Kevin Hartmann

Kevin Hartmann joined NREL in 2014 as an undergraduate intern in the Hydrogen Safety Sensor Laboratory. As a member of NREL’s sensor laboratory team Hartmann completed testing on multiple sensor platforms using the Safety Sensor Test Apparatus (SSTA). In 2017, Hartmann transitioned to his current position as hydrogen and fuel cell infrastructure research engineer at NREL’s Energy Systems Integration Laboratory (ESIL). Hartmann’s research areas have included component reliability, hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle station optimization, and hydrogen compression testing. Hartmann’s current research areas of focus include hydrogen production, component failures and leak rate quantification, and hydrogen system safety. Hartmann holds a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines (2016). He is a Colorado native who enjoys the outdoors and loves to ski.