Sunday
4:00 pm - 8:00 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
Hydrogen in Space
Discussion Leader: Robert Bowman (RCB Hydrides, LLC, USA)
7:40 pm - 8:20 pm
Ian Jakupca (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, USA)
"Lunar Hydrogen Infrastructure"
8:20 pm - 8:40 pm
Discussion
8:40 pm - 9:15 pm
Katharina Brinkert (California Institute of Technology, USA)
"Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Generation in Microgravity Environment"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Advanced Characterization Methods
Discussion Leader: Alexander Skripov (Institute of Metal Physics, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia)
9:00 am - 9:40 am
Darren Broom (Hiden Isochema Ltd, United Kingdom)
"Accuracy and Reproducibility in Hydrogen Storage Material Research"
9:40 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:10 am
Claudia Weidenthaler (Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Germany)
"In Situ Studies of Energy Storage Materials"
11:10 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 12:10 pm
Hui Wu (NIST Center for Neutron Research, USA)
"Structural Investigation and Insight of Hydrogenous Compounds Using Neutron Scattering"
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Free Time
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
The GRC Power Hourâ„¢
The GRC Power Hourâ„¢ is designed to address challenges women face in science and issues of diversity and inclusion. The program supports the professional growth of all members of our communities by providing an open forum for discussion and mentoring.
Organizer: Jasmina Grbovic Novakovic (Vinca Institute of Nuclear Sciences, Serbia)
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Selected Poster Presentations
Discussion Leader: Min Zhu (South China University of Technology, China)
6:00 pm - 6:10 pm
Eun Seon Cho (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), South Korea)
"Rationally Designed Environmentally Stable Metal Hydride Nanocomposite for Safe and Efficient Solid-State Hydrogen Storage"
6:10 pm - 6:15 pm
Discussion
6:15 pm - 6:25 pm
Alexander Gerber (Tel Aviv University, Israel)
"Detection of Hydrogen by the Extraordinary Hall Effect in CoPd Systems"
6:25 pm - 6:30 pm
Discussion
6:30 pm - 6:40 pm
Hyangsoo Jeong (Korea Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea)
"Hydrogen Production from Formic Acid and Formates: Physiochemical Properties on the Catalytic Performance"
6:40 pm - 6:45 pm
Discussion
6:45 pm - 6:55 pm
Jianxiong Li (Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Germany)
"Addressable Metasurfaces for Dynamic Holography and Optical Information Encryption"
6:55 pm - 7:00 pm
Discussion
7:00 pm - 7:10 pm
Kevin Palm (University of Maryland, College Park, USA)
"Tunable Nanophotonics with Metal Hydrides"
7:10 pm - 7:15 pm
Discussion
7:15 pm - 7:25 pm
Andrew Rowberg (University of California, Santa Barbara, USA)
"Defect Engineering of Hydrogen Electrolyte Materials"
7:25 pm - 7:30 pm
Discussion
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Nicholas Stadie (Montana State University, USA)
"Thermodynamics of Hydrogen Adsorption on Boron-Doped Carbon Surfaces"
7:40 pm - 7:45 pm
Discussion
7:45 pm - 7:55 pm
Stefan Wagner (Institute of Applied Materials (IAM-WK), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany)
"Structural Phase Transitions in Metal-Hydrogen Thin Films: Mechanical Stress Impact on Phase Equilibria"
7:55 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am
Group Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Catalysts and Materials for Hydrogen Carriers
Discussion Leader: William David (STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory / University of Oxford, United Kingdom)
9:00 am - 9:40 am
Qiang Xu (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) / Kyoto University, Japan)
"Metal Nanoparticle-Catalyzed Hydrogen Generation from Liquid Chemical Hydrogen Carriers"
9:40 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:10 am
Teng He (Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
"Metallated Organic Hydrides for Hydrogen Storage"
11:10 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 12:10 pm
Peter Wasserscheid (Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany)
"Liquid Organic Hydrogen Carriers: Recent Developments in Catalysis and Electrocatalysis"
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Free Time
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Current Understanding of Hydrogen Embrittlement
Discussion Leader: Astrid Pundt (Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT), Germany)
6:00 pm - 6:40 pm
Afrooz Barnoush (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway)
"On the Trail of Hydrogen Embrittlement: Critical Testing to Reveal the Mechanisms"
6:40 pm - 7:00 pm
Discussion
7:00 pm - 7:40 pm
Motomichi Koyama (Tohoku University, Japan)
"Designing Hydrogen-Resistant Steels: Effects of Phase Stability, Configurational Entropy and Grain Refinement"
7:40 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Advancements in Porous Materials for Hydrogen Adsorption
Discussion Leader: Petra Szilagyi (Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom)
9:00 am - 9:40 am
George Froudakis (University of Crete, Greece)
"Traditional Theoretical Methodologies vs Novel Machine Learning Techniques for Addressing the Hydrogen Storage"
9:40 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:10 am
Henrietta Langmi (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), South Africa)
"Towards Application of Metal-Organic Frameworks in Hydrogen Storage"
11:10 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 12:10 pm
Donald Siegel (University of Michigan, USA)
"Computational Discovery of Metal-Organic Frameworks for Hydrogen Storage: Learning from Big Data"
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Free Time
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
2D Materials and Thin Films
Discussion Leader: Ronald Griessen (VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
6:00 pm - 6:40 pm
Julian Karst (4th Physics Institute / SCoPE, University of Stuttgart, Germany)
"Nanoscale Hydrogenography Using the Optical Near-Field"
6:40 pm - 7:00 pm
Discussion
7:00 pm - 7:40 pm
Marcelo Lozada-Hidalgo (University of Manchester, United Kingdom)
"Proton Transport Through Novel Atomically-Thin Crystals"
7:40 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
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
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Boro- and Complex Hydrides
Discussion Leader: Rana Mohtadi (Toyota, USA)
9:00 am - 9:40 am
Torben Jensen (Aarhus University, Denmark)
"Multi-Functional Hydrides for Energy Storage: Hydrogen and Batteries"
9:40 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:10 am
Craig Jensen (University of Hawaii, USA)
"Kinetic Enhancement of the Reversible Hydrogenation of Magnesium Boride and Boranes to Magnesium Borohydride by Organic Additives"
11:10 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 12:10 pm
Eva Zurek (University at Buffalo, SUNY, USA)
"Theoretical Predictions of Unique Hydride Phases Under Pressure"
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Free Time
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Developing Applications for Hydride Materials
Discussion Leader: David Grant (University of Nottingham, United Kingdom)
6:00 pm - 6:40 pm
Shin-ichi Orimo (Tohoku University, Japan)
"Lithium Super-Ionic Conduction and High-Energy-Density Battery Application of New Complex Hydrides"
6:40 pm - 7:00 pm
Discussion
7:00 pm - 7:40 pm
Claudio Corgnale (Greenway Energy, LLC, USA)
"Reversible Metal Hydride Systems for Low and High Reaction Enthalpy Applications"
7:40 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure