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.)
Publication Information
Based on the technical quality of the abstracts, presenters may be contacted to submit a full paper for the planned special issue of ASTM’s Materials Performance and Characterization (MPC). This journal is focused on publishing papers on both the theoretical and practical aspects of the processing, structure, properties, and performance of materials. Only papers that fit the scope of the MPC will be considered. You will be notified by November 15, 2024, if the Editor-in-Chief of the journal would like you to submit a full paper for a special issue.
Please note that all submitted papers are subject to peer review by two independent reviewers. Manuscripts to be peer reviewed for the special issue are due online at the ASTM Editorial Office no later than April 15, 2025. Papers submitted to the Materials Performance and Characterization will be peer reviewed prior to publication. The corresponding author will receive a copy of their paper in an electronic format. All published authors will have the opportunity to purchase reprints of their papers at a nominal cost.
Sponsorship Opportunities
In an effort to keep the registration fees at a price point that will allow everyone to attend, the conference organizing committee is seeking sponsors to help offset those costs. Sponsorships are being accepted through January 31, 2025. For more information about sponsorship, please click here.
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
Registration
Registration opens approximately 10 weeks before the start of the conference.
Technical Program
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
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.
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.