Doctoral Training Centre in Hydrogen, Fuel Cells and their Applications

广泛的主题领域是氢和燃料电池，培训将是跨学科的，基于合作伙伴的技能和经验，包括化学工程（肯德尔教授）、化学（施罗德教授和安德森博士）、材料科学（布尔博士）、经济学（格林教授）、生物科学（麦卡斯基教授）、应用（沃克博士）、汽车和航空（Thring教授）和政策/法规（韦曼-琼斯教授）。培训内容还包括与23家签约公司的行业监督，以及与德国FZJ和美国中佛罗里达大学的海外培训。氢和燃料电池领域对技术人员的需求不断增加，目前英国没有专门的培训中心，传播和协调政府机构，行业和公众。这与德国的Forschungszentrum Julich （FZJ）、荷兰的ECN和丹麦的Risoe实验室形成鲜明对比。像庄信万丰、劳斯莱斯和空气产品公司这样的大公司都有大量的氢和燃料电池项目，雇佣了数百名博士级别的科学家和工程师。近年来，招聘一直是个问题，因为只有少数英国大学在这一领域开展研究。但是，最重要的是，大量的私营部门投资现在已经注入，特别是在伦敦的另类投资市场（AIM），这样支持中小型企业，如Ceres电力，智能能源，陶瓷燃料电池有限公司，ITM， CMR和沃勒已经上升到数亿英镑，需要数百名博士招聘。此外，由于联合技术倡议（JTI）现已在欧洲建立，这个10亿欧元的项目将增加西门子、通用汽车、雷诺、福特、FZJ、EADS、CEA、Risoe、ECN等组织的巨大研究资金。欧洲、美国和日本都有几个大型的研究和培训中心，英国必须增加学生数量才能跟上步伐。

The broad theme areas are Hydrogen and Fuel Cells, and the training will be interdisciplinary based on the skills and experience of the partners which range from Chemical Engineering (Prof Kendall), Chemistry (Prof Schroeder and Dr Anderson), Materials Science (Dr Book), Economics (Prof Green), Bioscience (Prof Macaskie), Applications (Dr Walker), Automotive and Aeronautics (Prof Thring) and Policy/Regulation (Prof Weyman-Jones). Training will also include industry supervision with the 23 companies which have signed up and overseas training with FZJ in Germany and University of Central Florida in the USA.There is an increasing demand for skilled staff in the field of Hydrogen and Fuel Cells, which at present has no dedicated UK centre for training, disseminating and co-ordinating with government bodies, industry and the public. This contrasts with the establishment of Forschungszentrum Julich (FZJ) in Germany, ECN in the Netherlands, and Risoe Laboratory in Denmark. Large companies such as Johnson Matthey, Rolls Royce and Air Products have substantial hydrogen and fuel cell projects, with hundreds of employed PhD level scientists and engineers. Recruitment has been a problem in recent years since only a handful of British universities carry out research in this area. But, most significantly, a large amount of private sector investment has now been injected, especially on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) in London, such that support to SMEs such as Ceres Power, Intelligent Energy, Ceramic Fuel Cells Ltd, ITM, CMR and Voller has risen to several hundred million pounds, requiring hundreds of PhD recruits. Also, since the Joint Technology Initiative (JTI) has now been established in Europe, this 1bn Euro project will add to the very large research funding by organisations such as Siemens, GM, Renault, Ford, FZJ, EADS, CEA, Risoe, ECN etc. Several large centres for research and training exist in Europe, the USA and Japan and it is imperative that Britain increases its student output to keep pace.