NEW YORK, May 19, 2009 – The 7th International Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology Conference will take place June 8-10, 2009, at the Newport Beach Marriott Hotel & Spa in Newport Beach, Calif.

The ASME Emerging Technologies Institute and ASME Advanced Energy Systems Division are sponsors of the conference, in which technical experts from academia and industry will report on the progress of fuel cell systems research and applications.

Focusing on the role of fuel cells in the transportation and electric utility sectors, the conference will include nine discussion tracks on low-temperature fuel cells, high-temperature fuel cells, and other related topics.  The 7th International Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology Conference also will cover the use of fuel cells in specialized applications, such as micro devices and hydrogen storage and recovery.

Including poster sessions and six plenary speeches, the three-day information exchange will bring together several of the institutions on the leading edge of fuel cell research and experimentation, among them the University of California at Irvine, the Connecticut Global Fuel Cell Center, Colorado School of Mines, Kettering University, and Virginia Polytechnic Institute.

Other participants in the conference include the South Coast Air Quality Management District, California Stationary Fuel Cell Collaborative, Toyota, National Fuel Cell Research Center, and FuelCell Energy.

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