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Mechanical Engineering
University of Hawai`i at Manoa
2540 Dole St. - Holmes Hall 302
Honolulu HI 96822

Departmental Chair:
Mehrdad N. Ghasemi Nejhad

    Bruce E. Liebert  
 
Professor of M.E.
Ph.D. 1977, Stanford University



Contact Information
Phone:(808) 956-7167
Email: liebert@hawaii.edu
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Research Interests    

Applications of solid-state ionic materials for use in energy conversion, batteries and fuel cells, sensors, hydrides, and electrochromics. Environmental degradation and failure analysis of engineering materials. Computer applications in the laboratory.

 

Selected Publications

Bruce E. Liebert, "Electrical Characterization of a Chromium Interconnect Material," Proc. Solid Oxide Fuel Cell VI Symposium, Electrochemical Society, Honolulu (1999)

B. E. Liebert and W. Weppner, Eds., Solid State Ionics-1977. Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Solid State Ionics, Hawaii, USA, Nov. 16-21, 1997, North-Holland (1998)

G. T. Taylor, P. J. Troy, M. Nullett, S. K. Sharma, and B. E. Liebert, "Protein Absorption from Seawater onto Solid Substrata: II. Behavior of Bound Protein and Its Influence on the Interface," submitted to Marine Chemistry.

S. Kocha and B. E. Liebert, "Characterization of Some Ternary Ill-V Semiconductor/Electrolyte Interfaces Utilizing Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy," Electrochim. Acta, Vol. 38, pp. 1993-1997, 1993.

B. Y. Liaw, P.-L. Tao, and B. E. Liebert, "Helium Analysis of Palladium Electrodes After Molten-Salt Electrolysis," Fusion Technology, Vol. 23, pp. 92-97, 1993.

G. T. Taylor, P. J. Troy, M. Nullett, S. K. Sharma, B. E. Liebert, and H. F. Mower, "Spectroscopic Examination of Protein Adsorption from Seawater onto Titanium," Appl. Spectroscopy, Vol. '47, pp. 1140-1151, 1993.

 
   
Courses Offered

Materials Science and Engineering; Electronic Processes in Materials; Mechanical Engineering Experimentation Laboratory; Introduction to Engineering Design; Phase Transformations in Solids; Statistical Thermodynamics; Corrosion Theory; Materials for the Ocean Environment; Diffusion and Phase Transformations Laboratory

 


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