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 |
