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RESEARCH CONFERENCE14-16th December 2015

Bringing the hydrogen and fuel cell research community together, inspiring collaborative research, and driving innovation

www.h2fcsupergen.com

Conference VenueChancellors’ Building,

University of Bath Claverton Down, Bath, BA2 7AY

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CONTENTSProgramme.........................................................................................................3

Campus Map & Travel Advice........................................................................7

Speakers...............................................................................................................8

Poster Presentation List..................................................................................14

What to see in Bath.........................................................................................16

Conference Dinner..........................................................................................17

Upcoming Events ...........................................................................................18

About H2FC SUPERGEN.............................................................................19

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Abstracts of presentations available on the conference page @ www.h2fcsurpergen.com

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H2F

C SU

PERG

EN B

ath

Conf

eren

ce A

gend

aM

onda

y, D

ecem

ber 1

4, 2

015

12:0

0-13

:15

Regi

stra

tion

& B

uffe

t Lun

ch [R

oom

3.1

]P

len

ary

Se

ssio

n [

Lect

ure

Thea

tre 2

.6]

13:1

5-13

:30

Wel

com

e an

d In

trodu

ctio

n, N

igel

Bra

ndon

(Im

peri

al C

olle

ge)

13:3

0-14

:00

Plen

ary:

Joh

n Lo

ughh

ead

(Chi

ef S

cien

tific

Advi

sor,

DEC

C)

Th

e Ro

le o

f Hyd

roge

n an

d of

Fue

l Cel

ls in

the

UK E

nerg

y Sy

stem

14:0

0 - 1

4:30

Plen

ary:

Kat

hryn

Mag

nay

(Hea

d of

the

RCU

K En

ergy

Pro

gram

me,

EPS

RC)

EP

SRC’

s En

ergy

Pro

gram

me

and

the

Outlo

ok o

n Hy

drog

en a

nd F

uel C

ells

14:3

0 - 1

5:00

Plen

ary:

Sub

hasi

sh M

uker

jee

(Cer

es P

ower

)

So

lid O

xide

FCs

Stat

us a

nd C

halle

nges

15:0

0 - 1

5:30

Brea

k [R

oom

3.1

& 3

.5]

PEFC

s I

- cha

ired

by R

alph

Cla

gue

[Lec

ture

Thea

tre

2.6

]N

ovel

FC

mat

eria

ls &

Sys

tem

s - c

haire

d by

Dan

Bre

tt

[R

oom

4.1

]

15:3

0 - 1

5:50

Dan

iel M

alko

: Opt

imisa

tion

stra

tegy

for M

EAs

oper

ated

with

no

n-pr

ecio

us m

etal

cat

hode

cat

alys

ts

- I

mpe

rial C

olle

ge L

ondo

n

Mus

saw

ar A

hmad

: Det

erm

inin

g th

e op

timal

ass

embl

y se

quen

ce o

f a fu

el c

ell

usin

g a

nove

l des

ign

for a

ssem

bly

drive

n co

mpl

exity

mod

el- U

nive

rsity

of B

irmin

gham

15:5

0 - 1

6:10

Moh

amm

ed I

smai

l: On

the

stru

ctur

e of

the

cath

ode

cata

lyst

laye

r ag

glom

erat

es in

PEF

Cs: a

num

erica

l stu

dy

- U

nive

rsity

of S

heffi

eld

Yife

i Wan

g: A

vap

our f

eed

micr

oflui

dic

fuel

cel

l pro

toty

pe w

ith h

igh

fuel

and

en

ergy

effi

cienc

y - U

nive

rsity

of H

ong

Kong

16:1

0 - 1

6:30

Que

ntin

Mey

er: E

ffect

of G

DL d

esig

n an

d st

ruct

ure

on th

e pe

rfor-

man

ce o

f air-

cool

ed, o

pen-

cath

ode

fuel

cel

ls us

ing

hydr

o-el

ectro

-ther

mal

ana

lysis

- UC

LJa

vier

Rub

io-G

arci

a: H

ydro

gen/

man

gane

se re

gene

rativ

e fu

el c

ell

- Im

peria

l Col

lege

Lon

don

16:3

0 - 1

6:50

Yaxi

ang

Lu: I

nteg

rate

d ca

taly

st e

lect

rode

s ba

sed

on P

dPt

nano

dend

rites

- Un

ivers

ity o

f Birm

ingh

amJo

chen

Fri

edl:

Inte

rmed

iate

tem

pera

ture

s di

rect

eth

anol

fuel

cel

ls - U

nive

rsity

of N

ewca

stle

16:5

0 - 1

7:10

Kath

rin

Preu

ss: B

iom

ass-

deriv

ed p

orou

s ca

rbon

s fo

r the

oxy

gen

re-

duct

ion

reac

tion

in P

EM fu

el c

ells

- Que

en M

ary

Unive

rsity

of L

ondo

nBe

n de

Lau

ne: P

erox

ide

prod

uctio

n in

sch

afar

zikite

rela

ted

syst

ems

- Uni

vers

ity o

f Birm

ingh

am

17:3

0 -1

8:00

3 M

inut

e Th

esis

Pre

sent

atio

ns (

3MT)

- Ch

aire

d by

Tim

May

s [L

ectu

re T

heat

re 2

.6]

18:0

0 - 1

9:30

Post

ers

& N

etw

orki

ng D

rink

s [R

oom

3.9

] Fr

ee E

veni

ng

4

Tues

day,

Dec

embe

r 15,

201

5 P

len

ary

Se

ssio

n [L

ectu

re T

heat

re 2

.6]

09:0

0 - 0

9:30

Bj

ørn

C. H

auba

ck (

Phys

ics

Dep

t. H

ead

of I

nstit

ute

for

Ener

gy T

echn

olog

y), N

orw

ay

Hydr

ogen

Sto

rage

: lat

est d

evel

opm

ents

and

cha

lleng

es, r

esea

rch

wor

k

09:3

0 - 1

0:00

Ralp

h Cl

ague

(In

telli

gent

Ene

rgy,

Hea

d of

Sys

tem

s an

d Ar

chite

ctur

e)

PE

M F

uel C

ell S

yste

m E

ngin

eerin

g

10:0

0 - 1

0:30

Kevi

n Fo

ther

gill

(Joh

nson

Mat

they

, Com

mer

cial

Dir

ecto

r no

n-au

tom

otiv

e bu

sine

ss)

Rese

arch

and

Dev

elop

men

ts in

Fue

l Cel

ls at

Joh

nson

Mat

they

; App

licat

ion

Proj

ects

and

Fut

ure

Pros

pect

s fo

r Fue

l Cel

ls 10

:30

- 11:

00Br

eak

[Roo

m 3

.1 &

3.5

]

H2

Stor

age

I - c

haire

d by

Dav

id B

ook

[Lec

ture

Thea

tre

2.6

]PE

FCs

II -

chai

red

by A

ntho

ny K

ucer

nak

[Room

4.1

]

11:0

0 - 1

1:20

Laur

a Br

avo

Dia

z: N

ew a

ppro

ache

s on

sol

id s

tate

H2

stor

age

mat

eria

ls fo

r por

tabl

e po

wer

app

licat

ions

- Un

ivers

ity o

f Gla

sgow

and

EU

- JR

C: In

stitu

te fo

r Ene

rgy

& Tr

ansp

ort

Kier

an F

ahy:

Met

al m

eshe

s an

d fo

ams

as G

DLs

for P

EMFC

s

- Im

peria

l Col

lege

Lon

don

11:2

0 - 1

1:40

Kata

rzyn

a Po

lak-

Kras

na: C

hara

cter

isatio

n of

pol

ymer

of i

ntrin

sic

m

icrop

oros

ity fo

r hyd

roge

n st

orag

e ap

plica

tions

- Un

ivers

ity o

f Bat

hLe

i Mao

: Inv

estig

atio

n of

sen

sor s

elec

tion

for P

EM fu

el c

ell p

rogn

ostic

s -

Loug

hbou

roug

h Un

ivers

ity

11:4

0 - 1

2:00

Lei

ghto

n H

olyfi

eld:

PIM

-MOF

com

posit

es fo

r use

in h

ybrid

hyd

roge

n st

orag

e ta

nks

- Uni

vers

ity o

f Bat

hM

atth

ew M

arki

ewic

z: M

easu

rem

ent a

nd e

valu

atio

n of

tran

spor

t pro

perti

es

of P

EMFC

ele

ctro

des

- Im

peria

l Col

lege

Lon

don

12:0

0 - 1

2:30

Nun

o Bi

mbo

: An

alys

is of

cry

ocha

rgin

g an

d cr

yoki

netic

s in

hig

h-pr

essu

re

hydr

ogen

ads

orpt

ive s

tora

ge -

Unive

rsity

of L

anca

ster

Mig

uel M

olin

a G

arci

a: O

xyge

n re

duct

ion

perfo

rman

ce o

f Pt d

epos

ited

on

diffe

rent

car

bon

supp

orts

in a

lkal

ine

med

ia -

Unive

rsity

of B

irmin

gham

12:3

0 - 1

3:30

Lunc

h [R

oom

3.1

& 3

.5]

Ple

na

ry T

alk

- Ch

aire

d by

Stu

art H

awks

wor

th [L

ectu

re T

heat

re 2

.6]

13:3

0 - 1

4:00

Dm

itriy

Mak

arov

(U

nive

rsity

of U

lste

r)

Fire

Res

istan

ce a

nd T

herm

al p

rote

ctio

n of

hig

h-pr

essu

re h

ydro

gen

stor

age

tank

s

5

H2

Safe

ty &

Edu

catio

n - c

haire

d by

Stu

art H

awks

wor

th

[Lec

ture

Thea

tre

2.6

]SO

FCs

I- c

haire

d by

Joh

n Ir

vine

[R

oom

4.1

]

14:0

0 - 1

4:20

Jona

than

Hal

l: Hy

drog

en re

sear

ch a

t HSL

: An

over

view

, inc

ludi

ng

atta

ched

hig

h pr

essu

re je

ts

Paul

Bol

drin

: Im

preg

nate

d CG

O sc

affo

lds

for S

OFC

anod

es –

con

nect

ing

fabr

icatio

n pa

ram

eter

s an

d m

ater

ials

stru

ctur

e w

ith c

atal

ytic

and

elec

troca

taly

tic p

rope

rties

- Im

peria

l Col

lege

Lon

don

14:2

0 - 1

4:40

Chan

dra

Vend

ra: N

umer

ical m

odel

ling

of p

rem

ixed

hydr

ogen

de

flagr

atio

n in

refu

ellin

g co

nges

tion

- Uni

vers

ity o

f War

wick

Anto

nio

Bert

ei: P

hysic

ally-

base

d in

terp

reta

tion

of im

peda

nce

spec

tra o

f so

lid o

xide

fuel

cel

l ano

des

- Im

peria

l Col

lege

Lon

don

14:4

0 - 1

5:00

Serg

ii Ka

shka

rov:

Rup

ture

of a

hig

h pr

essu

re h

ydro

gen

vess

el in

a fi

re:

pred

ictio

n of

bla

st w

ave

para

met

ers

- Ulst

er U

nive

rsity

Stev

in S

. Pra

man

a: C

ryst

allo

grap

hy a

nd o

xyge

n m

igra

tion

dyna

mics

in

ceriu

m n

ioba

te -

Impe

rial C

olle

ge L

ondo

n

15:5

0 - 1

5:20

Yang

kyun

Kim

: Kin

etics

and

ther

mal

per

form

ance

of e

poxy

-bas

ed in

tu-

mes

cent

pai

nt fo

r the

rmal

pro

tect

ion

of h

igh-

pres

sure

hyd

roge

n st

orag

e - U

lster

Uni

vers

ity

Geo

rge

Har

ring

ton:

Mec

hano

-che

mica

l eng

inee

ring:

Can

stra

ined

oxid

e io

n co

nduc

tors

pro

vide

a ro

ute

to n

ext-g

ener

atio

n SO

FC d

evice

s fo

r ene

rgy

conv

ersio

n? -

Kyus

hu U

nive

rsity

(Jap

an)

15:2

0 - 1

5:40

Zaki

S. S

aldi

: Com

puta

tiona

l mod

ellin

g of

ther

mal

dec

ompo

sitio

n an

d fir

e re

sista

nce

of ty

pe-4

hyd

roge

n cy

linde

rs in

eng

ulfin

g pr

opan

e fir

e -

Unive

rsity

of W

arw

ickTo

bias

Hub

er: A

nion

and

cat

ion

diffu

sion

prop

ertie

s of

gra

in b

ound

ary

engi

neer

ed S

r-dop

ed L

aMnO

3 - M

IT (U

SA)

15:4

0 - 1

6:10

Brea

k [R

oom

3.1

& 3

.5]

SOFC

s II

- Ch

aire

d by

Nig

el B

rand

on

[Lec

ture

Thea

tre

2.6

]H

2 St

orag

e II

- ch

aire

d by

Tim

May

s [

Room

4.1

]

16:1

0 - 1

6:30

Enri

que

Ruiz

-Tre

jo: P

atte

rned

ele

ctro

des

for t

he s

tudy

of C

O/CO

2 el

ectro

lysis

- Im

peria

l Col

lege

Lon

don

Oliv

er I

Dea

vin:

Des

tabi

lisat

ion

of L

iBH4

usin

g Ni

ckel

-

Unive

rsity

of N

ottin

gham

16:3

0 - 1

6:50

Robe

rt P

rice

: La0

.20S

r0.2

5Ca0

.45T

iO3

as a

sol

id o

xide

fuel

cel

l ano

de

‘bac

kbon

e’ m

ater

ial:

impr

ovin

g pe

rform

ance

thro

ugh

micr

ostru

ctur

al

cont

rol -

St-A

ndre

ws

Unive

rsity

Shah

rouz

Nay

ebos

sadr

i: De

sign

and

deve

lopm

ent o

f a d

omes

tic tw

o-st

age

met

al h

ydrid

e co

mpr

esso

r: al

loys

dev

elop

men

t - U

nive

rsity

of B

irmin

gham

16:5

0 - 1

7:10

Vija

y Ve

nkat

esan

: Per

form

ance

test

ing

of n

ovel

wav

y-ty

pe s

ingl

e ch

am-

ber s

olid

oxid

e fu

el c

ell -

Lou

ghbo

roug

h Un

ivers

ityTo

m W

ood:

Isot

opic

stud

ies

of th

e m

echa

nism

of a

mm

onia

dec

ompo

sitio

n m

edia

ted

by s

odiu

m a

mid

e - S

TFC

17:1

0 - 1

7:30

Dan

iel R

eed:

Det

erm

inat

ion

of p

hase

tran

sitio

ns, A

-site

diff

usio

n an

d en

ergi

es o

f reo

rient

atio

n of

per

ovsk

ites

by in

situ

var

iabl

e te

mpe

ratu

re

ram

an s

pect

rosc

opy

- Uni

vers

ity o

f Birm

ingh

am

Rosa

lind

Dav

ies:

Effe

ct o

f red

ucin

g th

e ha

lide

cont

ent o

f lith

ium

am

ide

halid

es o

n st

ruct

ure

and

hydr

ogen

sto

rage

reac

tions

- Uni

vers

ity o

f Birm

ingh

am

Ple

na

ry T

alk

s -

Chai

red

by T

im M

ays

- [Le

cture

Thea

tre

2.6

]

17:3

0-18

:00

Ben

Mad

den

(Ele

men

t Ene

rgy,

Dir

ecto

r) -

Hydr

ogen

and

fuel

cel

ls in

the

UK: c

urre

nt s

tatu

s an

d fu

ture

out

look

(201

5)

18:0

0-18

:30

Chan

g So

o Ki

m (K

IER

- S. K

orea

) - R

&D S

tatu

s an

d Pr

opec

ts o

n Fu

el C

ells

in K

orea

19:3

0-20

:00

Dri

nks

Rece

ptio

n (T

he A

ssem

bly

Room

s)20

:00-

23:0

0D

inne

r (Th

e As

sem

bly

Room

s)

6

Wed

nesd

ay, D

ecem

ber 1

6, 2

015

Plen

ary

& H

2FC

Syst

ems

09:0

0 - 0

9:30

Ple

na

ry T

alk

: N

ick

Van

Dijk

(IT

M, H

ead

of R

&D

)

Up

date

s on

Ele

ctro

lyse

r Dev

elop

men

t

[L

ectu

re T

heat

re 2

.6]

09:3

0 - 0

9:50

Nic

k H

acki

ng: I

nsig

hts

from

hyd

roge

n fu

el c

ell (

HFC)

inno

vatio

n an

d di

ffusio

n in

Ger

man

y an

d th

e Un

ited

King

dom

(195

4 to

201

2)

- Im

peria

l Col

lege

Lon

don

09:5

0 - 1

0:10

Shei

la S

amsa

tli -

Mod

ellin

g re

new

able

hyd

roge

n va

lue

chai

ns a

nd in

tegr

ated

net

wor

ks in

the

UK -

Impe

rial C

olle

ge L

ondo

n

10:1

0 - 1

0:30

Thom

as B

acqu

art:

Rec

ent d

evel

opm

ent o

n hy

drog

en im

purit

y an

alys

is - N

atio

nal P

hysic

al L

abor

ator

y

10:3

0 - 1

1:00

Brea

k [R

oom

3.1

& 3

.5]

H2

Prod

uctio

n &

Dis

trib

utio

n -

chai

red

by I

an M

etca

lfe

[Lec

ture

The

atre

2.6

]

11:0

0 - 1

1:20

Rhys

Jon

es: M

axim

ising

bio

hydr

ogen

yie

lds

via

in s

itu re

mov

al o

f end

pro

duct

s - U

nive

rsity

of S

outh

Wal

es

11:2

0 - 1

1:40

Chi H

o W

ong:

Agi

ng e

ffect

s of

dua

l-pha

se S

cSZ/

LSCr

F m

embr

ane

for h

ydro

gen

prod

uctio

n - I

mpe

rial C

olle

ge L

ondo

n

11:4

0 - 1

2:00

Gul

can

Serd

arog

lu: E

ffect

of m

icros

truct

ure

on th

e pe

rform

ance

of p

orou

s ni

ckel

ele

ctro

des

for a

lkal

ine

elec

troly

sers

- Un

ivers

ity o

f Not

tingh

am

12:0

0 - 1

2:20

Ruth

Pea

rce:

Cha

ract

erisa

tion

of m

embr

anes

for h

ydro

gen

purifi

catio

n an

d en

richm

ent o

f im

purit

ies

to fa

cilita

te p

urity

ana

lysis

of f

uel c

ell h

ydro

gen

- Na

tiona

l Phy

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There are a number of frequent Bus Services available from the city centre to the campus: U1, U18, X18, U10, 20A and 20C. Bath Bus Station is located on Dorchester Street, a short walk to your left as you exit the train station. Buses to the University stop opposite the bus station. A bus journey from the train station will take 10-15 minutes. Closest car park to Chancellors’ building is East Car Park (others car parks can be used too): use Parking Permit with a pay and display parking ticket costing £4.50/day. Abbey Taxi Telephone: 01225 444444.

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Prof. John Loughhead Professor John Loughhead is the Chief Scientific Advisor at the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC). John joined DECC from the position of Executive Director at the UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC). Prior to that John was Corporate Vice-Pres-ident of Technology and Intellectual Property at Alstom. Until recently, John was the UK-China Science Focal Point for Energy and Renewables and a member of the European Energy Research Alliance Executive Committee.

John has been active in energy systems research for over 30 years, developing new generation, conversion and system technologies, and has had extensive interactions with UK and international government bodies on energy policy and technology development. He is Past-President of the UK’s Institution of Engineering and Technology, Fellow of the UK and Australian National Academies of Engineering, Professor of Engineering Cardiff University and Fellow of Queen Mary University of London.

Plenary Speakers and Chairs

Kathryn Magnay is Head of Energy at EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council) and as such heads the RCUK (Research Councils UK) Energy Programme. Kathryn has spent 15 years at the Research Councils Managing investments in Engineering and Manufacturing and supporting EPSRC’s strategic relationships with its 23 largest University partners.

Kathryn Magnay

Dr. Subhasish Mukerjee

Dr Subhasish Mukerjee is currently the Director of Fuel Cell Development at Ceres Power Limited. He is responsible for all aspects of the development of fuel cell technology. Dr. Mukerjee has extensive experience in fuel cells and has worked previously at BP and at Delphi Corporation as Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Technology Leader (1999 - 2012). Dr. Mukerjee holds numerous patents and has published widely on fuel cell technology.  He gained his PhD at Yale University and postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard University.

Dr. Ralph ClagueRalph spent 8 years in internal combustion engine design and analysis before starting a PhD at Imperial College in fuel cell failure prediction. After gain-ing his PhD, Ralph worked as an independent consultant on advanced vehicle powertrains at McLaren, EVO-Electric and Gordon Murray Design. Ralph has been at Intelligent Energy for over three years, where he was Technical Lead on the Suzuki fuel cell motorbike program and now holds the position of Head of Systems and Architecture, responsible for designing motive fuel cell vehicle powertrains. Ralph has a visiting fellowship at Imperial College and is a fellow of the IMechE.

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Kevin Fothergill

Prof. Dan BrettProfessor Dan Brett is Professor of Electrochemical Engineering, Dept. Chemical Eng. UCL. He is co-Director of the Electrochemical Innovation Lab (www.ucl.ac.uk/eil) and the UCL Director of the National Centre for Grid Scale Energy Storage. DB’s research, which has attracted > £14 million of funding, focuses on electrochemical energy conversion and storage research, including modelling, testing, engineering design, device fabrication and techno-economic analysis (>130 peer reviewed journal publications, 5 patents, h = 25). His fuel cell research has been commercialised through the formation of Amalyst (low cost catalysts) and Bramble Energy (novel fuel cell stack technology based on printed circuit boards, with Imperial College).

Prof. Bjørn HaubackProfessor Bjørn C. Hauback is Department Head and Chief Scientist of the Physics Department, Institute for Energy Technology and adjunct professor of Physics at the University of Oslo in Norway. He has a PhD in physics from Norwegian Institute of Technology from 1988. His main interests are structure-property relationships of hydrogen storage materials and neutron diffraction. Hauback led the Task 22 on hydrogen storage materials of the IEA Hydrogen Implementation Agreement in 2006-2012, and he was the co-chair of the Gordon Research Conference Hydrogen-Metal Systems in July 2015.

Dr. Dmitriy MakarovDr Dmitriy Makarov obtained his PhD from Bauman State Technical Uni-versity (Russia) in 1995, joined the University of Ulster (UK) in 2000, and currently is a reader in Hydrogen Safety at Hydrogen Safety Engineering and Research Centre (HySAFER) of Ulster University. His area of expertise is applied research for hydrogen safety – hydrogen releases and combus-tion including fires, deflagrations and detonations; hazards assessment using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD); developing models for Large Eddy Simulation (LES) of safety-related problems. He is a named research-er in HySafe, HyCourse, HySafest, HyPER, HyFacts, HyIndoor, H2FC, HyResponse, etc., principal investigator of projects EC FCH-JU SUSANA and H2FC SUPERGEN Challenge (UK). Total number of publications 90+.

Kevin Fothergill is Business Director at Johnson Matthey Fuel Cells with responsibility for stationary and portable applications. His remit includes sales, marketing, manufacturing and strategic development. He is responsible for developing sales of novel electrochemical components to customers in the very early stages of a huge potential market. The customer base ranges from large multinational companies to venture capital funded start-ups in a wide range of applications. Kevin has worked with fuel cells for the past 11 years and has been involved in the development and introduction of new products throughout his career of 30 years with ICI and Johnson Matthey. He has a degree in chemistry from Newcastle University and an MBA from Durham University.

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Dr. Chang Soo Kim

Ben Madden

Ben Madden is a director in Element Energy’s London office. Ben has over 15 years experience in hydrogen and fuel cells, with a focus on transport and microCHP applications. In the transport sector Ben has led many of the recent roll-out projects (such as the French and UK H2Mobility projects) as well as helping to start and then run some of the largest hydrogen demonstration and deployment projects (such as HyFIVE and H2ME). In the microCHP sector, Ben has worked with a number of microCHP product developers and has helped initiate and then run the ene.field and PACE Eu-ropean roll-out programs. He has also led Element’s policy work in alternative fuels for transport, working with Government and industry stakeholders to develop robust evidence, on the basis of which sound policy can be developed.

Dr. Stuart HawksworthSince April 2014, Stuart has been the Head of Strategic Management in the Major Hazards, Health and Safety Laboratory at HSE Science Di-rectorate. Before that he that held an operations role as Head of Major Hazards Unit at HSL. His current areas of interest include technology development and process safety across all sectors, but particularly ener-gy/power. He has helped develop a Cross Cutting Energy Storage Joint Industry Project for HSE’s Shared Research Programme; performed oversight of the High Hydrogen Project that HSL is delivering for the Energy Technologies Institute; acted as sub task leader in IEA Hydrogen Implementing Agreement Safety Task and taken an advisory role in the EU Firecomp project. He is an active member of the International Association of Hydrogen Safety, HySafe.

Dr. Kim has over 30 years experience in Fuel Cell development, especially on PAFCs (Phosphoric Acid Fuel Cell) and PEMFCs (Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell). He received his BS and MS in Ceram-ic Engineering from Yonsei University, and Ph.D. in Material Science from Korea Advanced Institute of Science and technology.

Dr Kim is also a professional engineer, and worked as a visiting scientist at the Argonne National Laboratory from 1982-1983. He has been an Editorial Member of the International Journal of Hydrogen Energy since 2003. He holds 5 patents in the United States and 100 patents in Korea in Fuel Cells and is the author of over 200 scientific papers.

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Dr. Emma Guthrie

Emma Guthrie is Business Development Manager at Hydrogen Energy Systems. She is responsible for managing hydrogen energy projects in the UK, including the EC funded project HyTEC, where Air Products is the project coordinator. She also represents Air Products in a number of UK organizations including the London Hydrogen Partnership.

Prof. Nigel Brandon

Professor Nigel Brandon is Director of the Energy Futures Lab and Professor of Sustainable Development in Energy at Imperial College London. Prior to this he has held positions at BP and Rolls Royce. His research focuses around electrochemical power sources such as fuel cells, batteries, and hybrid systems. He collaborates extensively with industry in this field, as well with other research centres and universities around the world. He is a founder of Ceres Power (www.cerespower.com), an AIM listed fuel cell company spun out from Imperial College. He leads the Research Synthesis branch of H2FC SUPERGEN.

Dr. Nick van DijkDr Nick van Dijk is the Research Director at ITM Power, the world leading electrolyser manufacturer. Nick has over 15 years industrial R&D experience in the electrochemical sector. Prior to joining ITM Nick was a research manager at Unilever, a large multinational blue chip company where he led the international corrosion network and managed a number of in-ternational research/product development projects. Before joining Unilever Nick was the R&D Manager at Metalysis, a Cambridge University spin-out developing the direct electrochemical reduction of metal oxides in molten salts. Nick trained (PhD and post-doc) under the eminent electrochemist Prof Stephen Fletcher where he worked on redox flow batteries, lithium batteries, fuel cells and supercapacitors.

Dr. David BookDr David Book is a Reader in Energy Materials and Head of Hydrogen Materials Group at the University of Birmingham. He has also held positions at the Department of Materials Science, Tohoku University (Sendai, Japan). He co-leads the Hydrogen Storage arm of H2FC SUPERGEN. Dr Book’s research currently centres on: various solid-state hydrogen storage materials (porous, Mg alloys, complex hydrides and nanocarbon); dense-metal membranes for hydrogen separation; microstructural processing of materials using hydrogen; detrimental hydrides within cladding materials of nuclear fission reactors; and rare-earth permanent magnetic materials. He has been a UK expert in the International Energy Agency Task 22 on Hydrogen Storage since 2005.

H2FC SUPERGEN Management Board

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Prof. John IrvineProfessor John Irvine is Professor of Chemistry at the University of St Andrews, Chairman of the Scottish Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Association, and leads the SOFC and SOEC working group at H2FC SUPERGEN. His research interests include solid state ionics, new materials, ceramic processing, electrochemistry, fuel cell technolo-gy, photoelectrochemistry, electrochemical conversion and heterogeneous catalysis. In 2005 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and in 2008 re-ceived the Royal Society of Chemistry Materials Chemistry Award. He has over 300 publications in refereed journals including Nature and Nature Materials. He developed the Hybrid Direct Carbon Fuel Cell, has a leading role the field of developing redox stable, coking tolerant oxide electrodes for SOFCs and discovered the first significant interstitial oxide ion conductor.

Prof. Anthony Kucernak

Professor Anthony Kucernak is Professor of Physical Chemistry in the Depart-ment of Chemistry, Imperial College London, a position he has held since 2009. In 2006 he won the Helmut Fisher medal for his work leading to innovative progress in fuel cell electrode structure and new fundamental results in electrocatalysis of nanoparticles. His research focuses on various aspects of solid polymer electrolyte fuel cells, supercapacitors, and the design of new electrochemical techniques. He is also the holder of five patents and has been Principal Investigator on 13 success-ful EPSRC projects. He leads the Polymer Electrolye Fuel Cells working group at H2FC SUPERGEN.

Dr. Tim MaysDr Tim Mays is a Senior Lecturer in Chemical and Materials Engineering at the University of Bath and co-leads the Hydrogen Storage stream with H2FC SUPERGEN. He has published around 100 research articles and been inves-tigator in over £5.5m research council, EU and industrial grants at Bath. Dr Mays’ research has led to significant developments in the measurement and analysis of H2 storage in metal-organic frameworks and other nanostructured materials. He is an EPSRC Knowledge Transfer Account Fellow, sponsored by DECC and UKERC, gauging current national capability in H2 energy (including updating the UKERC hydrogen research atlas).

Prof. Ian MetcalfeProfessor Ian Metcalfe leads the Hydrogen Production arm of H2FC SUPERGEN, and is Professor of Chemical Engineering at Newcastle Uni-versity. Professor Metcalfe’s work is primarily in the area of oxidation kinetics and oxide catalysis - in particular, the uses of ionically conduct-ing materials in catalytic systems. This interest has led to work on ceramic fuel cells, electrochemical reactors and sensors using both oxygen-ion and proton conducting systems. He has published over 100 refereed papers and is the author of a text book in the area of kinetics and reaction engineering. He is a Fellow of both the Institution of Chemical Engineers and the Royal Academy of Engineering.

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Prof. Vladimir MolkovProfessor Vladimir Molkov is Professor of Fire Safety Science at the University of Ulster and the Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Safety Work Pack-age Leader with H2FC Supergen. He has established, at the University of Ulster, a new direction of research in the area of fire and explosion safety. In 2006, at the University of Ulster, he initiated the development of the MSc in Hydrogen Safety Engineering, the World’s first postgraduate pro-gramme in hydrogen safety. Recent and current European projects include NoE HySafe, STREP HYPER, TrainHy-Prof, HyFacts, Hy-Cube, HyIndoor, H2FC European Infrastructure, SUSANA and HyResponse.

Prof. Nilay ShahProfessor Nilay Shah is Professor of Process Systems Engineering at Imperi-al College London, and leads the H2 and FC Systems working group.

He has lectured in chemical engineering since 1992 and has been Direc-tor of the Centre for Process Systems Engineering since 2009. His team are working on a multiscale modelling approach that combines demand, supply, technologies, storage and hydrogen transport which can be used to explore the ways in which hydrogen will be generated, moved, stored and used under future scenarios. Professor Shah has co-authored over 100 technical papers.

Professor Robert Steinberger-Wilckens is Director of the Centre for Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Research at the University of Birmingham. He has worked on renewable energies and energy efficiency since 1982, and in the field of hydrogen and fuel cells since 1997. He has participated in various European Commission projects and has authored over 120 journal and proceedings papers. He was Chairman of the 2008 World Solid Oxide Fuel Cells conference in Lucerne, and runs Education and Training work pack-age with H2FC SUPERGEN.

Prof. Robert Steinberger-Wilckens

Professor Paul Ekins is Professor of Resources and Environmental Policy, Director of the UCL Institute for Sustainable Resources, and Director of Research at the School of Energy and Resources at Uni-versity College London. He is Co-Director of the UK Energy Research Centre, in charge of its Energy Systems theme and also leads UCL’s involvement in large research consortia on Hydrogen and, until recently, Bioenergy. He is a member of the Expert Panel of the UK National Eco-system Assessment, and from 2002-2008 he was a Member of the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution. He also has extensive expe-rience consulting for business, government and international organisa-tions and is Chair of the UCL Green Economy Policy Commission.

Prof. Paul Ekins

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WHAT TO SEE IN BATHBath is a beautiful city with a history going back to the Roman period, while its sacred springs may have been used for millennia before that. Today, the entire town centre is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

The Roman Baths (Stall St, BA1 1LZ)

The Herschel Museum of Astronomy19 New King Street BA1 2B

The Royal CrescentAn iconic landmark of the city, the Royal Crescent can be found north-west of the old town, near the Bath Assembly Rooms. The Crescent was built between 1767 and 1775, and is one of the finest examples of wealthy Georgian architecture in Britain. The lawns may be cold for a picnic this week, but at night it makes for a magical place to walk.

This small and sweet museum is actually the house from which William Herschel discovered the planet Uranus. in 1781. The museum contains replicas of Herschel’s telescopes, as well as a selection of celestial globes, armillary spheres and designs. It’s not the most glamourous museum in the world, but the rooms can provide an hour of quiet joy for astronomy fans. Open 1pm - 5pm, tickets £6.

The Must-See tourist attraction in Bath. Not open for bathing, sadly (you can do that down the road), but these baths are some of the most spectacular Roman ruins in the world. A beautifully reconstructed, open air bath leads down into the underground chambers containing remnants of the original engineering and a fascinating museum. Open 9:30am - 5pm, tickets £14.

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DINNER VENUEThe official conference drinks reception will be held at 7:30pm, Tuesday 15th December, at the Great Octagon Room in The Assembly Rooms (Bennett St, Bath, BA1 2QH) - City Centre. Dinner will then follow at 8pm in the adjacent Tea Room.

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UPCOMING EVENTS

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SAF G34 Imperial College London

Tuesday 12th April 2016

Chaired by:Prof. Mike Walls, Loughborough UniversityProf. Peter Bruce, University of Oxford

Confirmed Speakers:

• Dr. Murray Thomson, Loughborough University• Prof. Ralph Gottschalg, Loughborough University• Prof. Nigel Brandon, Imperial College London• Dr. Paul Westacott, DECC

Tickets:Student - £20

Non-student - £40

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Fuel Cell & Hydrogen Technical Conference, Millenium Point, Birmingham

Save the date for 25th and 26th May 2016

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The hydrogen and fuel cells SUPERGEN is funded by the Research Councils UK Energy Programme, as part of the government’s Sustainable Power Generation and Supply initiative. It was set up in 2012 to address the key challenges facing the hydrogen and fuel cell sector as it strives to provide cost competitive, low carbon technologies in a more secure UK energy landscape. The main hub activities consist of the following:

MULTIDISCIPLINARY COLLABORATION

The H2FC SUPERGEN consists of a multidisplinary team of academics. The core research programme for the hub includes: Policy – Research synthesis – Hydro-gen and Fuel Cell Systems – Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Safety – Education and training – Hydrogen storage – Polymer Electrolyte Fuel cells – Solid Oxide Fuel cells and electrolysers.

LINKING ACADEMIA TO INDUSTRY

H2FC SUPERGEN brings together top academics and key experts in industry, ensuring that Hydrogen and Fuel Cell research can effectively scale up to support wealth and job creation for the UK.

INFORMING POLICY

The hub seeks to inform key stakeholders, and especially policy makers, of the potential benefits of hydrogen and fuel cell technologies, and their capacity for addressing the energy trilemma: energy security, energy cost, and environmental sustainability; alongside assessment of opportunities for job creation. This is done through evidence based white papers written by hub scientists, and through direct

BUILDING NETWORKS

The Hub champions hydrogen and fuel cells research, both within the UK and internationally. It spreads its message via networks, knowledge exchange, stake-holder engagement, community building, education, training and continuous professional development.

JOIN THE COMMUNITYJoining the H2FC online community means that you will be the first to

know about new events and funding calls related to H2FC research. To sign up, send an email expressing your interest to

h2fc@imperial.ac.uk.

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Advisory BoardAround 20 Industrial & Government partners sit on our advisory board