PASADENA, California (UPI) — A U.S. researcher has made great strides recently in the field of fuel cell research.
Sossina M. Haile, a fuel cell researcher at the California Institute of Technology and a founding member of the company Superprotonic Inc., is working to make fuel cell technology more practical.
The most efficient fuel cells need a large space and large amounts of heat, and the ones small enough for practical applications need more platinum than the earth holds.
But Haile, a native of Ethiopia, said she has made small breakthroughs that strike a balance, Fuel Cell Works reported. She has reduced the amount of platinum needed in smaller cells. She and her team also have reduced the amount of hydrogen needed to fuel the cells.
Haile and her team have focused on developing fuel cells that run on ethanol or biomass.
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We are all proud of our young engineer. This shows Ethiopia has many bright and intelligent engineers; doctors; you name it, serving all across the globe. But, one thing they don’t have in common is, good governance in their native land. If we had a good government, if not all but some of these intellectuals would be serving their own country and Ethiopia would have been placed among the fastest growing countries in the world.
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January 9th, 2009 at 11:55 AM
berchi our sis.
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January 9th, 2009 at 12:01 PM
Bravo Sossina,
You are beautiful and an outstanding human being. Very big wish towards your success.
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January 9th, 2009 at 12:20 PM
Great Job!!Go girl!
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January 9th, 2009 at 12:20 PM
Elias
Excellent!!! please do the same stories on which we all proud of. Congrat Haile yagerelij
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January 9th, 2009 at 12:28 PM
I am very proud of Sossina on her great accomplishments. This is the kind of role model we all should emulate and strive for.
Congratulation Dr. Sossina!!!
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January 9th, 2009 at 12:36 PM
Congratulation Dr. Sossina I’ am proud of you.BERECHE !! Also Mr. George thank you for your comment. DOn’t forget Ethiopia too all.
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January 9th, 2009 at 1:42 PM
Fellow Ethiopian Mela enebela, thanks for the correction.
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January 9th, 2009 at 5:45 PM
Dear Sossina,
We are grateful for your sucessful research accomplishment.I hope, this will be an impetus for those young ethipian researchers to align themeslves in meaningful research activities.
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January 10th, 2009 at 2:25 AM
I congradulate Dr. Sosna Haile in her achivment. What an inspiretinal leady to all of her fellow Ethiopians.
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January 10th, 2009 at 2:49 AM
I am Nigerian and I am filled with pride for the accomplishment of our sister.
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January 10th, 2009 at 8:56 AM
You make us so proud thank you so much and good luck in your research
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January 10th, 2009 at 10:00 AM
you are model for Africa women
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January 10th, 2009 at 11:56 AM
This is an impressive discovery,in an era in which portable power sources are extensively in high demand and pollution levels are of major concern,which shows the likely future alternative for combustion engines for electrical power generation.
Go! our beautiful professor!! with smart mind!!
May the New Year be with lots of Fresh and fundamental ideas like this!!for you,your FAMILY and your Research group.
Ato Elias, We are always proud of you for you are doing great job!!!!thank you sir!and keep up with letting us know more about our ^enathager!enna lijochua!!^
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January 11th, 2009 at 7:06 PM
May God bless you dear sister. It is so nice to hear good things about Ethiopian besides war, hunger and aids.
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January 12th, 2009 at 9:03 AM
I hope one day this technology will free Ethiopians from dependency on oil, which is one of the reason I believe keeping the satandard of living at low. Congratulation! Keep on the good work.
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