Eric J. Amis, PhD, Chief, Polymers Division National Institute of Standards and Technology

Eric J. Amis, (Ph.D., Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison; B.S., Chemistry, Willamette University, Salem, Oregon), has been Chief of the Polymers Division of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) since May 1999. Before joining NIST in 1995 to lead the Polymer Blends and Processing Program, Amis spent 11 years on the faculty in physical chemistry at the University of Southern California. Prior to that he completed postdoctoral training at the University of Wisconsin and as a National Research Council Associate at NIST's predecessor, the National Bureau of Standards. From 1992 to 2002 he was the Editor of the Journal of Polymer Science: Polymer Physics Edition. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society (1992) and a past Chair of the APS Division of Polymer Physics (1998). In 2002 he was awarded the Silver Medal from the US Department of Commerce for Leadership in advancing new technical programs in the Polymers Division at NIST. Amis has chaired three Gordon Research Conferences: Macromolecular Dynamics, Polymer West, and Combinatorial and High-Throughput Materials Science (as co-founder).

His research is primarily in the areas of solution rheology combined with light, neutron and X-ray scattering methods to investigate the physics of complex systems such as biomembranes, polyelectrolytes, associating polymers, gels, polymer crystallization, and dendritic polymers. More recently, he has initiated a program to apply combinatorial and high throughput methods to materials physics and biomaterials, which led to the establishment of both the NIST Combinatorial Methods Center and a major NIST initiative in metrology for tissue engineering.

Hyuk Chang, PhD, Principal Fuel Cell Researcher Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology

Dr. Hyuk Chang is the principal investigator of small fuel cell research project at Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology in Korea. He and his team are involved in the development of materials and processes for portable PEMFC and DMFC. Dr. Chang has over 70 technical publications in the field of electrochemical materials, nanophase materials and energy storage devices. He holds a Ph.D. in Metallurgical Engineering from the University of Utah (1990) and worked at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign as a research associate prior to joining Samsung (1992). In 2002, he is named as a MASTER in his Institute as to his research contribution in the fuel cell technology. He is also a member of Fuel Cell Committee of Ministry of Industrial in Korea and a member of world standardization committee in electrochemistry group, IEC for micro fuel cell.

Mark Hampden-Smith, PhD, General Manager Cabot Superior MicroPowders

Mark Hampden-Smith is General Manager of Cabot Superior MicroPowders (CSMP), an advanced materials company that Mark co-founded in 1997. Mark has led the development and scale up of CSMP's spray-based powder production process in the areas of luminescent and energy materials. Currently Mark is leading a group that explores new opportunities for CSMP core capabilities. Prior to this, Mark's efforts were directed towards the business and technical development of Energy Materials offerings including SMP's Dynalyst™ electrocatalysts, MEAs as well as Catalyst and Sorbent Materials. Mark has been responsible for developing the commercialization strategy, customer relationships, technology licensing and supply agreements with key SMP partners. Mark is co-inventor on numerous patents and patent applications including all areas of SMP technology.

Prior to co-founding CSMP, Mark was a Professor of Chemistry and Co-Director of the Center for Micro-Engineered Materials at the University of New Mexico. There he published over 200 papers, including co-authoring or co-editing three leading texts in the areas of Aerosol Processing of Materials, Chemical Vapor Deposition and the Chemistry of Advanced Materials. Mark has received numerous scientific awards including the Corday-Morgan Medal from the Royal Society of Chemistry and the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award. Mark received his degrees in Chemistry at London University.

Eugene S. Smotkin, PhD, Chief Executive Officer and Founder NuVant Systems

Dr. Smotkin, a leading fuel cell expert, is an Associate Professor in Chemistry at the University of Puerto Rico, and a Research Professor at Notre Dame. His research on fuel cells led to the creation of NuVant Systems, which he founded in 1999 .

Since 1992, Dr. Smotkin has trained numerous scientists now working with major fuel cell developers. He has been awarded over $11 million for fuel cell research by the US government and private industry. He was director of the Fuel Cell Battery Research HUB program at IIT from 1994 to 2001, and served as IIT's Co-Director for the Center of Electrochemical Science and Engineering, which focused on fuel cell research and development from, 1995 - 2002. Dr. Smotkin holds 4 issued patents, 5 patents pending and has over 50 peer reviewed publications.