Arrival and Networking
12:30 PM to 1:00 PM

Welcome and Introductions
1:00 to 1:15 PM
Opening remarks by Jay Sayre, Ph.D. – The Ohio State University, Bill Whittenberger and Scott Swartz – OFCHC

Presenters

Energy Security, Efficiency, and Sustainability: An Emerging Paradigm and Roles of Solid Oxide Cells
1:15 to 1:45 PM
Xiao-Dong Zhou, Ph.D., University of Connecticut
Professor, Director, Center for Clean Energy Engineering; Sustainability Chair, Green Bank Professor

REEACH program summary
1:45 to 2:10 PM
James Seaba, Ph.D., Program Director, Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy, (ARPA-E)

Chromium Poisoning of SOC Oxygen Electrode and Its Mitigation Strategies
2:10 to 2:35 PM
Xingbo Liu, Ph.D., West Virginia University
Associate Dean for Research, Statler Chair of Engineering, Professor-Mechanical, Materials, Aerospace

High-temperature electrocatalytic NH3 production from N2 and H2O in a Solid Oxide Electrolytic Cell
2:35 to 3:00 PM
Umit Ozkan, Ph.D., The Ohio State University
Distinguished University Professor and Chair, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Networking Break
3:00 to 3:25 PM: Networking Break

Lightning Talks
3:25 to 3:50 PM

James Wasas - Chairman of the Board and CSO Standard H2, Inc. and H2 Final Filter, Inc.
Amanda Gibson - Senior Engineer and Technical Program Manager - Nexceris
Prof. Shang Zhai - Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Earth Sciences, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The Ohio State University
Aaron Goodman, Co-founder and CEO, Petra Power
Others (TBD)

Presenters

Powering Forward: The Latest in Solid Oxide Stack Technology at Nexceris
3:50 to 4:15 PM
Alex Vaeth, Engineer III at Nexceris

Solid-oxide electrochemistry at elevated pressure
4:15 to 4:40 PM
Prof. Neal Sullivan, Director-Colorado Fuel Cell Center, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Colorado School of Mines

Lightning Talks
4:40 to 4:55 PM
Ted Ohrn, Co-founder and CTO, Special Power Sources,
Yanhai Du, Ph.D., Professor at College of Aeronautics & Engineering, Team Leader and Principal Investigator (PI) of Kent State University's Fuel Cell Research program
Others (TBD).

Closing Remarks
4:55 PM - Bill Whittenberger, Exec. Director and Scott Swartz, Chairman, OFCHC