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Gather in beautiful downtown Louisville with top researchers from Kentucky universities and industries to discuss the latest developments and challenges in renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies. Discover current research from across the state and discuss a focused technological roadmap for commercialization of various renewable energy innovations in Kentucky. Excellent networking opportunity!
Posters are invited on recent fundamental discoveries that can significantly further the science and technology of renewable energy and energy efficiency research. Students are encouraged to participate in this workshop and the scientifically judged poster competition.
Call for posters: Email 250-word abstracts to RE3workshop@gmail.com by March 1
Information: Ms. Rodica McCoy 502-852-6348
AGENDA
2013 Kentucky
Workshop on Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (RE3)
KY
International Convention Center (KICC), March 24-26, 2013
Sunday, March 24
2 - 4 pm SHORT
COURSES
Course
1: “Tools for Materials Genome Research”
Course Description:
The White House’s materials
genome initiative states, “Advanced materials are essential to economic
security and human well being, with applications in industries aimed at
addressing challenges in clean energy, national security, and human welfare,
yet it can take 20 or more years to move a material after initial discovery to
the market. Accelerating the pace of discovery and deployment of advanced
material systems will therefore be crucial to achieving global competitiveness
in the 21st century.” The group led by Conn Center at UofL (Sunkara, Datta,
Jasinski) with UK (Menon, Sheetz) and Iowa State (Rajan) and funded through
NSF’s SOLAR initiative has been developing various statistical modeling,
materials informatics, first principles computations, and materials synthesis
approaches to accelerate the pace of discovery. PIs of this effort will provide
pedagogical discussion of various techniques being developed and the status of
this effort.
Course
2: “Standard Research Practices in Materials R&D for Renewables”
Course
Description: Learn about
various research methodologies for understanding structure-property-performance
relationships of advanced materials toward use in energy conversion and storage
technologies. This short course will cover the following topics: 1) advanced
microscopy, diffraction and spectroscopy techniques; 2) electrochemical
techniques; and 3) photoelectrochemical techniques. The goal is to show the
standard research practices to enable new materials development efforts toward
dye sensitized solar cells, lithium ion batteries and solar fuels.
Course
3: “Manufacturing R&D in the Energy Sector”
Course
Description: Learn how
cutting edge research evolves from the lab to the marketplace at universities
and industries in the renewable energy sector. Focus is on emerging
technologies defining the future of energy production and consumption,
including 1) photovoltaics, 2) passive solar, 3)
energy storage, and 4) materials.
4 – 5 Conn Center Board Meeting
(Open to all)
6 – 8 WELCOMING RECEPTION
Entertainment – Oakus and the Blades
MONDAY,
MARCH 25
7.00 am – 5.00 pm REGISTRATION (Cascade Ballroom C, KICC)
8.30 – 9.45 am PLENARY
SESSION
8.30
– 8.45 Session Introduction/Comments by Chairs
8.45
– 9.15 Dr. James Fenton, Director, Florida Solar Energy Center,
UCF
9.15
–
9.45 Dr. Ali Shakouri, Director, Birck Nanotech Center, Purdue
Univ.
9.45 –
12.00 pm SOLAR ENERGY
9.45 – 10.00 Session
Introduction/Comments by Chairs
10.00 – 10.30 Dr. Gregory
Wilson, Director, Center for Photovoltaics, NREL
10.30
– 11.00 Dr. Rakesh Agrawal, Distinguished
Professor, Chemical Eng., Purdue Univ.
11.00 – 11.30 Dr. Zeev Valy Vardeny,
Distinguished Professor, Univ. of Utah
11.30 – 12.00 Mr. Marc Thomas,
CEO, Dyesol Inc.
12.00
– 1.30 LUNCH @ POSTER SESSION
1.30
– 3.15 ENERGY MATERIALS DISCOVERY
1.30 – 1.45 Session
Introduction/Comments by Chairs
1.45
– 2.15 Dr.
Krishna Rajan, Director, Institute for Combinatorial Discovery, Iowa State
Univ.
2.15
– 2.45 Dr.
Wladek Walukiewicz, Sr. Staff Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
2.45
– 3.15 Dr.
John Gregoire, Staff Scientist, Joint Center for
Artificial Photosynthesis (JCAP), CalTech
3.15
– 4.45 DISTINGUISHED PANEL –
FRONTIERS IN RENEWABLE ENERGY RESEARCH
&
THE LEIGH ANN CONN PRIZE
Panel:
J. Fenton; A. Shakouri; G. Wilson; E. Miller; J. Lemmon; R. Savinell; L. Groom
3.15 – 3.25 Moderator
Comments
3.25 – 4.00
Panelist
Comments
4.00 – 4.45 Q&A; Panel Discussion
4.45 –
6.00 POSTER
SESSION, FINAL JUDGING
6.30 – 9.30 BANQUET
at KICC (Cascade Ballroom A)
Emcee – Andrew Marsh
Poster Session Awards – Jerry Willing
Entertainment
TUESDAY,
MARCH 26
8.00 – 9.15 am PLENARY
SESSION
8.00
– 8.15 Comments by Organizers
8.15 – 8.35 Dr. Eric Miller, Fuel Cell Technologies Program, DOE
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
8.35 – 8.55 Dr. John Lemmon, Program Director, DOE Advanced Research
Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E)
8.55
– 9.15 Mr. Jon Wagner, VP Sales and Marketing, Clariant
Corporation
9.15 – 10.30 BIOFUELS
9.15
– 9.30 Session Introduction/Comments by Chairs
9.30 – 9.45 Dr.
Les Groom, Director, USDA Forest Service, Utilization of Southern
Forest Resources Unit
9.45 – 10.00 Mr.
Steve Csonka, Exec. Director, Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuels
Initiative (CAAFI)
10.00 – 10.15 Mr.
Pete Nelson, Director, New Business Development, Biodimensions, Inc.
10.15
– 10.30 Mr. Marty Siebert, VP
and Managing Director, Nixon Energy Solutions
10.45 –
12.30 pm ENERGY STORAGE
10.45 – 11.00 Session
Introduction/Comments by Chairs
11.00 – 11.25 TBN, Argonne National
Lab’s Energy Storage Hub
11.25
– 11.50 Dr. Robert Savinell, Professor,
Chemical Engineering, Case Western Reserve Univ.
11.50
– 12.10 Dr. Chongmin Wang, Sr.
Research Scientist, Pacific Northwest National Lab
12.10
– 12.30 Dr. Claus Daniel, Deputy
Director, Sustainable Transportation Program and Head, Battery Manufacturing
Facility, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
12.30
– 1.30 LUNCH@POSTER
SESSION
1.30 – 3.00 ENERGY EFFICIENT BUILDINGS
1.30 – 1.45
Introduction
& Team Kentuckiana
1.45 – 2.15 Dr. Andre Weiss,
Director of Business Development, Sortech AG
2.15 – 2.45 Dr. Patrick
Phelan, Supervisor, Emerging Technologies, DOE EERE
2.45 – 3.00 Dr. James
Katsaros, R&D Team Leader, DuPont Bldg Innovations
3.00
– 4.00 COMMERCIALIZATION
PANEL
Panel:
M. Thomas (Dyesol); R. Hinkman (A startup); B. Butler (Blue-Sky Foundation);
J.
Wagner (Clariant); A. Weiss (Sortech); J. Katsaros (DuPont), T. Hancock (KY/ANL
BRDC); L. Combs (Brown-Forman) V. Sunkara (AdEM)
3.00 - 3.05
Moderator
Comments
3.10 – 3.35
Panelist
Comments (5 min. each)
3.35 – 4.00
Q&A
from Audience
4.00
ADJOURN
Registration: www.UofLalumni.org/conn-energy-2013
Before
3/1 After 3/1
Students $50 $75
Academic $175 $225
Industry $250 $300
Citizen & Nonprofit $50 $175
JCPS students FREE
Call for papers/posters: Email 250-word abstracts to:
RE3workshop@gmail.com by March 1, 2013.
More information: Rodica McCoy, 502.852.6348
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