PRITPAL SINGH

Associate Professor

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Villanova University

800 Lancaster Avenue

Villanova, PA 19085

(610) 519-7378

singh@ece.vill.edu

 

Education:

 

                          Ph.D.  (Applied Sciences/Electrical Engineering), University of Delaware, 1984

                               M.A.S. (Applied Sciences/Energy Conversion),  University of Delaware, 1981

                               B.Sc. (Physics),  University of Birmingham, England,  1978

 

Teaching Experience:

 

1992 - present       Villanova University, Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

1984 - 1992            Villanova University, Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering

Jan. - June 1984    Delaware State College, Adjunct Instructor, Dept. of Pre-Engineering

 

Specialty areas of teaching:

 

                                Solid State Device Physics

                                Analog and Digital Electronics

                                Optoelectronics

                                Solar Electric Engineering

                                Power Electronics

 

Specialty Areas of Research:

 

                                Fuzzy Logic-based Battery State-of-Charge Determination

                                Thin Film Solar Cell Fabrication and Modeling

                                Electric Vehicle Modeling

                                Battery Monitoring and Management

 

Research Grants:

 

Jan. 2001 - Jan. 2003 Sponsor: US Department of Defense (DARPA) (subcontract to US Nanocorp, Inc.)
  Project Title: Fuzzy Logic-Based Controller for Microbatteries (Ph. II)
June 2001 - June 2003 Sponsor: US Army (subcontract to US Nanocorp, Inc.)
  Project Title: Fuzzy Logic-Based Smart Battery Controller for SLI Batteries (Ph. II)
March 2000 - Oct. 2000 Sponsor: US Army (subcontract to US Nanocorp, Inc.)
  Project Title: Fuzzy Logic-Based Smart Battery Controller for SLI Batteries
Oct. 1999 - June 2000 Sponsor: US Department of Defense (DARPA) (subcontract to US Nanocorp, Inc.)
  Project Title: Fuzzy Logic-Based Controller for Microbatteries
Aug. 1999 - Aug. 2000 Sponsor: DARPA/Southern Coalition for Advanced Transportation (SCAT) (subcontract to US Nanocorp, Inc.)
  Project Title: A Comparison of Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS) and Time Domain Spectroscopy (TDS) for Determining the State-of-Charge of Lead Acid Batteries
June 1999 - May 2000 Sponsor: US Department of Defense (DARPA)/Concurrent Technologies Corp.
  Project Title: System of Sensor Arrays
Feb. 1998- Feb. 2000 Sponsor: US Department of Defense (Special Operations Command) (Subcontract toUS Nanocorp, Inc.)
  Project Title: Fuzzy Logic Control for High Performance Batteries
Dec. 1996 - June 1997 Sponsor: US Department of Defense (Special Operations Command) (Subcontract to US Nanocorp, Inc.)
  Project Title: Fuzzy Logic Control for High Performance Batteries
June - Aug. 1996 Sponsor: Villanova University Research Office
  Project Title: Pulsed Electrodeposition of CdTe Thin Films for Solar Cell Applications
Sept. 1993 - Aug. 1995 Sponsor: Philadelphia Electric Co., Sun Oil Co. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Ben Franklin Partnership Program and Pennsylvania Energy Office
  Project Title: Electric and Alternative Fueled Vehicles Research Center of Excellence
June - July 1993 Sponsor: AWU-DOE Faculty Summer Fellowship
  Project Title: Fabrication of Substrate CdTe Solar Cells by Electrodeposition
June - July 1992 Sponsor: Villanova University Research Office
  Project Title: Electrodeposition of Mercury Zinc Telluride Thin Films
April 1990 - June 1991 Sponsor: Pennsylvania Energy Office
  Project Title: Demonstration of Solar Electric Vehicles
Jan. - Aug. 1990 Sponsor: METECH Corp.
  Project Title: Thick Film Electroluminescent Materials and Devices
Sept. 1988 - Aug. 1989 Sponsor: Ben Franklin Partnership (Commonwealth of Pennsylvania)
  Project Title: Development of an Improved Screen-Printed Top Contact for Silicon Solar Cells

Patents:

  1. P. Singh and C. Fennie, “A Method for Determining Battery State-of-Charge Using Intelligent Systems,” U.S. Patent No. 6,011,379 (Jan 4, 2000).

  2.  P. Singh and C. Fennie, “A Method for Determining Battery State-of-Health  Using Intelligent Systems,” Taiwan Patent No. 106,353 (August 24, 2000).

  3.  C. Fennie, P. Singh, and D.E. Reisner, “A Method for Determining Battery  State-of-Health Using Intelligent Systems,” U.S. Patent Appl. filed March 12, 1997 (ALLOWED).

Publications:

  1. C. Fennie, D. Reisner, J. Barbetta, and P. Singh, “Fuzzy Logic-Based State-of-Health Determination of PEM Fuel Cells”, Procs. EVS-18 (Berlin, Germany) Oct. 21-24, 2001.

  2. X.Q. Wang, P. Singh, and D. Reisner, “Preliminary Design of a Smart Battery Controller for SLI Batteries”, Procs. 7th Battery Research and Development Workshop (Philadelphia, PA) (June 2001)

  3. J. Rajagopalan, P. Singh, R. LaFollette, and D. Reisner, “Architecture and Preliminary Design of a Fuzzy Logic-Based Microbattery Charge Controller”, Workshop on Microsystems Technology and Applications (Huntsville, AL) (July 2001).

  4. A. Salkind, T. Atwater, P.Singh, S. Nelatury, S. Damodar, C. Fennie, and D. Reisner, “Dynamic Characterization of Small Lead Acid Cells”, J. Power Sources 96 pp. 151-159 (June 2001)

  5. P. Singh, Y.S. Damodar, C. Fennie, and D.E. Reisner, “Fuzzy Logic-Based Determination of Lead Acid Battery State-of-Charge by Impedance Interrogation Methods”Procs. EVS-17, Montreal, Canada, Oct 15-18, 2000

  6. P. Singh, J. Rajagopalan, R. LaFollette, C. Fennie, Jr., and D.E. Reisner “Fuzzy Logic Based Solar Charge Controller for Microbatteries”, Proc. 28th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference   (Anchorage, AK) Sept. 19-23, 2000 pp. 1726-1729

  7. P. Singh, R. LaFollette, C. Fennie, and D. Reisner, “Fuzzy Logic-Based Microbattery Controller for MEMS Appls.,” Procs. 35th IECEC, Las Vegas, NV, Jul 23-27, 2000

  8. V.R. Gaddam, X.Q. Wang, S. Arey, Z.J. Yang, P. Singh, C. Fennie, and D.E. Reisner, “Fuzzy Logic-Based SOC Hardware for Li/SO2 Cells,” Procs. 39th Power Sources  Conf., Cherry Hill, NJ, June 12-15, 2000.

  9. R.M. LaFollette, P. Humble, J. Harb, J. Dai, C. Fennie, P. Singh, and D. Reisner, “Fuzzy Logic-Based Management of Fully Integrable Ni-Zn mBattery for MEMS Power Supply,” presented at Hilton  Head 2000, Solid State Sensor & Actuator Workshop, Hilton Head, SC, Jun 4-8, 2000

  10. C. Fennie, P. Singh, D. Reisner, and R. LaFollette, “Fuzzy-Logic-Based Microscopic BatteryManagement for MEMS Devices,” presented at DARPA MEMS PI Mtg., Atlanta, GA, Jan 12-14, 2000

  11. P. Singh, C. Fennie, and D.E. Reisner, “Fuzzy Logic Enhanced Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy  (FLEEIS) to Determine Battery State-of-Charge,” presented at 34th IECEC, Vancouver, Canada, Aug  1-5, 1999, publ. in Procs. 15th Ann. Batt. Conf., Long Beach, CA, Jan 11-14, 2000.

  12. S. Arey, V.R. Gaddam, Z. Yang, P.Singh, C. Fennie, and D.E. Reisner, “Fuzzy Logic-Enabled SOC Monitoring Meters for NiMH Batteries,” Procs. EVS-16, Oct 14-16, 1999, Beijing, PR China

  13. P. Singh, V.R. Gaddam, S. Arey, Z. Yang, C. Fennie, and D.E. Reisner, “Battery State-of-ChargeMeters for High Performance Batteries Based on Fuzzy Logic Methodology,” Procs. 34th IECEC, Vancouver, Canada, Aug 1-5, 1999.

  14. P. Singh, V.R. Gaddam, S. Arey, Z. Yang, C. Fennie, and D.E. Reisner, “Fuzzy Logic Methodology to Determine State-of-Charge in Primary and Rechargeable Batteries,” Procs. 6th Workshop for Battery Exploratory Development, Williamsburg, VA, Jun   21-24, 1999.

  15. Craig J. Fennie, David E. Reisner, and Pritpal Singh, “Fuzzy Logic Determination of battery state-of- charge - a powerful tool for battery management,” in Electric & Hybrid Vehicle Technology '99 (UK & Technology Press, Dorking, UK, 1999), pp. 116-122

  16. A. Salkind, C. Fennie, Jr., P. Singh, T. Atwater, and D.E. Reisner, “Determination of State-of-charge and state-of-health of batteries by fuzzy logic methodology”, Journ. Power Sources 80 pp. 293-300 (1999)

  17. V. Reddy, S. Arey, P. Singh, C. Fennie, Jr., and D. Reisner, “Preliminary Design SOC Meter for Li/SO2 Cells based on Fuzzy Logic Methodology”, to be presented at 14th Annual Battery Conference (Long Beach, CA) Jan. 12-15, 1999.

  18. P. Singh, C. Fennie, Jr., D.E. Reisner, and A. Salkind, “Fuzzy Logic Modeling of High Performance Rechargeable Batteries”,  presented at 33rd InterSociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference, Colorado Springs, CO Aug. 1998

  19. P. Singh, C. Fennie, Jr., D.E. Reisner, and A. Salkind, “A Fuzzy Logic Approach to State-of-Charge Determination in High Performance Batteries with Applications to Electric Vehicles”, Procs. EVS-15  (Brussels, Belgium) October 1-5, 1998.

  20. P. Singh, C. Fennie Jr., D. Reisner, and A. Salkind, “A Fuzzy Logic-Based Methodology for  Determining the State-of-Charge of  Primary Li/SO2 batteries”, Proc. 38th Power Sources Conference  June 8-11, 1998

  21. P. Singh, “Peak Power Trackers and Solar Cars: A Tutorial”,  distributed to Sunrayce ‘97 participants,     Sept. 1996

  22. P. Singh and M. Jupina, “A Practicum Component to a Course in Semiconductor Materials and  Devices”, presented at the 1996 Frontiers in Education Conference in Salt Lake City, UT Nov. 6-9, 1996

  23. C. Thero and P. Singh, “Electrodeposition of Mercury Zinc Telluride Thin Films for Solar Cell Applications, presented at 25th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, May 13-17, 1996,    Washington, D.C.

  24. C. Fennie, Jr., S. Rollin, G. Poe, P. Singh and W. Koffke, "A Performance Study of an Electric     Commuter Car", Proceedings of Electric Vehicle Technology '95 Conference, Nov. 11-13, 1995,  Paris, France pp. 61-72.

  25. C. Branchi, W. Koffke, G. Poe, and P. Singh, "Design and Implementation of a Cooling System for the Permanent Magnet Motor and Generator on a Hybrid Electric Vehicle", Procs. of Electric Vehicle Technology '95 Conference,  (Paris, France) Nov. 11-13, 1995, pp. 304-311.

  26. D.S. Albin, J.R. Tuttle, M. Contreras, A.M. Gabor, A. Mason, R. Noufi and P. Singh, “Progress  Towards Higher Efficiency CuInSe2 and CuInGaSe2 Solar Cells by Se-vapor Selenization”, submitted to Solar Cells and Solar Energy Materials Journal.

  27. P. Singh and W. Koffke, "Simulation and  Testing of an Electric Commuter Car", Procs. of the 27th International Symposium on Automotive Technology and Automation, Dedicated Conference on Electric, Hybrid and Alternative Fuel Vehicles; Progress in Technology and Infrastructure,  (Aachen, Germany)  October 31 - November 4, 1994  pp. 491-497.

  28. P. Singh, A. Swartzlander-Franz, S. Asher, and R. Noufi, “A Study of Electroplated Copper and Copper Telluride Contacts to Substrate CdTe Solar Cells”, presented at the 5th Quantitative Surface Analysis Symposium, Clearwater Beach, FL. November 15-18, 1993.

  29. P. Singh and D. Albin, “Modeling of CuInSe2 Solar Cells”, presented at the 2nd EPRI Copper Indium DiSelenide Solar Cell Characterization and Modeling Workshop, Estes Park, CO. October 1993.

  30. R. Godlewski and P. Singh, “VUPVSM - A Photovoltaic System Simulation Tool”, Proc. Annual American Solar Energy Society Conf. Solar ‘93, Technical Papers pp. 88-92

  31. P. Singh, “Spectral Performance of Non-Optimally-Matched Two-Cell Tandem Solar Cells”, Procs. of the 22nd IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conf., Las Vegas, NV (October 1991) pp. 1131-1135

  32. P.Singh, P.von Glahn, and W. Koffke,  "The Design and Construction of a Solar Electric Commuter Car", Procs. of the 22nd IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, Las Vegas, NV (October 1991)  pp. 712-716.

  33. W. Koffke and P. Singh,  "Design of the Wild Solarcat - A Solar Electric Vehicle for GM Sunrayce    1990",  SAE Tech. Paper Series No. 901513, presented at the Future Transportation Technology Conference and Exposition, San Diego, CA,  August 13-16, 1990.

  34. P. Singh, J.Q. Chen, F.L. Vogel, and K. Scoles, “A New, Low Resistivity, Low TCR Polymer Thick Film Material”, International Journ. for Hybrid Microelec. vol. 12 No. 4 pp. 195-201 (Dec. 1989)

  35. P. Singh, “Incorporating Electro-Optics Fundamentals into an Undergraduate Electrical Engineering Curriculum”,  Procs. of the Frontiers in Education Conference October 22-25, 1988 pp. 4-6

  36. P. Singh, “Computer Software Tools to Assist the Teaching of Semiconductor Device Physics”,    Proceedings of the Frontiers in Education Conference October 22-25, 1988 pp. 293-296.

  37. J.Q. Chen and P. Singh, “Electrical Transport Properties of Intercalated Graphite/Polymer Films”, Proceedings of the Carbon ‘88 Conference, University of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, U.K. September 18-23, 1988 pp. 167-169

  38. P. Singh, “Incorporating Solar Electric Power into Rural Electrification Programs - a Case Study of Kenya”, presented at Energy Options for the Year 2000,  Wilmington, DE September 14-17 1988.

  39. P. Singh and E.A. Fagen, “Field Effect Density of States in a-(Si,Ge):H Films”. J. Appl. Phys. vol. 60 No. 2 15 July 1986

  40. P. Singh and E.A. Fagen, “Field Effect Density of States in Glow Discharge Amorphous Silicon-Germanium Alloys”,  Procs. of the 18th IEEE Photovltaic Specialists Conference, Las Vegas,NV (October 21-25, 1985) pp. 1714-1715

  41. P. Singh, D. Galley, E.A. Fagen and V.L.Dalal, “Optical and Electrical Properties of Amorphous Silicon-Germanium Alloy Films”, Procs. of the 15th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, Orlando, FL (May 1981)  pp. 912-916.