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The year is off to an excellent start! As with prior years, we kicked off 2026 with the Webber Energy Group Annual Research Symposium during which our students and senior researchers presented our work on grid modeling, clean molecules, the built environment, and the food-energy-water-waste nexus to an audience of 70+ sponsors, collaborators and partners. These symposia are a great way for the team to give an early preview of our work and get feedback from experienced energy professionals as we fine-tune our work. Some new elements we included were a panel discussion by the senior researchers and an interactive game/quiz.
We use the feedback, questions and insights to sharpen our research questions and methodologies in a way that elevates their impact, so we want to offer our thanks to our symposium attendees for their time and expertise.
Moving forward, the group continues to evolve. Drew Kassel and Sarah Reynolds successfully defended their dissertations and are now Dr. Kassel and Dr. Reynolds. Two new undergraduate researchers joined the team (see below), a graduate student is visiting us for the next few months as part of an international exchange, and we continue to publish and engage with the media to inform the public, policy makers, and private sector with the latest findings of our research. We hope these contributions are meaningful and it feels they are making a difference bit-by-bit.
Thank you for your role in this as a supporter, collaborator or consumer of our work. We couldn't do it without you, and we will be in touch again soon.
Sincerely,
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- Webber spoke with Inside Climate News to discuss recent executive orders that add restrictions on the development of wind and solar
- Webber talks with Yahoo Finance and let's us know to 'expect higher prices in 2026'
- Rhodes discusses with the Houston Chronicle why Texas solar power has surpassed coal as an electricity provider
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I’m doing my best to engage with a broader academic community, so if your class has adopted one of my books as a course reference or if you are interested in an outside speaker for your university event, please let me know. Below are recent and upcoming guest seminars and lectures:
- October 23, 2025 - Stanford University
- November 21, 2025 - University of Ghent, Belgium
- January 14, 2026 - Northwestern University
- January 26, 2026 - University of California Berkeley
- January 27, 2006 - Columbia University Energy Exchange w/Jason Bordoff
- February 18, 2026 - Yale University
- February 19, 2026 - Johns Hopkins University
- March 12, 2026 - Rice University
- March 24, 2026 - Penn State University
| | Upcoming Continuing Education Courses | | | | |
Energy, Technology & Policy
June 30-July 2, 2026
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This multidisciplinary conference will give participants an overview of energy technologies, fuels, environmental impacts and public policies.
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How Energy and Chemistry Converge for a Fossil-Free Future in iScience by Jan Mertens, Christian Breyer, Ronnie Belmans, Corinne Gendron, Patrice Geoffron, Carolyn Fischer, Elodie Du Fornel, Olivier Ledent, Richard Lester, Kimberly A. Nicholas, Laura Megrelis, Paulo Emilio Valadão de Miranda, Celine Paton, Alice Prudhomme, Peter Verwee, Olivier Sala, Michael Webber, and Koenraad Debackere
| | | | A collection of online interactive reference materials content geared towards universities and professionals. Learn More | | | | | A state-sponsored STEM program to help boost energy literacy for K-12 students and help schools save money by saving energy. Learn More | | | | | Enhance Your LinkedIn Profile: the Resourcefulness Digital Badge | |
In partnership with Itron, Inc. this online course covers the water-energy nexus and how they affect one another.
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| | | Support The Webber Energy Group | | Thank you for your interest in supporting the Webber Energy Group in its mission to change the way the world thinks about energy. There are two ways to give: | | |
- Discretionary gifts, the full amount of which are available to the Webber Energy Group immediately for cutting edge research, communications, and leadership development.
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- Gifts to the Osborne Green Energy Endowed Excellence Fund, which will support leadership training and professional development for Webber Energy Group students in perpetuity with 4.5% of the fund’s total value available to the Webber Energy Group each year.
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