About Colleen Spiegel, Ph.D.
With over 24 years of experience, Dr. Spiegel and her team have the expertise needed to guide you in determining the next steps in your business. Colleen can help you to develop a thorough plan for your business and proposal from multiple perspectives: engineer, scientist, entrepreneur, and grant reviewer.
We have the experience to administer a comprehensive non-dilutive funding and commercialization planning program
We dig deep and use our technical expertise to provide valuable insights for our customers. This is SEMSCIO’s strength compared with other consulting companies.
Entrepreneurship experience:
Before founding SEMSCIO, Colleen founded two companies in Clearwater, FL. One of these companies was Clean Fuel Cell Energy, LLC, a profitable renewable energy business that served scientists, engineers, and professors all over the world. The website featured more than 250 pages and attracted more than 10,000 visitors per month. Clean Fuel Cell Energy distributed and manufactured a wide range of products including fuel cell stacks, materials, chemicals, catalysts, test equipment, and educational kits.
Clean Fuel Cell Energy’s storefront was located in Clearwater, Florida, where it shipped its products internationally, and served more than 20 universities monthly. CFCE manufactured Teflon®-based carbon cloth, fuel cell catalyst coatings, fuel cell stacks, and electrolyzers for R&D purposes to universities and privately-held companies worldwide.
Dr. Spiegel’s other company was Modern Education, LLC, which was a monthly educational newspaper that was distributed to 300 locations in the Tampa Bay area.
Employers:
As an employee, Dr. Spiegel worked as a scientist and engineer for companies such as Bausch & Lomb, Catalent Pharma Solutions, and Draper Laboratory.
Consultant:
Dr. Spiegel has been a consultant for over 170 companies during her career. Over 150 of these have been directly related to helping companies with non-dilutive funding, business strategy, and engineering & scientific recommendations.
Teaching experience:
Dr. Spiegel has been an adjunct professor for St. Petersburg College in the Tampa Bay area since 2016 for various chemistry, physics, and engineering technology courses.
Incubator and accelerator experience:
Dr. Spiegel has been part of the University of Tampa business accelerator program, the PASCO EDU business incubator program, the DawnBreaker Phase 0 program, and has been a consultant for Larta’s CAP program.
Publications:
Dr. Spiegel has authored many titles including scientific and engineering textbooks: ‘Designing and Building Fuel Cells’ (McGraw-Hill, 2007), and ‘PEM Fuel Cell Modeling and Simulation Using MATLAB’ (Elsevier Science, 2008), in-depth market research books ‘Opportunities for Coal-Based Products’ (BCC Research, 2006) and Global Electronics:
High Growth Products and New Markets (BCC Research, 2007), Commercial Amino Acids (BCC Research, 2008), and educational texts “Renewable Energy Science Education Book” (Horizon Fuel Cell Technologies, 2009).
Publicly Available Work
SAM.gov Registration in One Day
Are you a small business owner, startup founder or an entrepreneur hoping to land government contracts, secure grants or tap into federal funding? “SAM.gov Registration in One Day” is a thorough, step-by-step guide made to walk you through every part of signing up your business with the System for Award Management (SAM). If you haven’t heard of it, that’s the government’s official site for businesses that want to work with federal agencies. This practical guide is here to help you move through the registration smoothly…
The Startup's Guide to a Winning Commercialization Plan
Starting a business is no easy feat, but turning your big idea into something you can actually sell? That’s a whole other level of tough. That’s exactly where “The Startup’s Guide to a Winning Commercialization Plan” comes in handy. Whether you’re working on a shiny new tech platform, a cutting-edge biomedical gadget, or a consumer product no one’s seen before, this guide walks you through each step of building a solid plan to get your creation out into the…
Energy All Around Us: A Fun Book About Energy for Kids
“Energy All Around Us” was written to introduce young learners—especially kids in kindergarten through third grade—to the exciting world of energy in a way that feels playful, simple, and instantly relatable. With colorful illustrations and clear, friendly explanations, this book helps children see that energy is part of everything they do, from the sunshine that helps plants grow to the motion of their favorite toys. Based on real classroom needs and aligned with the…
Designing And Building Fuel Cells
McGraw-Hill wanted a fuel cell textbook that would appeal to professionals in industry, professors, college students, and regular people that are interested in fuel cell technology. I wrote this textbook from the perspective of trying to help new engineers learn about this technology. I pitched this idea to McGraw-Hill based upon my experience as a new engineer trying to piece together all of the important elements and areas of understanding in order to design and build fuel cell stacks and advance fuel cell technology…
PEM Modeling and Simulation using Matlab
Elsevier Science wanted a fuel cell textbook based upon mathematical modeling that would appeal to professionals in industry, professors, and college students. I wrote this textbook based upon the current state of the art in fuel cell modeling in 2007 – 2008. I pitched this idea to Elsevier Science based upon my compilation of mathematical models that I was creating in 2007. The Table of Contents for this textbook is given here. The textbook is 456 pages with over 100 illustrations…
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