The Carnegie Mellon Electricity Industry Center sponsors a weekly seminar series
in the EPP conference room (Baker Hall 129). These seminars provide an informal
means of presenting research, listening to outside speakers, and learning about
the electricity industry. Upcoming and past seminar speakers and topics are
listed below. When possible the slides for the talk are also available.
If you would like to give a seminar, or have a good idea for a seminar topic,
please contact Jay
Apt (apt@cmu.edu or 412-268-3003).
| Date/Day/Time |
Location |
Speaker |
Title |
Thursday
6/18/09 |
EPP
Conference Room |
Prof. Dr. Christoph Weber
Chair, Department of Energy
Professor, Institute for Energy Economics
University of Duisburg-Essen |
"Stochastic
Modeling for Wind Integration" |
Wednesday
5/13/09
Noon |
EPP Conference Room |
Paul Denholm
Senior Analyst
National Renewable Energy Laboratory |
"The Role of
Energy Storage in the Present and Future Electric Grid" |
Wednesday
4/29/09
Noon |
EPP Conference Room |
Rodney Andrews
Director
Center for Applied Energy Research
University of Kentucky |
TBA |
Wednesday
4/22/09
Noon |
EPP Conference Room |
Jon Peterson
Vice President, Marketing OSIsoft |
"Leveraging
Historical and Real-Time Data to Meet the Challenges of Wind Generation" |
Wednesday
4/1/09
Noon |
EPP
Conference
Room |
Steve Puller
Associate Professor Department of Economics Texas A&M University |
"Testing
Theories of Scarcity Pricing and Price Dispersion in the Airline Industry" |
Monday
3/23/09
Noon |
EPP Conference Room |
Hannah Chalmers
Energy Technology for Sustainable Development Group Mechanical Engineering
Department
Imperial College London |
"Operating
Options for Power Plants with CO2 Capture" |
Tuesday
3/17/09
Noon |
EPP Conference Room |
David Rutledge
Tomiyasu Professor of Electrical Engineering
California Institute of Technology |
"Assessing the
Ultimate Production of Oil, Gas, and Coal, and the Implications for Fossil-fuel
Alternatives and Climate Change" |
Thursday
3/5/09
Noon |
EPP Conference Room |
Eric Epstein
Coordinator
EFMR Monitoring, Inc. |
"Appetite for
Consumption: The Rise and Fall of the Pennsylvania Ratepayer" |
Wednesday
2/25/09
Noon |
EPP Conference Room |
Brandi Colander
Natural Resources Defense Council
|
"Decoupling" |
Wednesday 2/17/09
12:30 PM |
EPP Conference Room |
Christopher Weber, PhD
Assistant Research Professor
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Carnegie Mellon University |
"Uncertainty and
Variability in Accounting for Grid Electricity in Life Cycle Assessment" |
Wednesday 2/4/09
Noon |
EPP Conference Room |
Willet Kempton
Center for Carbon-free Power Integration Director
University of Delaware |
NEW TITLE
"Grid Integration of Large Fluctuating Power
Generation with Plug-in Vehicles" |
NEW DATE
Wednesday
1/28/09
Noon |
EPP Conference Room |
Howard Herzog
MIT |
TBA |
Wednesday
12/17/08
Noon |
EPP Conference Room |
Steve Day
Sr. Director of Marketing
Powercast Wireless Power |
TBA |
NEW DATE & TIME
Wednesday 12/10/08
2:00 - 3:00 PM |
EPP Conference Room |
Arshad Mansoor
EPRI |
"So We Think We
Understand Energy Efficiency!" |
Wednesday
11/19/08
Noon |
EPP Conference Room |
Robert Kaminski
Master of Science, Public Policy and Management
H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management
Carnegie Mellon University |
"The Politics
of Climate Change:
An inside Account from our Nation's Capital" |
Friday
10/31/08
Noon |
TBA |
Kim Chi Wan
Director of the Power Generation Division
Korea East-West Power Company |
"Unique
Operational Experiences of the Korea Electric Industry" |
Wednesday
10/22/08
Noon |
EPP Conference Room |
Grant Bromhal
Research Group Leader of the Sequestration, Hydrocarbons, and Related Projects
Group
NETL’s Geosciences Division |
"Risks and
Associated Monitoring and Mitigation Strategies for Geologic Sequestration" |
Wednesday 10/8/08
Noon |
EPP Conference Room |
Volker Harkopf
School of Architecture
Carnegie Mellon University |
"What I learned about energy efficiency
during my summer 'vacation: An informal report on travels in German, China and
Japan" |
Friday
10/3/08
Noon |
EPP Conference Room |
Susan Tomasky
President
AEP Transmission
|
"Transmission in AEP" |
Friday
9/26/08
Noon |
EPP Conference Room |
Trevor Houser
Director, Energy & Climate Practice
The Rhodium Group |
"Leveling the
Carbon Playing Field: Addressing Climate Change in a Global Economy" |
Wednesday
9/24/08
Noon |
EPP Conference Room |
Troy Hammond
Plextronics |
TBA |
Wednesday
9/17/08
Noon |
EPP Conference Room |
Joe Belechak
Westinghouse Nuclear Fuels |
"Fueling the
Future of Nuclear Power" |
CANCELLED
Wednesday
9/10/08
Noon |
CANCELLED
EPP Conference Room |
CANCELLED
Grant Bromha
National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) of the Department of Energy (DOE) |
CANCELLED
TBA |
