Sunday
2:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRC Chair
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm
The Role of Hydrogen in Superconductivity: Theory and Experimentation
Discussion Leader: Mikhail Eremets (Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Germany)
7:40 pm - 8:20 pm
Viktor Struzhkin (Carnegie Institution of Washington, USA)
"Putting Pressure on Metals to Make Unconventional Hydrides"
8:20 pm - 8:35 pm
Discussion
8:35 pm - 9:15 pm
Yanming Ma (Jilin University, China)
"Hydrogen-Rich Metal Hydrides Stabilized at High Pressures: Enroute to Room-Temperature Superconductivity"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Group Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Advanced Computational Methods
Discussion Leader: Joerg Neugebauer (Max Planck Institute for Iron Research, Germany)
9:00 am - 9:40 am
Brandon Wood (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA)
"Complex Dynamics in Metal Borohydrides: From Hydrogen Storage to Solid-State Batteries"
9:40 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:10 am
Jean-Marc Joubert (Institut de Chimie et des Materiaux Paris-Est (ICMPE), France)
"Thermodynamic Modeling of Metal-Hydrogen Systems"
11:10 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 12:10 pm
Heine Hansen (Technical University of Denmark, Denmark)
"Materials Optimization Using Advanced Computational Methods"
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Power Hour
The GRC Power Hour is an optional informal gathering open to all meeting participants. It is designed to help address the challenges women face in science and support the professional growth of women in our communities by providing an open forum for discussion and mentoring.
Organizer: Astrid Pundt (University of Goettingen, Germany)
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Selected Poster Presentations
Discussion Leader: Etsuo Akiba (Kyushu University, Japan)
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Rafael Balderas-Xicohténcatl (Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Germany)
"Solid-Like High-Density Hydrogen Layer Formation at Low Temperatures in Mesoporous Materials"
7:40 pm - 7:45 pm
Discussion
7:45 pm - 7:55 pm
Viney Dixit (Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Canada)
"Effect of Zr and Zr7 Ni10 on Hydrogenation Kinetics of Ti-V-Cr System"
7:55 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm
Masanori Fujinami (Chiba University, Japan)
"The Crucial Defects Induced in Alpha-Iron and Stainless Steel on Hydrogen Embrittlement by Positron Annihilation Spectroscopy"
8:10 pm - 8:15 pm
Discussion
8:15 pm - 8:25 pm
Angelina Gigante (University of Geneva, Switzerland)
"A Cheap Approach to the Synthesis of Borohydride Clusters for Electrolyte Applications"
8:25 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:40 pm
Magnus Hamm (University of Goettingen, Germany)
"Grain Boundary Diffusion Measurements in the Magnesium-Hydrogen System"
8:40 pm - 8:45 pm
Discussion
8:45 pm - 8:55 pm
Chen-Wei Liu (National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan)
"Copper Hydrides: Synthetic Advances, Structural Diversity, and Nanocluster-to-Nanoparticle Conversion Exchange in Porous Magnesium Borohydride"
8:55 pm - 9:00 pm
Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm
Patrick Ward (Savannah River National Laboratory, USA)
"Thermal Energy Storage in Calcium Aluminum"
9:10 pm - 9:15 pm
Discussion
9:15 pm - 9:25 pm
Nicholas Weadock (California Institute of Technology, USA)
"High Capacity Vanadium-Based Metal Hydride Electrodes for MH-Air and MH/Ni Batteries"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Borohydrides for Batteries
Discussion Leader: Didier Blanchard (Technical University of Denmark, Denmark)
9:00 am - 9:40 am
Petra De Jongh (Utrecht University, The Netherlands)
"Exploring Supported Light Metal Hydrides as Catalysts"
9:40 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:10 am
Wan Si Tang (University of Maryland / National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA)
"Characterizing Alkali
Complex Anionic-Clusters with Fast-Ion Conduction"
11:10 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 12:10 pm
Eric Majzoub (University of Missouri-St. Louis, USA)
"Functionalized Nanoprous Carbon Frameworks for Hydrogen Storage and Electrochemical Applications"
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Development of Characterization Techniques
Discussion Leader: Mark Conradi (ABQMR, USA)
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm
Anibal Ramirez-Cuesta (Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA)
"Studying the Dynamics of Hydrogen with VISION and VirtuES"
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm
Katsuyuki Fukutani (University of Tokyo, Japan)
"Absorption and Desorption of Hydrogen in Pd and PdAu Investigated by Nuclear Reaction Analysis Combined with Thermal Desorption Spectroscopy"
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Action of Catalysts in Hydrogenation Reactions
Discussion Leader: Hans Geerlings (Shell Global Solutions International B.V., The Netherlands)
9:00 am - 9:40 am
Tom Autrey (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory , USA)
"Accelerating Rates
and Controlling Reaction Pathways in the H2 Release from Complex Hydrides"
9:40 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:10 am
Ping Chen ( Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
"The Role of Alkali and Alkaline Earth Hydrides in Catalytic Ammonia Synthesis and Decomposition"
11:10 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 12:10 pm
Andreas Züttel (Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland)
"Hydrogen Storage on Carbon"
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Business Meeting
Nominations for the Next Vice Chair; Fill in Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Site and Scheduling Preferences; Election of the Next Vice Chair
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Basic Features of Hydrogen Embrittlement and Permeation
Discussion Leader: Ryan Sills (Sandia National Laboratories, USA)
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm
Dierk Raabe (Max Planck Institute for Iron Research, Germany)
"Seeing Hydrogen"
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm
Andreas Goldbach (Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
"Pd Alloy Membranes - Recent Trends, Systematic Correlations and Operation Ranges"
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Hydrogen Mobility
Discussion Leader: Andreas Borgschulte (Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Switzerland)
9:00 am - 9:40 am
Genki Kobayashi (Institute for Molecular Science, Japan)
"Study on Hydride Ion Conductive Oxyhydrides"
9:40 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:10 am
Robert Kolasinski (Sandia National Laboratories, USA)
"Direct Detection
of Chemisorbed Hydrogen on Metal Hydride Surfaces Using Low Energy Ion Scattering"
11:10 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 12:10 pm
Chiara Milanese (University of Pavia, Italy)
"Exploring H and Li Dynamics and Hydrogen Absorption Mechanism in Lithium Fullerides"
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Industrial Aspects of Metal Hydrides
Discussion Leader: Andreas Züttel (Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland)
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm
Thomas Klassen (Helmut Schmidt University / Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, Germany)
"Light Metal Hydrides: From Basic Science Towards Application"
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm
Katsuhiko Hirose (Kyushu University, Japan)
"Hydrogen, Potential for Energy Transition Toward the Sustainable Society Industrial Approach"
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure