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Renewable Hydrogen Storage and Transport Conference Session 2: High Density Hydrogen Carriers

Renewable Hydrogen Storage and Transport Conference Session 2: High Density Hydrogen Carriers

Monday, March 11 2:10PM-5:40PM PST at Town and Gown of USC, Los Angeles, CA

CTOC Operating Manual

CTOC Operating Manual Revised as of December 2023

Jake Grant



Jake holds his M.Eng. in mechanical engineering from the City University London. Prior to his graduate studies, Jake worked as a research assistant for the University of South Australia. He then went on to work in facility maintenance and application production before joining HTEC in 2019. Starting at HTEC, Jake worked in the field as an Operations Engineer and was responsible for day-to-day operation, long-term reliability, and station data analysis for Canada's first hydrogen refueling station network. Jake now specialises in commissioning and startup of hydrogen assets as a...Read more

Katrina Groth



Katrina M. Groth is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering and the Director of the Reliability Engineering program at the University of Maryland. Groth specializes in safety, risk, and reliability analysis of energy systems. She has an active portfolio of research, including developing of Quantitative Risk Assessment methods, prognostics and health management (PHM) techniques to support reliability monitoring and diagnosis of complex systems, and creating reliability data collection frameworks and algorithms. Her work has influenced safety practices and codes and...Read more

Gayatri Kelkar



Gayatri is renowned expert and woman entrepreneur from India, in the field of process safety engineering and risk management, with over 15 years of experience in ensuring the safe operation of industrial processes. 

She started her business named ‘Salvus Energy’ in 2012 in Pune, India and expanded it in 2022 by opening a branch office at London, UK. Currently also serving as Managing Director at Salvus Energy UK Ltd. Her company has worked on projects for BPCL, HPCL, GAIL, Adani, Reliance etc. from India ADNOC, KOC, QE, PDO from Middle East, projects from Nigeria,...Read more

Thomas Gartner



Thomas E. Gartner III is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Lehigh University. His research group develops advanced computational approaches to understand and predict the structure and thermodynamics of polymers and soft materials for energy, sustainability, and technology applications. Gartner joined Lehigh in August 2023, and was previously an Assistant Professor in the School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He earned his B.S. with Honors from the University of California,...Read more

Renewable Hydrogen Storage and Transport Conference Session 1: Hydrogen Supply Chains

Renewable Hydrogen Storage and Transport Conference Session 1: Hydrogen Supply Chains

Monday, March 11 9:50AM-1:50PM PST at Town and Gown of USC, Los Angeles, CA

Jim Petrecky



Jim has dedicated the past 20 years of his career to the hydrogen industry. He leverages his background in sales, business development, and systems engineering to create customer value in sustainable energy solutions. Jim joined GKN Hydrogen because he believes storage and distribution are critical to unlocking the hydrogen economy. 

Previously, at Plug Power, PDC Machines and Ohmium, Jim’s firsthand experience with fuel cells, diaphragm compression, storage, hydrogen refueling stations, and electrolyzers provide him a thorough understanding of both the supply and...Read more

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