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Energy@Stanford & SLAC 2020

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Energy@Stanford & SLAC is a multi-day conference for 130 incoming and current Stanford graduate and professional school students interested in energy. This course will allow you to learn about the depth and breadth of energy research at Stanford, grow your personal cross-campus network, meet Stanford energy faculty, attend in-depth interactive elective classes of your choice, experience a team challenge, and build an interdisciplinary community across campus. An energy background is not required; students from all schools and departments are encouraged to apply.

Speakers | EnRoads Simulation | Agenda | Videos

This multi-day conference offered through the Stanford Graduate Summer Institute (SGSI) is free and open to 130 incoming Stanford graduate and professional school students. To APPLY and to find out more about SGSI and other courses being offered, please visit: https://vpge.stanford.edu/interdisciplinary-learning/sgsi.

Who: Up to 130 incoming and current Stanford graduate and professional school students
Where: Virtual Format
When:
Monday - Thursday, August 31 - September 3, 2020
Time (tentative): 8:00 am - 12:00 pm Pacific Time (15:00 - 19:00 GMT)

 

Speakers

Zhenan Bao, K. K. Lee Professor, and Professor, by courtesy, of Materials Science and Engineering and of Chemistry

Brian Bartholomeusz, Executive Director of Innovation Transfer, TomKat Center for Sustainable Energy, TomKat Center for Sustainable Energy Operations

Sally Benson, Precourt Family Professor, Professor of Energy Science Engineering and Senior Fellow at the Precourt Institute for Energy and at the Woods Institute for the Environment

Julie Blumreiter, CTO and co-founder of ClearFlame Engines

Naomi Boness, Managing Director, Natural Gas Initiative, Precourt Institute for Energy

Bruce Cain, Charles Louis Ducommun Professor in the School of Humanities & Sciences, Senior Fellow at the Woods Institute, at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research & Professor at the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

Janet Chikofsky, Climate & Energy Program Coordinator, Climate Interactive

William Chueh, Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, of Energy Science and Engineering and Senior Fellow at the Precourt Institute for Energy

Yi Cui, Director, Precourt Institute for Energy, Fortinet Founders Professor, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, of Energy Science and Engineering, of Photon Science, Senior Fellow at Woods and Professor, by courtesy, of Chemistry

Jennifer Dionne, Senior Associate Vice Provost for Research Platforms/Shared Facilities, Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Senior Fellow at the Precourt Institute for Energy and Associate Professor, by courtesy, of Radiology

Rodney Ewing, Frank Stanton Professor of Nuclear Security and Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and at the Precourt Institute for Energy

Chris Field, Melvin and Joan Lane Professor of Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies, Director, Woods Institute for the Environment and Professor of Earth System Science, of Biology and Senior Fellow at the Precourt Institute for Energy and at Woods

Lawrence Goulder, Shuzo Nishihara Professor of Environmental and Resource Economics, Senior Fellow at SIEPR, at the Precourt Institute for Energy and at the Woods Institute for the Environment and Professor at the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

Diana Gragg, Managing Director, Precourt Institute for Energy

Stephan Graham, Welton Joseph and Maud L¿Anphere Crook Professor of Applied Earth Sciences & by courtesy, of Geophysics & of Energy Science Engineering

Roland Horne, Thomas Davies Barrow Professor and Senior Fellow at the Precourt Institute for Energy

Thomas Jaramillo, Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering, of Energy Science Engineering and of Photon Science

BJ Johnson, CEO, ClearFlame Engines

Drew Jones, Co-Director, Climate Interactive

Chi-Chang Kao, Director of SLAC, Professor of Photon Science and Senior Fellow at the Precourt Institute for Energy

Charles Kolstad, Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research and at the Precourt Institute for Energy, Emeritus

Jonathan Levin, Philip H. Knight Professor and Dean of Stanford Graduate School of Business

Dr. Arun Majumdar, Dean, Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability, Jay Precourt Professor, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, of Energy Science & Engineering, of Photon Science, by courtesy, of Materials Sci & Eng and Senior Fellow, by courtesy, at Hoover

Mayank Malik, Information Systems Spec, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

Pamela Matson, Richard and Rhoda Goldman Professor of Environmental Studies and Senior Fellow at the Woods Institute, Emerita

Paul McIntyre, Rick and Melinda Reed Professor, Professor of Photon Science and Senior Fellow at the Precourt Institute for Energy

Ram Rajagopal, Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and of Electrical Engineering

Stefan Reichelstein, William R. Timken Professor in the Graduate School of Business, Emeritus

Juan Rivas-Davila, Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Senior Fellow at the Precourt Institute for Energy

Debra Satz, Vernon R. and Lysbeth Warren Anderson Dean of the School of Humanities and Sciences, the Marta Sutton Weeks Professor of Ethics in Society, and Professor of Philosophy

Alicia Seiger, Managing Director, Sustainable Finance Initiative, Precourt Institute for Energy

George Shultz, Thomas W. and Susan B. Ford Distinguished Fellow at the Hoover Institution

Christopher Tassone, Staff Scientist, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

Michael Wara, Senior Research Scholar

John Weyant, Professor (Research) of Management Science and Engineering, of Energy Science Engineering and Senior Fellow at the Precourt Institute for Energy

Jennifer Widom, Frederick Emmons Terman Dean of the School of Engineering, Fletcher Jones Professor in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering

EnRoads

What will it take to limit global warming to below 2°C or even 1.5°C? Energy@Stanford & SLAC 2020 participants worked together to tackle this important question.

Using the En-ROADS simulator, students worked in small teams to develop a scenario that limits global warming, preserves and creates a healthy economy, promotes equity and a just transition, and protects the environment. En-ROADS is a policy simulation model developed by Climate Interactive, Ventana Systems, and MIT Sloan that allows users to explore the likely consequences of energy, economic growth, land use, and other policies and uncertainties.

Teams submitted a short video presentation of their scenarios on Wednesday, and three finalists were chosen to discuss their scenarios with the cohort. The class voted to choose a winner and each member of the winning team received a prize.

See a video of the En-ROADS climate change simulation challenge here.


 
Sponsors include:  The Precourt Institute for Energy (PIE), the Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences (SIMES), the Vice Provost Office for Graduate Education (VPGE), and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory