Invitation & General Information

Chairs

James E. McGrath, Ph.D.
University Distinguished Professor
Materials Research Institute and Department of Chemistry
Virginia Tech (0344)
2108 Hahn Hall
Blacksburg, VA 24061 USA
Phone: 540-231-5976
Fax: 540-231-8517
Email: jmcgrath@vt.edu

  Tom Zawodzinski, Ph.D.
Los Alamos National Laboratory
P.O. Box 1663, MS D429, MST-11
Los Alamos, NM 87545
 

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Accommodations

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Program

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY, 23, 2003

4:00 p.m. REGISTRATION

5:00 p.m. WELCOME RECEPTION

6:00 p.m. DINNER

PLENARY LECTURE SESSION - James E. McGrath, Virginia Tech, Discussion Leader

7:30 p.m. JoAnn Milliken, U.S. Dept. of Energy, "Advances in Fuel Cell Materials Through the Dept. of Energy"

8:30 p.m. Shimshon Gottesfeld, MTI Microfuel Cells, "Polymer Electrolyte Microfuel Cells"

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2003

7:30 a.m. BREAKFAST

INVITED LECTURE SESSION I - Michel Pineri, CEA, France, Discussion Leader

8:30 a.m. Tom Zawodzinski, Case Western Reserve University, "Critical Issues for Advanced PEM FC Materials Systems"

9:15 a.m. Jerry Hallmark, Motorola Inc., "Fuel Cells for Portable Electronics"

9:45 a.m. Mark Mathias, GM Global Alternative Propulsion Center, "Desired Characteristics of a High Temperature Membrane for Automotive Fuel Cells"

10:15 a.m. BREAK

INVITED LECTURE SESSION II - Gary Wnek, VCU, Discussion Leader

10:30 a.m. Piotr Zelenay, Los Alamos National Laboratory, "Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Research at Los Alamos: From Fundamentals to Stacks"

11:15 a.m. Shuiobal Banerjee, DuPont, Inc., "An Overview of State of the Art PEM Based Fuel Cell Systems"

11:45 a.m. Harry Allcock, Pennsylvania State University, "Design, Synthesis, and Performance of New Proton-Conducting Membranes Based on the Phosphazene Platform"

12:15 a.m. LUNCH

INVITED LECTURE SESSION III - Mary Ann Meador, NASA Glenn, Discussion Leader

1:00 p.m. Robert Savinell, Case Western Reserve University, "Performance and Mechanistic Studies of the High Temperature PBI/phosphoric PEM Membrane Electrolyte"

1:30 p.m. Brian Benicewicz, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, "PBI Polymers for High-Temperature PEM Fuel Cells"

2:00 p.m. Gary Wnek, Virginia Commonwealth University, "Toward New Synthesis and Processing Approaches for PEM Components"

2:30 p.m. Frank Harris, University of Akron, "Sulfonated Aromatic Polymers for Fuel Cell Membranes"

3:00 p.m. BREAK

INVITED LECTURE SESSION IV - Tom Zawodzinski, Case Western Reserve, Discussion Leader

3:15 p.m. Michel Pineri, CEA-CENG, France, "Sulfonated Polyimide Based Membranes: Electrochemical and Life Time Characterizations in Fuel Cells"

3:45 p.m. Robert Moore, University of Southern Mississippi, "Morphology-Transport Property Relationships in Modified Perfluorosulfonate Ionomer Membranes"

4:15 p.m. Alexander Rusanov, Russian Academy of Sciences, "Preparation and Characterization of Sulfonated Polyphenylquinoxalines"

4:45 p.m. Regis Mercier, CNRS, France, "Multi Layer Membranes Based on Sulfonated Polyimides"

5:15 p.m. PANEL DISCUSSIONS of Today Lectures, James E. McGrath, Chair - Panel Members: Helene Clum, NREL; Larry Blair, DOE; Michel Pineri, CEA; Nancy Garland, DOE; Regis Mercier; Dick Paur, ARO

6:00 p.m. DINNER

7:30 p.m. POSTER SEESION: Organized by Mr. Mike Hickner, Virginia Tech (Submit poster abstracts to Kathy Linkous, ACS Polymer Div., Virginia Tech; E-mail: kathyl@vt.edu)

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2003

7:30 a.m. BREAKFAST

INVITED LECTURE SESSION V - Frank Harris, UAkron, Discussion Leader

8:30 a.m. Bryan Pivovar, Los Alamos National Labs, "The Influence of Polymer Structure on Fuel Cell Electrolyte Properties"

9:15 a.m. Jacques Roziere, University of Montpellier II, France, "Modification of the Physical and Chemical Properties of Sulfonated Polyarylate and Polyheterocyclic Polymers: Evaluation of Fuel Cell Performance of Hybrid Inorganic-Organic Laminates and Porous Membranes"

9:45 a.m. John P. Ferraris and Kenneth J. Balkus, Jr., University of Texas at Dallas, "Nanostructured Hybrid Membranes for High Temperature Fuel Cells"

10:15 a.m. BREAK

INVITED LECTURE SESSION VI - Brian Pivovar, LANL, Discussion Leader

10:30 a.m. Giulio Alberti, Perugia University, Italy, "Layered Zirconium Phosphonates with High Protonic Conductivity and Their Use for Preparing Either Filled Porous Membranes or Hybrid Ionomeric Membranes"

11:00 a.m. John Turner, NREL, "Investigations of Heteropoly Acids for Inorganic Proton Conducting Fuel Cell Membranes"

11:30 a.m. James E. McGrath, Virginia Tech, "Proton Exchange Membrane Nanocomposites for Fuel Cells"

12:00 n. LUNCH

INVITED LECTURE SESSION VII - Francisco Uribe, LANL, Discussion Leader

1:15 p.m. Joachim Koehler, OMG AG & Co KG, Fuel Cells Division, Germany, "New Developments in MEAs for PEM Fuel Cells>"

1:45 p.m. Sanjeev Mukerjee, Northeastern University, "Transport Phenomenon in New Class of Proton Exchange Membranes Designed for Elevated Temperature Operation (120-140 C)"

2:15 p.m. Andrea E. Russell, University of Southhampton, "What Can EXAFS Tell Us About Pt Alloy Electrocatalysts That We Didn't Already Know?"

2:45 p.m. BREAK

INVITED LECTURE SESSION VIII - Andrea Russell, Univ. of Southhampton, Discussion Leader

3:00 p.m. Karen Swider-Lyons, Navy Research Labs/ONR, "Amorphous Hydrous Metal Oxides as New Electrocatalysts for Fuel Cell Cathodes"

3:30 p.m. Francisco Uribe, Los Alamos National Labs, "Coping with Fuel Impurities in PEM Fuel Cells"

4:00 p.m. PANEL DISCUSSIONS of Today Lectures, Tom Zawodzinski, Chair - Panel Members: Gary Wnek, VCU; Bob Moore, USM, and others

6:00 p.m. DINNER

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2003

7:30 a.m. BREAKFAST

INVITED LECTURE SESSION IX - Steve Hamrock, 3M, Discussion Leader

8:30 a.m. Michael von Spakovsky, Virginia Tech, "Modeling of PEM Fuel Cell Systems"

9:00 a.m. Donald G. Baird, Virginia Tech, "Polymer Matrix Composite Bipolar Plates"

9:30 a.m. Don Gervasio, S. Tasic, and M. Samms, Motorola Inc., "Ceramic-Housed Elevated-Temperature MEAs in 1 and 4-cell Planar Stacks"

10:00 a.m. BREAK

INVITED LECTURE SESSION X - Bhima Vijayendran, Battelle, Discussion Leader

10:15 a.m. Gerard Gebel, CEA-CHENG, France, "Structure of Proton Exchange Membranes at different Scales Studied by X-ray and Neutron Scattering"

10:45 a.m. William M. Risen Jr. and Pu Zhang, Brown University, "Electrical and Chemical Modifications of the Near Surface Region of Perfluorocarbon Sulfonic Acid (Nafion) Memberanes for Fuel Cell Applications"

11:15 a.m. Jochen Kerres, University of Stuttgart, Germany, "Development and Characterization of (Composite) Polyaryl Blend Membranes for Membrane Fuel Cells"

12:00 n. LUNCH

INVITED LECTURE SESSION XI - Regis Mercier, CNRS, Discussion Leader

1:15 p.m. Ken-ichi Okamoto, "Novel Sulfonated Polyimides for Fuel Cell Applications"

1:45 p.m. S.R. Narayanan, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA, "Materials Issues in Direct Methanol Fuel Cells"

2:15 p.m. James Kinder, NASA Glenn Research Center, "TBA"

2:45 p.m. BREAK

INVITED LECTURE SESSION XII - Michael Hickner, Virginia Tech, Discussion Leader

3:00 p.m. Bindu Nair, Foster Miller, Inc., "Microcomposite PEMs for High Temperature Fuel Cell Applications"

3:30 p.m. Dmitri Likhatchev, K Mullen, A. L. Rusanov, National Autonomous University of Mexico, "Aromatic Condensation Polymers for PEM Application in Fuel Cell Systems"

4:00 p.m. Wayne Huang, Plug Power, "TBA"

4:30 p.m. H. Russell Kunz and James M. Fenton, University of Connecticut and Leonard J. Bonville, IONOMEM Corp., "High Temperature Membrane Electrode Assembly Development for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells"

5:00 p.m. Cortney Mittelsteadt, Giner Electrochemical Systems, LLC, "Water Uptake and Conductivity of Sulfonated Ionomers: Similarities and Limitations for PEM Fuel Cells"

4:30 p.m. Closing Remarks, James E. McGrath and Tom Zawodzinski

6:00 p.m. DINNER

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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 18, 2002, will cost an additional $50. Checks may be made payable to the Division of Polymer Chemistry.

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