Thursday, 17 May 2007: 9:00 AM-12:00 PM
209 (Pfahler Hall)
Alternative Energy Sources for Stationary Power Generation and Transportation Applications
Securing alternative energy sources to oil in an effort to sustain US growth and competitiveness and preserve national security has become the mantra since the Presidential State of the Union Address in January of 2006. In keeping with this theme, the Alternative Energy Symposium is concerned with topics related to energy generation for both stationary and transportation end uses. In particular this session is concerned with alternative energy sources beyond biomass to ethanol. Technical contributions are planned to come from various fields related to solar energy, H2 fuel cells, microbial fuel cells, biomass to H2, and wind power. The Alternative Energy session is intentionally broad and, given the range of subject matter and timeliness of the topics, should prove to be very dynamic session and attract a diverse audience.
Organizer:Edward S. Miller Jr.
Presider:Edward S. Miller Jr.
9:00 AM239Offshore wind energy � now and tomorrow
Chris Elkinton, Jon McGowan
9:20 AM240Capillary densification of hydrogen in nanoporous, amorphous carbons
Steve Lustig, Mark Shiflett, David Corbin, Pratibha Gai, Konstantinos Kourtakis
9:40 AM241Breaking biological barriers to producing biofuels: Cellulosic ethanol and hydrogen
Y.-H. Percival Zhang
10:00 AM242Electricity generation or hydrogen production using microbial fuel cell technologies
Yi Zuo, Bruce Logan
10:20 AM Break
10:40 AM243Chemical Durability Studies of Membranes for Fuel Cell Applications
Chun Zhou, Thomas A. Zawodzinski, David A. Schiraldi
11:00 AM244Novel carbon structures as platinum catalyst support in PEM fuel cells
Abhishek Guha, David A. Schiraldi, Thomas A. Zawodzinski
11:20 AM245Bioinspired water oxidation catalysts for renewable energy production
Greg A. N. Felton, Robin Brimblecombe, Gerhard Swiegers, Leone Spiccia, G. Charles Dismukes
11:40 AM246Photovoltaics: Technology opportunities and marketplace paradigms
T.P. Griffin

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