UK Energy Storage Conference - 30 November 2016

Bringing together the energy storage research community, inspiring future collaborations.

Elgar Concert Hall and Great Hall,
University of Birmingham (Edgbaston)

UK Energy Storage Conference
30 November - 2 December 2016

This event has finished.

About UKES2016

The Energy Storage Research Network (ESRN), the Energy SUPERSTORE and the STFC Network in Battery Science and Technology, all funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), are hosting the third UK Energy Storage Research Conference (UKES2016), providing an inclusive platform for all researchers in Energy Storage to present their work through talks and poster sessions. In line with the ethos of the Energy SUPERSTORE, the conference endeavours to bring together researchers from academia, industry and policy and across the whole field of energy storage, inspiring collaborations for future research.

Previous UKES websites:

UKES2014

UKES2015

Who should attend?

The conference is aimed at PhD students, early career and senior researchers in Industry, Academia, Research Institutes and Government, both in the UK and internationally.

Contact

Please contact Dr. Jacqueline Edge at energystorage@imperial.ac.uk if you have any questions.

Confirmed speakers

The UKES2016 Final Programme is available here.

PLENARIES:

Sally Fenton, Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS): Energy Storage – Innovation & Opportunities.
Ian Goodman, Goodman Wolfe Consulting: The business of batteries.
Prof. Clare Grey, University of Cambridge: Developing and Applying New Tools to Understand how Materials for Li and “beyond-Li” Battery Technologies Function.
Dr. Dan Rogers, University of Oxford: Power Electronics for Grid-scale Energy Storage.
Prof. Phil Taylor, Newcastle University: Energy Storage as an Integral Part of Whole Energy Systems.

DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS:

Prof. Bala Venkatesh, NSERC Energy Storage Technology Network (NEST), Canada: Canadian Energy Storage Projects.
Colin Arnold, UK-ABSC Project, AGM Batteries Ltd: UK Automotive Battery Supply Chain and Sodium-Ion Batteries for Electric Vehicles – Two Automotive Projects but Potential for Energy Storage.
Prof. Rob Thring, Loughborough University: The Elevate Project.
Gerard Finneran, Glen Dimplex: Horizon 2020 RealValue Project –
Smart Electric Thermal Storage.
Prof. David Greenwood, Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG): Automated Module-to-pack Pilot Line for Industrial Innovation (Amplifii).
Tim Gardhouse, Highview Power Storage: On the Process to Commercialisation of Liquid Air Energy Storage.
Richard Flynn, redT: Cost Reduction through Co-location.

APC DISCUSSION PANEL: Translating Science into Impact:

Chris May, Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC) – Overview of the Advanced Propulsion Centre: Background and Role of the APC and projects.
Mike Woodcock, APC – Overview of the APC Spoke Network: Developing collaborative national networks around key strategic technologies for the automotive industry.
Prof. David Greenwood, Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG) – Overview of the APC Electrical Energy Storage Spoke: Co-ordinating the UK’s academic community around Electrical Energy Storage challenges for automotive R&D.

POLICY AND ECONOMICS OF STORAGE IN ENERGY SYSTEMS:

KEYNOTE: Prof. Goran Strbac, Imperial College London: Transforming the energy system with energy storage – market & regulatory implications.
KEYNOTE: Dr. Matteo Di Castelnuovo, Bocconi University, Milan: Tesla vs BMW? Not quite! Energy Storage in the US vs Germany: a Comparative Analysis of Market Design and Regulatory Frameworks.
Dr. Giorgio Castagneto Gissey, UCL: Regulatory Barriers to Energy Storage Deployment: the UK Perspective.
Subhash Kumar, Institute for Future Energy Consumer Needs and Behaviour: Grid-Connected Renewables and Energy Storage Systems and Their CO₂ Emission Mitigation Potential in Germany: a Least Cost Analysis.
Olayinka Williams, Imperial College London: Welfare Effects of Market Power in Energy Storage.
Dr. Nicholas Good, University of Manchester: A Framework for Modelling and Assessment of Smart, Multi-Energy Districts.
Rosemary Whitbread, Centre for Energy Innovation, Health & Safety Laboratory: Safe Innovation in Energy Storage Systems – Underpinning Risk Management, Governance, Policy and Standards.
Dr. Catherine Bale, University of Leeds: Consortium for Modelling and Analysis of Decentralised Energy Storage: Integrating distributed storage in cities.

THERMAL, MECHANICAL AND THERMOCHEMICAL STORAGE:

KEYNOTE: Dr. Alexander White, University of Cambridge: Pumped Thermal Exergy Storage: Past, Present and Future.
KEYNOTE: Prof. Seamus Garvey, The University of Nottingham: The Case for CAES – New Perspectives on Exergy Storage, Involving Compressed Air.
Pau Farres-Antunez, University of Cambridge: Thermodynamic Strategies for Pumped Thermal Exergy Storage with Liquid Reservoirs.
Dr. David Evans, British Geological Society: Initial Studies to Derive Estimates of Potential UK Salt Cavern Volumes and Exergy Storage (CAES).
Afrah Awad, University of Leeds: Thermal Energy Storage Enhancement of Dispersing Nanoparticles in a New PCM (NaNO₃).
Adriano Sciacovelli, University of Birmingham: Liquid Air Energy Storage with Packed Bed Cold Thermal Storage – Next Generation of Grid Storage Plants.
Bruno Cardenas, University of Nottingham: Multiple Thermal Stores for Reducing Exergy Losses in a CAES System.
Niccolo Le Brun, Imperial College London: Thermohydraulic Characterisation of Molten Salts as PCMs for Thermal Energy Storage.

POWER MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL:

KEYNOTE: Joel Sylvester, Dukosi Ltd: Developments in Battery Management Technology for Energy Storage.
KEYNOTE: Prof. David Stone, The University of Sheffield: Electrical Energy Storage – An Academic Approach to a Practical Problem.
Damien Frost, University of Oxford: Wifi Enabled Battery Management Systems: Using the Internet of Things to Enhance Battery Technology.
Maximilian Zangs, University of Reading: On-Line Adjustment of Battery Schedules for Supporting LV Distribution Network Operation.
Dr. Panayiotis Romanos, CREST, Loughborough University: Frequency Control by Thermal Energy Storage Systems in Smart Grids.
Damian Giaouris, Newcastle University: Generic Modelling of Energy Management Methods in Hybrid Energy Systems Including Energy Storage.
Amir Eleffendi, University of Oxford: Battery Management System for Very-Large Scale Grid Connected Energy Storage Systems.

STORAGE FOR TRANSPORT:

KEYNOTE: Dr. Valentina Gentili, Johnson Matthey Battery Systems: Implications and Challenges for Future Automotive Batteries.
Yan Zhao, Imperial College London: Improve Li-ion battery Performance by Externally Applied Compression – a Study on Post High-Temperature Excursion Performance.
Thomas Bruen, Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG): Model Based Design of Active Balancing Control Systems.
Dr. Monica Marinescu, Imperial College London: Improving Performance of Li-S Cells Under Cycling: a Model-Informed approach.
Christos Kalyvas, University of Hertfordshire: 3-D Thermal Transient Modelling of Li-ion Battery Packs for Use in Battery-Powered Personal Rapid Transit Vehicles.

INTEGRATION OF STORAGE INTO ENERGY NETWORKS:

KEYNOTE: Dr. Graham Oakes, Upside Energy: Stimulating Storage Research through Open Innovation.
Stalin Munoz Vaca, Newcastle University: Hybrid Energy Storage System for Improving Frequency Response of Wind Farms.
Jaehwa Lee, University of Oxford: Optimal Operation of a Microgrid using Gaussian Processes and Model Predictive Control.
Dr. Gillian Williamson, Parsons Brinckerhoff: Network Integration Challenges & Benefits from Energy Storage – Findings from DS2030.
Dr. Timur Yunusov, University of Reading: Deployment of Half-hourly Schedules on a DNO-owned Energy Storage System to Support Suburban LV network: field trials.

HYDROGEN FOR ENERGY STORAGE:

KEYNOTE: Prof. Thomas Schmidt, Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI): Hydrogen Production by Electrolysis: Recent Progress on Closing Gaps.
KEYNOTE: Prof. Bent Sørensen, Roskilde University, Denmark: The Role of Underground Hydrogen Stores in Sustainable Energy Futures.
Zhao Pengcheng, Global Energy Interconnection Research Institute (GEIRI): A Hydrogen Energy Storage Demonstration Platform in Chinese Power Transmission Industry.
Mario Ludwig, GEIRI Europe: Safety Analysis of a Hydrogen Energy Storage System.
Dr. Martin Khzouz, Coventry University: Solid State hydrogen storage and production for mobility applications.

FLOW BATTERIES:

KEYNOTE: Prof. Fikile Brushett, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT): Redox Flow Batteries: Exploring an Emerging Design Space.
KEYNOTE: Dr. Xiaohong Li, University of Exeter: Membrane-free Redox Flow Battery system.
Declan Bryans, University of Strathclyde: Synthesis and Characterisation of Novel Complex Additives for Use in the Hybrid ZnBr₂ Flow Battery.
Dr. Barun Chakrabarti, Imperial College London: Advanced Characterisation of Graphene Deposited Carbon Paper Electrodes for the All-Vanadium Redox Flow Battery.
Dr. Kathryn Toghill, Lancaster University: New Chemistries for Non-Aqueous Redox-Flow Batteries: Cobalt (II) Complexes with Azole-Pyridine Ligands.

ELECTROCHEMICAL ENERGY STORAGE:

KEYNOTE: Dr. Edmund Cussen, University of Strathclyde: Solid State Electrolytes for Lithium Batteries: Ions that can Hop, Skip and Jump.
KEYNOTE: Prof. Mauro Pasta, University of Oxford: A New Approach to Solid State Batteries using Prussian Blue Analogue Materials.
Dr. Emma Kendrick, The University of Warwick: Energy Optimisation of a Sodium Ion Battery Chemistry.
Dr. Chun Huang, University of Oxford: Improving Energy Storage Performance of Li-ion Batteries through Electrode Structure Design and Advanced Manufacturing.
Prof. Harry Hoster, Lancaster University: Lithium Oxygen Cells: the Key Role of Inhomogeneous Cathode Passivation.
Prof. Magda Titirici, Queen Mary University: Low Cost Carbon Anodes for Na-ion batteries.
Prof. Robert Dryfe, The University of Manchester: MoSM₂ as a Na-ion Battery Anode Material: in situ EPR study of Electrochemical Sodiation.
Brett Helms, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory: Rational Design of Microporous Polymeric Materials for Selective Ion
Transport in Electrochemical Devices.

ADVANCED TOOLS AND DIAGNOSTICS:

KEYNOTE: Dr. Laurence Hardwick, University of Liverpool: In situ Surface Enhanced Infrared Spectroscopy to track Oxygen Reduction Reaction in the Presence of Lithium ions.
KEYNOTE: Dr. Pooja Panchmatia, Loughborough University: Solid State Modelling of Energy Storage Materials.
Ian Hayward, Renishaw plc: Focusing on the Raman Spectroscopy of Lithium-ion Batteries.
Michael Mercer, Lancaster University: Monte Carlo Simulations of Entropy Profiles in Li-ion Batteries: Gaining Understanding of the Influence of Crystalline Defects.
Kent Griffith, University of Cambridge: Atomic and Electronic Structure of High-rate Battery Materials via X-ray Diffraction, X-ray Absorption, Multinuclear NMR and DFT.
Romeo Malik, Warwick Manufacturing Group: Silicon Electrode Degradation Analysis using Laboratory Based X-ray Tomography.
Matyáš Zetek, Imperial College London: Kinetics of Ionic and Electronic Transport in Polymers Investigated via Optical Spectroscopy.

ABOUT THE PLENARY AND KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Dr. Dan Rogers

Prof. Phil Taylor

Newcastle University

Prof. Fikile Brushett

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Dr. Edmund (Eddie) Cussen

University of Strathclyde

Dr. Matteo Di Castelnuovo

Bocconi University, Milan

Prof. Seamus Garvey

Dr. Valentina Gentili

Johnson Matthey Battery Systems

Dr. Laurence Hardwick

Dr. Xiaohong Li

University of Exeter

Dr. Graham Oakes

Upside Energy

Dr. Pooja Panchmatia

Loughborough University

Prof. Mauro Pasta

University of Oxford

Prof. Thomas Schmidt

Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI)

Prof. Bent Sørensen

Roskilde University, Denmark

Prof. Bent Sørensen

Roskilde University, Denmark

Bent Sørensen’s research is cross-disciplinary and has resulted in nearly a thousand scientific articles and some 30 books, including foundation work in economic theory (the scenario method, life-cycle analysis) and in energy research (technology and applications of renewable energy resources, hydrogen and energy storage). Some recent titles include: Energy, Resources and Welfare, Energy Intermittency and Life-Cycle Analysis of Energy Systems. He has worked at universities in Japan, France, Denmark, Australia and the United States (Berkeley and Yale), has been a consultant to governments and international organisations, a lead author in the IPCC climate assessment and recipient of several international prizes and honours.

Bent is currently Emeritus Professor in the Department for People and Technology at Roskilde University in Denmark.

Prof. David Stone

The University of Sheffield

Prof. David Stone

The University of Sheffield

Dave Stone graduated from the University of Liverpool with a PhD in 1989. Joined the University of Sheffield as a lecturer in power electronics and energy storage, and now leads a group at the University of Sheffield concentrating on power storage and conversion, both static and mobile.

Prof. Goran Strbac

Imperial College London

Prof. Goran Strbac

Imperial College London

Goran Strbac is a Professor of Energy Systems at Imperial College London. His research, conducted in close collaboration with energy industry, governments and regulators, focuses on the development of technical, economic and market frameworks to facilitate cost effective integration of new forms of low carbon generation and demand technologies. He is the lead PI for the EPSRC-funded Energy Storage for Low Carbon Grids Grand Challenge Project. He is a member of the Steering Committee of the Smart Grids EU Technology Platform and is involved in the EU Smart Cities Market Place; Member of the Government Panel of Technical Experts for Electricity Market Reform implementation; Director of the UK Centre for Grid Scale Energy Storage; participates in working groups and committees within CIGRE, CIRED, IET, IEEE and IEA.

Joel Sylvester

Dukosi Ltd

Joel Sylvester

Dukosi Ltd

Joel is Chief Technology Officer at Dukosi Ltd. He is a Chartered Engineer with 25 years experience in the electronics industry.

Prior to joining Dukosi as lead engineer on its conception in 2003, he was Head of Electronics at the UK Astronomy Technology Centre, designing electronic systems for imagers and spectrometers, and at Elektrobit, designing systems and circuits for the communications industry.

He has specialised in systems engineering and mixed signal integrated circuit design across a diverse range of projects, including battery management systems.

Dr. Alexander (Alex) White

University of Cambridge

Dr. Alexander (Alex) White

University of Cambridge

Dr. Alex White is a Senior Lecturer in Thermo-fluids engineering at Cambridge University Engineering Department. He obtained his PhD in Wet Steam research from Cambridge in 1992 and has since worked at the Ecole Centrale in Lyon, ONERA in Toulouse and as a Lecturer at Durham University. He returned to Cambridge in 2000 where he is now a member of the Energy Group and leads research groups modelling thermo-mechanical energy storage technologies and two-phase (condensing) flows. Of particular relevance to the present conference, Alex acted as a technical consultant to Isentropic Ltd for the development of their Pumped Heat Energy Storage (PHES) system and other storage concepts.

Prof. Bala Venkatesh

Ryerson University, California

Prof. Bala Venkatesh

Ryerson University, California

Dr. Bala Venkatesh is both founding academic director and head of the Centre for Urban Energy (CUE) at Ryerson University. He is also a tenured professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

He specializes in electric power systems with interests in transmission and distribution systems, renewables, energy storage and smart grids. He works with several companies, such as Hydro One, Toronto Hydro, Ontario Power Authority, Schneider Electric, eCamion, Temporal Power, Electrovaya and New Brunswick Power. In total, his extramural funding is over $10 million. In the last two decades, he has worked on over 30 consulting and research projects in India and Canada.

With a Ph.D. from Anna University (India), Dr. Venkatesh is a registered professional engineer in Ontario, Canada. Currently a Ryerson professor, he has also taught at the University of New Brunswick, Multimedia University (Malaysia) and Anna University since 1994.

Dr. Venkatesh has extensive journal publications to his credit and has supervised over 50 MSc and PhD theses.

Colin Arnold

AGM Batteries Ltd

Colin Arnold

AGM Batteries Ltd

Colin Arnold is a Project Manager at AGM Batteries Ltd, based in Thurso, Caithness, with 33 years experience in the UK Industry, working in many roles in Manufacturing, Engineering, Sales, Quality and Procurement. Previous companies include ATM manufacturer NCR, over the last 8 years working on lithium batteries with Axeon and Johnson Matthey Battery Systems.

He manages all projects at AGM Batteries and his main focus is two major InnovateUK projects. He is lead partner and PM of the APC (Advanced Propulsion Centre) UK Automotive Battery Supply Chain project involving Cosworth, Dukosi, Johnson Matthey Battery Systems and Warwick Manufacturing Group. In addition, he leads the IDP12 (Sodium-ion Batteries for Electric Vehicles) project, working with Faradion and WMG. His broad, in-depth experience of the current UK manufacturing and supply chain will assist in the successful delivery of these two projects.

Colin is also involved in promoting STEM careers amongst young people, acting as a STEM ambassador and helping to engage and attract the next generation of Engineers, Technologists and Scientists in Caithness and nationally.

Gerard Finneran

RealValue Project

Gerard Finneran

RealValue Project

Ger Finneran joined Glen Dimplex in 2012 after completing his undergraduate studies in Sustainable Energy Engineering.

After spending two years on the Glen Dimplex Graduate Development programme, Ger is now working as a project engineering for Demand Side and Smart Grid technologies, based in Glen Dimplex R&D in Dunleer Co. Louth. As part of his role on the technical management team for Real Value, Ger is responsible for the management and delivery of the technical aspects of the project.

Prof. David Greenwood

Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG)

Prof. David Greenwood

Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG)

Professor David Greenwood has been appointed as Professor in Advanced Propulsion Systems for the National Automotive Innovation Centre at WMG. Professor Greenwood was previously at Ricardo UK Ltd where he was Head of Hybrid and Electric Systems, leading technology projects including passenger cars, defence, motorsport and the clean energy markets. He was also a member of the Senior Leadership team of the UK division and held responsibility for R&D, Innovation, IP and Technology Roadmapping. This experience has included the preparation of automotive industry technology roadmaps and research priorities for the NAIGT, TSB and Automotive Council. In addition to his extensive experience at Ricardo, Professor Greenwood has also been a Board Director at CENEX (Centre of Excellence for Low Carbon and Fuel Cell Vehicles), Chair of the Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership’s Innovation Working Group and a Member of the Technology Strategy Board‘s IDP Industry Advisory Board.

Richard Flynn

redT

Richard Flynn

redT

Richard is Product Manager at redT energy plc. He is an Electrical Engineer with 20 years’ experience within the energy industry.

Before joining redT, he worked in marketing and engineering roles for Cummins Inc. a world leader in the design and manufacture of power generation equipment. Within this role, Richard led the product management & strategic planning teams for global diesel generator sets, control systems and transfer switch systems and led the design of a number of diesel generator set platforms. Prior to this, Richard held product management roles for Megger, a manufacturer of Electrical Test equipment, and served in the Corps of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers in the British Army. Richard now specialises in the development and implementation of industrial energy storage technology for both grid connected and off-grid applications.

Richard holds a Bachelor of Engineering Degree in Electrical Engineering and an MBA.

Chris May

Advanced Propulsion Centre

Chris May

Advanced Propulsion Centre

Chris is the Technology Trend Manager at APC and has over 14 years of product and technology strategy and development experience, predominantly gained within the automotive industry with Ricardo, Lotus Cars and Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains. Prior to joining the APC, Chris was the Product Planning Manager at Bowers & Wilkins.

Chris has a MEng from the University of Bath and an MBA from Cambridge Judge Business School.

At the APC, Chris is responsible for facilitating industry consensus technology road mapping and leading capability studies.

Mike Woodcock

Advanced Propulsion Centre

Mike Woodcock

Advanced Propulsion Centre

Mike has over 24 years experience in the automotive sector covering many aspects of both collaborative research projects and the automotive supply chain. Mike has worked in a range of roles and companies such as GKN in Quality Engineering, and a range of roles at the British Steel Automotive Group. Mike was the co-founder of The Proving Factory. In his various roles he has worked closely with representatives from Government, funding bodies such as Innovate UK and AMSCI, the High Value Manufacturing Catapults and academia and has experience in leveraging the capabilities of these organisations and their industrial partners.
At the APC, Mike is responsible for developing the existing APC Spokes and their communities, developing new Spokes to add to the network and building the wider relationships as part of propulsion nation.

Posters presented at UKES2016

The winners of the UKES2016 Poster Prizes are:

Jorn Reniers – Offering multiple grid services in parallel while minimising battery degradation.

Haobai Xue – A comparative study of compressed air energy storage (CAES) and pumped thermal energy storage (PTES) systems.

Pelin Yilmaz – Biomass-derived low cost negative electrodes in Na-ion batteries.

Three poster prizes of £200 each were awarded by Nature Energy and the winners chosen by three academic judges from the ESRN science board.

Posters presented at UKES2016:

Dr. Andrew Pimm, University of Edinburgh: The Value of Electricity Storage to Large Enterprises: a Case Study on Lancaster University.

Andrea Vecchi, University of Birmingham: Cryogenic packed bed thermal storage for air liquefaction – identification of thermodynamic losses through a combined experimental and numerical investigation.

Yara Khawaja, Newcastle University: Sizing of Hybrid Renewable Systems with Energy Storage for the Isle of Wight.

Oliver Schmidt, Imperial College London: Cost-effective electricity storage: Will it enable us to fully decarbonise power generation?

The full list of posters presented can be downloaded here.

UKES2016 Venue

UKES2016 will be held once again on the Edgbaston campus of the University of Birmingham, indicated by the green markers on the map below. Click on the markers for more information. You can also download a map here, showing the key buildings. The sessions will be held in the following two halls at the University:

Elgar Concert Hall

Bramall Music Building

University of Birmingham

Edgbaston

Birmingham

West Midlands

B15 2TT
The Great Hall

Aston Webb Building

University of Birmingham

Edgbaston

Birmingham

West Midlands

B15 2TT

Registration for the conference starts at 11:30 am on Wednesday the 30^th November, in the foyer of the Aston Webb Great Hall. Lunch will be served from 12:00 pm in the Great Hall. The conference will open with plenary talks in the Elgar Concert Hall of the Bramall Building. The buildings are adjacent to eachother and there will be signposts to guide you between venues.
Travelling to University of Birmingham

You can travel from any city in the UK to Birmingham University station by train, changing at Birmingham New Street station. The University Station is just two stops away from Birmingham New Street. If you are coming from London, you can take trains from London Euston or Marylebone Stations.

Lab Tours

At 1:30 pm on Friday 2nd December, after the final conference sessions, there will be a two-hour lab tour of The Birmingham Centre for Energy Storage. Those interested in attending will be able to sign up at the UKES Registration Desk upon arrival. To find out more about the lab tours, click here.

University of Birmingham

University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Elgar Concert Hall

The Elgar Concert Hall, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Aston Webb Great Hall

Watson Building, Birmingham, West Midlands B15 2TS, UK

Accommodation

There is no on-site accommodation during the conference period, but for accommodation by the University you can look at these options. Prices listed are per night for a single person at the time of the conference.

Closest

Awentsbury Hotel (£59)

Midrange

pentahotel (£112)

Holiday Inn City Centre (£121)

Premier Suites Birmingham (£89)

Budget

The Ibis (£75)

The NiteNite Hotel (£65)

The Comfort Inn (£80)

4 Star

Radisson Blu (£166)

Hotel Indigo (£141)

AC Hotel Birmingham (£134)

Birmingham

Birmingham, United Kingdom

Nite Nite Hotel

18 Holliday St, Birmingham B1 1TB, United Kingdom

https://nitenite.com/

NiteNite Hotel

Pentahotel

Holloway Head, Birmingham B1 1NS

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Pentahotel

Premier Suites

Dean House, 38 Upper Dean St, Birmingham B5 4SG

http://www.premiersuitesbirmingham.eu/

The Ibis Birmingham New Street

21 Ladywell Walk, Birmingham B5 4ST

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The Comfort Inn

Station St, Birmingham B5 4DY

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Holiday Inn Birmingham CIty Centre

Smallbrook Queensway, Birmingham B5 4EW

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Radisson Blu Birmingham

12 Suffolk Street Queensway, Birmingham B1 1BT

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Hotel Indigo

The Cube, Wharfside St, Birmingham B1 1RS

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AC Hotel Birmingham

The Mailbox, 160, Wharfside St, Birmingham B1 1RL

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UKES2016 Science Board

Dr. Léonard (Len) Berlouis

University of Strathclyde

Dr. Léonard (Len) Berlouis

University of Strathclyde

Len graduated from the University of Southampton with a BSc (Honours) in Chemistry in 1978 and a PhD in Electrochemistry in 1982. He was employed as a Research Scientist for 9 years (1982-1991) at The Wolfson Centre for Electrochemical Science within the Department of Chemistry at the University of Southampton. He joined the Department of Pure & Applied Chemistry at Strathclyde in 1991 as a Lecturer (Senior Lecturer in 1998, Reader 2007) in the Physical Chemistry/Chemical Technology Section. He has been active in redox flow batteries since 2008. He was part of a five-person UK team in the UK-US Energy Storage Mission in October 2011 to increase awareness in the USA of UK expertise in flow batteries. He is currently involved in a project funded by the Korea Energy Technology Evaluation and Planning through Lotte Chemical (Korea) for integration of medium to large scale redox flow battery systems for energy storage from renewable energy generators in Scotland (2015).

Dr. Rohit Bhagat

The University of Warwick

Dr. Rohit Bhagat

The University of Warwick

Rohit joined the University of Warwick in 2008 from Imperial College London. His research expertise lies within improving the manufacturability of devices and technology through a combination of electrochemical techniques and materials/manufacturing knowledge. At WMG, Rohit has collaborated extensively with industry and has worked with SMEs to address electrochemical-based challenges to working with large automotive companies to characterise battery safety. Rohit is a leader of the Electrochemical Engineering Research Group which has 24 members from 13 countries.

Rohit has a background that includes materials/metallurgy/manufacturing and the use of electrochemical techniques (such as voltammetry and impedance spectroscopy) to study the electrochemical production of titanium alloys, from titanium oxide, via the FFC Cambridge Process (a molten salt process operating at 900C). This work included manufacturing apparatus and developing new test methodologies to assess the electrochemical reduction processes taking place. This background is ideally suited to other molten salt electrolysis and form the basis of the Groups research in molten salt metal recovery and molten salt batteries.

His background in electrochemical techniques is also suited to investigate the manufacturability of electrochemical devices. For the past five years he has worked in this area with particular focus around WMG’s Energy Innovation Centre (£13m pounds – InnovateUK) and is developing research projects in this area.

Prof. Nigel Brandon, OBE, FREng

Imperial College London

Prof. Nigel Brandon, OBE, FREng

Imperial College London

Professor Nigel Brandon is Director of the SUPERGEN fuel cell consortium, the Sustainable Gas Institute and the EPSRC-funded Energy Storage Research Network. He leads redox flow battery research at Imperial College London and the networking activity of the grand challenge project “Energy storage for low carbon grids”. His research interests focus on materials, as well as device and systems engineering for batteries and fuel cells. He has published over 120 journal papers and holds 15 patents in the sector, including 2 recent patents on redox flow batteries, and one on battery management. He was awarded the Royal Academy of Engineering Silver Medal in 2007.

Prof. Peter Bruce, FRS

University of Oxford

Prof. Peter Bruce, FRS

University of Oxford

Professor Peter Bruce holds the Wolfson Chair at the University of Oxford, having recently joined the Oxford Materials group from the Edinburgh and St Andrews Research School of Chemistry at the University of St Andrews. He is also the Director of the new SUPERGEN Energy Storage Consortium. His primary research interests include solid state chemistry and electrochemistry, particularly the fundamental science of solid state ionics, encompassing ionically conducting solids such as ceramic and polymeric materials and intercalation compounds. He has been highly active in research on lithium batteries for more than 20 years. He is the Principal Investigator for the EPSRC Nanoionics Program Grant and Energy Storage Transport Grand Challenge. He has developed, patented and licensed Li-Mn-O cathode materials, demonstrated that nanostructured electrodes can outperform bulk and nanoparticulate materials, discovered ionic conductivity in crystalline polymers and more recently investigated the rechargeable lithium-air battery. He currently has an interest in the synthesis of new materials with new properties or combinations of properties, in understanding these properties and in exploring their applications in new devices, especially energy storage devices such as rechargeable lithium batteries. He has published over 275 papers and received awards from the Royal, Electrochemical and German Chemical Societies.

Dr. Serena Corr

University of Glasgow

Dr. Serena Corr

University of Glasgow

Serena obtained her BA (2002) and PhD (2007) in Chemistry from Trinity College Dublin. She completed her PhD work on magnetic nanostructured materials with Professor Yurii Gun’ko, where she developed new magnetic materials for biomedical applications. In 2007, she began working as a postdoctoral researcher in the Materials Research Laboratory with Professor Ram Seshadri at the University of California, Santa Barbara. After a lectureship at the University of Kent, Serena joined the School of Chemistry at the University of Glagsow as a lecturer in Physical Chemistry in January 2013. Her research aims at uncovering the fundamental structure–property relationships which underpin functionality in nanostructured materials, particularly to realise their application in energy storage devices. A major focus has been the in situ study of materials (using average structure and local structure techniques) in order to understand the mechanisms which govern behaviour in Li-ion battery electrodes. She has authored >30 publications, including 5 book chapters. She currently leads a SUPERGEN funded energy storage challenge grant to develop high-throughput microwave routes to nanostructured electrode and solid electrolyte materials and she is also PI for a project funded by the Leverhulme trust on smart multifunctional nanocomposites for artefact conservation.

Prof. Andrew Cruden, BEng, MSc, PhD, CEng, MIET

University of Southampton

Prof. Andrew Cruden, BEng, MSc, PhD, CEng, MIET

University of Southampton

Prof Andrew Cruden is the Professor of Energy Technology and Co-Director of the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Energy Storage and its Applications at the University of Southampton. He obtained his BEng, MSc and PhD degrees in Electronic and Electrical Engineering from the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, in 1989, 1990 and 1998, respectively. He had a range of research posts at Strathclyde until 1998 when he was appointed Lecturer, then promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2004 and Reader in 2010. He was appointed as Professor of Energy Technology at the University of Southampton in July 2012, within the Electro-Mechanical Research Group. In July 2013, he took up the role of Head of the Energy Technology Research Group. He is a Chartered Engineer.

He has significant experience in the field of renewable energy, particularly in fuel cell technology and condition monitoring of wind turbines. The interest in fuel cell technology led, indirectly, to an interest in the field of electric vehicles, and subsequently to research activity in energy storage (both batteries and supercapacitors, with EPSRC and TSB) and traction drives (through current EPSRC funding and two TSB funded projects).

Prof. Yulong Ding

Prof. Yulong Ding

Professor Yulong Ding holds the founding Chamberlain chair of Chemical Engineering and RAEng- Highview Chair of Cryogenic Energy Storage. He is the founding Director of the Birmingham Centre for Energy Storage at the University of Birmingham (UoB) and founding Co-Director of Joint UoB – GEIRIEU Lab for Energy Storage Research. He joined Birmingham in October 2013. Prior to his appointment at the University, he was Professor and Director of Institute of Particle Science & Engineering at the University of Leeds. He was the founding director (2010 – 2014) of the joint Institute for Energy Storage between University of Leeds and Institute of Process Engineering of Chinese Academy of Sciences. His research has been multidisciplinary, across energy engineering, chemical & process engineering, materials and physics. His current research interests cover both fundamental and applied aspects, with the fundamental research focusing on multiphase transport phenomena across the length scales, and the applied research concentrating on new energy storage technologies particualrly thermal and liquid air energy storage, and microstructured materials for heat transfer intensification and energy harvesting and storage applications. He has filed over 40 patents, and published over 400 papers with ~250 in peer reviewed journals (H-Index of ~ 48), and was listed as top 1% highly cited researchers in the engineering category by Thomson Reuters. He is an inventor of the liquid air energy storage technology and led the initial stage of development of the technology. His work on liquid air energy storage made a major contribution to the 2011 ‘The Engineer’ Energy & Environmental and Grand Prix awards, and 2012 Rushlight Energy Environmental and Power Generation and Transmission awards. His work on thermal energy storage has led to the world first and largest commercial demonstration plant (6MW/36MWh) for the utilisation of curtailed wind for space heating applications, which used ~160 tons of composite phase change materials.

Dr. Nuria Garcia-Araez

University of Southampton

Dr. Nuria Garcia-Araez

University of Southampton

Nuria Garcia-Araez is a lecturer in electrochemistry at the University of Southampton. She has a multidisciplinary background on fundamental electrochemistry and in-situ characterization techniques and her current interests are the development of the next generation of rechargeable batteries, with focus on lithium-oxygen and lithium-sulfur batteries, and new methods of lithium production and recycling.

Prof. Seamus Garvey

Prof. Seamus Garvey

Seamus Garvey is the Professor of Dynamics at the University of Nottingham and the Director of the Rolls-Royce UTC in Gas Turbine Transmission Systems. He has extensive expertise in vibration engineering, including developing mathematical models, active and passive control of machine vibrations through a variety of techniques and using electrical machines to exert lateral forces. He worked in GEC Large Electrical Machines from 1984-1990 as a mechanical engineer with original focus on vibration of large electrical machines. In 1990, he joined Aston University as a lecturer in Mechanical Engineering and remained there until 2000, when he moved to Nottingham University as Professor of Dynamics. He began to focus on energy storage in 2005, when the concept of storing pressurised air underwater occurred to him. He rapidly expanded his interest to include air compression and broader aspects of energy storage. Since 2005, he has been involved with 5 funded research projects on energy storage and has consolidated a strong activity on the integration of E.S. His current research areas include rotordynamics, particularly of laminated and high power density rotors; electrical machine modelling; power transmission in low-dimensional dynamic systems; an area of mathematics called “Structure Preserving Transformations” and energy storage systems based on compressed air.

Prof. Patrick Grant, FIMMM FREng

University of Oxford

Prof. Patrick Grant, FIMMM FREng

University of Oxford

Patrick Grant holds the Vesuvius Chair of Materials and is Head of the Department of Materials of the University of Oxford. His research takes place at the interface between advanced materials and manufacturing and concerns a wide range of structural and functional materials.

Current applications include structured porous electrodes for supercapacitors and batteries, 3D printed materials with spatially varying electromagnetic properties for microwave devices, and advanced metallics for power generation. Recent work has also concerned X-ray imaging of microstructural evolution, especially of solidifying alloys. The research uses variants of manufacturing techniques used in industry such as vacuum plasma spraying and field assisted sintering alongside in-house developed novel processes such as spray deposition of multi-suspensions and 3D printing of dielectric materials. His group makes extensive use of numerical modelling for device design, to provide insights into underlying processs physics, as well as to understand how heat and mass flows relate to the final microstructure. All the research work involves close collaboration with industry and other universities across the UK and the world.

Prof. Clare Grey, FRS

University of Cambridge

Prof. Clare Grey, FRS

University of Cambridge

Clare P. Grey is the Geoffrey Moorhouse-Gibson Professor of Chemistry at Cambridge University. She received a BA and D. Phil. (1991) in Chemistry from the University of Oxford. After spending a year as a Royal Society post-doctoral Fellow at Nijmegen University and two years as a visiting scientist at DuPont CR&D in Wilmington, DE (1992-1993) she joined the faculty at Stony Brook University (SBU) as an Assistant (1994), Associate (1997) and then Full Professor (2001). She moved to Cambridge in 2009, maintaining a part-time position at SBU. She was the director of the Northeastern Chemical Energy Storage Center, a Department of Energy, Energy Frontier Research Center (2009-2010) and Associate director (2011-2014). Her recent honors and awards include the 2007 Research Award of the Battery Division of the Electrochemical Chemical Society, the 2010 Ampere and RSC John Jeyes Awards, the 2011 Royal Society Kavli Lecture and Medal for work relating to the Environment/Energy, Honorary PhD Degrees from the Universities of Orleans (2012) and Lancaster (2013), the Gunther Laukien Award from the Experimental NMR Conference (2013), the Research Award from the International Battery Association (2013) and the Royal Society Davy Award (2014). She is a Fellow of the Royal Society. Her current research interests include the use of solid state NMR and diffraction-based methods to investigate structure and dynamics in materials for energy storage and conversion and in environmental chemistry.

Dr. Laurence Hardwick

Dr. Laurence Hardwick

Dr. Laurence Hardwick received a MChem in Chemistry in 2003 from the University of Southampton and a PhD in Chemistry from ETH-Zurich in 2006. Before joining the Stephenson Institute for Renewable Energy at the University of Liverpool in 2011, he spent his postdoctoral time working at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and at the University of St Andrews investigating Li-ion battery electrode degradation mechanisms, lithium diffusion pathways through carbon and the chemical and electrochemical processes in Li-air cells. His group at the University of Liverpool researches a wide range of areas, including electrochemical and in situ studies of electrode interfaces, batteries for stationary energy storage and the utilisation of graphene-enabled materials in batteries and supercapacitors.

Prof. Harry Ernst Hoster

Lancaster University

Prof. Harry Ernst Hoster

Lancaster University

Harry Hoster is Professor of Physical Chemistry and Director of Energy Lancaster at Lancaster University. Energy Lancaster bundles all energy related research at Lancaster University. He has a Master’s degree in physics and a PhD in Engineering (project: anode materials for methanol fuel cells). In 2003, he set up a surface science and electrochemistry research group under Professor R. J. Behm in Ulm. Having acquired his postdoctoral teaching qualification (venia legendi/habilitation in physical chemistry) in 2010, he became Associate Professor at TUM (Munich). In 2011 he became Scientific Director of TUM CREATE (Singapore), an interdisciplinary electric vehicle research programme. Within TUM CREATE, he also became Principal Investigator of the central Electrochemisty research project. In 2013, he became Visiting Professor at the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. In 2015, he became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry.

Harry Hoster’s own research explores the physical and chemical properties of surfaces and solids. His goal is rational design: improving electrode materials for fuel cells and batteries. His special interest: boiling it all down to single atoms and molecules, i.e. understanding the microscopic fundamentals behind the macroscopic performance of electrochemical cells.

Prof. David Howey

University of Oxford

Prof. David Howey

University of Oxford

David A. Howey was appointed in 2011 as Associate Professor in Engineering Science at the University of Oxford, UK, where he now leads a group of 10 researchers with interests in model-based battery management, diagnostics and prognostics, system integration and thermal issues. Lithium-ion batteries are a key focus, but he also has interests in sodium-ion batteries, lead-acid batteries, flow batteries, and supercapacitors. He studied electrical and information sciences at Cambridge University and received a PhD from Imperial College London. He is the recipient of a Samsung GRO Award, as well as funding from EPSRC, InnovateUK, EU, KETEP (Korea) and a number of companies, and co-founder of the startup company Brill Power, from his group. He is an IEEE Senior Member and an editor of the IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy. Website: http://epg.eng.ox.ac.uk/howey

Prof. Saiful Islam

University of Bath

Prof. Saiful Islam

University of Bath

Saiful Islam is Professor of Materials Chemistry at the University of Bath, and has an international profile in studies of new materials for lithium-ion batteries and solid oxide fuel cells using advanced modelling techniques. He grew up in north London and obtained his Chemistry degree and PhD from University College London, followed by a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Eastman Kodak Labs in New York, USA. He returned to the UK to the University of Surrey, before joining the University of Bath in 2006.

He has received awards for his research including the Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award (2013-18) and the RSC Sustainable Energy Award (2013). He has presented more than 65 invited talks at international conferences, and has around 180 publications (with 7,500 citations; h-index = 51), which include recent papers in Nature Comm and Nature Materials. He sits on the RSC advisory boards of the Journal of Materials Chemistry and Energy & Environmental Science. He is currently PI of the EPSRC programme grant on Energy Materials-Computational Solutions and one of co-directors of the SUPERGEN Energy Storage Hub. He is also involved with outreach work with numerous schools and café science talks, and is a member of the Diversity Committee of the Royal Society.

Prof. Paul Jennings

The University of Warwick

Prof. Paul Jennings

The University of Warwick

Paul Jennings is Professor of Experiential Engineering and he also leads WMG’s Energy and Electrical Systems research group. Professor Jennings has been involved in research with the automotive industry for over 20 years and now leads work in Experiential Engineering and also on hybrid and electric vehicle technologies and the factors affecting their successful introduction. He has been principal investigator for over 20 research grants and awards, worth over £5.5m, and has authored over 70 research publications.

Dr. Christos Markides

Imperial College London

Dr. Christos Markides

Imperial College London

Christos Markides heads the Clean Energy Process (CEP) Laboratory at the Department of Chemical Engineering and the cross-faculty Energy Efficiency Network at Imperial College London. He was awarded a First Class BA degree with Honours, a MEng with Distinction, a MA, and a PhD in Energy Technologies from the University of Cambridge. After graduating in 2005, he co-founded a Cambridge University Engineering Department spin-out company in order to develop and commercialise an unsteady thermally-powered fluid-pumping device without mechanical moving parts that relies on phase-change; a technology capable of converting low-temperature waste heat or solar energy into fluid pumping work. He acted as the company’s Technical Director until his appointment at Imperial College in 2008. His current research interests focus primarily on the application of fundamental principles of thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, and heat and mass transport to innovative, high-performance heat exchange systems, renewable energy technologies and thermodynamic systems for energy (heat, power and cooling) conversion, integration and storage.

Dr. Greg Offer

Imperial College London

Dr. Greg Offer

Imperial College London

Greg works at the interface between the science and engineering of electrochemical devices, mostly focused on automotive applications. Having trained as an electrochemist before moving to engineering, his research portfolio focuses on understanding the limits of operation, degradation mechanisms and failure modes of batteries, super-capacitors and fuel cells in real world applications, as well as the impacts and consequences on system design, integration and control.

Dr. Jonathan Radcliffe, BSc PhD

University of Birmingham

Dr. Jonathan Radcliffe, BSc PhD

University of Birmingham

Dr Jonathan Radcliffe is Senior Research Fellow and Policy Director at the Birmingham Energy Institute. His research interests are in energy system technology, policy and innovation, in particular the role of energy storage.

Jonathan has extensive knowledge of the policy-making process, having worked on science and innovation policy in Government and Parliament for 13 years. He has worked directly with policy makers, academics and business leaders at the highest level.

He has published on future energy innovation priorities, the role of energy storage, and flexibility options for the UK’s energy system. He has experience of working internationally, including recent projects with China, Korea, Brazil and the EU.

Jonathan became a full-time academic in January 2015. He regularly presents at national and international conferences, and contributes articles to journals and magazines.

Dr. Paul Shearing

University College London

Dr. Paul Shearing

University College London

Dr Paul Shearing is a senior lecturer in Chemical Engineering at University College London and holder of a Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellowship. His research interests cover a broad range of electrochemical engineering themes with a particular interest in the relationship between performance and microstructure for energy materials: an area in which he has published more than 65 papers in the past 5 years.

He is a pioneer of ‘4-D Tomography’ as recognised by the award of his RAEng Fellowship entitled ‘4-dimensional Tomography of Electrochemical Devices’ and has used most of the world’s major synchrotron light sources. His work has been featured as a science highlight at Diamond, Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL) and ESRF. He leads the UK STFC Global Challenge Network in Batteries and Electrochemical Devices, which brings together leading international researchers from industry and academia.

In 2006, he graduated from the University of Birmingham with the top first in Chemical Engineering and in 2009 he took a PhD from Imperial College London. He is the recipient of the Salter’s Graduate Prize and the Janet Watson memorial prize for research excellence. In 2014, he was named the Institute of Chemical Engineers, Young Chemical Engineer of the Year in Academia.

Dr. Natasha Shirshova

Durham University

Dr. Natasha Shirshova

Durham University

Dr. Shirshova is currently a Lecturer in Engineering Materials at the School of Engineering and Computing Sciences, as well as a member of the Durham Energy Institute at Durham University.She started her career as a PhD student (1996) in the Institute of Polymer Chemistry and Physics in the Uzbek Academy of Sciences (Tashkent, Uzbekistan). This was followed by three months at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces in Golm, Germany, under a DAAD Fellowship. In 2004, she received a Royal Society/NATO Postdoctoral Fellowship, which she brought to the Department of Chemical Engineering at Imperial College London. After a year, she was offered a Research Associate position, followed by promotion to Research Fellow in 2010. In February 2014, she was awarded an Inaugural Sir William Wakeham Fellowship.

Her research interest is in functional polymers and polymeric materials for various applications, including polymers and composites for energy storage applications. She is particularly interested in a feasibility study of using environmentally friendly and sustainable resources and processes for the development of energy storage devices.

Prof. Peter Taylor

University of Leeds

Prof. Peter Taylor

University of Leeds

Professor Peter Taylor has over twenty years of experience working on a wide range of energy and climate change issues. He is currently Professor of Sustainable Energy Systems in the Centre for Integrated Energy Research (CIER), a joint venture between the faculties of Engineering and Environment. He is also an Associate of the ESRC-funded Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy (CCCEP). Peter’s work focuses on interdisciplinary research combining science, technology, economics and policy to enhance the understanding of, and policy responses to, the challenges of accelerating the transition to sustainable low-carbon energy systems. His main areas of expertise include energy systems modelling, technology assessment and technology policy analysis and his research has been funded by the EPSRC, ESRC, Centre for Low Carbon Futures, Cheshire-Lehman Fund and Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Prior to joining the University of Leeds, Peter was Head of the Energy Technology Policy Division at the International Energy Agency in Paris from 2007 to 2011, responsible for high profile publications such as the bi-annual Energy Technology Perspectives and the Energy Technology Roadmap series. In an earlier consultancy career, he was Technical Director of a major UK energy and environmental practice. Peter graduated from the University of Nottingham in 1990 with a BSc in Physics, Applied Physics and Electronics and subsequently gained both an MSc in Environmental Technology (1991) and a PhD in Energy Policy (1995) from Imperial College, London.

Dr. Rebecca Todd

The University of Manchester

Dr. Rebecca Todd

The University of Manchester

Rebecca received the M.Eng. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and the Engineering Doctorate (Eng.D.) degree in Wind Energy Conversion Systems from The University of Manchester, U.K., in 2001 and 2006, respectively. She was a Research Associate with the Rolls-Royce University Technology Centre from 2006 to 2010, and since 2010, she has been a Lecturer with The University of Manchester.

Prof. Jihong Wang, BEng, MSc, PhD (FIET, SM IEEE)

The University of Warwick

Prof. Jihong Wang, BEng, MSc, PhD (FIET, SM IEEE)

The University of Warwick

Professor Wang joined the School of Engineering at the University of Warwick in January 2011. Her previous post was in the School of Electronic, Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Birmingham, where she was professor of Control and Electrical Power and Deputy Director of the Midlands Energy Graduate School. She has also served as Lecturer and Senior Lecturer at the University of Liverpool from 1998 to 2007. She has published over 100 technical papers and gained two best paper awards. Her research has led to several practical innovations, including a smart voltage controller product which can save 7-10% electricity for domestic householders. A clean pneumatic UPS (uninterrupted power supply) was also developed through a previous joint research project with industry; this avoids chemical battery waste and environmental contamination. She is now leading EPSRC Grand Challenge Project in Energy Storage – IMAGES to study of grid scale energy storage technologies. She is a Technical Editor to IEEE Trans. on Mechatronics and is Associate Editor to two other international journals.

Dr. Vladimir Yufit

Imperial College London

Dr. Vladimir Yufit

Imperial College London

Dr. Yufit is a Research Fellow in the Department of Earth Science & Engineering. He works on fuel cells and flow batteries.

UKES2016 Organisers

http://esrn.co.uk

The ESRN is bringing together researchers from the academic, industrial and policy domains, with an interest in energy storage and its application to future low carbon energy systems. ESRN is funded by the EPSRC (EP/J021695/1).

http://energysuperstore.org

The UK's energy storage SUPERGEN Hub, accelerating innovation by developing the UK energy storage community and raising the international profile of the status of energy storage research in the UK. Energy SUPERSTORE is funded by the EPSRC (EP/L019469/1).

http://stfcbatteries.org

This STFC Global Challenge Network brings together leading researchers in industry and academia with a shared interest in the application of large scale facilities to address key challenges in battery science and technology.

Sponsors

http://www.renishaw.com

Renishaw is a recognised leader in Raman spectroscopy. Renishaw’s inVia confocal Raman microscope is the ultimate system for studying battery materials, ranging from fundamental research to final product quality control and failure analysis.

http://www.flowbatteryforum.com/

The International Flow Battery Forum is an annual event covering the regulatory, legal and commercial aspects of flow batteries, hosting case study reviews of flow battery projects, materials and manufacturing and the latest concepts.

http://www.nature.com/nenergy/

Nature Energy is dedicated to exploring all aspects of the on-going discussion of energy provision; from the generation and storage of energy, to its distribution, impacts and management.

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When it comes to characterising battery materials HORIBA Scientific offers a range of market leading solutions. For elemental depth profiling, Raman microscopy or Particle Size Analysi, HORIBA offers innovative instruments with superior performance.

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Set up in 1995, Metrohm UK serves the key markets of the UK including energy and power. Researchers world-wide use our sophisticated instruments for production, characterization, and development of energy materials and cells.

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Sally Fenton

Ian Goodman

Prof. Clare Grey, FRS

Dr. Dan Rogers

Prof. Phil Taylor

Prof. Fikile Brushett

Dr. Edmund (Eddie) Cussen

Dr. Matteo Di Castelnuovo

Prof. Seamus Garvey

Dr. Valentina Gentili

Dr. Laurence Hardwick

Dr. Xiaohong Li

Dr. Graham Oakes

Dr. Pooja Panchmatia

Prof. Mauro Pasta

Prof. Thomas Schmidt

Prof. Bent Sørensen

Prof. David Stone

Prof. Goran Strbac

Joel Sylvester

Dr. Alexander (Alex) White

Prof. Bala Venkatesh

Colin Arnold

Gerard Finneran

Prof. David Greenwood

Richard Flynn

Chris May

Mike Woodcock

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Dr. Léonard (Len) Berlouis

Dr. Rohit Bhagat

Prof. Nigel Brandon, OBE, FREng

Prof. Peter Bruce, FRS

Dr. Serena Corr

Prof. Andrew Cruden, BEng, MSc, PhD, CEng, MIET

Prof. Yulong Ding

Dr. Nuria Garcia-Araez

Prof. Seamus Garvey

Prof. Patrick Grant, FIMMM FREng

Prof. Clare Grey, FRS

Dr. Laurence Hardwick

Prof. Harry Ernst Hoster

Prof. David Howey

Prof. Saiful Islam

Prof. Paul Jennings

Dr. Christos Markides

Dr. Greg Offer

Dr. Jonathan Radcliffe, BSc PhD

Dr. Paul Shearing

Dr. Natasha Shirshova

Prof. Peter Taylor

Dr. Rebecca Todd

Prof. Jihong Wang, BEng, MSc, PhD (FIET, SM IEEE)

Dr. Vladimir Yufit

UK Energy Storage Conference
30 November - 2 December 2016