Seijirau (Seiji) Suda  - Personal History - 1） First and Family Name: Seijirau (Seiji) Suda] 2） Birth Day: October 12, 1937 3） Present Adress: 1-2, Sawarabi-daira, 5522-I-8, Kitayama, Chino-shi, Nagano-ken 391-0301, Japan 4） Affiliations: Materials & Energy Research Institute Tokyo Ltd. (MERIT) International Center for Hydrogen Storage Technology (ICHST) 5） Academic Carrier: March 1967  Graduate School, Tokyo Metropolitan University (Dr. Eng. in Chem Eng.) Doctoral Thesis “Studies on High Pressure Vapor-Liquid Equilibrium Relations of Alcohol-Water Systems” April 1967 Research Assistant, Tokyo Metropolitan University April 1973 Assistant Professor, Kogakuin University, Department of Chemical Engineering (Establishment of Chemical Energy Laboratory, KUCEL) April 1974 Associate Professor, Kogakuin University, Department of Chemical Engineering April 1986 Professor, Kogakuin University, Department of Environmental & Chemical Engineering March 2005 Formal Retirement, Kogakuin University October 2005 Professor, Zhejiang University (PRC), Department of Biological & Chemical Engineering 6） Fields of R&D l Thermodynamic and Equilibrium Properties of Metal Hydrides l Thermodynamic and Thermal Applications of Metal Hydrides l Surface Properties and Characteristics of Fluorinated Metal Hydrides l Complex hydrides as Hydrogen Storage Materials and Their Applications l Utilization of Protide in Complex Borohydride Ions l Development of Direct Borohydride Fuel Cells l Hydrogen Storage and Generation by SodiumBorohydride l Production and Regeneration of Sodium Borohydride via Borax and Borate 7） Academic Experiences 1962 - 67 High Pressure Vapor-Liquid Equilibrium Relations of Alcohol-Water Systems 1967 - 73 High Pressure Vapor-Liquid Equilibrium relations of Hydrogen-Hydrocarbon Systems 1973 - 78 Equilibrium Properties of Hydrogen-Metal Systems 1978 - 83 Energy Conversion Functions of Hydrogen-Metal Hydride Systems Dynamic Behaviors of Hydriding/Dehydriding Characteristics of Metal Hydride Systems Effective Thermal conductivity of Hydrogen-Metal Hydride Systems 1983 ・88 Energy conversion Systems based on Hydriding/Dehydriding Characteristics of Combined Metal Hydride Systems 1988 ・92 Hydrogenation and Dehydrogenation Behaviors of Metal Hydrides 1992 ・98 Fluorination of Metak Hydride Reaction Characteristics and Mechnisms of Fluorinated Metal Hydrides 1993 ・98 Electrochemical Properties and Characteristics of fluorinated Metal Hydrides 1994 ・99 Synthesis of Fluorinated Extreme Surface on Metal Hydrides 1995 ・99 Methanation of Carbon Dioxide by Fluorinated Metal Hydrides Systems 1999 ・2005 Hydrogen Storage Properties and Characteristics of Sodium Borohydride Hydrogen Generation by Catalytic Hydrolysis of Sodium Borohydride 2001 ・05 Development of Direct Borohydride Fuel Cell (DBFC) Hydrogen Storage and Supply System for PEMFC 2000 - 05 Production and Regeneration of Sodium Borohydride via Borax and Borate 8） Academic Societies/Institutes and Committees l Chemical Engineers Society of Japan (~ 1990) l American Institute of Chemical Engineers (~ 2005) l American Physical Society (~ 2005) l The Electrochemical Society (~ 2005) l Materials Research Society l TMS (Metals, Minerals and Metrials Society) l Research Association Metal Hydrides Development (RAMDA), Vice-President l Japanese Committee for IEA HIA (NEDO) l IEA TASK-17 Expert Member l International Symposium on Hydrogen-Metal Systems (International Steering Committee), [ ISC Chairman in 1982 (Toba) and 1994 (Fuji-Yoshida ) 9）   Academic Activities Papers appeared in Intermational Joumals^*-1and Presentation on International Meetings^*-2