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  • The USC Smart Energy Summit

    Fri, Jan 27, 2012 @ 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

    Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

    Workshops & Infosessions


    The USC Smart Energy Summit
    8:30 am – Friday, January 27, 2012
    ACB 238 (second floor West Wing of Ahmanson Center)
    Location information at the following websites:
    http://dornsife.usc.edu/distance-learning-studio-classrooms/
    http://web-app.usc.edu/maps/
    The Smart Energy Summit is aimed at developing an understanding of future possible research directions and opportunities. The presentations will be video recorded. Slides presented will also be made available and incorporated into a workshop proceedings document.

    8:30am Coffee
    8:50am Welcome and remarks from Dean of Engineering, Dean Yortsos
    9:00am Rich Carlin (ONR), Fuel Cells: Thermodynamic Engine to a Sustainable Energy Future
    9:30am John Luginsland (AFOSR), The AFOSR Perspective and Combustion
    10:00am Khalil Amine (ANL), Advanced High Energy and High Power Battery Systems for Automotive Application
    10:30am Coffee break
    11:00am Bedros Afeyen (Polymath Research Inc.), Controlling Plasma Instabilities: A Multidisciplinary Approach
    11:30am Keith Bradley (ANL), Nuclear Energy: Now What?
    12:00pm Roger Ghanem (USC), Challenges and Opportunities in being Predictive for Complex Interacting Systems
    12:30pm Lunch (sandwiches and salads provided)
    1:30pm Habib N. Najm (Sandia NL), Analysis and Reduction of Power Grid Models under Uncertainty
    2:00pm Zhifeng Ren (Boston College), Electron and Phonon Engineering in Nanostructured Thermoelectric Materials
    2:30pm Mike Campbell (Logos Technology), Perspectives and Opportunities for Renewable Energy and National Security
    3:00pm Coffee break
    3:30pm Commercial opportunities
    4:00pm Discussion
    5:00pm Wrap-up
    5:30pm Dinner at Moreton Fig, USC

    More Information: Smart Energy Summit with Abstracts and Bios.pdf

    Location: 238

    WebCast Link: http://dornsife.usc.edu/distance-learning-stucio-classrooms

    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

    Contact: Marilyn Poplawski

    Event Link: http://dornsife.usc.edu/distance-learning-stucio-classrooms

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