PLENARY SPEAKERS

Clean Energy is Essential and Uncertain in the USA Prof. Jack Brouwer UCI Clean Energy Institute

Professor Jack Brouwer is a Chancellor’s Fellow in the departments of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at University of California at Irvine and serves as Director of the UCI Clean Energy Institute and APEP (Advanced Power and Energy Programme). Previously led the National Fuel Cell Research Center at UCI.
Professor Brouwer is an energy system dynamics expert with research interests in renewable energy systems; dynamic simulation and control; energy system thermodynamics, design, and integration; electrochemical conversion devices and systems such as fuel cells, electrolyzers, and batteries; hydrogen production, storage and conversion systems; hydrogen transmission, distribution, and dispensing; and electrochemical reactions with concurrent heat, mass and momentum transfer

Tbd Prof. Michel Cassir Institut de Recherche de Chimie Paris

Professor Michel Cassir is a senior researcher and founder of the research team “Interfaces, Electrochemistry, Energy” (I2E) of the Institut de Recherche de Chimie Paris (CNRS), Chimie ParisTech - PSL, PSL Research University. He was the Director of the Research Laboratory LECIME, specialized in electrochemistry, fuel cells, and energy devices. He is responsible for the International Collaborations with Latin America. He has expertise in several areas of analytical chemistry, electrochemistry, and surface science applied to high-temperature fuel cells, including both molten carbonate fuel cells (MCFC) and solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC), batteries, and varied topics.
Professor Cassir published 280 scientific papers in Journals dedicated to Analytical Chemistry, Electrochemistry, Materials science, energy, thin layers, and catalysis. He led around 35 industrial, European, or international research programs. He collaborates with universities and institutes worldwide.