New Fuel Cells for Clean and Sustainable Energy Future
By Prof Tianshou Zhao
Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering

Date: 16 May 2014
Time: 12:30 pm - 2 pm (Lunch included)
Venue: HKUST Business School Central
15/F, Hong Kong Club Building
3A Charter Road, Central, Hong Kong.
Remarks: Seats are limited and first-come-first-served.
Registration starts one month before the talk.
Enquires: 2358 5019 / science.for.lunch@ust.hk


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Humanity faces both energy shortage and environmental deterioration.  Creating the next generation of highly efficient and clean energy becomes the key challenge.  Fuel cell is an emerging technology for electric power generation for stationary, mobile and portable applications.  Direct alcohol fuel cell is a new type that converts the chemical energy of liquid methanol or ethanol directly into electricity, delivering a low-cost and high energy-conversion system that is low in emissions.  It promises to replace conventional batteries and even automotive internal combustion engines, helping China and the world to meet their energy challenge. Come see a demonstration of its prototype. 

Speaker Profile
Prof Tianshou Zhao
Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering

T.S. Zhao is Chair Professor of Mechanical Engineering at HKUST and Director of its Energy Institute. Educated at Tianjin University in Engineering Thermo-physics, he earned a Ph.D. from the University of Hawaii. A world expert in energy engineering, he has made seminal contributions in fuel cells and computational modelling among other areas. A prolific author of over 190 papers with more than 5500 citations and an h index of 42, he is the winner of multiple awards, including ASME Fellow Award and the Croucher Senior Fellowship award. He has been a member of the editorial board of 21 international journals.
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