• Invitation & General Information
• Accommodations
• Registration Information
• Program

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Accommodations

Hotel reservations should be made by filling out the Asilomar Conference Grounds Form and sending it in as indicated on the form. Asilomar Conference Grounds is within minutes of Monterey, Carmel, and Pebble Beach located at 800 Asilomar Blvd. Located just 75 miles south of San Jose and 120 miles south of San Francisco, Asilomar is conveniently served by the Monterey Peninsula, San Jose, San Francisco, and Oakland airports. For hotel form and other information, please contact Lesia L. Robertson at lesiar@vt.edu.

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Program

Preliminary Program:

2:00 PM REGISTRATION

3:00 PM James E. McGrath and Tom Zawodzinski, Opening Remarks

3:15 PM Richard Carlin, Office of Naval Research, "Navy and Marine Corp Fuel Cell S & T Investments"

3:45 PM Nancy Garland, U.S. Department of Energy, "Advances in Fuel Cell Materials through the Department of Energy"

4:15 PM Deryn Chu, Army Research Labs, "Fuel Cells for Future Force Warrior"

5:00 PM WELCOMING RECEPTION

6:00 PM DINNER

7:30 PM Tom Zawodzinski, Case Western Reserve University, "Proton Conductors for Fuel Cells: Unraveling Limiting Steps in Transport via New Model Materials"

8:00 PM Ken Reifsnider, University of Connecticut, "Mechanical Behavior of PEM Membranes"

8:30 PM Dave Schiraldi, Case Western Reserve University, "Chemical Durability Studies of Model Compounds and Nafion under Mimic Fuel Cell Condition"

9:00 PM James E. McGrath, Virginia Tech, "Proton Exchange Membrane Nanocomposites for Fuel Cells"

7:30 AM BREAKFAST

8:50 AM INTRODUCTION

8:30 AM K.D. Kreuer, University of Stuttgart, Germany, "Choosing the Protogenic Groups in PEMs for High Temperature, Low Humidity Operations"

9:15 AM Stephen Holdcroft, Simon Fraser University, Canada, "The Role of the Proton Conducting Polymers on the Electrochemistry of Gas Diffusion Electrodes"

9:45 AM Bryan Pivovar, Los Alamos National Labs, "Optimizing Alternative Membranes in DMFCs Ð Actual Performance Improvements"

10:15 AM BREAK

10:30 AM Steve Hamrock, 3M, "The Development of New Membranes for PEM Fuel Cells"

11:00 AM James M. Fenton, University of Connecticut, "The Effect of Ionomer Properties on Oxygen Reduction Kinetics on Platinum"

11:30 AM Jochen Kerres, University of Stuttgart, Germany, "Synthesis and Characterization of Arylene Main-Chain Ionomer (Blend) Membranes"

12:00 NOON LUNCH

2:00 PM. Lesia Protsailo, UTC Fuel Cells, "Alternative Materials for Improved Performance and Durability of PEM Fuel Cells: Myths and Realities"

2:30 PM. Joe DeSimone, UNC Chapel Hill, "New PEM Materials for Fuel Cell Applications"

3:00 PM. Brian C. Benicewicz, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, "Advances in Polybenzimidazole Synthesis and Applications to Fuel Cells"

3:20 PM BREAK

3:50 PM. Morton Litt, Case Western Reserve University, "Poly(Phenylene Sulfonic Acids): A New Class of PEMs"

4:20 PM. Michael Guiver, National Research Council, Canada, "Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) Materials Based on Sulfonated Poly(Aryl Ether Ketone)s"

4:50 PM. Kim Raiford, DuPont Fuel Cells, "Durability of Perfluorosulfonic Acid Membranes"

5:20 PM. E. Bryan Coughlin, University of Massachusetts, "Proton Conducting Polymers for Operation at High Temperature-Low Humidity"

6:00 PM DINNER

7:30 PM POSTER SESSION I – Submit poster abstracts to Lesia Linkous, ACS Division of Polymer Chemistry by December 15, 2004 (lesiar@vt.edu)

7:30 AM BREAKFAST

8:30 AM Jacques Roziere, University of Montpellier, France, "Composite Inorganic-Organic Homogeneous and Porous Filled Membranes"

9:15 AM Bernd Bauer, Fumatech, Germany, "Hybrid Ionomeric Membranes: On the Way from Lab Scale Research to Industrial Production"

10:00 AM BREAK

10:15 AM Steve Paddison, University of Alabama, "Proton Conduction in PEMs: Complexity, Cooperativity and Connectivity"

10:45 AM Tao Xie, General Motors Research and Development, "Chemical Degradation Mechanism of Perfluorinated Sulfonic Acid Ionomer"

11:15 AM Vijay Ramani, Illinois Institute of Technology, "Stability of High Temperature Composite Membranes and Membrane Electrode Assemblies"

12:00 NOON LUNCH

2:00 PM Sanjeev Mukerjee, Northeastern University, "Transport and Durability Characteristics of Some Select Polymer Electrolyte Membranes Designed for Elevated Temperature PEM Operation"

2:30 PM Michel Pineri,CEA DRT/LITEN, France, "Current Limitations of Organic Membranes in the Application of PEM Fuel Cells for Automotive Applications"

3:00 PM BREAK

3:20 PM Don Baird, Virginia Tech, "Progress in the Development of Compression Moldable Thermoplastic Composite Bipolar Plates for Fuel Cells"

3:50 PM Michael Hickner, Sandia National Labs, "Liquid Water Transport in Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells Ð GDL Materials Characterization and Transport Modeling"

4:20 PM Andrej Krzan, National Institute of Chemistry, Slovenia, "High-Temperature Proton conducting Nanocomposite Membranes based on Polyvinylidenefluoride"

4:50 PM Peter Pintauro, Case Western Reserve University, "Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Membranes from Blends and Composites"

5:20 PM Andy Herring, Colorado School of Mines, "The Use of Heteropoly Acids in High Performance Components for PEM Fuel Cells"

6:00 PM DINNER

7:30 PM POSTER SESSION II – Submit poster abstracts to Lesia Linkous, ACS Division of Polymer Chemistry by December 15, 2004 (lesiar@vt.edu)

7:30 AM BREAKFAST

8:30 AM Guilio Alberti, , University of Perugia, Italy, "Recent Progress on Proton Conducting Membranes Filled with Lamellar Compounds for Increasing their Stability in the Temperature Range 90 Ð 130¡C"

9:15 AM Kathy Marestin,CNRS, France, "Fuel Cell Membranes Based on Sulfonated Poly (Aryl Ether)s"

10:00 AM BREAK

10:15 AM Yuseung Kim, Los Alamos National Labs, "The Importance of Membrane-Electrode Interface on Long-Term Fuel Cell Performance"

10:45 AM Robert S. Ward, K. McCrea and R.F. Ward, The Polymer Technology Group Inc., "Surface Characterization of Novel Proton Exchange Membranes Made by Continuous Casting"

11:15 AM Gary Wnek, Case Western Reserve University, "Electostatic Polymer Processing Applied to PEM Fabrication"

11:50 AM James E. McGrath and Tom Zawodzinski, Closing Remarks

Registration

The registration fee is $575 for Members of the Division of Polymer Chemistry and $625 for Non-Members ($125 Student Members, $150 Student Non-Members). There is a $150 fee for a Non-Participating Guest that may accompany you. Written cancellation or registration after December 15, 2004, will cost an additional $50. Checks may be made payable to the Division of Polymer Chemistry.

To register send the completed registration form with remittance to Lesia Robertson, Division of Polymer Chemistry, Inc., Virginia Tech, 410 Davidson Hall, M.C. 0279, Blacksburg, VA 24061, Phone: 540-231-3052, Fax: 540-231-2588, e-mail: lesiar@vt.edu.

Use the on-line registration form (preferred) or the form below.

Advances in Materials for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell Systems
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