Conference Chair: Ramesh K. Shah, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Rochester Institute of Technology, 76 Lomb Memorial Drive, Rochester, NY 14623-5604 Tel: (585) 475-7439 Cell: 716-390-9103, Fax: 585-475-7710; E-mail: rkseme@rit.edu; www.rit.edu/~taleme/fuelcell.

Conference Co-Chair: Satish G. Kandlikar, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Rochester Institute of Technology, 76 Lomb Memorial Drive, Rochester, NY 14623-5604; Tel: 585-475-6728; Fax: 585-475-7710; E-mail: sgkeme@rit.edu

Australia

Andrew Dicks, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Qld 4072, Australia; Tel: + 61 7 3365 3699; Fax: + 61 7 3365 4199; E-mail: andrewd@cheque.uq.edu.au

Brazil

Jose V.C. Vargas, Dept of Mechanical Engineering, Universidade Federal do Parana, Caixa Postal 19011, Curitiba, PR CEP: 81531-990, Brazil; Tel: +55-41-361-3307; Fax: +55-41-361-3129; E-mail: jvargas@demec.ufpr.br

Canada

Steven B. Beale, Institute for Chemical Process and Environmental Technology, National Research Council, Montreal Road, Ottawa ON K1A 0R6, Canada; Tel: (613) 993-3487; Fax: (613) 941-1571; e-mail: steven.beale@nrc.ca

Nedjib Djilali, Director, Institute for Integrated Energy Systems (IESVic), University of Victoria, P.O. Box 3055, Victoria, BC V8W 3P6, Canada; Tel: (250) 721-6034; Fax: (250) 721-6323; E-mail: ndjilali@uvic.ca

China

Chong-Fang Ma, Department of Thermal Science and Engineering, Beijing Polytechnic University, Beijing 100022, China; Tel: 86-10-6739-1985; Fax: 86-10-6618-6304 ; E-mail: machf@solaris.bjpu.edu.cn

France

Bernard Thonon, CEA-Grenoble; GRETh, 17 rue des Martyrs, 38054 Grenoble Cedex 9, France; Tel: 33 (0)438 78 30 79; Fax : 33 (0) 438 78 51 72; E-Mail: thonon@cea.fr

Germany

Hans Müller-Steinhagen, Institute of Technical Thermodynamics, German Aerospace Centre, Pfaffenwaldring 38-40, D-70569 Stuttgart, Germany; Tel: 49-711-686-2358; Fax: 49-711-686-2712; E-mail: hans.mueller-steinhagen@dlr.de

India

N. Rajalakshmi, Centre for Energy Research, SPIC Science Foundation, 64, Mount Road, Guindy, Chennai 600 032, India; Tel: 91-44-2257-9680; E-mail: lakshmiraja@hotmail.com or ramp@iitm.ac.in

Italy

Umberto Desideri, Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Perugia, Via G. Duranti, 06125 Perugia, Italy; E-mail: udesideri@yahoo.com

Japan

Ken-ichiro Ota, Department of Energy and Safety Engineering, Yokohama National University, 79-5 Tokiwadai, Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama 240-8501, Japan; Tel: 81-45-339-4021; Fax: 81-45-339-4024; E-mail: ken-ota@ynu.ac.jp

Ken Suzuki, Department of Machinery and Control Systems, Shibaura Institute of Technology, 307 Fukasaku, Minuma-ku, Saitama 337-8570, Japan; Tel: 81-48-687-5115; Fax: 81-48-687-5197; E-mail: ksuzuki@sic.shibaura-it.ac.jp

Takao Watanabe, Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry, 2-6-1 Nagasaka, Yokosuka, Kanagawa 240-0196, Japan; Tel: +81 46 856 2121, Ext.1153; Fax: +81 46 856 3346; E-mail: wata@criepi.denken.or.jp

Mexico

Abel Hernandez-Guerrero, Universidad de Guanajuato, Apdo. Postal 215-A, Pro.Tampico 912, 36730, Salamanca, Gto., México; Tel: 52 464 64-80911, Ext. 221; Fax: 52 464 64-72400; E-mail: abelh@salamanca.ugto.mx

South Korea

Joongmyeon Bae, Department of Mechanical Engineering, KAIST, Daejon, 305-701, South Korea; Tel: +82-42-869-3045; Fax: +82-42-869-3210; E-mail: jmbae@kaist.ac.kr

Sweden

Bengt Sundén, Division of Heat Transfer, Lund Institute of Technology, Box 118, 22100 Lund, Sweden; Tel: +46-46-222-8605; Fax: +46-46-222-8612; E-mail: bengts@emvox2.vok.lth.se

Taiwan

Ruey-Jong Shyu, Energy and Resources Laboratories, Industrial Technology Research Institute, Bldg.64, 195-6, Sec.4, Chung-Hsing Rd., Chutung, Hsinchu, Taiwan, R.O.C.; Tel: 886-3-5916277,5820015; Fax: 886-3-5916310; e-mail: shyurj@itri.org.tw

The Netherlands

Kas Hemmes, Delft University of Technology, NL-2600 GA Delft, The Netherlands; Tel: Fax: 31-15-2781650/3422; E-mail: K.Hemmes@tbm.tudelft.nl

Turkey

Nilufer Egrican, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kayisdagi Caddesi, Kayisdagi, Istanbul, Turkey; Tel: 90-21-65-780461; Fax: 90-21-65-780400; E-mail: egrican@yeditepe.edu.tr

United Kingdom

Rowland Travis, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, UK; Tel: +44-(0)20 759 47090; Fax: +44-(0)20 759 47017; Email: r.travis@imperial.ac.uk

USA

Ismail B. Celik, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department, West Virginia University, Morgantown WV 26506-6106, USA; Tel: (304) 293-3111, Ext. 2325; Fax: (304) 293-6689; E-mail: Ismail.Celik@mail.wvu.edu

Subhasish Mukerjee, Delphi Corporation, Henrietta Engineering Center, 5500 W. Henrietta Road, Rochester, NY 14602-0366, USA; Tel: 585-359-6465; E-mail: subhasish.mukerjee@delphiauto.com

William Pettit, Fuel Cell Activities, GM Global Alternative Propulsion Center, 10 Carriage Street, P.O. Box 603, Honeoye Falls, NY 14472-0603; Tel: 585-624-6611; Fax: 585-624-6680; E-mail: william.pettit@gm.com

Michael von Spakovsky, Energy Management Institute, Mechanical Engineering Department 0238, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061; Tel: 540-231-6684/7190; Fax: 540-231-9100; E-mail: vonspako@vt.edu

Hossein Toghiani, School of Chemical Engineering, Mississippi State University, Box 9595, Mississippi State, MS 39762, Tel: 662-325-8607; Fax: 662-325-2482; E-mail: hossein@che.msstate.edu

Richard R. Trewin, President, Trewin Enterprises, 2125 Baker Avenue East, Nikasyuna, NY 12309, Tel: (518) 393-1118; E-mail: trewin@nycap.rr.com