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Bill
Summers
Adjunct
Professor
Dr.
Summers is
the Manager
of Hydrogen
Programs
within the
Hydrogen
Technology
Laboratory,
Savannah
River
Technology
Center (SRTC).
He has
extensive
experience
in new
product
development
and project
management,
including
over 30
years of
experience
in the field
of advanced
energy
systems. He
has been
with
Westinghouse
Savannah
River
Company (WSRC)
since 1992.
Dr.
Summers has
led numerous
programs to
analyze and
develop
emerging
technologies.
He was the
program
manager for
the
development
of the
world’s
first hybrid
hydrogen/electric
transit
bus. The
bus was the
first
hydrogen
vehicle in
commercial
service in
the U.S.,
and it
utilized the
world’s
largest
onboard
metal
hydride
storage
system. Dr.
Summers also
organized
and managed
a project to
develop an
Industrial
Fuel Cell
Vehicle
using
solid-state
hydrogen
storage. He
also managed
a fuel cell
mining
vehicle
project
funded by
the DOE/OIT
Industries
of the
Future
Program.
Currently,
Dr. Summers
is the
Principal
Investigator
for a
three-year
study to
assess the
feasibility
of nuclear
hydrogen
production
for the DOE
Office of
Nuclear
Energy,
Science and
Technology
(DOE-NE).
In
addition to
program
management,
Dr. Summers
is involved
with the
research and
development
of hydrogen
storage
materials
and
associated
technologies.
His research
involves the
engineering
of hydrogen
storage beds
and the
development
of
mathematical
models to
analyze bed
performance,
including
heat
transfer
enhancement.
He is
currently
the chairman
of a
national
working
group that
is
developing
the first
commercial
codes and
standards
for metal
hydride
containers
for hydrogen
storage. Dr.
Summers is
also a
member and
site
representative
in the
National
Hydrogen
Association,
and
represents
SRTC on the
Fuelcell
Propulsion
Institute
Board of
Directors,
where he is
a charter
member. He
recently
served as
Chairman for
the First
Annual
Hydrogen
Storage
Workshop, a
major
national
meeting
focused on
R&D for
hydrogen
storage.
Dr. Summers
also
co-chaired a
national
workshop to
help
establish an
R&D plan for
nuclear
hydrogen
production
for DOE-NE.
Education
-
Ph.D.,
Chemical
Engineering,
University
of
Pittsburgh,
1985
-
M.S.,
Energy
Resources,
University
of
Pittsburgh,
1980
-
B.S.,
Chemical
Engineering,
Case
Western
Reserve
University,
1970
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