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9:00~
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Opening Remarks
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Setsuo Arikawa
President, Kyushu University
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Greetings
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Mitsuyuki Ueda
Director, Office for Basic Research Projects, Basic Research Promotion Division, Research Promotion Bureau,
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT)
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Toshio Kuroki
WPI Program Director /
Deputy Director, Research Center for Science Systems,
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
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Jeffrey Miller
Energy Attache, U.S. Embassy Japan
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9:15~
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Opening Lecture
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Petros Sofronis
Director, International Institute for Carbon-Neutral Energy Research (I²CNER)
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9:45~
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Session 1
Chair: Michihisa Koyama, Professor, INAMORI Frontier Research Center , Kyushu University
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Presentation Title:
Energy Analysis: Toward the Realization of a Carbon-Neutral Society (CNS)
Kuniaki Honda
WPI Visiting Professor, I²CNER, Kyushu University
Standing Corporate Auditor, Gas and Power Co.,Ltd
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Presentation Title:
I²CNER Energy Analysis Platform
Mark Paster
WPI Visiting Professor, I²CNER, Kyushu University
Independent Consultant
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11:00~
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Session 2
Chair: Miho Yamauchi, WPI Associate Professor, I²CNER, Kyushu University
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Hydrogen Production
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Presentation Title:
Hydrogen Production Based on Solar Water Splitting
Tatsumi Ishihara
WPI Principal Investigator, I²CNER, Kyushu University
Professor, Applied Chemistry, Kyushu University
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Presentation Title:
Energizing the Hydrogen Economy: Investigations of New Materials System for Photocatalysis
Lane W. Martin
Satellite Institution Principal Investigator, I²CNER, University of Illinois
Assistant Professor, Materials Science & Engineering, University of Illinois
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Hydrogen Storage Materials
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Presentation Title:
Hydrogen Storage: How it Contributes to the Energy System
Etsuo Akiba
WPI Principal Investigator, I²CNER, Kyushu University
Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Kyushu University
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Presentation Title:
Mechanism of Hydrogenation in Interstitial Hydrogen Storage Materials
Junko Matsuda
WPI Assistant Professor, I²CNER, Kyushu University
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Fuel Cells
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Presentation Title:
Development of Next Generation Fuel Cells and Materials
Sean Bishop
WPI Assistant Professor, I²CNER, Kyushu University
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Presentation Title:
Development of Catalysis Supports for Next Generation Fuel Cells and Materials
Andrew A. Gewirth
Satellite Institution Principal Investigator, I²CNER, University of Illinois
Professor, Chemistry, University of Illinois
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13:15~
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Session 3
Chair: Andrew Gewirth, Satellite Institution Principal Investigator, I²CNER, University of Illinois
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Thermophysical Properties
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Presentation Title:
Thermophysical Properties for Low-Carbon Energy Technologies
Yasuyuki Takata
WPI Principal Investigator, I²CNER, Kyushu University
Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Kyushu University
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Presentation Title:
Ultrafast Thermophysical Properties as Probes of Hydrogen-Material Interactions
David G. Cahill
Satellite Institution Principal Investigator, I²CNER, University of Illinois
Professor & Department Head, Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois
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Material Transformations
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Presentation Title:
Biomimetic Fuel Cell
Seiji Ogo
WPI Principal Investigator, I²CNER, Kyushu University
Professor, Applied Chemistry, Kyushu University
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Presentation Title:
Why Nickel Hydrides Are Relevant to Our Carbon-Neutral Future
Thomas B. Rauchfuss
Satellite Institution Principal Investigator, I²CNER, University of Illinois
Professor, William H. & Janet G. Lycan Professor of Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois
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Hydrogen Structural Materials
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Presentation Title:
Surface Reaction-Limited Embrittlement of Steel in Hydrogen Gas
Brian Somerday
WPI Principal Investigator, I²CNER, Kyushu University
Doctoral, Sandia National Laboratories
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Presentation Title:
Oxidation at Tribo-Interface under Repeated Contact in Hydrogen
Joichi Sugimura
WPI Principal Investigator, I²CNER, Kyushu University
Mechanical Engineering, Kyushu University
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15:15~
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Session 4
Chair: Dimitrios Kyritsis, I²CNER, University of Illinois
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CO₂ Separation and Concentration
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Presentation Title:
Innovation for CO2 Separation Technology
Katsuki Kusakabe
WPI Principal Investigator, I²CNER, Kyushu University
Professor, Nanoscience, Sojo University
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Presentation Title:
Electrochemical Conversion of CO2 into Value-Added Chemicals
Paul J. A. Kenis
Satellite Institution Principal Investigator, I²CNER, University of Illinois
Professor, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois
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CO₂ Capture and Storage
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Presentation Title:
Sub-Seabed and Ocean CCS in I²CNER
Kiminori Shitashima
WPI Assistant Professor, I²CNER, Kyushu University
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Presentation Title:
Dynamics of Multi-Phase Turbulent Plumes with Application to Sub-Seabed CO2 Sequestration
Kenneth T. Christensen
Satellite Institution Principal Investigator, I²CNER, University of Illinois
Mechanical Science & Engineering, University of Illinois
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16:15~
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Educational Outreach
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Presentation Title:
Improving the Pipeline of Future Scientists and Engineers: Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Education and Outreach
Lizanne Destefano
Professor, Quantitative and Evaluative Research Methodologies,
Educational Psychology, University of Illinois
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16:30~
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General Comments
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Nobuhide Kasagi
WPI Program Officer / Professor, the University of Tokyo
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Closing Remarks
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Petros Sofronis
Director, I²CNER
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