What is the Energy Solutions Forum?

The Energy Solutions Forum seminar series brings together leading researchers across disciplines in science and engineering to advance understanding of solutions-focused topics in climate and energy. Innovators in fields such as battery technology, clean energy alternatives, and carbon sequestration and recycling will give seminars to share knowledge with our University and local communities. A reception following each seminar provides the opportunity for continued dialogue and an exchange of knowledge to strengthen collaborations within and between scientific disciplines, all with the goal of saving our home planet, Earth. The Energy Solutions Forum is sponsored by the College of Science in partnership with the College of Engineering, with generous support from Mick Hitchcock.

Fall 2024 Speaker Lineup

Check out this semester's speakers! All talks will take place from 4 to 6 p.m. in the Great Room at the Joe Crowley Student Union.

Fall 2024
Sept. 4: Jon Wellinghoff
Sept. 4: Jon Wellinghoff
CEO, GridPolicy, Inc.
7622
Fall 2024
Oct. 2: Eric Vargas
Oct. 2: Eric Vargas
Low Carbon Business Development Manager, California Resources Corporation
7622
Fall 2024
Nov. 6: Denis Phares
Nov. 6: Denis Phares
CEO, Dragonfly Energy
7622

Register to attend seminars!

Calling all climate-conscious constituents! Interested in learning more about how you can contribute to science aimed at combatting climate change? Register to attend Energy Solutions Forum seminars held throughout the semester.

Past Energy Solutions Forum Speakers

Spring 2023
Yet-Ming Chiang
Yet-Ming Chiang
Kyocera Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
7623
Spring 2023
Chris Field
Chris Field
Director, Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
7623
Spring 2024
Karen Goldberg
Karen Goldberg
Vagelos Professor of Energy Research, University of Pennsylvania
7440
Fall 2023
Johanna Haggstrom
Johanna Haggstrom
Vice President of Technology and Manufacturing, LanzaTech
7156
Spring 2024
T. Alan Hatton
T. Alan Hatton
Director of the Koch School of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
7440
Spring 2023
Christopher W. Jones
Christopher W. Jones
Professor of Chemical Engineering, Georgia Tech
7623
Spring 2023
Joey Luther
Joey Luther
Senior Scientist, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
7623
Fall 2023
Marc Nichol
Marc Nichol
Executive Director of New Nuclear, Nuclear Energy Institute
7156
Spring 2023
Jack Norbeck
Jack Norbeck
Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer, Fervo Energy
7623
Fall 2023
Paul Voigt
Paul Voigt
Vice President of Engineering, Redwood Materials
7156

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