Presentations

Find uploads of presentations and related content from our meetings here.

Fall 2025:

Date	Topic	Leader	Presentation
09/26/2025 12:00 pm	Introduction and Topic Selection	Abdul Alfaraidi, Sofía Edgar	---
10/03/2025 12:00 pm	Communication Research in the Environmental Health Sciences	Alana MacMahon
10/10/2025	Food Without Agriculture	Virginia Canestraight	FwoA
10/17/2025	Photovoltaic Systems: Fundamentals and Applications	Kate Avery, Shenjun Jin
10/24/2025	Electric Vehicles	Thomas Hillery
10/31/2025	Small Modular Reactors: Technology and its Impact on the Global Commercial Landscape	Junyeob Moon
11/14/2025	The Next Frontier in Water Sustainability: Safe and Reliable Direct Potable Reuse	Jonah Downs
11/21/2025	Tipping Points	Patryk Kozlowski	Tipping Points
12/05/2025	America runs on Borrowed Time? The Foods Fueling the World and The Fight to Save Them	Sofía Edgar

Spring 2025:

Date	Topic	Leader	Presentation
02/21/2025	Introduction and Topic Selection	Tommy George, Abdul Alfaraidi, Sofía Edgar	---
02/28/2025	Handling Herculean Hurdles in Hydrogen Handover	Devan Solanki	Hydrogen Transport
03/07/2025	Bridging Sustainability and Efficiency in European Rail	Olivia Manatschal
03/28/2025	US Electric Grid	James McGlinchey
04/04/2025	Decarbonizing Aviation	John Harrold
04/11/2025	PFAS: Forever Chemicals in Environmental Systems & Sustainable Energy.	Ethan Sontarp
04/18/25
04/25/25	Ocean Exploration and Hard Tech Development for Novel Bioenergy, Materials and Pharmaceutical Innovation	Matt Hainje, Boris Napadensky
05/02/2025	Decarbonizing Residential Space Heating	Roxana T. Shafiee

Fall 2023:

Date	Topic	Leader	Presentation
10/06/2023 12:00 pm	Introduction and Topic Selection	Eliza Spear, Abdul Alfaraidi, Tommy George	---
10/13/2023 12:00 pm	Overcoming Efficiency Limits in Solar Energy	Michael Purdy	PV_efficient
10/20/2023 12:00 pm	Plasmas and magneto-electrochemistry: solutions to energy challenges, inspired by nature	Joy Jiang
10/27/2023 12:00 pm	Electrochemical Wastewater Refining	Tommy George	echem_wastewater
11/03/2023 12:00 pm	Carbon Capture	Abdulrahman Alfaraidi
11/10/2023 12:00 pm	Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS): History, Hazards, and Hope	John Harrold
11/17/2023 12:00 pm	The Role of Radiotracers in Climate Science	Eric Fell	radio_tracers
12/01/2023 12:00 pm	Aren’t Ya (Orangeya) Glad We Have Orange Hydrogen for the Renewable Energy Transition	Jordan Sosa	orange_H2
12/08/2023 12:00 pm		Eliza Spear

Spring 2023:

Date	Topic	Leader	Presentation
02/10/2023 12:00 pm	Introduction and Topic Selection	Eliza Spear, Mandy Liu, & Eric Fell	---
02/16/2023 12:00 pm	Precious metals extraction from the ocean	Eliza Spear	metalsOcean
02/23/2023 12:00 pm	Vehicle-to-Grid: Will EVs balance the power grid?	Dirk Lauinger
03/03/2023 12:00 pm	Dyson Spheres and other Megastructures	John Harrold	dysonSpheres
03/10/2023 12:00 pm	Decentralized Energy Solutions in Off-Grid Regions, ENGIE Energy Access Uganda (Guest Speaker)	Daniel Willette
03/24/2023 12:00 pm	Freezing Carbon Emissions: The Path to Mainstream Heat Pump Adoption	Christine Gschwendtner
04/07/2023 12:00 pm	Conducting Electrons to Transport People & Cargo: How Should We Conduct Ourselves?	Jordan Sosa	trainsp2
04/21/2023 12:00 pm	Can we make ammonia with electrochemistry?	Tommy George	NH3_echem
04/28/2023 12:00 pm	Ice & Fire: Thermal energy storage	Mandy Liu	therm_strg

Fall 2022:

Date	Topic	Leader	Presentation
09/16/2022 12:00 pm	Introduction and Topic Selection	Eliza Spear & Mandy Liu	---
09/23/2022 12:00 pm	Biodegradable Polymers	John Harrold	biodegradPolymer
09/30/2022 12:00 pm	Weaponization of energy for national security	Janan Iranbomy
10/07/2022 12:00 pm	From the lab to the "real world"	Henri de Bokay	lab2realworld
10/14/2022 12:00 pm	Governance of global technological innovation activities for effective climate action	Anurag Panda
10/21/2022 12:00 pm	Monitoring ecosystem carbon storage with remote sensing	Lisa Wang	carbonMonitor
10/25/2022 12:00 pm	Nuclear fusion to reach net zero / First Light Fusion (Guest Speaker)	Bart Markus
10/28/2022 12:00 pm	The influence of green hydrogen on the future green steel value chains – A geopolitical Analysis	Leonie Schoeller	greenH2steel
11/11/2022 12:00 pm	Petrochemicals: current status and future	Abdul Alfaraidi	petrochemicals
11/18/2022 12:00 pm	Battery recycling	Jordan Sosa	batteryRecycling
12/02/2022 12:00 pm	NASA Deep Space Food Challenge (Guest Speaker)	Florina Gobel

Spring 2022:

Date	Topic	Leader	Presentation
02/11/2022 12:00 pm	Introduction and Topic Selection	Eliza Spear & Eric Fell	---
02/18/2022 12:00 pm	Renewable Energy: Land Use and Social Issues	Micah Williams	landUse
02/25/2022 12:00 pm	Cement Industry Decarbonization	Eliza Spear	cementDecarb
03/04/2022 12:00 pm	Nuclear Alchemy: The real magic behind the Philosopher's stone	Eric Fell	nukeTransmute
03/11/2022 12:00 pm	ESG Investing: Buzzwords or propellant for energy transition?	Mandy Liu	ESGinvest
03/25/2022 12:00 pm	Oil & Gas Exploration and Digital Rock Physics	Tim Cavanaugh
04/01/2022 12:00 pm	A Children's Choice of Toy or the Next Decision in Transportation: Planes or Trains	Jordan Sosa	planesTrains
04/08/2022 12:00 pm	Cutting the cord: wireless power transfer for sustainable mobility and renewable energy harvesting	Kiana Amini	wirelessPower
04/15/2022 12:00 pm
04/22/2022 12:00 pm	Fantastic microbes and how to use them: Is bioeconomy the way out?	Piyush Nanda	microBio
04/29/2022 12:00 pm	The environmental costs of computation	Ian Davenport	computeCost

Fall 2021:

Date	Topic	Leader	Presentation
09/24/2021 12:00 pm	Introduction and Topic Selection	Eric Fell	---
10/01/2021 12:00 pm	Uranium Mining: From Rocks to Gigawatts	Eric Fell	Umining
10/08/2021 12:00 pm	Recent Developments in Nuclear Fusion	Robert Newman	newFusion
10/15/2021 12:00 pm	The Engine	Chloe Holzinger	engine
10/22/2021 12:00 pm	Advanced Wood Pellets Fuel	Javier Farago Escobar	woodpellets
11/05/2021 12:00pm	Solar Fuels and Artificial Photosynthesis	John Harrold	solarFuels
11/12/2021 12:00pm	Energy and the Economy	Baptiste Lemaire	energEcon
11/19/2021 12:00pm	The Beauty and the Ugly: Towards a Greener Future of the Beauty Industry	Mandy Liu	cosmetics
12/03/2021 12:00pm	Phytomining	Eliza Spear	phytomining
12/10/2021 12:00pm	(Real) Fake Meat	Tommy George	fakeMeat

Spring 2021:

Date	Topic	Leader	Presentation
02/12/2021 12:00 pm	Introduction and Topic Selection	Eric Fell	---
02/19/2021 12:00 pm	Biophotovoltaics	Eliza Spear	BioPV
02/26/2021 12:00 pm	Nuclear Reactors and their Fuel Cycles	Eric Fell	fissionFuel
03/05/2021 12:00 pm	Plastic Pollution	Amos Meeks	plasticpollution
03/12/2021 12:00 pm	KoBold Metals. Guest speaker on advanced scientific computing for materials discovery	Kurt House
03/19/2021 12:00 pm	Smart Cities	John Harrold
03/26/2021 12:00 pm	Public Ownership of Energy and Climate Infrastructure	Toly Rinberg	publicInfrastructure
04/02/2021 12:00 pm	Textiles and Clothing Emissions	Emily Kerr	textiles
04/09/2021 12:00 pm	Adaptive Buildings and Energy Efficient Living	Mandy Liu	adaptiveBuildings
04/16/2021 12:00 pm	Sankey Diagram Festival	Brooks Clingman	sankey
04/23/2021 12:00 pm	Equitable atmospheric carbon dioxide removal	Andrew Bergman
04/30/2021 12:00 pm	Resource recovery from human waste	Kindle Williams	recov_waste

Fall 2020:

Date	Topic	Leader	Presentation
09/11/2020 12:00 pm	Introduction and Topic Selection	Amos Meeks	---
09/25/2020 12:00 pm	Nuclear Batteries	Eric Fell	nuclearBatteries
10/02/2020 12:00 pm	Bioplastics	John Harrold	bioplastics
10/09/2020 12:00 pm	Enhanced Oil Recovery & Climate Change	Toly Rinberg	EOR
10/16/2020 12:00pm	Electrification of Ammonia Synthesis for Sustainability	Kindle Williams	NH3elec
10/23/2020 12:00pm	Waste and Agriculture	Robert Newman	wasteAgriculture
10/30/2020 12:00pm	Carbon accounting	Amos Meeks	countingcarbon

11/13/2020 12:00pm	Misrepresentation of Global Warming Potential	Robert Kleinberg	GWP
11/20/2020 12:00pm	Vibrational energy harvesting	Eliza Spear	vibeEnergy

12/11/2020 12:00pm	Electric Vehicle Market	Jordan Sosa	EVmarket

Spring 2020:

Date	Topic	Leader	Presentation
01/31/2020 12:00 pm (MCZ 429)	Introduction and Topic Selection	Amos Meeks	---
02/07/2020 12:00 pm (MCZ 429)	GeoMicroDistricts	Amos Meeks	GeoMicro
02/14/2020 12:00 pm (MCZ 429)	Thorium-based Nuclear Power	Eric Fell	Thorium
02/21/2020 12:00 pm (MCZ 429)	Space Mining & Meteorites	Caroline Im	spaceMining
02/28/2020 12:00 pm (MCZ 429)	Fuel Cells	Diana De Porcellinis	FuelCells
03/06/2020 12:00 pm (MCZ 429)	Commercialization of Perovskite Solar Cells	Robert Gustafson	SolarCells
04/03/2020 12:00 pm (MCZ 429)	Energy Subsidies	Jordan Sosa	EnergySubsidies
04/10/2020 12:00 pm (MCZ 429)	Microgrides/Municipal Energy	Erik Van Vleck	microgrid-MUNIs
04/17/2020 12:00 pm (MCZ 429)	Transportation Infrastructure	Emily Kerr	transportation
04/24/2020 12:00 pm (MCZ 429)	Mass Transit	Tommy George	publicTransit
05/01/2020 12:00 pm (MCZ 429)	CO2 Mineralization Storage	Amos Meeks	CO2mineralization

Fall 2019:

Date	Topic	Leader	Presentation
09/06/2019 12:00 pm (MCZ 440)	Introduction and Topic Selection	Christina Chang	---
09/13/2019 12:00 pm (MCZ 429)	Redox Flow Batteries	Emily Kerr	Flow Batteries
09/20/2019 12:00 pm (MCZ 429)	GaN for energy efficiency in power electronics	Harbing Lou	Power Electronics
09/27/2019 12:00 pm (MCZ 429)	Energy Policy: Fundamentals and Case Studies	Ed Birkett	Energy Policy
10/04/2019 12:00 pm (MCZ 429)	Wave Energy	Eliza Spear	Wave Energy
10/11/2019 12:00 pm (MCZ 429)	Energy Applications of Porous Materials	Mandy Liu	Porous Materials
10/18/2019 12:00 pm (Geo Museum)	Carbon, but at what Price?	Amos Meeks	Chalkboard Notes Presentation
10/25/2019 12:00 pm (MCZ 429)	Energy Financing	Christian Holkeboer
11/01/2019 12:00 pm (MCZ 429)	Carbon Pricing Pt. 2: Catastrophe and the Dismal Theorem	Amos Meeks
11/08/2019 12:00 pm (MCZ 429)	Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Removal	Andrew Bergman
11/15/2019 12:00 pm (MCZ 429)	L3Harris Open Water Power, Guest Speaker on Underwater Battery Development	Branko Zugic
11/22/2019 12:00 pm (MCZ 429)	New Geothermal Ventures	Tyler St. Germaine
12/06/2019 12:00 pm (MCZ 429)	Decarbonizing the Steel Industry	Christina Chang
12/13/2019 12:00 pm (MCZ 429)	Predicting Nuclear Fusion Science through Deep Learning	Emma Rosenfeld	Fusion

Spring 2019:

Date	Topic	Leader	Presentation
02/07/2019 12:30 pm (Geo 204)	Introduction and Topic Selection	Christina Chang	---
02/14/2019 12:30 pm (MCZ 429)	Sustainable Steel?	Christina Chang	Sustainable Steel
02/21/2019 12:30 pm (MCZ 440)	Meet-and-Learn Special Session	---	---
02/28/2019 12:30 pm (MCZ 429)	Hydrogen Economy	Jason Munster
03/07/2019 12:3o pm (MCZ 429)	Energy Demand and Environmental Impact of Food Systems	Carlo Amadei	Impacts of Food
03/14/2019 12:30 pm (MCZ 429)	Can Urban Waste-to-Energy Systems be Self-Sustaining Investments?	Masahiko Haraguchi	Waste-to-Energy
03/21/2019 12:30 pm (MCZ 429)	Industrial Energy Consumption and Green Chemistry	John Harrold	Industrial Energy
03/28/2019 12:30 pm (MCZ 429)	Solar Updraft Towers	Eliza Spear	Solar Updraft Towers
04/04/2019 12:3o pm (MCZ 429)	Solid-State Battery Recycling: Recovering Electrochemical Components and Yielding Cathodes while Lowering Emissions (RECYCLE)	Drew Wong	Solid-State Battery Recycling
04/18/2019 12:3o pm (MCZ 429)	Group Discussion and Social Session	---	---
04/25/2019 12:3o pm (MCZ 429)	Can Solar Geoengineering be an Effective Response to Climate Emergencies? A Deeper Look	Amos Meeks	Solar Geoengineering
05/02/2019 12:3o pm (MCZ 429)	The Green New Deal: An investigation into the proposed policy and its surrounding political momentum	Colleen Golja	Green New Deal
05/16/2019 12:30 pm (MCZ 429)	Organic Photovoltaics	Henry Wilkin

Fall 2018:

Date	Topic	Leader	Presentation
Thurs 09/07/2018 12:30 pm (MCZ 440)	Introduction and Topic Selection	Christina Chang, Daniel Pollack	---
Thurs 09/20/2018 12:30 pm (MCZ 429)	Solar geoengineering	Colleen Golja	Solar Geoengineering
Thurs 09/27/2018 12:30 pm (MCZ 440)	Oil and gas exploration and a case example of the Qaidam Basin	Yanpeng Sun	O&G Exploration
Thurs 10/04/2018 12:30 pm (MCZ 429)	California vs. the EPA: How current forces are shaping the future of U.S. car efficiency standards	Felix Barber	California vs. EPA
Wed 10/10/2018 1:oo pm (EPS 409)	Bio-inspired design in energy applications	Anna Shneidman	Bio-Inspired Design
Thurs 10/18/2018 12:30 pm (MCZ 440)	Via Separations: A materials approach to process engineering	Shreya Dave
Wed 10/24/2018 1:00 pm (EPS 409)	Accelerator-driven nuclear systems	Eric Fell	Accelerator-Driven Nuclear Systems
Thurs 11/01/2018 12:30 pm (MCZ 429)	Energy efficiency and challenges in Antarctica	Tyler St. Germaine	Antarctica I Antarctica II
Thurs 11/08/2018 12:3o pm (MCZ 429)	Smoothening irregular demand: Progress toward a leaner, 'mean'-er grid	Henry Wilkin	Grid Optimization
Thurs 11/15/2018 12:3o pm (EPS 409)	China's energy landscape	Mandy Liu & Eliza Spear	China Energy Landscape
Thurs 11/22/2018	--- Thanksgiving ---	---
Wed 11/28/2018 1:oo pm (Geo 375)	Energy and self-driving cars: The autonomous vehicle future	Daniel Pollack	Autonomous Vehicles
Thurs 12/06/2018 12:30 pm (MCZ 429)	Scientific and Political Evolutions of the Clean Air Act	Bridger Ruyle and Hannah Nesser	Clean Air Act

Spring 2018:

Date	Topic	Leader	Presentation
02/02/2018	Introduction and Topic Selection	Christina Chang, Daniel Pollack	---
02/09/2018	Biomass and Biofuels: Harnessing energy for electriciy, heating, and transportation from the molecules of life	Daniel Pollack	Bioenergy
02/16/2018	Water-Energy Nexus: A broad perspective in the U.S.	Carlo Amadei	Water-Energy Nexus
02/23/2018	High Altitude Wind	Justin Teesdale	High Altitude Wind
03/02/2018	Photovoltaics and Solar Planes	Raphael Peltier	PV and Solar Planes
03/09/2018	International Energy Security	Corinna Smith	Energy Security
03/16/2018	--- Spring Break ---	---
03/23/2018	Artificial Photosynthesis	Christina Chang and Sahad Vasanji	Artificial Photosynthesis
03/30/2018	The U.S. Energy Storage Market: Present and Future	Andrei Levin	Energy Storage
04/06/2018	Microgrids: A distributed power network solution	Tim Menke	Microgrids
04/13/2018	A New Ion Engine for the Small Satellite Industry	Natalya Bailey
04/20/2018	Nuclear Fusion	Thomas Storwick
04/27/2018	Breakthrough Energy Ventures	Andrew Wong	Breakthrough Energy Ventures

Fall 2017:

Date	Topic	Leader	Presentation
09/08/2017	Introduction and Topic Selection	Christina Chang, Daniel Pollack	---
09/15/2017	Technical Challenges to Hot Dry Rock Geothermal	Lauren Hartle
09/22/2017	The Life of a Solar Panel: From Raw Materials to Recycling	Christina Chang	Life of a Solar Panel
09/29/2017	Industrial Catalysis: Billion Dollar Transformations Catalyzed by Inexpensive Materials	Justin Teesdale	Industrial Catalysis
10/06/2017	Climate Change Denial and the Culture of Scientific Skepticism	Kira Clingen	Climate Skepticism
10/13/2017	How to Evaluate Cleantech Startups	Chloe Holzinger	Cleantech Startups
10/20/2017	New & Developing Nuclear Fusion Technologies	Eric Fell	Nuclear Fusion
10/27/2017	An Overview of the U.S. Department of Energy	Jack Hensley	Structure of the D.O.E.
11/03/2017	Project Malta: Google X’s Moonshot Energy Storage Solution	Amos Meeks	Project Malta
11/10/2017	The Carbon Clock is Ticking: An Update on the Implementation of the Paris Agreement	Bridger Ruyle	Paris Agreement
11/17/2017	Induced Seismicity	Franklin Wolfe	Induced Seismicity
11/24/2017	--- Thanksgiving Break ---	---
12/01/2017	Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E): Accelerating U.S. Energy Innovation	Lakshana Huddar, Ph.D.	ARPA-E - Energy Innovation

Spring 2017:

Date	Topic	Leader	Presentation
02/02/2017	Introduction and Explanation of Topics	Andy Greenspon, Robert Gustafson
02/13/2017	Non-module Challenges for the Solar Industry - Distribution & transmission grid planning	Robert Gustafson	Solar Industry Non-Module Challenges
02/23/2017	Renewable Energy Certificates	Alex Clark	Renewable Energy Certificates
02/27/2017	Economics of Solar	Ben Rudick
03/06/2017	Lake Charles Methanol Plant, Carbon Capture & Sequestration	Amos Meeks	Lake Charles Methanol CCS
03/13/2017	Nuclear Fusion with high magnetic field tokamaks	Brandon Sorbom	Fusion Energy and Tokamaks
03/20/2017	Economics of Electric Vehicles	Christina Chang	Economics of Electric Vehicles
03/27/2017	Geo-politics of Renewables	Felix Barber	Geopolitics of Renewables
04/03/2017	Electricity storage and its economic potential in deregulated markets	Harbing Lou	Electricity Storage and Economic Markets
04/10/2017	Innovation/Business Cycle Correlation in Oil & Gas	Bob Kleinberg	Business and Innovation Cycles in the Petroleum Industry
04/17/2017	Propulsion: The physics and consequences of jet engines and rockets	Nicolas Sawaya	Chalk Talk
04/24/2017	The energy storage landscape: Feasibility of alternatives to lithium based batteries	Andy Greenspon	Energy Storage Landscape

Fall 2016:

Date	Topic	Leader	Presentation
09/13/2016	Introduction and Explanation of Topics	Andy Greenspon, Robert Gustafson
09/20/2016	No Session
09/27/2016	Small Modular Nuclear Reactors (NuScale)	Robert Gustafson	Small Modular Nuclear Reactors
10/04/2016	Money in infrastructure & the cost to change it	Lauren Kuntz	Energy Infrastructure Assets
10/11/2016	Energy in Desalination	Harbing Lou	Desalination Technology and Energy
10/18/2016	Tesla Powerwall	Karen Yu	Tesla Powerwall
10/25/2016	Accelerating energy transitions: what technologies ought to be in the mix	Laurence Delina	Accelerating Energy Transitions
11/01/2016	Distributed Energy Resources & Public Utility Regulation	Ari Peskoe	Distributed Energy Resources
11/08/2016	Cyclotron Road and Funding for U.S. Hard Tech Start-ups	Christina Chang	Cyclotron Road
11/15/2016	Hydrogen Generation with Limited Carbon Emissions	Andy Greenspon	Hydrogen Generation
11/29/2016	Solar PV Cost Reduction Potential and Hanwha Q Cells Perspective	Robert Gustafson, Dawson Rauch	Solar PV Cost Reduction Potential
12/06/2016	Thermoelectrics for Cars	Jane Philbrick	Thermoelectrics for Cars

Spring 2016:

Date	Topic	Leader	Presentation
02/04/2016	Introduction and Explanation of Topics	Robert Gustafson
02/18/2016	Hydropower - Run of River	Robert Gustafson	Hydro - Run of River
02/25/2016	Energy Data Analytics	Karen Yu	Energy Data Analytics
03/03/2016	Economics of Oil Production	Robert Kleinberg	Economics of Oil Production
03/10/2016	Economics of Energy Efficiency	Daniel Thorpe	Energy Efficiency Economics
03/17/2016	CEO of Solar Startup 1366	Frank Mierlo
03/24/2016	Ocean Acidification	Scott Wieman	Ocean Acidification
03/31/2016	Energy Emissions in Building Construction	Jane Philbrick	Energy Emissions and Built Environment
04/07/2016	No Session
04/14/2016	Startup Ecosystem	Adam de Sola Pool	Startup Ecosystem
04/21/2016	Geoengineering	Katie Dagon	Energy Implications of Geoengineering
04/28/2016	LEDs	Harbing Lou	Challenges and Opportunities of Cree

Fall 2015:

Date	Topic	Leader	Presentation
09/17/2015	Introduction and Explanation of Topics	Robert Gustafson & Daniel Thorpe	HEJC Welcome
09/24/2015	Arctic Oil & Gas Exploration	Robert Gustafson	Arctic Oil and Gas Exploration
10/01/2015	Infrastructure	Christina Chang	USA Energy Infrastructure
10/08/2015	Energy Storage	Greg Silverberg	Energy Storage - Supercapacitors
10/15/2015	Paris Conference	Aykut Aydin	COP 21 Paris Conference
10/22/2015	Silicon PV Solar Panels	Andy Greenspon	Silicon Photovoltaics
10/29/2015	Solar Fuels	John Harrold	Solar Fuels
11/05/2015	Coal Technologies	Amanda Lemire	Coal Technologies
11/12/2015	Coal Peak Use	Daniel Thorpe	Coal Peak
11/19/2015	End Uses of Energy	Rupak Chakraborty	Residential and Commercial End Uses of Energy
12/03/2015	Industrial End Uses of Energy	Lauren Kuntz	Industrial End Uses of Energy

Spring 2015:

Date	Topic	Leader	Presentation
2/11/2015	Tar Sands / Heavy Crude	Robert Gustafson	Oil Sands
2/18/2015	State of the Art CCS	Ashwin Jayaraman	State of CCS
2/25/2015	Biofuels with Addison Stark - Fellowship with ARPA-E	Addison Stark	Thermochemical Biofuels
3/4/2015	Shipping	Daniel, Alice	Ocean Shipping
3/11/2015	High Temp Superconductivity	Felix Barber	HT Superconductivity
3/18/2015	Natural Gas Pipelines + Leaks	Andy Greenspon	Natural Gas Pipelines + Leaks
3/25/2015	Climate Change Consequences	Kat Geddes	Climate Change
4/1/2015	Wind Technology	Nare Janvelyan	Wind Technology
4/8/2015	Climate Adaptation	Ben Franta	Climate Adaptation
4/15/2015	LNG / Regassification	Lauren Kuntz	Liquefied Natural Gas
4/22/2015	Population	Daniel Thorpe	Population

Fall 2014:

10/16/2014	Technologies for new CAFE Standards	Robert Gustafson	Cafe Standards
10/23/2014	Coal Power Plants and EPA Regulations	Robert Gustafson	New Regulations for Stationary Sources
10/30/2014	China Energy	Lauren Kuntz	China's Present and Future Energy Outlook
11/6/2014	The Evolution of Lighting Technology	Daniel Thorpe	Evolution of Lighting
11/13/2014	Microgrid	Lauren Hartle	Microgrid
11/20/2014	Manufacturing Materials	Nicolas Sawaya	Manufacturing Materials
11/27/2014	Thanksgiving
12/4/2014	Algae Biofuels	Leo Blondel	Algae Biofuels
12/11/2014	Perovskite Solar Cells	Michael Vogel	Perovskite Solar Cells