M.Sc. Thesis 2011
Name: Mr. Dmitri Gurkin (Estonia; FC Systems & Hydrogen)
M.Sc. Thesis: Optimization of Small Series Production and Production Scale-up of a Planar Anode-Supported Intermediate Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (IT-SOFCs) at Elcogen Ltd in Estonia.
Location: Estonia, Tallinn; Elcogen Ltd. (Estonian Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Technology Research & Development Company.
Advisor: Mr. Enn Ounpuu, Founder and CEO of Elcogen Ltd, Estonia.
Name: Mr. Cezary Misiopecki (Poland; FC Systems & Hydrogen)
M.Sc. Thesis: Investigation of Hydrogen Fuel Cell Technology for Vehicle Propulsion & Auxiliary Power Systems.
Location: Australia, Melbourne; Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT).
Advisor: Assoc. Prof. John Andrews, RMIT; and Prof. Aleksandar Subic, Head of School of Aerospace, Mechanical & Manufacturing at RMIT, Melbourne.
Name: Ms. Katarzyna Filipek and (Poland; Hydropower)
M.Sc. Thesis: Hydraulic Roughness of TBM-Bored Tunnels – An Experimental Study. Part 1.
Location: Iceland, Akureyri and Reykjavik (4 weeks); VERKIS Engineering.
Advisor: Dr. Kristin M. Hakonardottir, Civil Engineer/Fluid Dynamics in Hydropower & Transmission, Div. of Civil Engineering, VERKIS Engineering.
Name: Ms. Ms. Anna Kasprzyk (Poland; Hydropower)
M.Sc. Thesis: Hydraulic Roughness of TBM-Bored Tunnels – An Experimental Study. Part 2.
Location: Iceland, Akureyri and Reykjavik (4 weeks); VERKIS Engineering.
Advisor: Dr. Kristin M. Hakonardottir, Civil Engineer/Fluid Dynamics in Hydropower & Transmission, Div. of Civil Engineering, VERKIS Engineering.
Name: Mr. Michael McNeeley (United States; FC Systems & Hydrogen)
M.Sc. Thesis: Gas Transport and Internal Reforming Chemistry in Novel SOFC Anode Structures.
Location: United States (Colorado), Golden; Colorado Fuel Cell Center at CSM.
Advisor: Assistant Prof. Neal Sullivan, Director of the Colorado Fuel Cell Center at Colorado School of Mines (CSM).
Name: Mr. Marcin Kalinowski (Poland; FC Systems & Hydrogen)
M.Sc. Thesis: Solid Oxide (SO) Single Cell Testing with Mixture of Gases Simulating Biogas, Syngas and Pyrolysis-Reformed Gases.
Location: Italy, Perugia; University of Perugia.
Advisor: Prof. Umberto Desideri, University Energy System Group, Dept. of Industrial Engineering, University of Perugia.
Name: Mr. Vidar Helgason (Iceland; Hydropower)
M.Sc. Thesis: Orkubóndinn – A Model for Cost Estimation of Small Hydropower Plants
Location: Iceland, Akureyri; Mannvit Consulting Engineers.
Advisor: Mr. Einar M. Juliusson, Engineer at Mannvit Consulting Engineers.
Name: Mr. Alex Campbell (United States; Energy Systems)
M.Sc. Thesis: Hydropower Capacity Optimization for a Third World Country – Amaila Falls Project, Guyana, South America.
Location: United States (New York), New York City; Sithe Global Power LLC, New York.
Advisors: Mr. Bruce Wrobel, Chaiman and CEO of Sithe Global Power LLC.; Mr. Brian Kubeck Senior Vice President at Sithe Global Power LLC; and Dr. Katie Tamulonis (PhD Cornell 2009) Reservoir Geologist, Schlumberger Carbon Services.
Name: Mr. Eri Andres Boye (United States; Hydropower)
M.Sc. Thesis: A Feasibility and Economic Study in the Use of Micro Hydropower Applications to Generate Power from the Victoria Capital Regional District´s Municipal Water Facility, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
Location: Canada, Victoria; Victoria Capital Regional District´s (CRD) Municipal Water Facility.
Advisor: Mr. Tim Tanton, Senior Manager of Engineering & Planning at CRD, Department of Water Services.
Name: Ms. Anna Trendewicz (Poland; FC Systems & Hydrogen)
M.Sc. Thesis: The Effect of Ruthenium Crossover in Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells Operating with Platinum-Ruthenium Anode.
Location: United States (New Mexico), Los Alamos; US Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Advisor: Dr. Piotr Zelenay, Project and Team Leader for Materials Physics and Applications at Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico.
Name: Mr. Bartlomiej Kolodziejczyk(Poland; FC Systems & Hydrogen)
M.Sc. Thesis: Development of Novel Air Electrode Materials for Fuel Cells.
Location: Australia (Victoria), Clayton; Australian Centre for Electro-Materials Science at Monash University.
Advisors: Dr. Bjorn Winther-Jensen and Prof. Douglas MacFarlane, both at the Australian Centre for Electro-Materials Science at Monash University, Clayton, Victoria.
Name: Mr. Pawel Nejranowski (Poland; Hydropower)
M.Sc. Thesis: Technical Feasibility of the Molstowa River Energy Utilization.
Location: Poland, Szczecin; West Pomeranian University of Technology
Advisor: Dr. Jacek Kurnatowski, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Civil Engineering & Architecture at the West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin, Poland.
Name: Mr. Krzysztof Kupiec (Poland; FC Systems & Hydrogen)
M.Sc. Thesis: Coal as a Fuel for Fuel Cells – Effects of Coal Syngas and Impurities on the Performance of Polymer Electrolyte Membrane and Solid Oxide Fuel Cells.
Location: United States (Connecticut), Storrs; Center for Clean Energy Engineering at University of Connecticut.
Advisors: Dr. Trent Molter, Assoc. Research Professor and Business Development Officer at the Center for Clean Energy Engineering, University of Connecticut; and Prof. David Dvorak, University of Maine.
Name: Ms. Anna Szymanowska (Poland; Energy Systems)
M.Sc. Thesis: Investigating Options to Achieve a 5% Reduction in Carbon Emissions below 2000 Levels by 2020 without an Economy-Wide Price on Carbon (ETS).
Location: Australia, Melbourne; Green Energy Trading and Voluntary Carbon Markets Association.
Advisor: Mr. Nick Peters, Research Analyst at Green Energy Trading and Research and Policy Analyst with the Voluntary Carbon Markets Association, Melbourne, Australia.
Name: Mr. Wojciech Skowronski (Poland; FC Systems & Hydrogen)
M.Sc. Thesis: Simulation of SOFC-Based Micro-Combined Heat and Power Systems for Residential Applications.
Location: United States (Colorado), Golden; Colorado Fuel Cell Center at CSM.
Advisor: Assistant Prof. Robert Braun, Division of Engineering and Colorado Fuel Cell Center, Colorado School of Mines (CSM).
Name: Mr. Adam M. Narozniak (Poland; Hydropower)
M.Sc. Thesis: Comparison of Measured and Calculated Surges in Karahnjukar Headrace Tunnel System.
Location: Iceland, Akureyri and Reykjavik; VERKIS Engineering
Advisors: Mr. Thorbergur S. Leifsson, Civil Engineer/Hydraulic and Hydrology Engineering, Hydropower & Transmission, Div. of Civil Engineering, VERKIS Engineering, Reykjavik; and Prof. Gunnar G. Tomasson, Dean of the School of Science & Engineering, Reykjavik University, Reykjavik.
Name: Mr. James A. Mellentine (United States; Energy Systems)
M.Sc. Thesis: Performance Characterization and Cost Assessment of an Iron Hybrid Flow Battery.
Location: United States (Ohio), Cleveland; Department of Chemical Engineering at CWRU.
Advisor: Prof. Robert F. Savinell, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio.
Name: Ms. Saida Omar Abdillahi (Somalia/France; Energy Systems)
M.Sc. Thesis: Renewable Energy and Fuel from Waste: Thermo-Chemical Pathways.
Location: United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi; Masdar Institute
Advisor: Assistant Prof. Isam Janajreh, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering at the Masdar Institute, Abu Dhabi.
Name: Mr. James Andrew Fetterman (United States; Geothermal Energy)
M.Sc. Thesis: Porosity Evolution in Newberry Volcano Geothermal Systems - Feedback between Deformation and Alteration.
Location: United States (Pennsylvania), Philadelphia; College of Science & Technology at Temple University.
Advisor: Assist. Prof. Nicholas C. Davatzes, Earth & Environmental Science, College of Science & Technology, Temple University, Philadelphia.
Name: Ms. Anna M. Mazur (Poland; FC Systems & Hydrogen)
M.Sc. Thesis: Fuel Cell System Integration for Combined Heat and Auxiliary Power on Commercial Aircraft.
Location: United States (Washington), Everett; Systems Concept Center of Boeing Commercial Airplanes.
Advisor: Mr. Joe Breit, Associate Technical Fellow, Systems Concept Center, Boeing Commercial Airplanes, Everett, Washington.
Name: Ms. Monika Chrusciak (Poland; Energy Systems)
M.Sc. Thesis: Modeling and Integration of a Closed-Loop System for SNG Production from Microalgae.
Location: Switzerland, Lausanne; Industrial Energy Systems Laboratory of EPFL.
Advisors: Dr. Francois Marechal, Lecturer at Industrial Energy Systems Laboratory (LENI), Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) in Lausanne, Switzerland; and PhD student Mr. Martin Gassner at LENI.
Name: Ms. Eneja Osterman (Slovenia; Energy Systems)
M.Sc. Thesis: Multi-Parametric Indicators of Energy Products in Biomass District Heating Systems.
Location: Slovenia, Ljubljana; Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Ljubljana.
Advisor: Prof. Saso Medved, Chair of Heat & Mass Transfer & Environmental Studies, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Name: Mr. Hannes Arnorsson (Iceland; Energy Systems)
M.Sc. Thesis: A Feasibility Study of using Methane as an Alternative Fuel for Taxis in the Reykjavik Capital Area.
Location: Iceland, Reykjavik; Metan Ltd. and the National Energy Authority (OS).
Advisors: Prof. Pall Jensson, University of Iceland; Mr. Bjorn Halldorsson, CEO at Metan Ltd. and CEO of Sorpa bs.; and Ms. Agusta Loftsdottir, Manager of Fuels & Renewable Energy at the National Energy Authority (OS).
Name: Ms. Johanna Ruether (Germany; Geothermal Energy)
M.Sc. Thesis: The Validation of the LMC1-Device based on Determination of Thermal Conductivity of Icelandic Rocks.
Location: Germany, Darmstadt; Institute of Applied Geosciences at Technical University of Darmstadt.
Advisors: Prof. Ingo Sass, Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany; and Prof. Axel Bjornsson, University of Akureyri.
Name: Ms. Alicja Wiktoria Stoklosa (Poland; Geothermal Energy)
M.Sc. Thesis: Analysis of Organic Tracer Tests from Reinjection Wells K-26 and IDDP-1 at the Krafla Geothermal Field in Iceland.
Location: Iceland, Akureyri (with few trips to Reykjavik); Iceland GeoSurvey (ISOR)
Advisors: Dr. Ragnar Asmundsson, Iceland GeoSurvey (ISOR) and Dr. Alain Gadalia, BRGM, France.
Name: Ms. Anna Sciazko (Poland; Energy Systems)
M.Sc. Thesis: Surrogate Modeling Techniques Applied to Energy Systems.
Location: Switzerland, Lausanne (10 weeks) and Poland, Krakow (5 weeks); Industrial Energy Systems Laboratory of EPFL, and Jagiellonian University in Poland.
Advisors: Dr. Francois Marechal, Lecturer at Industrial Energy Systems Laboratory (LENI), Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) in Lausanne, Switzerland; PhD student Mr. Matthias Dubuis at LENI; and Dr. Adam Roman, Institute of Computer Science, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland.
Name: Ms. Emma Baz Gonzalez (Spain; Geothermal Energy)
M.Sc. Thesis: Feasibility Study of Geothermal Utilization of Remoteness Areas – Design and Optimization of Small Standard Power Plant.
Location: Iceland, Akureyri (few trips to Reykjavik); University of Iceland
Advisor: Prof. Pall Valdimarsson, School of Engineering and Natural Sciences, University of Iceland.
Name: Mr. Joseph F. Batir (United States; Geothermal Energy)
M.Sc. Thesis: Stress Field Characterization of the Hellisheidi Geothermal Field and Possibilities to Improve Injection Capabilities”.
Location: Iceland, Akureyri (few trips to Reykjavik); Iceland GeoSurvey (ISOR).
Advisor: Dr. Ragnar Asmundsson, Iceland GeoSurvey (ISOR).
Name: Ms. Julia Markowska (Poland; Energy Systems)
M.Sc. Thesis: Optimized Integration of Biomass Fuel in the District Energy System in Poznan, Poland. Part 1”.
Location: Switzerland, Lausanne; Industrial Energy Systems Laboratory of EPFL.
Advisors: Dr. Francois Marechal, Lecturer at Industrial Energy Systems Laboratory (LENI), Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) in Lausanne, Switzerland; and PhD student Ms. Samira Fazlollahi at LENI.
Name: Ms. Magdalena Obrebska (Poland; Energy Systems)
M.Sc. Thesis: Optimized Integration of Biomass Fuel in the District Energy System in Poznan, Poland. Part 2”.
Location: Switzerland, Lausanne; Industrial Energy Systems Laboratory of EPFL.
Advisors: Dr. Francois Marechal, Lecturer at Industrial Energy Systems Laboratory (LENI), Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) in Lausanne, Switzerland; and PhD student Ms. Samira Fazlollahi at LENI.
Name: Ms. Maracela Bagierek (Poland; Geothermal Energy)
M.Sc. Thesis: Design of a Geothermal Binary System for Operation in Remote Areas – A Study Case in Hveravellir (Kili), Iceland, and Comparison with Conditions in Southern Poland”.
Location: Iceland, Akureyri (a trip to Hveravellir); Iceland GeoSurvey (ISOR).
Advisor: Dr. Ragnar Asmundsson, Iceland GeoSurvey (ISOR).
Name: Mr. Marcin Wronowski (Poland, Geothermal Energy)
M.Sc. Thesis: Solar Thermal and Central Heating with high Temperature Underground Storage without Using Heat Pumps – Renovation Design for Buildings of the Institute of Applied Geosciences of the Technische Universitat Darmstadt”.
Location: Germany, Darmstadt; Institute of Applied Geosciences of Darmstadt University of Technology.
Advisors: Prof. Ingo Sass, Institute of Applied Geosciences, and Prof. Carl-Alexander Graubner, both at the Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany.
Name: Mr. Michael Thomson (Canada; Geothermal Energy)
M.Sc. Thesis: Hydraulic Hammer Drilling Technology to Replace Air Hammer Drilling in Deep BHE Design - Design of the Drilling and Completions Program for Building Renovation at the Technische Universitat Darmstadt”.
Location: Germany, Darmstadt; Institute of Applied Geosciences at Darmstadt University of Technology.
Advisor: Prof. Ingo Sass, Institute of Applied Geosciences, Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany.
Name: Mr. Pawel Grabinski (Poland; Energy Systems)
M.Sc. Thesis: Optimization of the Performance of an Organic Rankine Cycle used as Waste Heat Recovery System in a Bio-Liquid Diesel Engine Power Plant”.
Location: Iceland, Akureyri (one or two trips to Reykjavik); Utras Engineering Ltd.
Advisors: Assistant Prof. Gudrun Saevarsdottir, Head of the Department of Mechanical & Electrical Engineering, Reykjavik University; and Mr. Thorhallur Bjarnason, Utras Engineering, Akureyri.
Name: Ms. Roksana Mazurek (Poland; Geothermal Energy)
M.Sc. Thesis: Modeling and Thermo-Economic Analysis of the Municipal CHP Station (PEC) in Stargard Szczecinski in Poland”.
Location: Iceland, Akureyri & Reykjavik; and Poland, Szczecin (December 17 to January 30).
Advisors: Prof. Pall Valdimarsson, School of Engineering and Natural Sciences, University of Iceland; and Prof. Dusan Holoubek, Technical University of Kosice, Slovakia.
Name: Hubert Hadera (Poland; Energy Systems)
M.Sc. Thesis: Simulation of a Biomass-Based Combined Heat & Power (CHP) Plant with Integrated Biomass Pyrolysis”.
Location: Finland, Helsinki; Aalto University.
Advisor: Prof. Carl-Johan Fogelholm, Head of the Research Group of Energy Engineering & Environmental Protection, School of Science and Technology (former Helsinki Univ. of Technology), Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland.
Name: Ms. Magdalena Losowska (Poland; Energy Systems)
M.Sc. Thesis: Embodied Energy Counting of Sustainable Power and Steel Processes.
Location: Finland, Helsinki; Aalto University.
Advisor: Prof. Markku Hurme, School of Science and Technology (former Helsinki Univ. of Technology), Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland.
Name: Ms. Natalia Macauley (Slovakia; FC Systems & Hydrogen)
M.Sc. Thesis: Impact of PEM FC Catalyst Morphology on Activity and Stability under Long-Term Operating Condition”.
Location: Germany, Nabern (close to Stuttgart); Daimler AG.
Advisor: Mrs. Alina Marcu, Daimler AG, AFCC/DS, Germany.
Name: Mr. Dariusz Loza (Poland; Hydropower)
M.Sc. Thesis: Investigation of the Potential for Improving the Efficiency of Turbines of Hydroelectric Power Generation Stations of Alpiq”.
Location: Switzerland, Lausanne (from November 1st); Alpiq Suisse SA.
Advisors: Mr. Serge Siniciali, Senior Mechanical Engineer at Alpiq Suisse SA, Lausanne; and Prof. Froncois Avellan, Director of the Laboratory for Hydraulic Machines, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne.
Name: Mr. Karol Strak (Poland; Hydropower)
M.Sc. Thesis: Holmsa HEP together with a Wind Farm WEP – Simulation of Energy Generation and Water level in the Reservoir”.
Location: Iceland, Akureyri (with trips Reykjavik); Landsvirkun Power (LVP).
Advisor: Mr. Ulfar Linnet, System Analysis at Landsvirkjun Power (LVP)
Name: Mr. Olafur Jonsson (Iceland; Hydropower)
M.Sc. Thesis: The Holmsa HEP – Optimization using the HYDRA Model”.
Location: Iceland, Akureyri (with trips to Reykjavik); Landsvirkjun Power (LVP) and ICEconsult.
Advisors: Mr. Gudmundur J. Ludviksson, Engineer at ICEconsult; and Mr. Ulfar Linnet, System Analyst at Landsvirkjun Power (LVP).
Name: Mr. Donald Leake (United States; Energy Systems)
M.Sc. Thesis: Renewable Energy and the Impacts of the 2007-2011 Credit Crisis”.
Location: United States and Iceland.
Advisor: Prof. Pall Jensson, School of Engineering and Natural Sciences, University of Iceland; and Assistant Professor Sergio Pacca, School of Science, Arts & Humanities, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Name: Ms. Soo Huey Teh (Malaysia; Hydropower)
M.Sc. Thesis: Sedimentation Analysis and Modeling at Cameron Highland for Hydropower Development”.
Location: Malaysia, Kajang/Selangor; Universiti Tenaga National.
Advisors: Associate Prof. Lariyah Mohd Sidek, Head of Unit for Strategic Planning, Dept. of Civil Engineering, and Deputy Head of Centre for Stormwater and Geohazard Management, College of Engineering, Universiti Tenaga National, Malaysia; and Prof. Pierre Y. Julien, Energy Research Center, Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Colorado State University at Fort Collins, United States.
Name: Ms. Amelia Ida Letvin (United States; Geothermal Energy)
M.Sc. Thesis: Analysis of Drill Cuttings Mineralogy and Geophysical Logs to Investigate Alteration History at Newberry Well 55-29 in Preparation for EGS Stimulation”.
Location: United States (Pennsylvania), Philadelphia; College of Science & Technology at Temple University.
Advisor: Assist. Prof. Nicholas C. Davatzes, Earth & Environmental Science, College of Science & Technology, Temple University, Philadelphia.
Name: Ms. Daria Bandurowicz (Poland; Energy Systems)
M.Sc. Thesis: Wind Forecasting Options for Large Scale Wind Production Applications with Energy Storage”.
Location: Ireland, Dundalk; Dundalk Institute of Technology (Dundalk IT).
Advisor(s): Mr. Raymond Byrne, Research Scientist at Centre for Renewable Energy, Dundalk Institute of Technology, Dundalk, Ireland.
Name: Ms. Dominika Matuszewska (Poland; Energy Systems)
M.Sc. Thesis: Environomic Optimal Design of a Geothermal Energy Conversion System using Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)”.
Location: Switzerland, Lausanne; Industrial Energy Systems Laboratory of EPFL.
Advisors: Dr. Francois Marechal, Lecturer at Industrial Energy Systems Laboratory (LENI), Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) in Lausanne, Switzerland; and PhD student Ms. Leda Gerber at LENI.