hyun Kim: Fuel cell system to preheat fuel cell stack. Samsung SDI. Sep, 29 2011: US20110236777 189. Gi-Jang Ahn, Jun-Pyo Park, Ki-Woon Kim, Seong-Jin An, Hyun Kim: Fuel Cell System. Samsung SDI. Sep, 29 2011: US20110236775 188. Ju-Yong Kim, Hyoung-Juhn Kim, Dong-Hun Lee, Seong-Jin An, Sung-Yong Cho, Yeong-Chan Eun, Ho- Jin Kweon: Fuel cell system. Samsung SDI. Jul, 26 2011: US7985509 187. Seong-Jin An, Chi-Seung Lee, Jin-Hwa Lee: Fuel cell stack and fuel cell system including the same. Jun, 16 2011: US20110143247 186. Jin Hong An, Seong Jin An: Cell voltage measurer for fuel cell stack and fuel cell system using the same. Samsung SDI. Mar, 22 2011: US7910261 185. Jun-Won Suh, Seong-Jin An, Chi-Seung Lee, Jun-Young Park, Jin-Hwa Lee: Fuel cell stack and fuel cell system using the same. Feb, 17 2011: US20110039179 2010 184. Seong-Jin An, Chi-Seung Lee, Jun-Young Park, Jin-Hwa Lee, Jun-Won Suh: Fuel cell system and stack thereof. Dec, 30 2010: US20100330449 183. Yeong Chan Eun, Seong Jin An, Jun Won Suh: Fuel cell system. Samsung SDI. Oct, 19 2010: US7816051 182. Yeong-chan Eun, Jun-ho Sauk, Seong-jin An, Gill-tae Roh, Seok-rak Chang: End plate for fuel cell stack and air breathing fuel cell stack using the same. Samsung SDI. Oct, 5 2010: US7807310 181. Sung-Yong Cho, Ho-Jin Kweon, Hyoung-Juhn Kim, Ju-Yong Kim, Yeong-Chan Eun, Seong-Jin An, Dong-Hun Lee: Stack of generators and fuel cell system having the same. Samsung SDI. Sep, 21 2010: US7799482 180. Seong-Jin An, Jin-Hwa Lee: Fuel cell stack and fuel cell system using the same. Samsung SDI. Jul, 15 2010: US20100178581 179. Seong-jin An, Yeong-chan Eun, Gill-tae Roh, Seok-rak Chang: Fuel cell system and fuel cartridge having fuel buffer module. Samsung SDI. Jun, 29 2010: US7745034 178. Gill-Tae Roh, Yeong-Chan Eun, Seong-Jin An, Seok-Rak Chang, Jun-Ho Sauk: Fuel cell stack.