“HYDROGEN STORAGE FOR YOUR FAMILY VEHICLE”

Thursday, June 17, 2004
B-338 Rayburn House Office Building
12:00PM – 1:30PM

POC: Betsy Houston, Federation of Materials Societies
betsyhou@ix.netcom.com or (202)296-9282

Key to making hydrogen-fueled vehicles a reality is containment of hydrogen in gas, liquid or solid forms. The best options for on-board hydrogen storage in tomorrow’s cars, trucks and buses are all connected to successful completion of materials research, much of it yet to be conducted. Our speakers, representing both the industrial and national laboratory/university sectors of the materials science and engineering community, will lay out clearly the challenges associated with hydrogen fuel storage in automobiles and will describe briefly the fundamental materials research that must be pursued to make hydrogen-fueled vehicles available for commercial and family use. If the U.S. is to lead the world in the next revolution in ground transportation and take full advantage of the economic and environmental benefits that will follow, additional support for materials science and engineering research is critical, as part of strengthening the Nation’s physical science enterprise.

SPEAKERS:
Dr. Jan F. Herbst
Principal Research Scientist, GM Research Labs
"Hydrogen Storage for Automotive Vehicles: Challenge and Opportunity"

Dr. George W. Crabtree
Director, Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory
"Basic Research Needs for the Hydrogen Economy"

Sponsored by the
Federation of Materials Societies
http://www.materialsocieties.org with the Materials Research Society http://www.mrs.org

Following the luncheon, a model hydrogen-fueled truck was demonstrated by Millennium Cell, Inc.

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