On the 17-20 March 2025, Cranfield University will be hosting a “Hydrogen Material Challenges” short course, supported by the Henry Royce Institute.
This course will focus on providing delegates with both practical and experimental knowledge on the fundamental material challenges faced by all components in the hydrogen supply chain: production, storage and distribution, and use.
Targeted theoretical sessions will tackle hydrogen transport, embrittlement, permeation, material properties at cryogenic temperatures, oxidation in high levels of water vapour and material challenges in electrolysis and fuel cells.
The course will bring together a range of expertise from across this constantly evolving field, including speakers from Cranfield University, Rolls-Royce, Frazer-Nash, the National Physical Laboratory (NPL), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and the University of Manchester.
Format: In-person at Cranfield University
Cost: £2,250
Who should attend?
Subject matter experts and speakers ensure the course’s relevance to novice and expert alike.
As the course is an introduction to hydrogen supply chain technologies and focused on hydrogen-related material challenges, it is specifically relevant to delegates involved in material selection/design for hydrogen applications who wish to acquire fundamental state-of-the-art knowledge on the subject.
Delegates from academia and a broad variety of industries would benefit from the course, including but not limited to metal suppliers, equipment manufacturers, service providers, aerospace, automotive or more generically transport industries and policymakers.
Core content
- Physics of hydrogen and fundamentals of hydrogen transport.
- Hydrogen embrittlement: fundamentals and testing.
- Material properties and testing at cryogenic temperatures.
- Experimental techniques for hydrogen quantification.
- Hydrogen permeation and permeation barrier coatings.
- Fundamentals of hydrogen permeation in composites.
- High temperature oxidation and water vapour corrosion.
- Modelling hydrogen transport in materials.
- Material challenges in hydrogen production methods.
- Material challenges in electrolysis and fuel cells.
- Materials for Hydrogen Storage and Transport.
- Standards for Hydrogen Storage and Transport.
- Challenges in hydrogen internal combustion engines.
- Tritium in nuclear fusion.
- Hydrogen safety.
- Hydrogen sensors.
Full details
For full information on the course content, location and how to register, please visit:
Hydrogen Material Challenges
Concessions
30% discount for students.
20% discount for Cranfield University alumni.
10% discount when registering 3 or more delegates, from the same organisation at the same time.
Accommodation options and prices
Rooms are available on campus at two locations: Mitchell Hall and CMDC.
Please email Mitchell Hall or CMDC or call 01234 754820. Let them know you are attending a short course in order to receive discounted rates, please quote 386995. Upon reservation you will be asked to provide a credit/debit card as a guarantee only. The full amount will be charged upon arrival at the hotel.
N.B. Please specify at the time of booking if you require a specific room (e.g. twin, accessible etc.), otherwise the reservation will be made on a run of house basis and we cannot guarantee availability at time of check in.
Rates agreed for this short course:
Mitchell Hall
- Single room with breakfast: £92.00 per room, per night
CMDC
- Single room with breakfast: £113.95 per room, per night
Location and travel
Cranfield University is situated in Bedfordshire close to the border with Buckinghamshire. The University is located almost midway between the towns of Bedford and Milton Keynes and is conveniently situated between junctions 13 and 14 of the M1.
London Luton, Stansted and Heathrow airports are 30, 90 and 90 minutes respectively by car, offering superb connections to and from just about anywhere in the world.
For further location and travel details
Location address
Cranfield University
College Road
Cranfield
Bedford
MK43 0AL
