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Research Interests

My research interests involve the optimal design and control of alternative energy/power systems for stationary or mobile applications.  My current research is on polymer electrolyte fuel cell systems, for which I am creating computer models in Modelica/Dymola, controls in MATLAB/Simulink, and testing on Hardware-in-the-Loop equipment.

Publications

Conferences

• K. L. Davies, R. M. Moore, and G. Bender, "Model library of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells for system hardware and control design," in Modelica Conference, (Como, Italy), Modelica Association, September 2009.
• K. L. Davies, C. L. Haynes, and C. J. Paredis, "Modeling reaction and diusion processes of fuel cells within Modelica," in Modelica Conference, (Como, Italy), Modelica Association, September 2009.
• K. L. Davies and R. M. Moore, "PEMFCSim: A fuel cell model library in Modelica," in Fuel Cell Seminar, (San Antonio, TX), October 2007.

Journal Articles

• K. L. Davies and R. M. Moore, "Object-oriented fuel cell model library," ECS Transactions, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 797-808, 2007.
• M. Milacic and K. Davies, "Polarization based statistical approach to fuel cell vehicle diagnostics," ECS Transactions, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 781-789, 2007.
• K. L. Davies and R. M. Moore, \Unmanned underwater vehicle fuel cell energy/power system technology assessment," Oceanic Engineering, IEEE Journal of, vol. 32, pp. 365{372, April
  2007.
  

Technical Reports

• K. L. Davies and R. M. Moore, "UUV FCEPS technology assessment and design process," tech. rep., Hawaii Natural Energy Institute, Honolulu, HI, January 2006. Sub-report under Office of Naval Research grant # N00014-04-0682.

Patents

• M. Prema, F. Syed, R. McGee, and K. Davies, "Method and system for determining engine state of a hybrid electric vehicle," US patent #7197382, issued March 27, 2007.

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