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Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technical Advisory Committee

The Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technical Advisory Committee (HTAC) was established under Section 807 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (PDF 12 KB) to provide technical and programmatic advice to the Energy Secretary on DOE's hydrogen research, development, and demonstration efforts. Some of the following documents are available as Adobe Acrobat PDFs. Download Adobe Reader.

The original 25 committee members were appointed in June 2006 after a nomination process. This group included representatives of domestic industry, academia, professional societies, government agencies, financial organizations, and environmental groups, as well as experts in hydrogen safety. In September - October 2007, three new members were appointed to replace three retiring members.

HTAC Meetings

HTAC hosts periodic meetings for its members and other interested parties.

HTAC Reports and Publications

  • Letter Report to Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman (PDF 4 MB) (October 2007)

HTAC Membership FY 2008

Name Bios Affiliation Position
Larry Bawden (MS Word 34 KB) Q1 NanoSystems Corporation CEO
John Bresland (MS Word 33 KB) U.S. Chemical Safety Board Chairman
Mark Chernoby (MS Word 28 KB) Chrysler LLC V.P., Advanced Vehicle Engineering
Mildred Dresselhaus (MS Word 38 KB) MIT Institute Professor
David Friedman (MS Word 26 KB) Union of Concerned Scientists Research Director Clean Vehicles
John Hofmeister (MS Word 30 KB) Shell Oil Company President & U.S. Country Chair
Arthur Katsaros (MS Word 36 KB) Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. (retired) Group V.P., Development & Technology
Dan Keuter (MS Word 30 KB) Entergy Nuclear Vice President
Alan Lloyd (MS Word 31 KB) International Council on Clean Transportation President
J. Byron McCormick (MS Word 30 KB) General Motors Powertrain Executive Director of Fuel Cell Activities
Mike Mudd (MS Word 26 KB) FutureGen Alliance Chief Executive Officer
Rand Napoli (MS Word 30 KB) Florida State Fire Marshal (retired); Currently - IEM, Inc. Consultant
Ian C. Purtle (MS Word 26 KB) Cargill, Inc. Corp. V.P. & Director of Process Solutions
Michael Ramage (MS Word 43 KB) Exxon Mobil (Retired) Executive Advisor
Geraldine Richmond (MS Word 34 KB) University of Oregon Noyes Professor of Chemistry
Robert R. Rose (MS Word 30 KB) U.S. Fuel Cell Council Executive Director
Philip N. Ross (MS Word 30 KB) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (retired) Senior Scientist
Roger Saillant (MS Word 30 KB) Plug Power President & CEO
Gerhard Schmidt (MS Word 48 KB) Ford Motor Company CTO; V.P., Research and Advanced Engineering
Robert Shaw (MS Word 37 KB) Arete Corporation President
Kathleen Taylor (MS Word 31 KB) General Motors (retired) Director of Materials & Processes Lab
Jan van Dokkum (MS Word 28 KB) UTC Power President
Gregory M. Vesey (MS Word 26 KB) Chevron Global Power Company President
Robert Walker (MS Word 28 KB) Wexler & Walker Public Policy Associates Chairman
John Wootten (MS Word 28 KB) Peabody Energy (retired) V.P. of Environment and Technology

HTAP Publications

Before the formation of the Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technical Advisory Committee, Congress established the Hydrogen Technical Advisory Panel (HTAP) through the Spark M. Matsunaga Hydrogen Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1990 (P.L. 101-566) (MS Word 45 KB). HTAP, which existed from 1991 - 2002, produced the following reports.

  • HTAP brochure, Realizing a Hydrogen Future (PDF 1.6 MB) (1999)
  • Report to Congress (PDF 394 KB) (1999)
  • Survey Report (PDF 92 KB) - findings of HTAP survey of individuals involved or interested in hydrogen (1998)
  • HTAP International Public Hearing (PDF 29 KB) (1998)
  • The Green Hydrogen Report - HTAP Progress Report (PDF 126 KB) (1995)