Connecticut Global Fuel Cell Center

The Center offers conferences, short courses, workshops and seminars periodically on campus or in conjunction with other events. In addition, custom programs may be developed upon request of specific employers or organizations. The goal with these educational options is to provide additional learning opportunities to increase the awareness and knowledge of key technological issues in the fuel cell arena. The following list contains recent and planned outreach activities involving the fuel cell center.

6th International Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology Conference, June 16-18, 2008, Denver Colorado.

The Connecticut Global Fuel Cell Center in conjunction with the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the National Fuel Cell Research Center at UC Irvine, the Colorado School of Mines, and Kettering University are pleased to announce the next fuel cell conference to be held in Denver Colorado, June 16th through 18th of 2008. Additional information on this conference can be found at http://www.asmeconferences.org/FuelCell08/index.cfm

5th International Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology Conference, June 15-18, 2007, New York City, NY

With the famed Brooklyn Bridge as a backdrop, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) staged its fifth International Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology June 18-20, 2007. Dr. Nigel Sammes, the UTC Chair Professor of Fuel Cell Technology in UConn's Connecticut Global Fuel Cell Center and editor of the Journal of Fuel Cell Science and Technology, chaired the conference with co-chair Scott Samuelsen, director of the National Fuel Cell Research Center (NFCRC) at the University of California - Irvine.

The conference drew nearly 400 attendees - from 27 countries and including academic and government researchers as well as industry leaders - for an insider's view of the state of fuel cell science and commercialization. Four distinguished fuel cell leaders presented plenary sessions:

Patrick Davis, Acting Program Manager of the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Hydrogen, Fuel Cells and Infrastructure Technology

John Scott, Chief of the Energy Conversion Branch at NASA's Johnson Space Craft Center in Houston

Wayne Surdoval, Fuel Cells Technology Manager for the U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL)

Heinrich Lienkamp, Ph.D., Head of the Business Development/Chemical Engineering Department for the Division Energies and Utilities of Infraserv GmbH & Co. Höchst KG

Abstracts of their talks may be found at http://www.asmeconferences.org/FuelCell07/Plenary.cfm.

Fuel Cell Summit 2005, October 23 -25, 2005
Mohegan Sun, Uncasville, CT

CGFCC is pleased to be an endorsing partner for this combined fuel cell event. The Summit has been developed by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers and the CT Clean Energy Fund and is a solutions-based event designed to accelerate fuel cell advancement. CGFCC will the event on Sunday, October 23rd with a workshop entitled Fundamentals Workshop: How Fuel Cells Work. This 3 hour program will be chaired by Dr. Frano Barbir. In addition, Dr. Ken Reifsnider will be chairing a session on Tuesday the 25th entitled Technology Exchange & Transfer to the Fuel Cell Community: Advancements in Fuel Cell Technologies at Universities, National Labs, and Government Institutions Panel Discussion. For full program details please see the event web site.

A Workshop on Systems-Based Fuel Cell Design and Manufacturing
May 2nd and 3rd 2005, University of Connecticut

This second workshop was held as a follow on to one that occurred during 2004. Specifically, this workshop was organized to address the challenges, identified in the first workshop, which face the fuel cell industry. These challenges are:

Cost and durability which are seen as primary barriers driven by the uncertainty of performance.

Fuels are not in the main stream of engineering and engineering education.

For additional background information on this workshop, please see www.ctfuelcell.uconn.edu/fce-engr.

First International Conference on Fuel Cell Development and Deployment
March 7 - 10, 2004 Storrs, Connecticut

The Connecticut Global Fuel Cell Center sponsored a successful First International Conference on Fuel Cell Development and Deployment this past March. The conference had over 350 national and international leaders from industry, academia and government braches in attendance. Over 100 talks were presented including 15 plenary and keynote presentations. Additional information regarding the conference, the program and presentations can be found at www.ctfuelcell.uconn.edu/fcic.