Hydrogen Pipelines and Storage: Progress, Pressure, and Practicalities

David B. Layzell is an Energy Systems Architect with the Transition Accelerator, a Faculty Professor at the University of Calgary, and Director of the Canadian Energy Systems Analysis Research CESAR Initiative. Between 2008 and 2012, he was Executive Director of the Institute for Sustainable Energy, Environment and Economy (ISEEE), a cross-faculty, graduate research, and training institute at the University of Calgary. Before moving to Calgary, he was a Professor of Biology at Queen’s University cross appointments in Environmental Studies and the School of Public Policy), and Executive Director of BIOCAP Canada, a research foundation focused on biological solutions to climate change. While at Queen’s he cofounded a scientific instrumentation company called Qubit Systems Inc and was elected ‘Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (FRSC) for his research contributions.

Dr. Hugo is Professor of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering in the Schulich School of Engineering at the University of Calgary and since 2008, Director of the Pipeline Engineering Centre. Prior to his time at the University of Calgary, he spent four years working as a research scientist in support of the Airborne Laser Program at the US Air Force Research Laboratory in Albuquerque, NM. He has a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Calgary, and MS and PhD degrees in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Notre Dame, USA. He currently oversees a group of thirteen graduate students and two post-doctoral fellows on research projects that include pipeline integrity management, pipeline safety, pipeline leak detection, and drag reduction. He was recently named as the recipient of the ASME Petroleum Division’s Outstanding Faculty Advisor Award.