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Fuel Cells
August 1-6, 2010
Bryant University
Smithfield, RI
Chairs:
Shyam S. Kocha & Yu Morimoto

Vice Chairs:
Thomas A. Zawodzinski & Thomas Jarvi
Application Deadline
Applications are no longer being accepted for this meeting. If you have been instructed to apply by the Conference Chair, please contact your Conference Coordinator for further instructions.

The 2010 Gordon Research Conference on Fuel Cells will focus on the recent advances in fundamental and applied research on polymer electrolyte fuel cells for automotive, stationary, and portable applications. Signficant progress has been made over the last decade in improving PEMFC performance and durability while simultaneously lowering costs towards successful commercialization for automotive purposes. Emphasis will be placed on fundamental issues and mechanisms that have not been fully resolved sofar as well as state-of-the-art technology and advanced diagnostics at the cell and stack levels. Viability of alternatives materials to conventional membrane and catalyst materials will be debated. Contributions will include a balance of both academic and industrial inputs and viewpoints. Recently, much debate on the merits, de-merits and co-existence of various green technologies including hybrids and EVs has surfaced; a session will be devoted to airing these issues.

Contributors
SUNDAY
2:00 pm - 9:00 pmArrival and Check-in (Office Closed 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm)
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pmWelcome / Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff
7:40 pm - 9:30 pmSTATUS OF FUEL CELL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
Discussion Leaders: Shyam Kocha and Yu Morimoto (NREL, Toyota)
7:40 pm - 8:20 pmSunita Satyapal (Office of Fuel Cell Technologies U.S. DOE)
"Overview of DOE Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Activities"
8:20 pm - 8:35 pm Discussion
8:35 pm - 9:15 pmMatthew Fronk / Akihiro Iiyama, Thomas Jarvi, Chi Paik, Mark Verbrugge, Jung Yi, Jesse Schneider, Stephen Campbell, Vesna Stanic (RIT, Nissan, UTC Power, Ford, General Motors, Samsung, Proton Motor, AFCC, EnerFuel, Inc)
"Industry - Academia Synergies: Panel Discussion"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm Discussion
MONDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
8:30 amGroup Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pmELECTROCATALYSIS
Discussion Leader: Elena Savinova (University of Strasbourg, France)
9:00 am - 9:40 amNenad Markovic (Argonne National Laboratory)
"Understanding the Complexities of Fuel Cell Catalysts"
9:40 am - 10:00 am Discussion
10:00 am Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:10 amAnthony Kucernak (Imperial College, London)
"A novel system for studying the intrinsic electrocatalytic activity of catalysts under fuel cell conditions"
11:10 am - 11:30 am Discussion
11:30 am - 12:10 pmHiroyuki Uchida (Clean Energy Research Center, University of Yamanashi, Japan)
"Multilateral Analyses of Oxygen Reduction Reaction at Pt and Pt-Alloys"
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm Discussion
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmNON-PRECIOUS METAL ELECTROCATALYSTS
Discussion Leader: Marco Lopez (Umicore)
7:30 pm - 8:10 pmFrederic Jaouen (INRS - Énergie, Matériaux et Télécommunications, Canada)
"Non precious-metal catalysts for the ORR: Bringing together the nature of active sites and their stability/instability"
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm Self-nominated Speakers
Selected from Poster Presentation Submissions
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm Discussion
TUESDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pmELECTRODE AND ELECTROCATALYST DEGRADATION
Discussion Leader: Chi Paik (Ford Motor Company)
9:00 am - 9:40 amDebbie Myers (ANL)
"Degradation Mechanisms of Pt-based Oxygen Reduction Reaction Electrocatalysts"
9:40 am - 10:00 am Discussion
10:00 am Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:10 amSarah Ball (Johnson Matthey Technology Centre, UK)
"Activity and Stability of Core-shell Electrocatalysts"
11:10 am - 11:30 am Discussion
11:30 am - 12:10 pmJean St-Pierre (University of South Carolina)
"Membrane and Catalyst Contamination"
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm Discussion
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmPROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANES
Discussion Leader: Tom Zawodzinski (University of Tennessee)
7:30 pm - 8:10 pmNed Cipollini (UTC Power)
"Membrane Degradation: 'Pee Tee’s Big Adventure'"
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:10 pmBryan Pivovar, Cortney Mitteldtsteadt / Peter Pintauro, Don Gervasio, Biswajit Choudhury, Wensheng He , Shinji Kinoshita, David Schiraldi, Ned Cipollini, Paul Stonehart (NREL, Giner, Vanderbilit Univ, Univ Arizona , Dupont, Arkema, Asahi Glass, Case Western Reserve Univ, UTC Power, Stonehart Associates Inc.)
"Hydrocarbon vs. PFSA Membranes: Panel Discussion"
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm Discussion
WEDNESDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pmCOMPETING GREEN TECHNOLOGIES
(Fuel Cells, Batteries & Hybrids)
Discussion Leader: Douglas Wheeler (DJW Technologies)
9:00 am - 9:40 amJohn Turner (NREL)
"The Hydrogen Economy: The real thing or smoke and mirrors?"
9:40 am - 10:00 am Discussion
10:00 am Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:10 amMark Verbrugge (GM Electrochemical Energy Research Laboratory)
"Battery Technology for Automotive Applications: Status and Challenges"
11:10 am - 11:30 am Discussion
11:30 am - 12:10 pmShoichi Sasaki (Keio University, Japan)
"Well To Wheel Analysis of Automotive Fuels and Present Status and Challenges of Hybrid, including Plug-In Hybrid, Vehicles"
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm Discussion
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session
6:00 pmDinner
7:00 pm - 7:30 pmBusiness Meeting
(Nominations for the next Vice Chair; Fill out Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss future Site & Scheduling preferences; Election of the next Vice Chair)
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmMODEL BASED PEMFC DEVELOPMENTS
Discussion Leader: Shimshon Gottesfeld (Cellera)
7:30 pm - 8:10 pmWenbin Gu (GM Electrochemical Energy Research Laboratory)
"Modeling of Water Transport in PEMFCs"
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:10 pmPerla Balbuena (Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University)
"Modeling Novel Dissolution-Resistant Catalytic Materials for PEMFC Cathodes"
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm Discussion
THURSDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pmDIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES/WATER MANAGEMENT
Discussion Leader: Thomas Jarvi (UTCPower)
9:00 am - 9:40 amMatthew Mench (Penn State University)
"The Role of Interfacial Structure on Water Management in PEMFCs"
9:40 am - 10:00 am Discussion
10:00 am Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:10 amYuji Ishikawa (Nippon Soken,Inc., Japan)
"Analysis of Water in PEMFCs"
11:10 am - 11:30 am Discussion
11:30 am - 12:10 pmDusan Spernjak (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
"High Resolution Neutron Imaging of Water in the Polymer Electrolyte Membrane"
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm Discussion
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmSOFCs AND BIOFCs
Discussion Leaders: Shyam Kocha and Yu Morimoto (NREL, Toyota)
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm Subhash Singhal (PNNL)
"SOFCs: Status and Challenges"
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:10 pmKenji Kano (Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University)
"Prospects of Biological Fuel Cells"
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm Discussion
FRIDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 amDepart
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