|
October 2004
Briefly Noted: Rensselaer Hydrogen Center
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY has launched a new Center for Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Research. The center will conduct basic research, focusing on fuel cell development, hydrogen generation and storage, electrochemistry, solid state and polymer science, and the applicatiion of nano-materials in fuel cell and hydrogen research, according to the schools announcement. The new center, based in Rensselaers School of Engineering, will be headed by Glenn Eisman, former chief technology officer of Plug Power, Inc., the fuel cell developer headquartered in nearby Latham, NY. Founded in 1824, Rensselaer is the countrys oldest technological university. Contact: Mary Cimo (media), 518/276-6098; cimom@rpi.edu.
|