Dr. Stuart Wilkinson, Associate Professor

Associate Professor

 

E-mail : wilkinso@eng.usf.edu

Website: http://www.eng.usf.edu/~wilkinso

Telephone: 813-974-5645

Location: ENG 131

 

Education

Ph.D. University of Southampton, 1984.
B.Sc. University of Brighton, UK, 1977. 
 
 
Research Interests
Advanced interdisciplinary systems design.

Biofuel Cells

Biofuel cells directly convert the chemical energy present in biomass (carbohydrate, sugars, fats, etc.) into electricity with high efficiency and without combustion. In a radical departure from the conventional stacked-plate design, a novel tubular biofuel cell configurations is under development that is both flexible and spliceable. Dubbed “BFC cable” it dramatically simplifies the construction of complex biofuel cell systems. Other research includes: self-sufficient food-powered mobile robots, and emerging bio-optic technology.

Sponsor: Department

Principal Investigator: Stuart Wilkinson

Collaborators: N/A