New Energy Chief, Stanford Seminars
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anil
Sep 21, 2009, 7:59:08 PM9/21/09
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Hello everyone,
Two important items for our community -
1. Prof. Arun Majumdar of LBNL (IIT Bombay alum) is appointed
President Obama's new Energy Chief. Read:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/world/us/White-House-names-IIT-ian-Arun-Majumdar-as-Americas-Green-Czar/articleshow/5030671.cms
2. Stanford has resumed the Weekly Energy Seminars starting this Wed.
Please see below:
Stanford energy community,
Please join your collegues for the Energy Seminar. The full schedule
is below.
September 23, 4:15 to 5:15, Building 420, Room 40, Followed by an
Energy Social in the Social Entry of Y2E2*
Adam Brandt, Stanford University, Department of Energy Resources
Engineering
Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Oil Substitutes: Dynamics, Resources,
and Systems Behavior
Abstract: The ongoing transition to oil substitutes poses economic,
environmental, and political risks. In particular, the problems of oil
depletion and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are unavoidably
intertwined: any shortfall in conventional oil will induce the
production of oil substitutes such as unconventional hydrocarbons or
biofuels, which have differing GHG emissions per unit of fuel
produced. This transition could have positive or negative impacts on
total GHG emissions depending on the resources used and the regulatory
environment in which it takes place. Professor Brandt explores this
transition using a large-scale mathematical model of future
transportation fuel production. He discusses future research to
improve our understanding of the environmental impacts from oil
substitutes.
Bio: http://cta.ornl.gov/oiltransitions/
Background reading if interested:
Farrell A.E. and A. R. Brandt (2006). Risks of the oil transition.
Environmental Research Letters, 2006
Greene, D.L., J.L. Hopson and J. Li (2005). Running out of and into
oil: Analyzing global oil depletion and transition through 2050.
Transportation Research Record 1880, pp. 1-9, Transportation Research
Board, Washington, DC (Contact Leigh Johnson if you wish a copy
emailed to you.)
Modeling the Oil Transition: A DOE/EPA Workshop on the Economic and
Environmental Implications of Global Energy Transitions
September 30 (please note time and location: 4:15-5:30 pm, McCaw Hall,
Arrillaga Alumni Center)
Michael Ramage, ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company (retired);
James Sweeney, Stanford University
National Academy of Sciences Report: America's Energy Future: Liquid
Transportation Fuels from Coal and Biomass
(held in conjunction with the Global Climate and Energy Project – GCEP
- Meeting)
October 7
No Energy Seminar this week
October 14, 4:15 to 5:15, Building 420, Room 40, Followed by an Energy
Social in the Social Entry of Y2E2*
Panel with Stanford Faculty: Sustainable Energy Future: Scale,
Tradeoffs, and Co-Benefits
- Sally Benson, Moderator, Director, Global Climate and Energy Project
- Pamela Matson, Chester Naramore Dean of the School of Earth Sciences
- Lynn Orr, Director, Precourt Institute for Energy
- Stephen Schneider, Melvin & Joan Lane Professor for
Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies
- James Sweeney, Director Precourt Energy Efficiency Center
- Buzz Thompson, Co-Director Woods Institute for the Environment
October 21 (please note time and location - 4:00 - 5:30 pm at Hewlett
Teaching Center, Aud 200)
Panelists discuss: Meeting Emerging Environmental Challenges
- Pam Matson, Dean - Stanford School of Earth Sciences, Woods Senior
Fellow
- Steve McCormick, President-Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
- Julie Packard, Executive Director-Monterey Bay Aquarium
- Steve Sanderson, President and CEO-Wildlife Conservation Society
Held in conjunction with the Woods Institute for the Environment Fifth
Anniversary Symposium. Full program http://woods.stanford.edu/ideas/anniversary-symposium.
October 28, 4:15 to 5:15, Building 420, Room 40
Annie Hazlehurst, graduate student at the Stanford Graduate School of
Business, Economic Analysis of the Solar Industry: When Will Grid
Parity Be Achieved?
November 4, 4:15 to 5:15, Building 420, Room 40
Michael McGehee, Director of the Center for Advanced Molecular
Photovoltaics, Materials Science and Engineering Department
Solar Cell Technology in 2009 and Beyond
November 11, 4:15 to 5:15, please note location change to Hewlett
Teaching Center, Aud 200
Lyndon Rive, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, SolarCity
Residential and Commercial Solar: Installation Analysis and Financing
Models
Held in conjunction with Environmental Thought Leaders
November 18, 4:15 to 5:15, Building 420, Room 40, Followed by an
Energy Social in the Social Entry of Y2E2*
John Benner, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Impacts of the Solar Industry
December 2, 4:15 to 5:15, Building 420, Room 40
Heidi Cullen, Climate Central, Director of Communications, Senior
Research Scientist
Seeing Climate, Seeing Change: Communicating Climate Science in a
Changing Media Landscape
Thank you to Chevron for sponsoring the Energy Seminar.
*Thank you to MAP for sponsoring the Energy Socials.
Best regards, Leigh
Leigh Limbach Johnson
Program Manager
Woods Institute for the Environment
Stanford University
Jerry Yang & Akiko Yamazaki Environment & Energy Building--4205
473 Via Ortega
Stanford, CA 94305-4205
P 650-725-5805
F 650-228-2493
http://woods.stanford.edu
lei...@stanford.edu
“Creating Practical Solutions for People and the Planet”
Two important items for our community -
1. Prof. Arun Majumdar of LBNL (IIT Bombay alum) is appointed
President Obama's new Energy Chief. Read:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/world/us/White-House-names-IIT-ian-Arun-Majumdar-as-Americas-Green-Czar/articleshow/5030671.cms
2. Stanford has resumed the Weekly Energy Seminars starting this Wed.
Please see below:
Stanford energy community,
Please join your collegues for the Energy Seminar. The full schedule
is below.
September 23, 4:15 to 5:15, Building 420, Room 40, Followed by an
Energy Social in the Social Entry of Y2E2*
Adam Brandt, Stanford University, Department of Energy Resources
Engineering
Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Oil Substitutes: Dynamics, Resources,
and Systems Behavior
Abstract: The ongoing transition to oil substitutes poses economic,
environmental, and political risks. In particular, the problems of oil
depletion and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are unavoidably
intertwined: any shortfall in conventional oil will induce the
production of oil substitutes such as unconventional hydrocarbons or
biofuels, which have differing GHG emissions per unit of fuel
produced. This transition could have positive or negative impacts on
total GHG emissions depending on the resources used and the regulatory
environment in which it takes place. Professor Brandt explores this
transition using a large-scale mathematical model of future
transportation fuel production. He discusses future research to
improve our understanding of the environmental impacts from oil
substitutes.
Bio: http://cta.ornl.gov/oiltransitions/
Background reading if interested:
Farrell A.E. and A. R. Brandt (2006). Risks of the oil transition.
Environmental Research Letters, 2006
Greene, D.L., J.L. Hopson and J. Li (2005). Running out of and into
oil: Analyzing global oil depletion and transition through 2050.
Transportation Research Record 1880, pp. 1-9, Transportation Research
Board, Washington, DC (Contact Leigh Johnson if you wish a copy
emailed to you.)
Modeling the Oil Transition: A DOE/EPA Workshop on the Economic and
Environmental Implications of Global Energy Transitions
September 30 (please note time and location: 4:15-5:30 pm, McCaw Hall,
Arrillaga Alumni Center)
Michael Ramage, ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company (retired);
James Sweeney, Stanford University
National Academy of Sciences Report: America's Energy Future: Liquid
Transportation Fuels from Coal and Biomass
(held in conjunction with the Global Climate and Energy Project – GCEP
- Meeting)
October 7
No Energy Seminar this week
October 14, 4:15 to 5:15, Building 420, Room 40, Followed by an Energy
Social in the Social Entry of Y2E2*
Panel with Stanford Faculty: Sustainable Energy Future: Scale,
Tradeoffs, and Co-Benefits
- Sally Benson, Moderator, Director, Global Climate and Energy Project
- Pamela Matson, Chester Naramore Dean of the School of Earth Sciences
- Lynn Orr, Director, Precourt Institute for Energy
- Stephen Schneider, Melvin & Joan Lane Professor for
Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies
- James Sweeney, Director Precourt Energy Efficiency Center
- Buzz Thompson, Co-Director Woods Institute for the Environment
October 21 (please note time and location - 4:00 - 5:30 pm at Hewlett
Teaching Center, Aud 200)
Panelists discuss: Meeting Emerging Environmental Challenges
- Pam Matson, Dean - Stanford School of Earth Sciences, Woods Senior
Fellow
- Steve McCormick, President-Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
- Julie Packard, Executive Director-Monterey Bay Aquarium
- Steve Sanderson, President and CEO-Wildlife Conservation Society
Held in conjunction with the Woods Institute for the Environment Fifth
Anniversary Symposium. Full program http://woods.stanford.edu/ideas/anniversary-symposium.
October 28, 4:15 to 5:15, Building 420, Room 40
Annie Hazlehurst, graduate student at the Stanford Graduate School of
Business, Economic Analysis of the Solar Industry: When Will Grid
Parity Be Achieved?
November 4, 4:15 to 5:15, Building 420, Room 40
Michael McGehee, Director of the Center for Advanced Molecular
Photovoltaics, Materials Science and Engineering Department
Solar Cell Technology in 2009 and Beyond
November 11, 4:15 to 5:15, please note location change to Hewlett
Teaching Center, Aud 200
Lyndon Rive, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, SolarCity
Residential and Commercial Solar: Installation Analysis and Financing
Models
Held in conjunction with Environmental Thought Leaders
November 18, 4:15 to 5:15, Building 420, Room 40, Followed by an
Energy Social in the Social Entry of Y2E2*
John Benner, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Impacts of the Solar Industry
December 2, 4:15 to 5:15, Building 420, Room 40
Heidi Cullen, Climate Central, Director of Communications, Senior
Research Scientist
Seeing Climate, Seeing Change: Communicating Climate Science in a
Changing Media Landscape
Thank you to Chevron for sponsoring the Energy Seminar.
*Thank you to MAP for sponsoring the Energy Socials.
Best regards, Leigh
Leigh Limbach Johnson
Program Manager
Woods Institute for the Environment
Stanford University
Jerry Yang & Akiko Yamazaki Environment & Energy Building--4205
473 Via Ortega
Stanford, CA 94305-4205
P 650-725-5805
F 650-228-2493
http://woods.stanford.edu
lei...@stanford.edu
“Creating Practical Solutions for People and the Planet”
Karpe, Prakash A.
Sep 22, 2009, 10:13:27 AM9/22/09
to anil, Pan IIT Clean Tech
Anil
Thanks for sharing this. I will be there tomorrow and also try to make it to other meetings in the future. I am the lead recruiter for ConocoPhillips at Stanford. My focus is going to be on recruiting PhDs from clean tech and other related fields and would like to get to know the faculty members in these fields. The lecture series is a perfect opportunity for me to meet that goal. Stanford also has energy fair in October. See the details below. ConocoPhillips will have a booth and I have prepared a poster for display on our achievements on sustainable development.
Hope you can make it tomorrow.
Prakash
Dr. Prakash Karpe
Principal Process Engineer
CO2 Capture & Avoidance
ConocoPhillips
(W) 510 245 4407
(C) 925 595 7213
Energy & Environmental Career Fair at Stanford
The Energy & Environmental Career Fair is presented by the School of Earth Sciences and the Career Development Center. Job Interviews for Geosciences will be held on Tuesday & Wednesday, October 14 & 15. This targeted career fair will feature public and private sector organizations that are pursuing sustainability, with a particular focus on clean technology. This event will provide employers an opportunity to speak informally with students interested in the green movement about their organization, the sustainability career fields, internships, and permanent positions. It can be used to promote your organization, collect resumes and screen potential candidates.
Date: Monday, October 12, 2009
Location: Oak West, Tresidder Student Union
Time: 2PM - 6 PM
(held in conjunction with the Global Climate and Energy Project - GCEP
Thanks for sharing this. I will be there tomorrow and also try to make it to other meetings in the future. I am the lead recruiter for ConocoPhillips at Stanford. My focus is going to be on recruiting PhDs from clean tech and other related fields and would like to get to know the faculty members in these fields. The lecture series is a perfect opportunity for me to meet that goal. Stanford also has energy fair in October. See the details below. ConocoPhillips will have a booth and I have prepared a poster for display on our achievements on sustainable development.
Hope you can make it tomorrow.
Prakash
Dr. Prakash Karpe
Principal Process Engineer
CO2 Capture & Avoidance
ConocoPhillips
(W) 510 245 4407
(C) 925 595 7213
Energy & Environmental Career Fair at Stanford
The Energy & Environmental Career Fair is presented by the School of Earth Sciences and the Career Development Center. Job Interviews for Geosciences will be held on Tuesday & Wednesday, October 14 & 15. This targeted career fair will feature public and private sector organizations that are pursuing sustainability, with a particular focus on clean technology. This event will provide employers an opportunity to speak informally with students interested in the green movement about their organization, the sustainability career fields, internships, and permanent positions. It can be used to promote your organization, collect resumes and screen potential candidates.
Date: Monday, October 12, 2009
Location: Oak West, Tresidder Student Union
Time: 2PM - 6 PM
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