Connecticut Global Fuel Cell Center

The Connecticut Global Fuel Cell Center (CGFCC) is a unique R&D center uniting world-class researchers with students, business development professionals and energy industry leaders from throughout the national and international arenas. With more than $9 million in funding from federal, state and private sources, the CGFCC seeks to propel Connecticut into the forefront of renewable energy innovation and commercialization.

A unit of the UConn School of Engineering, the CGFCC serves as a nucleus for research, commercialization and educational activities focusing on proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs), solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs), direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs), molten carbonate and other fuel cell types, and by efforts in micro- and micro-miniature fuel cell systems. It is also a principal facet of a larger energy nexus at UConn, the Eminent Faculty Initiative in Sustainable Energy - supported through $2 million/yearly in permanent State funding with matching funds from industry - that also spans biofuels, photovoltaics and other emerging green technologies.

Our center partners with Connecticut fuel cell leaders, such as UTC Power, FuelCell Energy, Distributed Energy Systems; Connecticut state alternative energy leaders including the CT Clean Energy Fund/CT Innovations; and national funding agencies such as the U.S. Department of Energy, National Science Foundation, DARPA, ONR and many others. With faculty researchers from various engineering disciplines as well as chemistry and biology, the CGFCC is advancing the state of the art in fuel cell science and technology and bringing fuel cells to the next stage of commercial development in countless domestic and military applications, from laptop computers and automobiles to primary power units used by infantry personnel in remote environments. Our center also offers on-site facilities for fuel cell and stack performance testing, and education aimed at training tomorrow's energy leaders in diverse fuel cell and other sustainable energy technologies.

At this time, I am pleased to announce an exceptional career opportunity: the CGFCC seeks nominations and applications for the CGFCC Director position. If you are a fuel cell leader of international stature and vision, or if you know someone who fits this description, I invite you to apply for this extraordinary leadership position. Click here for details.

Enjoy your visit to our website, and if I may answer your questions, please don't hesitate to contact me.

A.F.M. Anwar, Ph.D.
Interim Director, CGFCC and Associate Dean for Research & Graduate Education