Monday, January 28, 2008

National Fuel Cell Research Center
Location: McDonnell Douglas Engineering Auditorium, UC Irvine (Building 311)

Time	Topic	Speaker
1 p.m.	Welcome and Introductions	Scott Samuelsen
1:10 p.m.	Fuel Cell Fundamentals	Jack Brouwer
1:50 p.m.	High-temperature Fuel Cell Materials Development	Daniel Mumm
2:30 p.m.	Hybrid Fuel Cell-Gas Turbine Concept / Introduction	Scott Samuelsen
3 p.m.	Break
3:15 p.m.	Hybrid Systems Fundamentals / Design and Analysis	Ashok Rao
4 p.m.	Steady-state Performance Characteristics of Hybrid Systems Natural Gas-based Systems and Coal-based Systems	Ashok Rao
4:30 p.m.	Dynamic Hybrid Systems Analyses and Control	Jack Brouwer
5:30 p.m.	Short Course Concludes

 

Instructors

G. Scott Samuelsen, Ph.D.

• Professor, Mechanical, Aerospace and Environmental Engineering
• Director, Advanced Power and Energy Program and National Fuel Cell Research Center
• More than 35 years experience in advanced energy conversion technologies

Ashok D. Rao, Ph.D.

• Chief Scientist, Advanced Power and Energy Program
• More than 30 years experience in chemical process engineering
• Previously Director, Process Engineering, and Senior Fellow, Power Systems at Fluor, Inc.

Jack Brouwer, Ph.D.

• Associate Director, National Fuel Cell Research Center
• Adjunct Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• More than 15 years experience in fuel cell and advanced energy conversion science and engineering

Daniel R. Mumm, Ph.D.

• Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
• More than 10 years experience in structural ceramics, solid mechanics and materials, and advanced fuel cell materials science