Energy Engineering Seminar Series
Energy Seminars explore energy-related topics of emerging, contemporary and historical interest. An abbreviated list of subjects explored in the seminars includes: global energy resources, energy generation technologies (present and future), energy storage options, environmental impacts including climate change, energy policy, and energy delivery economics and systems. Seminar speakers are distinguished practicing engineers and executives from industry and government as well as faculty members from several departments at Cornell, and other academic institutions. Students from any department in Engineering or the Physical Sciences should find these talks informative.
Fall 2021 Speaker Line-up
ECE 5870/ CHEME 5870/ MAE 5459 I August 26 – december 02 I THURSDAYS, 12:25 - 1:15 PM I 165 Olin Hall
August 26 - Lindsay Anderson, Cornell University (BEE)
September 2 - Jo Kim, GE Renewables
September 9 - Jacob Mays, Cornell University (CEE)
September 16 - Patrick Fulton, Cornell University (EAS)
September 23 - Sadaf Sobhani, Cornell University (MAE)
September 30 - Adam Umanoff, Edison International (Distinguished lecturer)
October 7 - Khurram Afridi, Cornell University (ECE)
October 14 - John Swanson, ANSYS (Distinguished lecturer)
October 21 - SaLisa Berrien, COI Energy
October 28 - Mike Swider, NYISO
November 4 - TBD
November 11 - Ted Miller, Ford
November 18 - TBD
December 2 - Peter Capper, LBNL
Spring 2021 Speaker Line-up
ECE 5880/ CHEME 5880/ MAE 5469 I FEBRUARY 11 – MAY 13 I THURSDAYS, 12:25 - 1:15 PM I VIA ZOOM
February 11 - David Hammer, J. Carlton Ward, Jr., Professor of Nuclear Energy Engineering, Cornell University
February 18 - Greeshma Gadikota, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Cornell University
February 25 - Andrew Melvin, Ulteig Engineers
March 4 - Le Xie, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Texas A&M University
March 11 - Natalie Mahowald, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University
March 18 - Susanna Kass, Stanford University
March 25 - Kunal Phalpher, Li-Cycle
April 1 - Max Zhang, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Cornell University
April 8 - Desirée Squires
April 15 - Mike Campbell, Director, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester
April 22 - Bri-Mathias Hodge, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
April 29 - Jim Lyons, Capricorn Investment Group (Distinguished lecturer)
May 6 - Jeff Tester, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell University
May 13 - Polina Alexeenko, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Cornell University
Fall 2020 Speaker Line-up
ECE 5870/ CHEME 5870/ MAE 5459 I SEPTEMBER 3 - DECEMBER 10 I THURSDAYS, 12:40 - 1:30 PM I VIA ZOOM
September 3 - David Hammer, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Cornell University
September 10 - Buz Barstow, Assistant Professor, Biological and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University
September 17 - Francis M. Vanek, Senior Lecturer, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University
September 24 - Jesse Bond, Associate Professor, Biomedical and Chemical Engineering, Syracuse University
October 1 - Steven Zinkle, Professor, Nuclear Engineering and Materials Science & Engineering, University of Tennessee Knoxville (Distinguished lecturer)
October 8 - Line Roald, Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison
October 15 - Russ MacAdam, Customer Sentiment Champion, Lutron Electronics Co., Inc.
October 22 - Kristin Barbato, Founder & CEO, Build Edison
October 29 - Jin Suntivich, Associate Professor, Materials Science & Engineering, Cornell University
November 5 - Timur Dogan, Assistant Professor, Environmental Systems, Cornell University
November 12 - Abigail Krich, President, Boreas Renewables, LLC
December 3 - Mike Fradette, Manager, Energy Strategy
December 10 - Paul Mutolo, Co-Founder and CEO, Standard Hydrogen Corporation and Executive Director, Center for Alkaline-based Energy Solutions, Cornell University