Fuel Cell Systems Explained, Third Edition

Andrew Dicks graduated from Loughborough University in 1980 with a PhD in heterogeneous catalysis. During a career in the UK gas industry, he contributed to the development of coal gasification, catalytic gas processes and high temperature fuel cell systems which was recognized in 1991 when he was awarded the HE Jones (London) Medal by the Institution of Gas Engineers. He has collaborated in fuel cell research with industrial and academic partners throughout Australasia, Europe, North America Japan and India. In 2002 he took up a Senior Research Fellowship at the University of Queensland, becoming Director of the CSIRO National Hydrogen Materials Alliance in 2006. His publication record includes several book chapters, over 60 peer reviewed research articles and is named as inventor on over 15 patents. He has been engaged by governments in Canada, Japan, Sweden and the UK to review their funded fuel cell and energy research programs. David Rand was educated as an electrochemist at the University of Cambridge, from which he received the degrees of BA, MA, PhD and ScD. He moved to Australia and joined CSIRO in July 1969 to develop enhanced electrocatalysts for direct methanol fuel cells. In 1977 he established CSIRO's Battery Research Group and remained its leader until 2003. He was CSIRO s scientific advisor on hydrogen and renewable energy until his retirement in December 2008 and is now a CSIRO Honorary Research Fellow. David Rand has received several international awards for his research including the Faraday Medal of the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK), the UNESCO Gaston Plante Medal of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, the CSIRO Chairman s Medal, and the Australian Centenary Medal. In 2013 he became a Member of the Order of Australia for his service to science and technological developments in the area of energy storage, particularly rechargeable batteries.