He is also the director of the Energy Systems Design Laboratory located at the Department of Mechanical Engineering. Marc Secanell recieved his M.Sc. and Ph.D. from the University of Victoria and his B. Eng. from the Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya. Dr. Secanell currently manages 15 graduate students in his lab. The Energy Systems Design Laboratory is currently focusing research on polymer electrolyte fuel cells. Specific current projects include analysis and design of polymer electrolyte membrane electrode assemblies, multi-scale membrane catalyst layer modelling, and analysis of water transport in micro-porous layers.