Christopher Holt is the president of Holt Scientific. Before founding Holt Scientific, Chris worked as a Research Scientist and Sensor Group Leader at NexTech Materials a small fuel cell company in Columbus OH. Before NexTech, Chris worked as a Sr. Process Engineer at Intersil.
Chris obtained his B.S. in Physics from
Case
Western Reserve
University
and M.S. in Materials Science and Engineering from The Ohio State University. Chris was the first graduate of
Ohio
State's Center for Industrial Sensors and Measurement.
PATENTS:
Carbon Monoxide Sensor and Method of Use. Patent no. 6,985,082
Ceramic Hydrogen Sulfide Sensor for Fuel Cell Systems. Pending
Novel Ceramic Hydrogen Sensor for Fuel Cell Applications. Pending.
PUBLICATIONS:
- C.T. Holt, Demonstrating infrared radiation and Optical sensors, Physics Education, November (2007) 9.
- C.T. Holt, Gas sensors demonstrate principles of solid-state physics, Physics Education, March (2007) 42 (2) 127.
- C.T. Holt, Whole-organism sensors, Nuts and Volts, May (2006) 67-69.
- C.T. Holt, Firefly Meter: Bioluminescence detector lights way toward pollution sensor, Make, 5 (2006) 143-144.
- J. Foreman and C.T. Holt, Advances in Gas Sensors for Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Systems, Advanced Fuel Cell Technology, 9:9 (2005) 8-10.
- J. Foreman, S.L. Swartz, M.M. Seabaugh, and C.T. Holt, Materials Technology: A Key to the Commercialization of Fuel Cells, Fuel Cell, December 2003, 20-22.
- Wang Qi, Y.S. Lin, C.T. Holt, S.L. Swartz, Electric Conductivity and Oxygen Permeability of Modified Cerium Oxides, Journal of Materials Science, 38 (2003) 1073-1079.
- P.K. Dutta, R.R. Rao, S.L. Swartz, C.T. Holt, Sensing of Carbon Monoxide in Reducing Environments, Sensors and Actuators B, 84 (2002) 189-193.
- C. T. Holt, A.-M. Azad, S.L. Swartz, R.R. Rao, and P. K. Dutta, Novel Carbon Monoxide Sensor for PEM Fuel Cell Systems, Sensors and Actuators B, 87 (2002) 414-420.
- S.L. Swartz, M.M. Seabaugh, C.T. Holt, W. Dawson, Fuel Processing Catalysts based on Nanoscale Ceria, Fuel Cells Bulletin 30, March, 2001.
- C.T. Holt, S.A. Akbar, C.C. Wang, and S. Belusu, Attachment of Electrodes and Thermal Cycling Tests on Yttria-Based Thermistors, Materials Letters 40, 1999.
