Conference on Hydrogen in Materials
(In-person only event)
Date: June 3, 2025 - June 6, 2025
Event Location: La Rochelle University, La Rochelle, France
Organized by: ASTM Committee F07.04 on Hydrogen Embrittlement
About the Event
The Conference on Hydrogen in Materials will be held June 3, 2025 - June 6, 2025. The conference is organized by ASTM Committee F07.04 on Hydrogen Embrittlement, and will be held at La Rochelle University in La Rochelle, France. The language of the conference will be English.
Objective and Scope
Hydrogen embrittlement has historically been a concern where hydrogen is absorbed by materials, either during manufacturing processes or as a byproduct of corrosion. With the advent of the hydrogen economy, the scope of research has grown to include material interaction with hydrogen gas. The infrastructure needed for hydrogen gas storage and transportation, as well as the materials needed at the point of use of hydrogen fuel, for heating or in vehicles, trains, and aircraft, are now part of the conversation. This conference provides a forum for the global hydrogen embrittlement research and testing communities to meet and exchange ideas on the latest fundamental research, and advances in technology, and to consider engineering implications across all industrial sectors.
Topics for this conference include, but are not limited to:
- Hydrogen and structural integrity in industrial sectors
- Topics include manufacturing process from raw materials to finished products with an emphasis on standards and practices:
- Automotive
- Aerospace
- Naval
- Hydrogen storage & transport
- Energy (Oil & Gas, Nuclear, etc.)
- Topics include manufacturing process from raw materials to finished products with an emphasis on standards and practices:
- Fundamentals of hydrogen interaction in materials
- Computational approaches of hydrogen and its effect on materials
- Effect of hydrogen on fracture
- Effect of hydrogen on additive manufacturing
- Hydrogen embrittlement susceptibility
- Hydrogen damage mechanisms (hydrogen embrittlement, hydride embrittlement, SCC, High temperature H attack, HIC, HE-fatigue, etc.)
Registration
Registration will open soon, and will close on May 23, 2025. THERE IS NO ONSITE REGISTRATION.
What is included?
The conference registration fees include morning and afternoon coffee breaks and a lunch each day; entrance to all oral and poster sessions, and the Tuesday evening dinner.
The fees to attend this conference are listed below and are in USD:
|
Through April 30, 2025 |
May 1-23, 2025 | |
|---|---|---|
| ASTM Member | $570.00 | $670.00 |
| Non-member | $670.00 | $770.00 |
| Presenter | $399.00 | $469.00 |
| Student Presenter* | Waived | Waived |
| Student Non- presenter* | $150.00 | $200.00 |
| Companion Dinner Ticket** | $125.00 | $150.00 |
*Must meet requirements (see below) and contact ASTM Symposia Operations to register as a student.
**Limited to one companion ticket per registrant and onsite registration will not be available.
IMPORTANT:
If you are a: (i) Session Chair, (ii) Keynote Speaker, or (iii) Conference Technical Committee Member, you should have received an email containing a unique link to register for the conference. Please do not register without your unique link. If you did not receive the link or have any questions about your registration, please email ASTM Symposia Operations at symposia@astm.org.
Student Presenter - Students who will presenting at this conference may be eligible for a reduced registration fee provided they meet certain requirements. To qualify for the student presenter fee, you must be presenting at this conference, an active ASTM Student Member, full-time student, not employed full-time, and be able to provide a current valid university email address for registration. To register as a student presenter, please email ASTM Symposia Operations at symposia@astm.org.
Student Non-presenter – Students who are not presenters may be eligible for a reduced registration fee provided they meet certain requirements. To qualify for the reduced fee, you must be an active ASTM Student Member, full-time student, not employed full-time, and be able to provide a current valid university email address for registration. To register as a student non-pesenter, please email ASTM Symposia Operations at symposia@astm.org.
Cancellations – A refund of the conference fee will be honored only if requested at least 15 business days prior to the start of the event. To cancel your registration, please click the "Modify My Registration" button found in your registration confirmation email and follow the prompts to cancel your registration. Please contact Symposia Operations at symposia@astm.org or 610-832-9522 if you need assistance.
If you have questions concerning online registration, please contact Symposia Operations at
symposia@astm.org Tel: 610-832-9522, or ASTM Technical Support at https://www.astm.org/contact.
Technical Program
Conference Plenary Speaker
Xavier Feaugas
Professor at LaSIE Laboratory
La Rochelle University, La Rochelle, France
Keynote Speakers
Horst Dieterle
Director of Product & Process Development
KAMAX Automotive GmbH, Homberg, Germany
Simon Frappart
Corrosion Expert
NAVAL Group, Paris, France
Helmut Fritzsche
Senior Research Scientist
Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, Chalk River, Ontario, Canada
Nuria Fuertes
Specialist and Research Coordinator
Swerim (Swedish Institute for Metal Research), Stockholm, Sweden
Gilbert Hénaff
Professor
ISAE-ENSMA, Chasseneuil-du-Poitou, France
Motomichi Koyama
Associate Professor
Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
Young-Kook Lee
Director of Research Center for Advanced Materials for Future Vehicles
Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea
Dhiraj K. Mahajan
Associate Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Ropar, Bara Phool, India
May L. Martin
Materials Research Engineer
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Boulder, Colorado, USA
Chris San Marchi
Distinguished Member of Technical Staff
Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, California, USA
Stephen Yue
Director, McGill Institute for Aerospace Engineering
Co-director, McGill Hydrogen Embrittlement Facility
McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Technical Chair Contact Information
Jamaa Bouhattate
La Rochelle University
Email: jamaa.bouhattate@univ-lr.fr
Phone: +33 646 15 67 65
Salim Brahimi
Industrial Fasteners Institute and McGill University
Email: sbrahimi@indfast.org and salim.brahimi@mcgill.ca
Phone: + 1 917 776 5698
Technical Committee Contact Information
Yi-sheng (Eason) Chen
University of Sydney and Nanyang Technological University
Email: eason.chen@ntu.edu.sg
Matsunaga Hisao
Kyushu University
Email: matsunaga.hisao.964@m.kyushu-u.ac.jp
Laura Moli Sanchez
French Corrosion Institute
Email: laura.moli.sanchez@institut-corrosion.fr
Evelin Barbosa de Melo
McGill University
Email: evelin.barbosademelo@mcgill.ca
Tom Depover
University of Ghent
Email: tom.depover@ugent.be
Sriraman Rajagopalan
Canadian Nuclear Laboratories
Email: sriraman.rajagopalan@cnl.ca
Emilio Martinez-Paneda
Oxford University
Email: emilio.martinez-paneda@eng.ox.ac.uk
Milos Djukic
University of Belgrade
Email: mdjukic@mas.bg.ac.rs
Stefan Beyer
German Fastener Association (DSV)
Email: sbeyer@schraubenverband.de
Ed Babcock
Boeing Mesa
Email: ed.a.babcock@boeing.com
Continuing Education Units
Conference attendees interested in receiving 2.6 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) must complete the CEU application form in the back of the program booklet and email it to ASTM Symposia Operations at symposia@astm.org. You must be registered and have attended the entire event in order to receive the CEU’s. A certificate will be sent to you via email approximately 1 to 2 weeks after the conference concludes.
Hotel Information
The following list of hotels are located near La Rochelle Université. You must make your own hotel reservations and we suggest that you book as soon as possible.
Please note: ASTM International is not holding a block of rooms at any of the hotels, and we do not have any special rates.
Slightly further 10-15 min walk or 5 min by bus to the conference but central in La Rochelle
Standards Development Meetings
Committee F07 invites you to attend their future standards development meetings. There is no fee to attend these meetings, and membership in ASTM International is not required to attend. For more information about the committee and their future meetings, please visit the Committee F07 Homepage.