Kevin Huang is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at University of South Carolina (USC). He received his Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from the University of Science and Technology Beijing in 1992. He joined University of Texas at Austin 1995 as a postdoctoral research fellow working on high-temperature solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) materials. In 2000, he joined Siemens-Westinghouse (later Siemens Energy) as a senior engineer, and grew to become a principal engineer and fellow engineer for the next 10 years. His was deeply involved in the product development of cathode-supported tubular SOFC technology. He later joined University of South Carolina in 2010 as a faculty member of Mechanical Engineering department and SmartState Center for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells.
Over his professional career, Kevin has authored/co-authored two books, one book chapter, and 150 peer-reviewed journal articles. He was also granted 10 US patents. He was the recipient of 2015 USC’s College of Engineering and Computing Research Achievement Award, 2014 USC Breakthrough Stars, 2007 Siemens Special Employee Recognition Award among others. He currently serves as associate editors for RSC Advances and Journal of Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage. He is also an active member of Electrochemical Society, American Ceramic Society and American Chemical Society.Kevin’s current research focuses on materials for intermediate-temperature solid oxide fuel cells, storage batteries and gas separation membranes. His research also encompasses fundamental solid-state electrochemistry and computational DFT and finite-element modeling.