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Tuesday, March 28, 2023

UT Energy Week 2023 — What Starts Here Energizes the World

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Presentations and Poster Session

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

Opening Remarks

2:00 – 2:05 PM
Opening Remarks
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

Power Grid & E-Mobility

2:05 – 2:10 PM
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 • View PDF slides • Watch video

2:10 – 2:15 PM
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 • View PDF slides • Watch video

2:15 – 2:20 PM
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 • View PDF slides • Watch video

Clean Hydrogen

2:20 – 2:25 PM
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 • View PDF slides • Watch video

2:25 – 2:30 PM
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 • View PDF slides • Watch video

2:30 – 2:35 PM
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 • View PDF slides • Watch video

2:35 – 2:40 PM
Leveraging Permian Basin Assets for the Emerging Clean Hydrogen Energy Economy in Texas

PI: Michael C. Lewis, Center 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 • View PDF slides • Watch video

2:40 – 2:45 PM
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 • View PDF slides • Watch video

2:45 – 3:05 PM
Break

Carbon Capture, Utilization & Storage (CCUS)

3:05 – 3:10 PM
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 • View PDF slides • Watch video

3:10 – 3:15 PM
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 • View PDF slides • Watch video

3:15 – 3:20 PM
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 • View PDF slides • Watch video

3:20 – 3:25 PM
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 • View PDF slides • Watch video

3:25 – 3:30 PM
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 • View PDF slides • Watch video

3:30 – 3:35 PM
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 • View PDF slides • Watch video

Environmental Monitoring, Supply Chain, Circular Economy & Policy

3:35 – 3:40 PM
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 • View PDF slides • Watch video

3:40 – 3:45 PM
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 • View PDF slides • Watch video

3:45 – 3:50 PM
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 • View PDF slides • Watch video

3:50 – 4:00 PM
Break

Poster Session & Reception

4:00 – 5:00 PM
Poster Session & Reception
Crum Auditorium Foyer, RRH 1.400F

Energy Industry Night

5:30 – 7:30 PM
Energy Industry Night
Guadalupe Room, RRH 4.208, Rowling Hall, 4th floor — 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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