Saturday |
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
3:30 pm - 3:45 pm | Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome by the GRS Conference Chair |
3:45 pm - 4:30 pm | Keynote Session: Development of Anion Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells |
| Discussion Leader: Ashley Maes (University of New Mexico, USA) |
3:45 pm - 4:15 pm | Dario Dekel (Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel) "Advances in Materials for Anion Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells" |
4:15 pm - 4:30 pm | Discussion |
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Water Transport in Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells |
| Discussion Leader: Matthew Markiewicz (Imperial College London, United Kingdom) |
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm | Regis Dowd (University of Kansas, USA) "Engineering the Ionic Polymer Phase Surface Properties in a PEMFC Catalyst Layer" |
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm | Discussion |
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm | Mayank Sabharwal (University of Alberta, Canada) "Effect of Liquid Water on the Pore Scale Gas Transport and Electrochemical Reactions in the Catalyst Layer of a PEMFC" |
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 8:50 pm | Lalit Pant (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA) "Numerical Modelling of Multi-Phase Mass Transport in PEMFCs" |
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion |
9:00 pm - 9:20 pm | Christoph Simon (Technical University of Munich, Germany) "Modification of Microporous Layer Properties and Influence on Oxygen and Water Transport" |
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
Sunday |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 11:00 am | Pushing PEMFCs Further: Durability and High Temperature Operation |
| Discussion Leader: Yaovi Holade (University of Utah, USA) |
9:00 am - 9:20 am | Michael Gerhardt (Harvard University, USA) "Anthraquinone Derivatives in Aqueous Flow Batteries" |
9:20 am - 9:30 am | Discussion |
9:30 am - 9:50 am | Andrew Motz (Colorado School of Mines, USA) "Synthesis of Highly Crosslinked Polymer/Inorganic Membranes and Discussion of the Resulting High Proton Conductivity" |
9:50 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am - 10:20 am | Henrike Schmies (Technical University of Berlin, Germany) "An In-Situ XRD and SAXS Study of the Morphological Stability of Platinum Nanoparticles on Oxide Supports for Oxygen Reduction Reaction" |
10:20 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
10:30 am - 10:50 am | Yadvinder Singh (Simon Fraser University, Canada) "3D Failure Analysis of Pure Mechanical Degradation in Fuel Cell Membranes" |
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 | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm | Mentorship Component: Career Discussion Hour |
| Discussion Leader: Michael Gerhardt (Harvard University, USA) |
1:30 pm - 1:50 pm | Dario Dekel (Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel) "A View from Industry and Academia" |
1:50 pm - 2:30 pm | Discussion |
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm | Evaluation Period |
| Fill in GRS Evaluation Forms |
3:00 pm | Seminar Concludes |