Associate Professor, Department of Manufacturing Engineering, Allen E. Paulson College of Engineering and Computing
Dr. Gurau’s research interests are in the areas of fuel cells, flow batteries, green and alternative energy, flexible manufacturing systems, robotics, automated assembly processes, collaborative robots, high-volume manufacturing processes for fuel cells and flow battery components, computational fluid dynamics, materials characterization, electrochemical micro/nanomachining.
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About Vladimir Gurau
Dr. Gurau’s research interests are in the areas of fuel cells, flow batteries, green and alternative energy, flexible manufacturing systems, robotics, automated assembly processes, collaborative robots, high-volume manufacturing processes for fuel cells and flow battery components, computational fluid dynamics, materials characterization, electrochemical micro/nanomachining.
| 2022 - Present | Associate Professor, Georgia Southern University ‐ Allen E. Paulson College of Engineering and Computing | |
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| Present | Associate Professor, Georgia Southern University ‐ Department of Manufacturing Engineering | |
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| 2017 - 2022 | Assistant Professor, Allen E. Paulson College of Engineering and Computing, Georgia Southern University | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Grants
| 2019 | USDA-NIFA-SBIR |
| Georgia Southern University - 2019-33610-29797 | |
| Unmanned, Fully-Autonomous, Long-Endurance Robotic Forest Rover for Automated Pine Resin Collection - Phase 1 | |
| $99,518 | |
| 2018 - 2019 | GSU-CEC-Seed Grant |
| Georgia Southern University | |
| Design and Fabrication of Innovative Surgical Implant for Spinal Stabilization | |
| $6,500 | |
| 2010 - 2017 | Dominion East Ohio Grant |
| Dominion Energy | |
| Development of an Educational Program in Green and Alternative Energy at College Level | |
| Role: PI | |
| $30,000 | |
| 2010 - 2017 | Rosenberry Foundation Grant |
| Rosenberry Foundation | |
| Acquisition of Laboratory Equipment for Green and Alternative Energy | |
| Role: PI | |
| $19,748 | |
| 2010 - 2017 | he fund supported the offering of two credit hours in Green and alternative Energy for high school students |
| 21st Century Grant for STEM Initiatives | |
| Role: Co-PI | |
| Colleague(s): Dover High School | |
| 2014 | Ohio Third Frontier Technology Validation and Start-Up Fund |
| Ohio Third Frontier Commission | |
| $53,232 | |
| 2003 - 2010 | Gas Diffusion Medium Internal Contact Angle Measurement |
| General Motors | |
| Colleague(s): General Motors Company, Electrochemical Energy Research Laboratory | |
| 2003 - 2010 | In-situ characterization of GrafTech materials for cathode gas diffusion layers of proton exchange membrane fuel cells |
| Ohio Third Frontier Commission | |
| Colleague(s): GrafTech, Inc. | |
| $30,000 | |
| 2007 | Numerical Simulations of Phosphoric Acid-Doped Polybenzimidazole Fuel Cells |
| Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy | |
| Colleague(s): BASF Fuel Cell, Inc | |
| $99,000 |
Professional Service and Affiliations
| 2021 | Guest and Academic Editor, Energies, Special Issue: Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells, 2021 | 2019 | Guest and Academic Editor, Energies, Special Issue: Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells, 2019 | 2019 | Session Chair, International Conference on Mechanical, Materials and Manufacturing (ICMMM 2019) | 2017 | Guest and Academic Editor, Energies, Special Issue: Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells, 2017 | 2016 | Guest and Academic Editor, Energies, Special Issue: Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells, 2016 | 2015 | Guest and Academic Editor, Energies, Special Issue: Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells, 2015 | Member, ABET Committee, Department of Manufacturing Engineering, GSU | Member, Editorial Board for Energies | Member, FMS and Robotics Committee, Department of Manufacturing Engineering, GSU | Member, Governance Committee, Department of Manufacturing Engineering, GSU | Member, Outreach to K-12 Committee, Department of Manufacturing Engineering, GSU | Member, Society of Manufacturing Engineering (SME) | Chair, Student Laboratory Safety Committee, Department of Manufacturing Engineering, GSU | Member, Undergraduate Program Committee, Department of Manufacturing Engineering, GSU |
Honors and Awards
- Recipient, Faculty Excellence Award for Research (2014)
Courses
- Manufacturing Processes Laboratory, MENG 1310
- Applied Computing in Manufacturing Engineering, MFGE 2534
- Design for Manufacturability, Assembly and Sustainability, MFGE 3131
- Advanced Materials Processing, MFGE 3531
- Automation and CIMS, MENG 5331
- Advanced CNC Machining and Programming, MFGE 5531
- Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing, MFGE 5331
- Machine Vision, MFGE 5335
- Advanced CNC Machining and Programming, MFGE 5531
| 1998 | Ph.D. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Miami | |
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| 1987 | M.S. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Polytechnic Institute of Bucharest | |
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Contact Information
PO Box 7991
Statesboro, GA 30460
Phone: (912) 478-5205
Office: IT 3130
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