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Eduardo Paz brings a disciplined and meticulous approach to technology development. He is a leading authority on solid oxide fuel cells having co-authored several publications and presented at numerous industry conferences. As Director, Technical Programs, for Franklin Fuel Cells, Mr. Paz leads the company's development activities, managing a $4 million program over the past two years that has involved major projects with outside suppliers. With eleven years of engineering experience and a strong background in leading technology and product development teams in the power generation industry, Mr. Paz has been instrumental in the scale up design and fabrication of Franklin's proprietary Solid Oxide Fuel Cell technology. He recently managed the design and construction of the company's state of the art laboratory facility in Malvern, Pennsylvania. Prior to his arrival at Franklin Fuel Cells, Mr. Paz spent two years at MTI Micro Fuel Cells Inc., a company involved in commercializing direct methanol micro fuel cells. As a founding member of the company, he led the commercial product development effort and managed a $9 million dollar quality and performance growth program with key suppliers. While at MTI, Mr. Paz championed the use of Six Sigma methods in the laboratory and engineering work and coordinated on-site training of the entire technical staff in statistics and design of experimental techniques. In addition to his Six Sigma Quality Black Belt certification, Mr. Paz is a graduate of General Electric's Edison Engineering Program. He spent seven years with GE Power Systems where he led multidisciplinary engineering and scientific teams for several initiatives, including the design of critical gas turbine hot gas path components. Mr. Paz earned a Master degree in Mechanical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a Bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering as well as a Bachelor of Arts in Economics, both from Florida International University.
Papers and Presentations:
Benefits of Direct Oxidation SOFC Systems in the 3 to 10 kW Power Range, co-author and presenter at the 2004 Fuel Cell Seminar, November 1, 2004, San Antonio, TX. Commercialization of Direct Oxidation SOFC, co-author and presenter at the 2003 Fuel Cell Seminar, November 3, 2003, Miami Beach, FL. Direct Oxidation SOFC stack development at Franklin Fuel Cells, co-author and presenter at the Eighth Grove Fuel Cell symposium, September 24, 2003, London UK. Direct Oxidation as a Market Enabler for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells, co-author and presenter at ECS SOFC-VII, April 27, 2003, Paris, France.
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