The Texas A&M Energy Institute will host a half-day research workshop at the Memorial Student Center on Tuesday, October 20, 2015 from 12:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Overview
The focus will be “Non-Fossil-based Technologies for Energy” and will include non-fossil resources such as biomass, solar, wind, geothermal, hydropower, and nuclear and electric power. These research topics will include interactions with:
- materials, catalysis, and separations;
- multi-scale methods for analysis, simulation, and optimization; and
- policy, economics, law, and security.
Graduate students and postdoctoral associates are also welcome to attend and participate in the research workshop.
Plenary Presentation
“Toward a distributed renewable electrochemical energy and mobility system (DREEMS): Polymer electrolytes and electrocatalysis”
Professor Yushan Yan
Distinguished Engineering Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; Associate Dean for Research and Entrepreneurship, College of Engineering, University of Delaware
Poster Contest
All affiliated faculty members of the Texas A&M Energy Institute are invited to participate and prepare a poster with their research groups. Registration for the poster contest is required and should be completed by October 15, 2015.
Schedule
The format of the research workshop will consist of a plenary presentation followed by a poster session and a panel discussion. Awards will be given to the top three posters.
A tentative schedule of the research workshop is:
| 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. | Plenary Presentation |
| 2:00 – 3:30 p.m. | Poster Session |
| 3:30 – 4:30 p.m. | Panel Discussion |
| 4:30 p.m. | Poster Awards |
Questions
Contact: Robyn Pearson, 979.458.1685 or rlpearson@tamu.edu
