UT Energy Week 2023
What Starts Here Energizes the World
Tuesday, March 28
2022-2023 Energy Seed Grant Program Presentations and Poster Session
Crum Auditorium, Rowling Hall, RRH 1.400, 300 W Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Austin, TX 78705
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2:00 – 2:05 |
Opening Remarks |
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Power grid and e-mobility |
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2:05 – 2:10 |
Smart Charging (and Discharging) of BEVs for Lower Grid Emissions and Better Grid Performance PI: Kara Kockelman, Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering | Co-PI: Benjamin Leibowicz, Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering Presented by Balasubramanian Sambasivam, Postdoctoral Fellow
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2:10 – 2:15 |
Advanced Algorithms for Optimizing Electricity Demand of Electric Vehicle Fleets in Texas to Support the Grid and Local Communities PI: Javad Mohammadi | Co-PI: Sergio Castellanos, Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering; Cockrell School of Engineering Presented by Paola Acevedo Alvarado, Graduate Research Assistant and Dipanjan Ghose, Teaching Assistant
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2:15 – 2:20 |
Toward Equitable Transportation Electrification in Austin, TX PI: Junfeng Jiao | Co-PI: Kijin Seong | Co-PI: Abigail Johnson Community and Regional Planning, School of Architecture Presented by Jun Choi, Graduate Research Assistant
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Clean hydrogen |
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2:20 – 2:25 |
Ammonia Reforming to Hydrogen Using Non-Equilibrium Plasma Discharges PI: Fabrizio Bisetti | Co-PI: Thomas Underwood, Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, Cockrell School of Engineering Presented by Drue Hood-McFadden, Graduate Research Assistant
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2:25 – 2:30 |
Integrated Computational and Experimental Microscopic Elucidation of Amorphous Electrocatalysts for Water Splitting PI: Wennie Wang | Co-PI: Joaquin Resasco, | Co-PI: Charles B. Mullins, McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering Presented by Jing Lian Ng, Graduate Research Assistant
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2:30 – 2:35 |
Controlling Intrinsic Defects in Metal Oxides for High-Performance, Low-Cost Green Hydrogen Production PI: Delia Milliron, McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering | Co-PI: Joaquin Resasco | Co-PI: Wennie Wang, McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering Presented by Akshat Singh, Graduate Research Assistant
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2:35 – 2:40 |
Leveraging Permian Basin Assets for the Emerging Clean Hydrogen Energy Economy in Texas PI: Michael C. Lewis, enter for Electromechanics, Cockrell School of Engineering | Co-PI: Ning Lin, Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences Presented by Maria Paula Madariaga, Graduate Research Assistant
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2:40 – 2:45 |
Hydrogen Production at Natural Gas Wellheads PI: Lu Yingda (presenting) | Co-PI: Kishore Mohanty, Hildebrand Department of Petroleum & Geosystems Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering Presented by Deena Elhossary, Graduate Student Fellow
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2:45 – 3:05 |
Break |
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Carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) |
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3:05 – 3:10 |
Self-Sealing Capacity of Wellbore Cement Under Geologic CO2 Storage PI: Charles J. Werth, Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering | Co-PI: Maria Juenger, Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering; Cockrell School of Engineering | Co-PI: Sahar Bakhshian, Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences Presented by Richard Larson, Graduate Research Assistant
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3:10 – 3:15 |
Computational Design and Engineering of Biocatalysts for CO2 Conversion PI: Yi Lu, Department of Chemistry, College of Natural Sciences | Co-PI: Narayana R. Aluru, Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering Presented by Yunling Deng, Postdoctoral Fellow
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3:15 – 3:20 |
Impacts of Geochemistry on Carbon Dioxide Adsorption in Organic-Rich Mudrocks PI: Zoya Heidari | Co-PI: Nicolas Espinoza, Hildebrand Department of Petroleum & Geosystems Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering Presented by Ibrahim Gomaa, Graduate Research Assistant
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3:20 – 3:25 |
Combining Quantitative Leakage Risk Assessment with Financial Liability for CO2 Geologic Storage PI: Sahar Bakhshian Co-PI: Susan Hovorka, Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences | Co-PI: James Dyer, Department of Information, Risk, and Operations Management; McCombs School of Business Presented by Blazej Ksiazek, Graduate Research Assistant
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3:25 – 3:30 |
Carbon Dioxide Hydrates-Based Carbon Sequestration on the Seabed PI: Vaibhav Bahadur, Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering | Co-PI: Yingda Lu, Hildebrand Department of Petroleum & Geosystems Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering Presented by Awan Bhati, Graduate Research Assistant
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3:30 – 3:35 |
Laboratory experiments and modeling to accurately evaluate critical CO2 saturation for geologic carbon storage PI: Hailun Ni | Co-PI: Sahar Bakhshian, Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences| Co-PI: David DiCarlo, Hildebrand Department of Petroleum & Geosystems Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering Presented by Jose Ubillus Alcivar, Graduate Research Assistant
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Environmental monitoring, supply chain, circular economy and policy |
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3:35 – 3:40 |
Go Clean Fast: The Political Economy of Green Industrial Policy PI: Joshua W. Busby | Co-PI: Nathan Jenson, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs Presented by Paul Orszag, Graduate Research Assistant
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3:40 – 3:45 |
Developing a Network of Ecological Sensors for Analysis of Long-Term Acoustic and Environmental Data PI: Timothy Keitt | Co-PI: Andrea Contina, Department of Integrative Biology, College of Natural Sciences Presented by Isabella Kazen, Student Associate
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3:45 – 3:50 |
Uncertainty Quantification for Circular Economies and Supply Chains PI: Michael Baldea, Oden Institute and McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering | Co-PI: Erhan Kutanoglu, Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering Presented by Raymond Park, Undergraduate Research Assistant
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3:50 – 4:00 |
Break |
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4:00 – 5:00 |
Poster Session & Reception – Crum Auditorium Foyer, RRH 1.400F |
Energy Industry Night – Rowling Hall, 4th floor
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5:30 – 7:30
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Energy Industry Night – Guadalupe Room, RRH 4.208 Sponsored by Aurora Energy Research and Phillips 66 Panelists: Stephen Hyatt, Investment Banking Associate, Wells Fargo Jonathan Moore, Managing Director – Human Capital Practice, Deloitte Consulting Adam Walton, Industry X Director, Accenture |
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Thank you to our event sponsors!
