NHA Welcomes New C&S Steering Committee Leaders
Patrick Serfass, National Hydrogen Association
The NHA's
Codes and Standards Steering Committee has new industry leadership to steer its
Codes and Standards (C&S) Program. The NHA is pleased to announce that Dr.
Christine Sloane and Mr. Tom Joseph have been elected to the Chair and Vice Chair
positions respectively.
The NHA's C&S Program is designed to facilitate
the development of model codes and standards that promote the safe application
of hydrogen technologies and aid commercialization of products moving to market.
The NHA is actively engaged in national and international codes and standards
development in over a dozen working groups through approximately ten different
organizations. In these groups, the NHA represents multiple member interests and
technologies to make sure developing codes and standards create an atmosphere
where new technologies can flourish. For more information about the NHA's various
programs, visit the About the NHA Page: http://www.hydrogenassociation.org/about/
The
NHA C&S Steering Committee is a diverse group of NHA members representing
all sectors from hydrogen production to end use who guide the C&S Program
by shifting focus and resources to the areas of greatest need.
Christine
Sloane
Currently, Dr. Sloane leads General Motor's global team for hydrogen
and fuel cell vehicle safety and performance standards development. She coordinates
development of GM policy and technical strategy across safety, engineering and
public policy requirements and ensures global consistency in GM interaction with
government and professional industry organizations.
Previously, Dr. Sloane
directed GM participation in the U.S. FreedomCAR program, which included R&D
to advance fuel cell power systems, and earlier served as chief technologist for
the development and demonstration team for Precept, GM's 80 mile-per-gallon 5-passenger
HEV concept vehicle. She has served as public policy director responsible for
environmental impact issues involving advanced technology vehicles and her early
research interests included air quality, and manufacturing & vehicle emissions.
In the process, Dr. Sloane has authored over 80 technical papers, co-edited one
book, served on several boards of professional organizations and numerous National
Academy of Science panels. She received her PhD from MIT in chemical physics.
Tom
Joseph
Mr. Joseph is a Mechanical Engineer from Calicut University in India.
He started his career in one of the major Petrochemical companies in India in
1978 and moved to the United States in 1985 where he worked for Biotech companies
for 5 years. He completed his Masters in Mechanical engineering from Drexel University
in Philadelphia and MBA from Moravian College in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
In
1991, Mr. Joseph joined Air Products and has worked in areas related to Cryogenics
and Hydrogen Technologies since then. He has a number of US patents issued in
his name, related to Cryogenic Helium and Hydrogen.
Currently, Mr. Joseph
is the Business Development Manager for Air Products' Future Energy Solutions
group. He's responsible for the commercialization of distribution, storage and
dispensing technologies developed for hydrogen as a fuel. In addition to his position
with the NHA, Mr. Joseph represents Air Products in many different regulatory
and industry organizations, responsible for developing standards. He's a member
of hydrogen related committees formed by other standards organizations like ASME,
CSA, NFPA, and ISO. He's chaired a number of committees within Compressed Gas
Association and is the current chair for the committee on storage and distribution.
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