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The USC Smart Energy Summit

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