ANNOUNCEMENTS

[April 24, 2008] Next Seminar of the HNEI Spring 2008 Series: Three Dimensional Chitosan Carbon Nanotube Composite Material for Biofuel Cell Applications. To be presented by Carolin Lau, HNEI Post-Doctoral Fellow, on May 6, 2008.

[April 24, 2008] Next Seminar of the HNEI Spring 2008 Series: Biodiesel Production from Biomass. To be presented by Michael Cooney, HNEI Associate Researcher, on April 29, 2008.

[April 8, 2008] Next Seminar of the HNEI Spring 2008 Series: Peak Oil and Its Implications. To be presented by Charles Helsley, Sea Grant College Program, on April 22, 2008.

[April 8, 2008] Next Seminar of the HNEI Spring 2008 Series: Charcoal for Terra Preta Applications. To be presented by Michael J. Antal, Jr., HNEI, and Goro Uehara of Tropical Plant and Soil Sciences, College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, on April 15, 2008..

[April 8, 2008] Cosponsored (with the Department of Mechanical Engineering) Seminar of the HNEI Spring 2008 Series: Material Issues for Energy Storage and Conversion Research and Development in Canada. To be presented by Barry MacDougall, National Research Council Canada (NRC), President of The Electrochemical Society, on April 14, 2008. PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS SEMINAR HAS A DIFFERENT TIME, DATE, AND VENUE FROM THE USUAL.

[March 7, 2008] Next Seminar of the HNEI Spring 2008 Series: Water Economics and Renewable Energy Technologies. To be presented by James Moncur, Director, Water Resources Research Center, on April 8, 2008.

[March 7, 2008] Next Seminar of the HNEI Spring 2008 Series: Tools for Biofuel Feedstock Production Developed at CTAHR. To be presented by Richard Ogoshi of Tropical Plant and Soil Sciences, College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, on March 18, 2008.

[February 27, 2008] Next Seminar of the HNEI Spring 2008 Series: The Biomass Town -- Local Biomass Utilization for the Local Community. To be presented by Kazuhiro Mochidzuki, Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo, on March 5, 2008 (please note that this is a special seminar given on a Wednesday and the seminar will be given from 2:30 to 3:30 pm)

[February 11, 2008] First Seminar of the HNEI Spring 2008 Series: Catalysts for Hydrogen Production from Methane: Design and Optimization of an MEA for a Direct Methanol Fuel Cell. To be presented by Tatyana Reshentenko, HNEI Post-Doctoral Fellow, on February 26, 2008.

[December 11, 2007] Next Seminar of the HNEI Fall Series: Environmental Fate and Capture of Carbon Dioxide and Emerging Wastewater Pollutants. To be presented by Christian Lastoskie of the University of Michigan, on December 14, 2007 (Please Note: The change of venue and timing for this seminar).

[December 11, 2007] Next Seminar of the HNEI Fall Series: Biodiesel Production from Heterotrophic Microalgal Oil. To be presented by Qingyu Wu of Tsinghua University, Beijing, on December 13, 2007 (Please Note: The change of venue and timing for this seminar).

[December 11, 2007] Next Seminar of the HNEI Fall Series: Commercial Oil Production from Microalgae and "The Emperor's New Clothes" To be presented by David Kyle of Advanced BioNutrition Corporation, on December 12, 2007 (Please Note: The change of venue and timing for this seminar)

[December 4, 2007] Next Seminar of the HNEI Fall Series: High-yield Hydrogen or Electricity Generation from Biomass using Microbial Fuel Cell Technologies. To be presented by Bruce Logan of Penn State University, on December 11, 2007.

[October 7, 2007] Next Seminar of the HNEI Fall Series: Electricity System Technologies: A Portfolio Approach for Addressing Global Warming and Petroleum Dependency. To be presented by Terry Surles of HNEI, on October 9, 2007. Please Note: The title and content for this presentation are changed from the original ones. The presentation covering the original subject will be given in the Spring 2008 Seminar Series.

[September 17, 2007] See the complete schedule for the HNEI Fall 2007 Seminar Series. Seminars going out to December 11th, 2007 -- all to occur on Tuesdays in POST 723.

[September 13, 2007] Next Seminar of the HNEI Fall Series: The Biocarbon Fuel Cell III. To be presented by Michael J Antal, Jr. of HNEI, on September 25, 2007.

[September 13, 2007] Next Seminar of the HNEI Fall Series: From Testing to Simulation of Commercial Lithium Ion Batteries. To be presented by Matthieu Dubarry of HNEI, on September 18, 2007.

[April 24, 2007] Special Seminar: Nonobiocatalysis for Biofuel Cells. To be presented by Jungbae Kim of the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, on April 30, 2007. Please note that this seminar will be held in POST 121.

[April 11, 2007] Next Seminar: Dynamic Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cell Model in Modelica. To be presented by Kevin Davies of HNEI, on May 1, 2007.

[April 11, 2007] Next Seminar: The Current State of Photovoltaics. To be presented by Eric L. Miller of HNEI, on April 24, 2007.

[March 30, 2007] Next Seminar: Latest Hardware-in-Loop Development and Fuel Cell Vehicle Simulation. To be presented by Mebs Virji of HNEI, on April 17, 2007.

[March 30, 2007] Next Seminar: Advanced Complex Hydrides: Development and Fundamental Studies of Promising New Hydrogen Storage Materials. To be presented by Craig M. Jensen of the Department of Chemistry, on April 10, 2007.

[March 7, 2007] Next Seminar: Biorefining of Renewable Feedstocks for Biofuels and Bioplastics. To be presented by Jian Yu of HNEI, on April 3, 2007.

[March 7, 2007] Latest revised schedule for the HNEI Spring Seminar Series. Seminars going out to May 1st 2007. All to occur on Tuesdays in POST 723.

[February 26, 2007] Next Seminar: Advanced Controller Design for Hardware-in-Loop Fuel Cell Testing. To be presented by Guenter Randolf, consultant to HNEI, on March 20, 2007.

[February 15, 2007] Next Seminar: Real Time Simulation of a Dynamic Fuel Cell System Application using Hardware-in-Loop Methodologies. To be presented by Volker Schwarzer, visiting scholar at HNEI, on March 13, 2007.

[February 7, 2007] Next Seminar: The Concept of Artificial Upwelling: Myth or Promise? To be presented by Gerard Nihous of HNEI, on March 6, 2007.

[February 7, 2007] Next Seminar: Imaging Ellipsometry Technique and Results. To be presented by Vojtech Svoboda and Bor Yann Liaw of HNEI, on February 27, 2007

[February 2, 2007] First Seminar of the Spring Series: Global Climate Change -- A Primer. To be presented by Terry Surles of HNEI, on February 13, 2007.

[November 29, 2006] Next Seminar: The Hawaii Hydrogen Power Park: Hydrogen Technology Validation -- Separating Fact from Fiction. To be presented by Mitch Ewan of HNEI, on December 5, 2006.

[October 26, 2006] Check out the new updated list for the complete Fall 2006 HNEI Seminar Series.

[October 26, 2006] Special Combined Seminar on Energy Perspectives for Hawaii and Brazil -- (A) Future Energy Initiatives for the State of Hawaii, to be presented by Maurice Kaya, Chief Technology Officer, DBEDT, and (B) Ethanol and Renewable Hydrogen: A Brazilian Perspective, to be presented by Dr. J. Fernando Contadini, Renewable Energy Consultant, Clamper and Petrobras, Brazil. Both presentations to be given on November 21, 2006.

[October 26, 2006] Special Seminar sponsored by the Mechanical Engineering Department and HNEI: Interpretation of Low-Frequency Inductive Loops in PEM Fuel Cell Impedance Data. To be presented by Mark E. Orazen of the University of Florida, on November 17, 2006.

[October 25, 2006] Next Seminar: Introduction to Modelica for Physical System Simulation. To be presented by Kevin Davies of HNEI, on November 28, 2006.

[October 25, 2006] Next Seminar: Non-Platinum Electrocatalysts for Fuel Cells. To be presented by Plamen Atanasso of the University of New Mexico, on November 14, 2006.

[October 20, 2006] Next Seminar: Two-Phase Production of H2/CH4 Mixtures. To be presented by Michael Cooney of HNEI, on October 31, 2006.

[October 5, 2006] Next Seminar: Development for Bioanodes for Bio-Fuel Cells. To be presented by Shelley D. Minteer of Saint Louis University, on Tuesday, October 24, 2006.

[October 4, 2006] Next Seminar: A Roadmap to Estimate Service Life of Energy Storage Systems. To be presented by Bor Yann Liaw of HNEI, on October 17, 2006.

[October 4, 2006] Special HNEI Seminar: Electrochemical Energy Storage: from Materials Research to Battery Modelling. To be presented by Peter H. L. Notten of the Philips Research Laboratories and Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands, on October 9, 2006.

[October 3, 2006] Next Seminar: Oils from Tropical Plants - Biofuels. To be presented by Robert E. Paull of Tropical Plant & Soil Sciences, UH, on October 10, 2006.

[September 19, 2006] Next Seminar: Wind, Sun, Palm Trees and Green Slime. To be presented by C. Barry Raleigh of HNEI, Inc., on October 3, 2006.

[September 13, 2006] Next Seminar: Seminar: Biocarbons from the Lignocellulosic Residues of Biodiesel and Bioethanol Production. To be presented by Michael J. Antal, Jr. of HNEI, on September 26, 2006. PLEASE NOTE THAT FOR THIS SEPTEMBER 26TH SEMINAR ONLY, THE SEMINAR WILL BE HELD IN POST 723 (NOT IN THE HIG AUDITORIUM).

[August 23, 2006] Next Seminar: Seminar: Biodiesel Production: Technical, Economic and Political Issues. To be presented by Robert King of Pacific Biodiesel, Inc., on September 19, 2006.

[August 22, 2006]First Seminar in the HNEI Fall 2006 Series: Microalgae Biotechnology Activities at the IGV. To be presented by Otto Pulz of the Institut fuer Getreideverarbeitung (IGV), on September 12, 2006.

[May 05, 2006] Performance Distribution in Direct Methanol Fuel Cells. To be presented by Guido Bender of HNEI, on May 16, 2006.

[May 03, 2006] Biorefinery of Biomass into Fuel and Thermoplastics. To be presented by Jian Yu of HNEI, on May 9, 2006.

[April 19, 2006] Enzyme Fuel Cells. To be presented by Michael Cooney of HNEI, on May 2, 2006.

[April 19, 2006] Understanding Battery Performance: from Laboratory to Real Life. To be presented by Bor Yann Liaw of HNEI, on April 25, 2006.

[April 14, 2006] The Biocarbon Fuel Cell. To be presented by Michael J. Antal, Jr. of HNEI, on April 18, 2006. This seminar is sponsored by the Coral Industries Chair of Renewable Energy Resources, Hawaii Natural Energy Institute.

[April 6, 2006] Future Cars. To be presented by Paul MacCready of Aerovironment, on April 11, 2006.

[March 30, 2006] Spatial Dependence of CO Poisoning of a PEFC Using the Segmented Cell Approach. To be presented by Guido Bender of HNEI, on April 4, 2006.

[March 17, 2006] Fuel Cell Hardware-in-the-Loop (HiL #1). To be presented by Guenter Randolf of HNEI, on March 28, 2006.

[March 8, 2006] Seminar: Fermenting the Sun: Use of Cyanobacteria for Direct Conversion of CO2 into Ethanol. To be presented by Pengchen Fu of the Department of Molecular Biosciences and Bioengineering, College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, on March 21, 2006.

[March 6, 2006] Seminar: Fuel Cell Energy/Power System Simulation for UUVs. To be presented by M. Virji of HNEI, on March 14, 2006.

[March 2, 2006] Seminar: Fuel Cell Futures. To be presented by Neil Otto, formerly of Ballard Automotive, on March 7, 2006.

[February 21, 2006] Seminar: UUV Simulation. To be presented by Kevin Davies of the Hawaii Natural Energy Institute, on February 28, 2006.

[February 16, 2006] Seminar: UUV Mechanical Architecture. To be presented by Pete Stevenson of the University of South Hampton, UK, on February 21, 2006.

[January 27, 2006] Seminar: A New Non-invasive Method for Acquisition of Current Density in a Single Fuel Cell. To be presented by Karl-Heinz Hauer of xcellvision, Wolfsburg, Germany, on February 14, 2006.

[January 27, 2006] Check out the complete list of HNEI Seminars in the Spring 2006 Series.

[December 21, 2005] Two Seminars: Advanced Materials for Energy Storage, to be presented by Dominique Guyomard of the University of Nantes, Nantes, France, and Computer Simulation of Porous Electrode Li-ion Cells, to be presented by Jun-ichi Yamaki of Kyushu University, Kasugu, Japan, both on January 13, 2006, 2:00 to 4:00 pm, in POST 121.

[November 30, 2005] Seminar: Terrestrial Biomass Resources in Hawaii. To be presented by Scott Turn on December 6, 2005.

[November 8, 2005] Seminar: Microbial Production of Terpenes. To be presented by Jay D. Keasing of the University of California at Berkeley on November 15, 2005.

[October 18, 2005] Seminar: Algal BioHydrogen Production from Water. To be presented by Michael Seibert of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory on November 8, 2005.

[October 4, 2005] Seminar: Potential for High Efficiency in CIGS Thin Film Solar Cells: A Laboratory Perspective. To be presented by Rommel Noufi of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory on October 10, 2005.

[September 18, 2005] Seminar: The Integration of Biotechnology in the Solution of Urgent Aquaculture Problems. To be presented by David J. Kyle on October 4, 2005.

[September 16, 2005] See the complete list of HNEI Seminars in the Fall 2005 Series.

[September 9, 2005] Seminar: Fuel Cell Vehicles. To be presented by Robert M. Moore on September 20, 2005.

[August 10, 2005] Seminar: Tungsten Oxide Films for Solar-Powered Water-Splitting Devices. To be presented by Bjorn Marsen on September 6, 2005.

[April 21, 2005] Seminar: Current Topics in Methane Hydrates. To be presented by Stephen M. Masutani on May 5, 2005.

[April 11, 2005] Seminar: Elementary Thermodynamics of Batteries and Fuel Cells. To be presented by Michael J. Antal, Jr. on April 21, 2005.

[April 6, 2005] Seminar: High Performance PEM Fuel Cells. To be presented by Doug Wheeler on April 14, 2005.

[March 23, 2005] Seminars: 1) Commercial Production of Microalgal Products at Cyanotech; Recent Activities and Future Plans -- to be presented by Gerald Cysewski; and 2) Photosynthetic Biotechnology: Renewable Hydrogen Production and Advanced Biosensors for Environmental Monitoring and Protection -- to be presented by Elias Greenbaum; both on April 7, 2005.

[February 22, 2005] Seminar: Biodiesel from Marine Algae. To be presented by Mark Huntley and Barry Raleigh on March 3, 2005.

[February 22, 2005] The revised list of HNEI Seminars in the Spring 2005 Series.

[February 1, 2005] Seminar: Biohydrogen R&D: A How-to and Not-to- Guide. To be presented by John Benemann on February 17 and 18, 2005.

[January 21, 2005] Seminar: Some Materials Aspects in Enzyme Bio-Fuel Cells. To be presented by Dr. Bor Yann Liaw on February 3, 2005.

[January 19, 2005] Seminar: Integrated Approaches Toward Biohydrogen. To be presented by Drs. Michael Cooney, Jian Yu, and Guangi Wang on January 20, 2005.

[December 16, 2004] Seminar: The Story of Hydrogen in Hawai`i, To be presented by Dr. Richard Rocheleau and Dr. Patrick Takahashi on January 13, 2005.

[July 19, 2004] Seminar: Low Platinum Catalysts for Oxygen Reduction in PEM Fuel Cells, To be presented by Dr. Karen Swider Lyons on July 19, 2004.

[July 2004] Article: "The Blue Revolution: The Key to Hydrogen from OTEC" by Patrick Takahashi, Stephen Masutani and Kenji Sumida. Journal of the Hydrogen Energy Systems Society (of Japan), July 2004.

[June 29, 2004] Presentation: "Blue Hydrogen" by Patrick Kenji Takahashi, Michael Cooney, Jian Yu, and John R. Benemann -- 15th World Hydogen Energy Conference, Yokohama, Japan, June 27 to July 2, 2004.

[April 23, 2004] Seminar: Hydrogen Methane Waste Fermentations for Clean Electricity, Presented by Dr. Christopher Cannizzaro on April 23, 2004.

[March 17, 2004] Seminar: Research in Bioproducts and Bioenergy at the University of Minnesota, Presented by Dr. R. Roger Ruan on March 17, 2004.

[November 28, 2003] Seminar: Opportunities for NSF Funding, Including Some Engineering Directorate Priority Areas, Presented by Dr. Maria K. Burka on December 8, 2003.

[October 2, 2003] Seminar: Management of Inorganics in Thermochemical Biomass Energy Conversion, Presented by Dr. Scott Turn on October 9, 2003.

[May 8, 2003] Seminar: The UH/HNEI Black Gold from Green Waste Project, Presented by Dr. Michael J. Antal, Jr. on May 8, 2003.

[April 29, 2003] Seminar: DNA Extraction Using Bacterial Magnetic Particles, Presented by Brandon Yoza on January 16, 2003.

[October 25, 2002] Biomass Report: Cofiring Tests with Closed-Loop Biomass. September 23-26, 2002. Presented at BIOENERGY 2002. Full Report

[October 25, 2002] Biomass Report: Fouling Characteristics of Processed Biomass: Comparison of Chemical Equilibrium Predictions with Full Scale Test Results. June 16-21, 2002. Presented at the 12th European Conference and Technology Exhibition on Biomass for Energy, Industry, and Climate Protection. Full Report

[October 25, 2002] Hydrogen Report: Resource Assessment of Three Candidate Biomass Feedstocks for Hydrogen Production. August 2002. HNEI Technical Report. Full Report

[October 25, 2002] Hydrogen Report: Photoelectrochemical Production of Hydrogen. 2002. Proceedings of the 2002 U.S. DOE Hydrogen Program Review Full Report

[October 25, 2002] Seminar: Methane Hydrate Research Activities by Dr. Stephen Masutani - given on Oct 10, 2002

[October 24, 2002] Methane Hydrates Report: Experimental Study of Multi-Phase Plumes with Application to Deep Ocean Oil Spills. Final Report to the U.S. Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service. Appendices - Full Report

[October 24, 2002] Methane Hydrates Report: Fiery Ice From the Seas - The First Workshop of the International Committee on Methane Hydrates. March 7-9, 2001. Final Report to the National Energy Technology Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy. Full Report

[October 24, 2002] Hydrogen Report: BioHydrogen Production, Final Summary Report to the U.S. Department of Energy Hydrogen Program. 1996 - 2000. Full Report

[October 24, 2002] Hydrogen Report: Nurturing a Clean Energy Future in Hawaii: Assessing the Feasibility of the Large-Scale Utilization of Hydrogen and Fuel Cells in Hawaii. January 2002. Final Report to the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism, State of Hawaii. Appendices - Full Report

[October 12, 2002] Hydrogen is Hawaii Business cover story

[October 12, 2002] Hydrogen Power Park approved by Department of Energy

[September 7, 2002] Jian Yu joins HNEI

[September 7, 2002] Michael Antal celebrates 20th year at UH

[September 5, 2002] Industrial giants join fuel cell R&D push.

[August 5, 2002] HNEI: a new home, a new look.