Mike Gasda

About Mike Gasda

Seasoned engineering leader, head of fuel cell and electrolyzer stack development organization at Bloom Energy. Deep expertise in materials science, electrochemical testing, and hands-on product development across a broad array of cell technologies, including PEM and solid oxide. Organized, decisive engineering leader with a proven track record of scaling up programs with complex, interrelated technical and business requirements. Outstanding communicator who effectively builds consensus across global, cross-functional teams. Prolific inventor with dozens of patents issued or pending. Pragmatic and collaborative problem solver with a passion for continuous improvement.

Experience

1. Director of Stack Engineering

   Bloom Energy

   Aug 2009 — Present · Sunnyvale, US

   Head of product engineering organization developing solid oxide fuel cell and electrolyzer stack platforms. Scope covers new programs and products, component & materials development, cost reduction & reliability improvement, yield improvement, and design for manufacturing. Recruited and developed a talented team of materials engineers and senior leaders to make foundational contributions to Bloom Energy’s world-leading solid oxide stack technology portfolio. Previous roles as manager of the cell materials development team, and in stack testing.

Education

• Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

  PhD

  2006 — 2009

• Denison University

  BS

  1996 — 2000

Skills

• Xrd
• Process Engineering
• Research and Development (R&D)
• Nanotechnology
• Materials Science
• Failure Analysis
• Electron Microscopy
• Materials
• Energy
• Eis
• Engineering Management
• Testing
• Fmea
• Sem
• Fuel Cells
• Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (Fmea)
• Design of Experiments
• Manufacturing
• Jmp
• Electrochemistry
• Characterization
• R&D
• Thin Films
• Surface Chemistry
• Labview
• Powder X-Ray Diffraction
• Engineering
• Sputtering
• Process Development
• Hydrogen
• Product Development