Marc Secanell
Professor at University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolMarc Secanell is a professor of Electrochemical Energy Technologies at the University of Alberta with over a decade of academic leadership in modeling, fabricating and characterizing polymer electrolyte fuel cells and electrolyzers. He combines deep computational expertise—finite element analysis, multidisciplinary design optimization and open-source tool development—with hands-on lab work, notably as a lead developer of the OpenFCST fuel cell simulation toolbox. Trained in engineering at BarcelonaTech and with an MASc/PhD from the University of Victoria, he has steered research from aerodynamic shape optimization to cutting-edge electrochemical systems. Marc regularly presents at premier venues like the Electrochemical Society and Gordon Research Conferences, and his group pursues practical low‑loading PEMFC/electrolyzer designs aimed at accelerating technology deployment. An often-overlooked strength is his track record of translating complex simulations into experimentally validated devices, bridging theory and practice.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
PhD Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell Computational Modeling, PhD Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell Computational Modeling at University of VictoriaUPC Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Spanish, Catalan, English
Github Skills (5)
parallel-computing10
scientific-computing9
computational-science9
hpc9
multiphysics8
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
OpenFCST/dealii
Aug 2019 - May 2020
The development repository for the deal.II finite element library.
Contributions:8 PRs, 10 pushes, 8 branches in 9 months
dealfinite
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