World Fuel Cell Conference 2022

December 12-15, 2022, University of California, Irvine, US

CONFERENCE OBJECTIVES

The 2022 World Fuel Cell Conference (WFCC) is a multi-disciplinary conference that covers the latest developments and advancements in fuel cells, from fundamentals, to advanced materials, design, engineering, products, and applications. It will be of particular value and interest to those in the relevant fields.

VENUE

The conference will be held in Irvine, CA, USA at the University of California, Irvine (UCI). UCI is ranked among the nation’s top 10 public universities for the seventh year in a row by U.S. News & World Report. U.S. News also lists the campus at No. 2 for social mobility for a second consecutive year.

CONFERENCE FORMAT

The conference will be composed of the following events and activities:

• General contributed abstracts/papers presented orally in technical sessions and/or by posters

• Keynote abstracts/papers presented by invited speakers

• Tutorials about fuel cell and hydrogen-related technology by inviting leading researchers

ABSTRACT/PAPER SUBMISSION

The submissions to the conference are in two formats:

• Abstract only (no paper submission required and presentation only), or

• Full Paper (for consideration in Best Paper Award and/or special issues of peer-reviewed international journals)

IMPORTANT DATES

• Submission of Abstract (presentation only): 21 November 2022

• Submission of Full Paper: 31 January 2023

• Registration Deadline: November 21, 2022 (for Early Bird Discount)

REGISTRATION FEE

• Regular delegate:

  • Online: USD $ 300 USD (End November 21) and $350 USD (Begin November 22)

  • In-Person: $650 USD (End November 21) and $750 USD (Begin November 22)

• Student delegate:

  • Online: $150 USD (End November 21) and $150 USD (Begin November 22)

  • In-Person: $300 USD (End November 21) and $300 USD (Begin November 22)

General Contact:

William Gary (wmg@apep.uci.edu)

Co-organizers:

Call for Abstract

Committees

Conference Chair

Jack Brouwer, University of California, Irvine

Conference Co-chairs

Yun Wang, University of California, Irvine

Iryna Zenyuk, University of California, Irvine

Luca Mastropasqua, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA

Yu Morimoto, University of California, Irvine

Jianbo Zhang, Tsinghua University, China

Xianguo Li, University of Waterloo, Canada

International Advisory Board

Michael Guiver, Tianjin U, China

Liejin Guo, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China

Shi-Gang Sun, Xiamen University, China

Wen-Quan Tao, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China

Chao-Yang Wang, Penn State U, USA

Plamen Atanassov, University of California, Irvine

Voja Stamenkovic, University of California, Irvine

Minggao Ouyang, Tsinghua University, China

Tianshou Zhao, Hong Kong

International Organizing Committee

Allam, Nageh, American University in Cairo, Egypt

Ardo, Shane, University of California, Irvine, USA

Bazylak, Aimy, U of Toronto, Canada

Bessarabov, Dmitri, North-West University, South Africa

Campanari, Stefano, Politécnico di Milano, Italy

Casalegno, Andrea, Polytechnic University of Milan, Italy

Chan, Siew Hwa, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Chen, Kuei-Hsien, Academia Sinica & National Taiwan University, Taiwan

Chuang, Abel, University of California, Merced, USA

Das, Prodip, Newcastle University, UK

Du, Shangfeng, University of Birmingham, UK

Flores, Robert, University of California, Irvine, USA

Fowler, Michael, University of Waterloo, Canada

Gallart, Marc Secanell, University of Alberta, Canada

Gostick, Jeffrey, University of Waterloo, Canada

Han, Minfang, Tsinghua University, China

Hou, Zhongjun, Shanghai Hydrogen Propulsion Technology Co., Ltd., China

Irvine, John, University of St Andrews, UK

Jiang, San Ping, Curtin University, Australia

Jiao, Kui, Tianjin University, China

Kesler, Olivera, University of Toronto, Canada

Kupecki, Jakub, Institute of Power Engineering, Poland

McLarty, Dustin, Washington State University, USA

Milewski, Jarek, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland

Ming, Pingwen, Tongji University, China

Pasaogullari, Ugur, University of Connecticut, USA

Pivovar, Bryan, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), USA

Pollet, Bruno G., Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway

Qu, Zhiguo, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China

Roberts, Rory, Tennessee Tech, USA

Santarelli, Massimo, Politécnico di Torino, Italy

Shahgaldi, Samaneh, University of Quebec Trois, Rivieres, Canada

Shao, Minhua, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong

Shen, Pei Kang, Guangxi University, China

Shi, Zhiqing (Ken) National Research Council of Canada, Canada

Song, Yujiang, Dalian University of Technology, China

Sun, Pengtao, University of Nevada, USA

van Herle, Jan, EPFL (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne), Switzerland

Wipke, Keith, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), USA

Yang, Jenny, University of California, Irvine, USA

Yin, Yan, Tianjin University, China

Yu, Hongmei, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, China

Zamel, Nada, Fraunhofer Institute, Germany

Zhang, Caizhi, Chongqing University, China

Zhang, Fengyuan, The University of Tennessee Knoxville, USA

Local Organizing Committee

William Gary, Cynthia Dieudonne, Jennifer Wilkens, Iryna Zenyuk, Yun Wang, Jack Brouwer

General Contact

William Gary (wmg@apep.uci.edu)

Registration

Registration Fee:

The WFCC 2022 will be delivered in hybrid mode (both in-person and online), and the registration fee is as follows:

• Regular:

  • Online: USD $ 300 USD (End November 21) and $350 USD (Begin November 22)

  • In-Person: $650 USD (End November 21) and $750 USD (Begin November 22)

• Student:

  • Online: $150 USD (End November 21) and $150 USD (Begin November 22)

  • In-Person: $300 USD (End November 21) and $300 USD (Begin November 22)

Program

WFCC 2022 Conference Program

Invited Keynote Speakers

Nageh Allam

• American University in Cairo

• nageh.allam@aucegypt.edu

Plamen Atanassov

• UC Irvine

• plamen.atanassov@uci.edu

Stefano Campanari

• PoliMi

• stefano.campanari@polimi.it

Lei Cheng

• Bosch Sunnyvale

• Lei.Cheng2@us.bosch.com

Ibrahim Dincer

• Ontario Tech. University

• ibrahim.dincer@ontariotechu.ca

Kui Jiao

• Tianjin University

• kjiao@tju.edu.cn

Jakub Kupecki

• IEn

• jakub.kupecki@ien.com.pl

Natalia Macauley

• Giner

• nmacauley@ginerinc.com

Olga Marina

• PNNL

• olga.marina@pnnl.gov

Zhiguo Qu

• Xian Jiaotong University

• zgqu@mail.xjtu.edu.cn

Sunita Satyapal

• DOE HFTO

• sunita.satyapal@ee.doe.gov

Shuhui Sun

• INRS

• shuhui.sun@inrs.ca

Ivan Toji

• FESB

• itolj@fesb.hr

Chao-Yang Wang

• Penn State

• cxw31@psu.edu

Iryna Zenyuk

• UC Irvine

• ivz@apep.uci.edu

Jian Zhao

• Mississippi State University

• jianzhao@cavs.msstate.edu

Feng-Yuan Zhang

• University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK)

• fzhang@utk.edu

Jianbo Zhang

• Tsinghua University

• jbzhang@tsinghua.edu.cn

Gaohua Zhu

• Toyota North America

• gaohua.zhu@toyota.com

Chris Weiland

• Precision Resource Canada Ltd.

• Title: Scale-up to Commercialization of Metallic Bipolar Plates: Challenges & Opportunities

• Chris.Weiland@precisionresource.com

3MT Competition

Important Dates

• Submission of Abstract (presentation only): 21 November 2022

• Submission of Full Paper: 31 January 2023

• Registration Deadline: November 21, 2022 (for Early Bird Discount)