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Fuel Cell : Efficient Power Sources of21st Century(Lecture delivered on 28th May 2003)Prof. K. T. JACOBDept. of Metallurgy , Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore47Prof K.T. Jacob did his B.Sc. in 1964, (university of Mysore); BE. in 1967.(Indian Institute of Science): D.I.C. in 1970, (Imperial College of Science andTechnology. London, U.K.); Ph.D. in 1970, (University of London, U.K.) and D.Sc.(En 1 in 1986. (University of London, U.K.)His research interests lies in the areas of Classical, Statistical and IrreversibleThermodynamics of Materials, Materials Extraction and Chemical Processing.Conceptual Design of Processes, Solid State Sensors, High Temperature Corrosionand Phase Equilibria.He has received several awards and recognitions including the Prof . Rustum ChoksiAward for Excellence in Research Engineering . Indian Institute of Science ( 1997);Prof. Brahun Prakash Memorial Award, Indian National Science Academy , Fellowshipof the Indian National Academy of Engineering . Fellowship of the National Academyof Science:;, India, Best Paper Award , The Mining and Materials Processing Instituteof Japan , Tokyo, Japan ( 1998): G . D. Birla Gold Medal of the Indian Institute ofMetals, Life Fellow of the Indian Institute of Metals ( 2000 ), Best Paper Award of theJapan Institute of Metals for the year 2000 (2001)He has been appointed as a Judge on several occasions such as for the selectionof recipients of Acta Metallurgica Gold Medal by the Board of Governors of ActaMetallurgica. Inc. for a period of three years. for selection of Acta Metallurgica GoldMedal (One of 3 Judges selected from all over the World. Prof, Jacob has also beenappointed as associate editor and editor of various National and InternationalJournals like . Associate Editor, "Journal of Phase Equilibria". ASM International:Associate Editor, Materials Science and Engineering B; Appointed as AssociateEditor, CALPHAD (Computer Calculation of' Phase Diagrams) Journal, ElsevierScience; R.e-elected. Editor, Materials Transactions. The Japan Institute of Metals.He is the member of various editorial and advisory boards such as : Member.Editorial Committee. Journal of the Japan Institute of Metals and MaterialsTransactions JIM, Sendal, Japan; Member, Advisory Board of Zeitschrift fuerMetallktrnde: Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of International Journal of'Engineerirg Science for 2002-03.He is also the Chairman, Programme Advisory Committee (PAC), Department of48Science and Technology DST on Materials, Mining and Mineral Engineering.Prof. Jacob has delivered lectures (Invited Lecture) at the Annual Meeting of theJapan Institute of Metals on High Temperature Solid State Chemical Sensors: SomeHighlights and Emerging Trends; and Exploration Structure ThermodynamicCorrelations in Oxides Using High-Precision Solid-State Electrochemical Techniques,Gordon Research Conference on High Temperature Materials, Processes andDiagnostics, held during 23-29 July 2000 at Plymouth, New Hampshire, USA.The excerpt of the lecture delivered by Prof. K. T Jacob could not hereproduced here due non availability of the presentation materials.49

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