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Friedrich B. Prinz

 
Title:Professor; Rodney H. Adams Professor and Robert Bosch Chair in the School of Engineering
Department(s):Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
Affiliation(s):Chair, Mechanical Engineering
Location:Bldg. 530 Rm. 112
Mail Code:3030
Phone:650.723.4023       
Fax:650.725.4862
E-mail: fbp@cdr.stanford.edu
URL: http://www-rpl.stanford.edu/
Administrator: Deborah A Sutherland

Research Statement

Fritz Prinz serves on the faculties of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering. He also holds the Rodney H. Adams Chair in the School of Engineering. He obtained his Ph.D. in Physics at the University of Vienna, Austria. Prof. Prinz's current work focuses on scaling effects and quantum confinement phenomena for energy conversion. His graduate students study mass transport phenomena across thin membranes such as oxide films and lipid bi-layers. In their research the Prinz group employs Scanning Probe Microscopy, Impedance Spectroscopy, and Quantum Modeling. In his laboratory, prototype fuel cells, solar cells, and batteries serve to test new concepts and novel material structures.

Degree Discipline Year School
PhD Physics 1975 University of Vienna
Publication TitleAuthor(s)/Speaker(s)Open Document
"A Computational Comparison of Electron Transfer from Reduced Ferredoxin to Flavin Adenine Dinucleotide and a Gold Electrode,” S.P. Walch, J. Komadina, F.B. Prinz
“Characteristics of Oxygen Reduction on Nanocrystalline YSZ,” H. Huang, J.H. Shim, C. Chao, R. Pornprasertsuk, M. Sugawara, T.M. Gü r, F.B. Prinz
Fuel Cell Fundamentals R. O’Hayre, S.W. Cha, W. Colella, F.B. Prinz
"Open micro-fluidic system for Atomic Force Microscopy-guided in situ Electrochemical Probing of a Single Cell," W. Ryu, Z. Huang, J.-S.Park, J. Moseley, A. R. Grossman, R. Fasching, F. B. Prinz
“Solid Oxide Fuel Cell with Corrugated Thin Film Electrolyte,” P.C. Su, C.C. Chao, J.H. Shim, R. Fasching, and F.B. Prinz
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Academic Honors & Awards

1991-Sir Christopher Hinton Lecture, Royal Academy of Engineering
1991-1992-Engineer-of-the-Year, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Pittsburgh, PA Section
1996-Elected Austrian Academy of Science (corresponding member), Vienna, Austria
2002-Literati Club Awards for Excellence2002:Most 'Outstanding Paper' in the 2001 volume of the Rapid Prototyping Journal
2005-The Institution of Mechanical Engineers, London, UK, The AM Strickland Prize for Best Paper in 2005
2006-University of Pennsylvania, Tedori-Callinan Lecture
2007-Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2008-Woodruff Colloquium in the Theme of Energy, “Convergence of Engineering and Physics: Energy at Nanoscale”, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
2009-Munushian Lecture, University of Southern California