Hydrogen Storage Technologies: New Materials, Transport, and Infrastructure

Agata Godula-Jopek is a fuel cell expert in the Department of Energy & Propulsion at EADS Innovation Works (European Aeronautic Defense and Space Company), Germany. Her research interests centre on fuel cells, hydrogen storage and fuel processing for fuel cells. After obtaining her three academic degrees (MSc) at the Technical University in Cracow in Chemical Engineering, Foreign Trade and Marketing & Management in Scientific Activities respectively, she was working as a scientist in the Department of Electrochemical Oxidation of Gaseous Fuels at the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Cracow, completing here her PhD thesis in 1999. She was an official representative for Aeronautics in Transportation Core Group at the European Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technology Platform, Implementation Panel in Brussels. Presently she is a board member of Fuel Cell Europe in Brussels. She has authored several scientific publications and patents.

Walter Jehle is presently a system engineer for the Department of Energy and Life Support Systems at EADS Astrium, Germany. After graduating in Chemical Engineering from the Technical University of Stuttgart, he worked for the Daimler Chrysler Institute and the EADS Innovation Works. His areas of expertise include Hydrogen Production, Hydrogen Storage and Fuel Cells. Walter Jehle has authored several scientific publications and patents.

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jörg Wellnitz is Chair and Professor of Light-Weight Design and CAE and is Vice-Dean of Faculty Engineering at the University of Applied Sciences in Ingolstadt, Germany. After he studied Aviation and Space Technology in Munich, he worked as Captain and Squadroon Commander at the German Air Defence Artillery. After that, he was chief of the "Core-Competence Composites" and head of the section "Strength Powerplant System" at Rolls-Royce in Germany. Professor Jörg Wellnitz has authored numerous peer-reviewed articles and books.