HYPOTHESIS

HYdrogen POwer THeoretical and Engineering Solutions International Symposium

WHO'S WHO

Dr. Thipse Sukrut
Position	Assistant Director
Affiliation	Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI)
Mail address	102, Vetal Hill, Paud Road, Pune-411038, India
Tel.	+91 (020) 30231434	Fax	+91 (020) 25434190
e-mail	thipse.edl@araiindia.com	URL	www.araiindia.com
Dr.Thipse has done his Masters in Thermal sciences from Bradley University, USA and his Ph.D. from New Jersey Institute of Technology in the field of Alternative Fuels Combustion. He Research experience of over 10 years in the development of Alternative Fuel vehicles and has been working at ARAI as an Assistant Director since 2004. At ARAI, he is working on the development of HCNG, CNG & LPG engines at the Engine Development Laboratory. He is an active faculty for the ARAI post-graduate academy where he teaches the subject of alternative fuels. He is member of the ISO TC 22 SC 25 working group 5 member related to development of HCNG and Hydrogen component standards. He serves as a core member in the expert committee on Alternative fuels of Department of Science and Technology, Govt of India as a nominee of Director, ARAI. He is also involved with the patent and standardization activity at ARAI and delivers lectures at the Workshops organized for RTO officers at ARAI. He is a Governing board member of SAE India Western section, life member of Combustion Institute and ISTE. Dr. Thipse previously served as Assistant Professor & Head of Department Mechanical Engineering at Bharati Vidyapeeth & Lokmanya Tilak College of Engineering in Navi Mumbai. Dr. Thipse has written 10 books, and several international/national journal and conference papers. He is an examiner for the M.E. course of University of Mumbai and Shivaji University. He is currently guiding two Ph.D students and 4 M.Tech students for their dissertation work.
Main fields of interest: HCNG and Hydrogen engine development

Thompson H. Stan
Position	Chairman
Affiliation	Hydrogen Economy Advancement Team
Mail address	518 Beaten Path Road, Mooresville, NC, 28117-8982, USA
Tel.	+1 704 664-5486	Fax	by previous arrangement
e-mail	hst2nd@aol.com	URL	www.hydrail.org
Stan Thompson holds a bachelor’s degree from Pfeiffer University and is a Life Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. He is retired after 33 years at AT&T, where he worked as an engineer, strategic planner, market manager, and as the environmental and transportation futurist on the Market Assessment and Analysis Team that developed future world and national scenarios for officers’ use in strategic business planning. In 2004, in the International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, he coined the now-universal term of art for hydrogen railway propulsion technology, “hydrail”. With Mayor Bill Thunberg, he developed the Mooresville hydrail initiative to debut commuter hydrail technology between Mooresville and Charlotte, North Carolina (still pending). In 2005, he conceived and, with Appalachian State University, helped to organize 1IHC—the First International Hydrail Conference. The following year the Hydrail Conference (2IHC) was held in Herning, Denmark. 3IHC was held at Catawba College in Salisbury, NC, USA. 4IHC was in Valencia, Spain; 5IHC was at the University of North Carolina’s Charlotte Research Center; and last year the United Nations Industrial Development Organization hosted 6IHC in Istanbul, Türkiye, at ICHET, the International Center for Hydrogen Energy Technology. The annual Hydrail Conferences played an important role in the formation of the Ph.D. program in hydrogen railway technology at the University of Pisa, Italy. Stan Thompson has spoken on hydrail in the USA, Canada, Denmark, The UK, Belgium, Spain and Türkiye.
Main fields of interest: advancing hydrogen rail technology - especially trams (“hydrolleys”) - and the Hydrogen Economy in general.