Hydrogen as a Transportation Fuel
This is a joint meeting of Canadian Society of Senior Engineers and IEEE Life Members Affinity Groups.
This series of presentations has been occurring for more than 20 years and is now being also advertised to the IEEE Northern Canada Section (NCS) Life Members Affinity Group (LMAG) through vTools and other IEEE LMAG's and IEEE members depending upon the topic. At the same time the Canadian Society of Senior Engineers (CSSE) is using their national organization to provide information, the subject and speaker to members across Canada.
The next meeting will be held on Thursday, May 21, 2026. The meeting will open at 12:30 pm MDT (2:30pm Eastern), with the presentation starting at 12:45 (2:45 pm EDT).
Please note the meeting originates in Alberta which is in the Mountain Time Zone, so if you are in another province you must account any necessary time shift.
Presentation: Hydrogen as a Transportation Fuel
Summary: The use of hydrogen as a transportation fuel is being actively developed. First, a brief background on the transportation sector energy consumption and technologies will be given. Then our research and development on Hydrogen Diesel Dual Fuel (HDDF) transport trucks will be examined as a transition technology where up to 80% energy replacement of diesel with hydrogen can be obtained. The HDDF internal combustion engine results will be explained in terms of a complex highly constrained engineering problem and put in context with current heavy duty transportation trends such as fuel cells and battery electric powertrains.
Presenter: Bob Koch
C. R. (Bob) Koch received his B.S. degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada in 1985, and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, in 1986 and 1991, respectively. From 1991 to 1992 and from 1994 to 2001 he worked at Daimler-Benz/Daimler-Chrysler in Stuttgart Germany in powertrain and internal combustion engine control. During 1992 to 1994 he worked for General Motors at the powertrain control center. In 2001, he joined the Mechanical Engineering Department of the University of Alberta, Edmonton Canada, where he is a Professor. His research interests include vehicle propulsion systems, controls, machine learning control, sensors for mobile emission measurement and air quality, mechatronics, and control of distributed parameter systems. Prof. Koch is currently an Associate Editor for the Mechatronics Journal (Elsevier) and Control Engineering Practice.
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