July 13, Sunday Evening, 7:30 p.m.

Introductory Remarks

Hydrogen in Nanocrystalline, Amorphous and Quasicrystalline Materials

• Discussion Leader: K. Tompa, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
• K. F. Kelton, Washington University, St. Louis, MO USA - "Stable Ti-Based Quasicrystal - a New Hydrogen Storage Material?"
• H. Fujii, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan - "Hydriding Properties of Mg-Based Nanocrystalline and/or Amorphous Alloys"

Reception

July 14, Monday Morning, 9:00 a.m.

Rare Earth Hydrides: Structure, Dynamics and Switchable Optical Properties

• Discussion Leader: P. Vajda, Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France
• J. N. Huiberts, Free University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands - "Beyond the Switchable Metal-Hydride Mirror"
• J. J. Rush, NIST, Gaithersburg, MD USA - "Structure, Vibrational Dynamics, and Local Hopping in Rare Earth Hydride Phases"

Coffee Break

Phase Transitions in Yttrium Hydrides

• Discussion Leader: M. Y. Chou, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA USA
• P. J. Kelly, Philips Research Laboratories, Eindhoven, The Netherlands - "Car-Parrinello Calculations for Yttrium Hydrides"

July 14, Monday Evening, 7:30 p.m.

Hydrogen Dynamics and Site Occupancy

• Discussion Leader: Guenter Majer, Max Planck Institut, Stuttgart, Germany
• N. L. Adolphi, Knox College, Galesburg, IL USA - "Where Are the D Atoms in YD₂ and YD₃?: A Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Study"
• A. V. Skripov, Urals Branch of the Academy of Sciences, Ekaterinburg, Russia - "Hydrogen Dynamics in Laves Phase Compounds: Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and Neutron Scattering Studies"
• Poster Session I - A. J. Maeland, Chair

July 15, Tuesday Morning

8:45 a.m. Conference photograph - near the bell tower in back of Simon Center

9:00 a.m. Hydrogen Storage and Battery Electrode Materials I

• Discussion Leader: A. Percheron-Guégan, LCMSTR - UPR209- CNRS, Meudon, France
• R. C. Bowman, Jr., California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA USA - "New Perspectives on Substituted LaNi5 Alloys When Used for Hydrogen Storage and Battery Electrodes"
• A. Züttel, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland - "AB₃ Alloys Forming an AB₂ Laves-Phase Structure and Their Outstanding Hydriding Properties"

Coffee Break

Hydrogen Storage and Battery Electrode Materials II

• Discussion Leader: J. Bloch, Nuclear Research Center, Beer-Sheva, Israel
• H. Uchida, Tokai University, Kanagawa, Japan - " Sensitive Features of the Rare-Earth Based Hydrogen Storage Alloys as Intermetallics - from Kinetic and Equilibrium Viewpoints"

July 15, Tuesday Evening, 7:30 p.m.

Fundamental Studies/Thermodynamics - Diffusion

• Discussion Leader: R. Cantelli, University of Rome, Rome, Italy
• R. B. Schwarz, Los Alamos National Laboratories, Los Alamos, NM USA - "Thermodynamics of Open Two-Phase Systems with Coherent Interfaces: Application to Metal Hydrogen Systems"
• H. Teichler, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany - "Aspects of the Theory of Hydrogen Diffusion in Metals"

July 16, Wednesday Morning, 9:00 a.m.

Hydrogen in Multilayers

• Discussion Leader: B. Hjörvarsson, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
• A. Weidinger, Hahn-Meitner-Institut, Berlin, Germany - "Reversible Switching of the Magnetic Coupling in Nb/Fe Multilayers by Hydrogen Charging"
• R. Kirchheim, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany - "Hydrogen Diffusion and Metal Hydride Formation in Multilayers"

Coffee Break

• M. Strongin, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY USA - "The Physics and Chemistry of Hydrogen in Nb/Pd Bilayers and Multilayers"

July 16, Wednesday Evening, 7:30 p.m.

Business Meeting

Hydrogen in Novel Materials

• Discussion Leader: G. G. Libowitz, Morristown, NJ USA
• G. Auffermann, Institute for Inorganic Chemistry, Aachen, Germany - "High-Pressure Synthesis of Ternary Metal Hydrides"
• C. M. Jensen, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI USA - "Progress Toward Practical Applications of Metal Dihydrogen Complexes"
• Poster Session II - A. J. Maeland, Chair

July 17, Thursday Morning, 9:00 a.m.

Hydrogen-Defect Interactions: Experimental

• Discussion Leader: N. R. Moody, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, CA USA
• W. W. Gerberich, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN USA - "Hydrogen Effects on Dislocation Emission: Nanoindentation and Atomic Force Microscopy"
• C. Buckley, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL USA - "A Quantitative Analysis of Platelet Vacancies in the Aluminum Hydrogen System"

Coffee Break

Hydrogen-Defect Interactions: Theoretical

• Discussion Leader: D. K. Ross, Salford University, Salford, UK
• M. I. Baskes, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, CA USA - "An Atomistic Study of the Interaction of Hydrogen with Dislocation Locks in Nickel"

July 17, Thursday Evening, 7:30 p.m.

General Interest Lecture

• Discussion Leader: G. Sandrock, Sunatech, Inc., Ringwood, NJ USA
• J. S. Cannon, Senior Energy Fellow, Inform, Inc. New York, NY USA - "The Transition to a Hydrogen-Based Transportation System"

July 18, Friday Morning, Depart Henniker