What Starts Here Energizes the World





UT Energy Week 2023

What Starts Here Energizes the World

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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

 

Power grid and e-mobility

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

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)

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

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

4:00 – 5:00

Poster Session & Reception – Crum Auditorium Foyer, RRH 1.400F

Energy Industry Night – Rowling Hall, 4th floor

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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