Penn State's Hydrogen Energy Center will present its second "Hydrogen Day at Penn State" October 25 at the University Park campus.

The event will feature poster presentations on Penn State research including hydrogen production storage and utilization in fuel cells as well as two panel sessions -- one with industry leaders and another with academic researchers. In addition, participants will be able to tour the Penn State/Air Products hydrogen refueling station that is currently under development on campus.

DEP Secretary Kathleen McGinty will be the luncheon keynote speaker. Esin Gulari, director of the National Science Foundation's Division of Chemical and Transport Systems, will follow her presentation with an update from a recent workshop on future directions in hydrogen energy research and education.

Registered participants will be able to hear a presentation on the Penn State/Air Products hydrogen fueling station and talk with personnel guiding its development including Dr. Joel Anstrom, director of the Hybrid and Hydrogen Research Center at Penn State's Pennsylvania Transportation Institute.

Anstrom says that, although the demonstration fleet of a hydrogen fuel cell car and hydrogen natural gas blend vans and transit buses has just begun development, he expects to have the first two vehicles available for demonstrations by Hydrogen Day.

The registration fee is $75. For more information, contact the Industrial Research office at 814-865-9519 or iro@psu.edu .

8/27/2004