I have always enjoyed programming computers. While taking the Engineering Science program at the University of Toronto, I recognized the important role computers played in providing solutions to difficult engineering problems. Key to those solutions were accurate, reliable engineering models of physical systems and efficient computer algorithms to minimize computational effort while maximizing solution confidence. My initial research field was computational methods for petroleum and polymer phase and reaction equilibrium calculations. I still enjoy the challenges within this niche of thermodynamics. More recently, I developed an interest in creating computational models of proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells with a goal of understanding the relationships between land-channel geometries, current distributions, water transport and power consumption. This interest was fostered by a sabbatical leave at the Queen's-RMC Fuel Cell Research Centre in Kingston, Ontario, where a solid group of researchers are continuing to advance our understanding of PEM Fuel Cells, SOFC fuel cells and hydrogen storage techniques.

2011-2012 2D Modeling of a Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell Using COMSOL Biomass Torrefaction and Gasification for Production of Electricity and Liquid Fuels 2010-2011 2D Across the Channel Modeling of a Proton Exchange Membrane in a Hydrogen Fuel Cell 2009-2010 2D Across the Channel Modeling of a Proton Exchange Membrane in a Hydrogen Fuel Cell Electrochemical Measurements of Crevice Corrosion of 304 Stainless Steel 2008-2009 2D Across the Channel Modeling of a Proton Exchange Membrane in a Hydrogen Fuel Cell Electrochemical Measurements of Crevice Corrosion of 304 Stainless Steel 2007-2008 2D Across the Channel Modeling of a Proton Exchange Membrane in a Hydrogen Fuel Cell Determining Binary Interaction Parameters using K- and L-Points

Phoenix, A. and Devulapalli, V. (2010). Two-dimensional property distributions, ohmic losses and power consumption within a fuel cell polymer electrolyte membrane, I&EC Research, 49(14), 6612-6621. Mushrif, S.H. and Phoenix, A. (2008). The Effect of Peng-Robinson Binary Interaction Parameters on the Predicted Multiphase Behavior of Selected Binary Systems, I&EC Research, 47, 6280-6288. (Accepted) Atiyeh, H.K., Karan, K., Peppley, B., Phoenix, A., Halliop, E. and Pharoah, J. (2007). Experimental investigation of the role of a microporous layer on the water transport and performance of a PEM fuel cell, Journal of Power Sources, 170, 111-121. Karan, K., Atiyeh, H., Phoenix, A., Halliop, E., Pharoah, J. and Peppley, B. (2006). An Experimental Investigation of Water Transport in PEMFCs: The Role of Microporous Layers, Electrochemical and Solid-State Letters, 10(2), B34-B38. Mushrif, S.H. and Phoenix, A. (2006). An Algorithm to Calculate K- and L-Points, I&EC Research, 45, 9161-9170. Pharoah, J.G., Peppley, B.A., Atiyeh, H., Halliop, E., Karan, K. and Phoenix, A. (2006). Investigating the Role of a Microporous Layer on the Water Transport and Performance of a PEMFC, 210th Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, Cancun, Mexico, October 29 - November 3. Peppley, B., Atiyeh, H., Halliop, E., Karan, K., Pharoah, J. and Phoenix, A. (2006). Influence of Microporous Layer on Water Balance in PEM Fuel Cells, 16th World Hydrogen Energy Conference, Lyon, France, June 13-16, (CD Rom). Evitts, R.W., Wang, H., Hill, G.A., Phoenix, A., Lin, Y. and Muench, T. (2009). Chemical Engineering Design Training at the University of Saskatchewan, Abstracts of 8th World Congress of Chemical Engineering, Montreal, QC, August 23-27. Peppley, B., Atiyeh, H., Karan, K., Pharoah, J., Halliop, E. and Phoenix, A. (2007). Experimental Investigation of the Influence of Microporous Layer on the Water Transport and Performance of a PEM Fuel Cell, Hydrogen & Fuel Cells 2007 Conference and Trade Show, Vancouver, B.C., CANADA, April 29 - May 2. Atiyeh, H., Halliop, E., Karan, K., Peppley, B., Pharoah, J. and Phoenix, A. (2006). Influence of Microporous Layer on the Water Transport and Performance of a PEM Fuel Cell, Gordon Research Conference on Fuel Cells, Smithfield, Rhode Island, USA, July 23-28. Devulapalli, V.R. and Phoenix, A. (2006). A 2D across-the-channel PEMFC Model: Power consumption in the membrane, FCRC-NRC First Annual Colloquium on Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Technologies, Kingston, Ontario, CANADA, June 1-2. Wang, H., Phoenix, A., Evitts, R. and Hill, G. (2005). Design Training for Chemical Engineering Undergraduates at the University of Saskatchewan, 55th Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference, Toronto, ON, October 16-19, 2005. Devulapalli, V.R. and Phoenix, A. (2005). Modeling Transport Phenomena in Two-Dimensional Swollen Polymer Electrolyte Membranes for Fuel Cells, 55th Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference, Toronto, ON, CANADA, October 16-19.