Research Center and University Visits in Germany and Belgium

Dr. Colpan and Dr. Ouellette visited The Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE) in Freiburg, Germany and The Institute of Engineering Thermodynamics at the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt -DLR) in Stuttgart, Germany. In both of these institutes, ongoing fuel cell research projects and future collaboration possibilities were discussed. Dr. Colpan also visited the Department of Flow, Heat and Combustion Mechanics in University of Ghent, in Ghent, Belgium. The laboratories related to the organic rankine cycle research were mainly visited; and future collaboration possibilities were also discussed.