Saturday
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Arrival and Check-in
3:00 pm - 3:15 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRS Chair
3:15 pm - 4:00 pm
Keynote Session: Perspectives on the History of Hydrogen-Metal Systems, and Its Implication on Present Research
Discussion Leader: Michael Heere (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) / Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum (MLZ), Germany)
3:15 pm - 3:30 pm
Robert Bowman (RCB Hydrides, LLC, USA)
"Overview of Metal Hydride Technology and Application"
3:30 pm - 3:40 pm
Discussion
3:40 pm - 3:55 pm
Craig Jensen (University of Hawaii, USA)
"Magnesium Borohydride: Last Complex Hydride Standing as a Potential Hydrogen Storage Material for Practical Applications"
3:55 pm - 4:00 pm
Discussion
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Poster Session
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Metal Systems for Hydrogen Storage
Discussion Leader: Joseph Teprovich (California State University, Northridge, USA)
5:30 pm - 5:50 pm
Erika Dematteis (CNRS / Institut de Chimie et des Matériaux Paris Est (ICMPE), France)
"Towards Large-Scale Hydrogen Storage in TiFe Intermetallic Compounds: State of Art and Outlook"
5:50 pm - 6:00 pm
Discussion
6:00 pm - 6:20 pm
Magnus Nygård (Institute for Energy Technology, Norway)
"A Mechanistic Explanation of the Destabilization Mechanism in Metal Hydrides Formed from High-Entropy Alloys"
6:20 pm - 6:30 pm
Discussion
6:30 pm - 6:50 pm
Angelina Gigante (University of Geneva, Switzerland)
"A Safe Synthesis of Alkali Metal Triboranes (M(B3 H8 )2 ) and MB10 H10 (M=Na, Mg, Ca): The Role as Intermediates for Hydrogen Storage"
6:50 pm - 7:00 pm
Discussion
7:00 pm - 7:20 pm
Kun Zhao (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland)
"Hydrogen Storage with CO2 as Synthetic Hydrocarbons"
7:20 pm - 7:30 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Sunday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Beyond Storage: New Materials and Their Hydrogen-Metal Interactions
Discussion Leader: Liwen Wan (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA)
9:00 am - 9:20 am
Kasper Møller (Curtin University, Australia)
"Molten Metal Closo-Borate Solvates"
9:20 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:50 am
Patrick Grünewald (Saarland University, Germany)
"Hydrogen Embrittlement of Grain Boundaries Investigated by a Combination of Scanning Kelvin Probe and In Situ Mechanical Tests in the SEM"
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:20 am
Julian Karst (4th Physics Institute / SCoPE, University of Stuttgart, Germany)
"Watching In Situ the Hydrogen Diffusion Dynamics in Magnesium on the Nanoscale"
10:20 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 10:50 am
Roxanna Delima (University of British Columbia, Canada)
"A Palladium Membrane Reactor Driven by Electricity"
10:50 am - 11:00 am
Discussion
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Poster Session
Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Mentorship Component: Post Doctorate Q&A Panel
Discussion Leader: Ned Stetson (U.S. Department of Energy, USA)
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Panel Discussion
After Graduate School: Post Doctorate Life and Options
Joseph Teprovich (California State University, Northridge, USA)
Olga Babanova (M.N. Mikheev Institute of Metal Physics, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia)
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Evaluation Period
Fill in GRS Evaluation Forms
3:00 pm
Seminar Concludes
