Registration | Hotel Reservation | Proceedings Fuel Cell Tutorial Dr Augustin McEvoy Tuesday, 29 June 2009, from 10:00 to 17:00 Tutorial Language: English The Tutorial will provide basic understanding of technical, chemical and physical principles that make fuel cells work simply, reliably and affordably. Therefore, fuel cell application requirements and practical examples of current developments will be discussed. Fuel cells will be treated as an interdisciplinary matter involving electrochemistry as well as materials science and process engineering. This year the focus will be on all types of fuel cells. The Tutorial addresses newcomers as well as those who have been working in the area of fuel cells for some time. Participants will gain a basic understanding of fuel cell technology or add expert know-how and practical experience to already existing understanding and knowledge. Moreover, fuel cells will be discussed in view of the potential applications, the fuels required and the market introduction issues related to that. The Tutorial will be held in English making it a useful introduction for newcomers to the global world of fuel cells. The Tutorial will provide an excellent kick-start into the European FUEL CELL FORUM 2010, a week of exposure to the latest developments in fuel cells. During the Tutorial you will receive answers to questions before you have to ask them or you may ask questions you may not dare to voice in front of a general audience. Ample opportunity is provided for discussions. Each participant will receive a complete documentation of the Tutorial lecture with many useful illustrations, tables and curves. The Tutorial lecture will cover the following topics: Fuel cell reactions, thermodynamics, kinetics, triple-phase boundary, efficiency, different types of electrolytes, cell and stack structures, fuel and air supply, internal and external fuel reforming, fuels for fuel cells, as well as typical applications fuel cell systems and market introduction for the most popular types of fuel cells: SOFC, MCFC, PAFC, PEFC and DMFC. Tutorial-only participants are welcome. Please use the Registration Form. Schedule: 10:00 Registration, welcome refreshments 10:30 Session 1 12:00 Business lunch 13:00 Session 2 14:30 Coffee break 15:00 Session 3 17:00 End of Tutorial The Tutor: Dr Augustin McEvoy Summary Curriculum Vitae Born in Larne, Northern Ireland, in 1942 Augustin Joseph McEvoy gained his B.Sc. from Queen's University, Belfast, then a M.Sc. in physics from Catholic University of America, Washington D.C. with a Fulbright Fellowship. His doctorate in Surface Physics from University of Ulster, Northern Ireland, was awarded in 1972. After teaching at university level at St. Patrick's College, Maynooth (National University of Ireland) and at the University of the West Indies (Trinidad), from 1978 he was a researcher in photovoltaic materials within European Community programmes in Ireland, Italy and Germany before joining Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale, Lausanne, Switzerland in 1985. In the area of "materials and electrochemistry for energy" he worked on photochemistry and in fuel cell technology as well as teaching and industrial liaison activities. He was the launching Operating Agent for the International Energy Agency activity on solid oxide fuel cells, and his international activities have been extensive, with European Community and European Science Foundation involvement, as well as serving as associate editor for the Journal of Fuel Cell Science and Technology (ASME). In addition to some 180 scientific publications, he has organised several international conferences, edited proceedings and contributed to standard published handbooks on photoelectrochemistry, including electrochemical photovoltaics (DSC) and on fuel cell technology. Now retired from EPFL on reaching the statutory age in September 2007, he is still active as a consulting engineer. Tutorial Fee The fee for the optional Fuel Cell Tutorial by Dr. Augustin McEvoy covers the lectures with complete documentation of the six hour lecture program and refreshments. The Tutorial Fee is 500 CHF (7.6% tax is included). You may register for the Tutorial without participating in the entire conference. Please indicate your choice on the Registration Form.

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