While working for the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division, Newport, Rhode Island, Mr. Dow has accumulated over 28 years of experience in both the experimental and the prototypic development of advanced air-independent energy sources for electric and thermal propulsion systems for Navy unique undersea vehicles. From 1992-2000, Mr. Dow was the Principal Investigator (PI) for numerous Aqueous based Semi-Fuel Cells (SFC) involving Aluminum, Magnesium and Lithium anodes employing various liquid phase catholytes in an effort to develop very high specific energy solutions under the auspices of the Office of Naval Research Undersea Weaponry programs; more specifically, Mr. Dow focused on the experimental development of high specific power and energy electrochemical couples including the numerical modeling of the electrochemical, thermodynamic and hydrodynamic micro and macro characteristics of these energy systems. From 2000-2007, Mr. Dow was Head of NUWC's Energy & Propulsion Systems Branch, leading a team of scientists and engineers in the development of advanced Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Systems, Direct Oxidation Liquid Phase Sodium Borohydride-Hydrogen Peroxide Fuel Cell Systems and Lithium-Seawater Systems. Most recently, Mr. Dow is establishing NUWC's Energy & Propulsion System Lab (EPSL), the charter of which is to initiate and coordinate energy & power conversion initiatives throughout NUWC and with external organizations of interest within the Navy (ONR, Navy labs), Government (DARPA, DoE), Industry and Academia. Mr. Dow holds 7 patents and has 13 papers and publications within these disciplines.

Education:
MSME, Fluid & Thermal Science-University of Rhode Island, RI - 1994
BSME, Ocean Engineering - University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI - 1981

Joe Heinzmann is the Senior Director of Business Development - West Region for FuelCell Energy.

In this role Joe is responsible for working with clients to develop economically justified and environmentally sound solutions that promote the use of fuel cells in the municipal and commercial marketplace. FuelCell Energy's megawatt projects at Cal State Northridge, Santa Rita Jail, Turlock Irrigation District, the City of Riverside and the Sierra Nevada Brewing Company are a testament to the foresight and action that our Leaders in both the Public and Private arena are taking to promote clean efficient energy which reduces our carbon footprint and harmful pollutants, while making our electrical grid more secure and reliable for all of our fellow Californians.

Joe's practical expertise encompasses the technical and economic aspects of backup and onsite-distributed generation, generator controls, electrical protection and automated generator control systems.

Prior to joining FuelCell Energy, Mr. Heinzmann was the West Region Application and Technical Sales Leader for the General Electric Company.

Katrina Fritz Intwala was appointed Vice President of Government and Public Relations in June 2008. She had been Director of Government Initiatives since November 2005, after serving as Plug Power's Government Programs Manager since January 2005. Fritz Intwala manages government business development and government programs, overseeing strategic relationships with government officials, industry leaders and trade associations. She is also responsible for developing and managing Plug Power's integrated marketing communications and public relations programs.

Dr. Matt Miyasato is the Assistant Deputy Executive Officer for the Technology Advancement Office at the South Coast Air Quality Management District. In his current role at the AQMD, Dr. Miyasato leads the Demonstration, Implementation, Best Available Control Technologies (BACT), and Technology Outreach groups, with the overall goal of developing, demonstrating, and accelerating the commercialization and implementation of clean technologies. These technologies include fuel cells, hydrogen, alternative fueled engines, PM and NOx after-treatment, hybrid and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, and other clean alternative technologies.

Dr. Miyasato received his undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering (1988), and his Masters (1993) and Ph.D. in Engineering (1998), specializing in combustion technologies and air pollution control - all from the University of California, Irvine.

Dr. Miyasato has worked at Southern California Edison in the Nuclear Engineering Department and at General Electric, where he designed burners and combustion modifications for utility boilers. He was also a research scientist at UCI, where he managed the industrial burner research program and has publications on combustion phenomena, active control, and laser diagnostics. Dr. Miyasato has also been a lecturer at UCI for the undergraduate air pollution control course.

Dr. Miyasato serves as the lead staff support for the California Fuel Cell Partnership, the California Stationary Fuel Cell Collaborative, the California Hydrogen Highway Network, and the Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle Center.

Bill Reinert is National Manager of Advanced Technology for Toyota Motor Sales, USA. His primary function is to coordinate Toyota's various development and marketing activities related to alternative-fueled vehicles and emerging technologies. He is currently working on several advanced hybrid electric products, direct hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, reformed fuel approaches for hydrogen, full-featured electric vehicles, city electric vehicles, plug-in hybrid concepts, ethanol fuels and sustainable transportation systems.

Bill graduated from the University of Colorado, Boulder, with a Masters of Energy Engineering.

Bill has testified before the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality and is currently part of the Principal Voices Program with CNN, Fortune and Time.

http://www.principalvoices.com/2006/urbanization/

Bill lives in Rancho Santa Margarita, CA with his wife Pam.

Wayne A. Surdoval, Fuel Cells Technology Manager for the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). A chemical engineer (University of Pittsburgh, B.S. and M.S.) serving in both leadership and technical positions during his 25 years of U.S. DOE service. Provides programmatic and technology leadership for the Solid State Energy Conversion Alliance (SECA) and NETLs Strategic Center for Coal, Office of Coal and Power R&D, including fuel cells and fuel cell coal-based systems.

Rowland Travis has been active in fuel cell research since 1994, with particular interest in the mechanical integrity and reliability of fuel cells and fuel cell systems. After 15 years at Imperial College London as an academic with research in this area funded by industry, govenrment research councils and the European Commision, he moved in 2005 to Rolls-Royce Fuel Cell Systems where he as Manager, Fuel Cell Stack and Vessel, he is responsible for the development of the key components of the fuel cell system.

Dr. Chao-Yang Wang received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Iowa, and he is currently Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Professor of Materials Science & Engineering at the Pennsylvania State University. He has been the founding director of Electrochemical Engine Center (ECEC) since 1997. Dr. Wang received NSF CAREER award and premier research award from the Penn State Engineering Society, and has been a senior technical advisor to the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and a delegate to Indo-U.S. and Canada-US fuel cell workshops. A fellow of ASME, Dr. Wang is a frequent plenary/keynote speaker at national and international conferences as well as seminars at universities worldwide. He serves on the editorial board of several journals and book series. He holds 16 U.S. and international patents and has published nine book chapters and reviews as well as over 150 journal articles. Dr. Wang's research interests cover the transport and materials aspects of batteries and fuel cells.