HYPOTHESIS

HYdrogen – POwer THeoretical and Engineering Solutions International Symposium

WHO'S WHO

 

Dr. Isamu Yasuda
Position	Team Leader
Affiliation	Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd., Hydrogen Business Project
Mail address	1-16-25 Shibaura, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 105-0023 Japan
Tel.	+81-3-5484-4825	Fax	+81-3-5484-4193
e-mail	iyasuda@tokyo-gas.co.jp	URL	iyasuda@tokyo-gas.co.jp
Born on May 4, 1962. Bachelor of engineering from University of Tokyo in 1985. Master of engineering from University of Tokyo in 1987. Doctor of engineering from University of Tokyo in 1998. Researcher of Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. since 1987 and Senior researcher of Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. since 1993. Part-time instructor of Tohoku University in 1995 and Tokyo Institute of Technology in 2001.
Main fields of interest: Hydrogen production and fuel cells

 

Prof. Klaus Yvon
Position	Full Professor
Affiliation	University of Geneva, Science Faculty
Mail address	24 Quai Ernest Ansermet, CH-1211-Geneva 4, Switzerland
Tel.	+41 22 702 6231	Fax	+41 22 702 6864
e-mail	klaus.yvon@cryst.unige.ch	URL	http://crystsun1.unige.ch/yvonk/KY.html
Born 1943. PhD (Physics & Physical Chemistry, Thesis on Carbohydrides of Transition Metals) in 1967 from Univ. of Vienna (Austria). Visiting Professor at Max-Planck Institute for Solid State Research (Stuttgart), University of Paris-Sud (France), Sir Allan Sewell Fellow (Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia); Past President of Swiss Society of neutron Scattering, Past Chairman of Scientific Councils of Institute Laue-Langevin (Grenoble) and  Swiss Neutron Spallation Source (PSI Villigen), Councel Member of the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (Grenoble); Member of International Steering Committee for the Conference Series: International Symposium on Metal-Hydrogen Systems. Author of more than 270 scientific publications; Guest Editor for Proceedings of International Symposium on Metal-Hydrogen Systems 1996 in J. of Alloys and Coumpounds; Silver medal at 20th International Fair of Inventions (Geneva), Ivan Puluj Medal (Ukrainian Academy of Sciences), Mineral Yvonite named after him. Constructed first hydrogen powered lawn mower (1992) and evaluated first Photovoltaic Hydrogen Production and Storage Installation for a Residential Home in Switzerland (2000).
Main fields of interest: Hydrogen storage