Energy Seminar Series
Seminars are Thursdays 3:30 to 4:30 pm unless otherwise noted. The location for the Fall 2026 semester will be in Room 1012 in the Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building, 1320 Beal Ave. Ann Arbor, MI 48109
If you are U-M faculty, staff, or student and interested in meeting with a speaker on the day of their visit, please contact their host to schedule a meeting time/location.
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Energy Seminar Series: Managing the emission and absorption of thermal radiation in large scale energy technologies – September 17, 2026
Andrej Lenert, Chemical Engineering Location: 1012 FXB Time: 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
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Energy Seminar Series: Cutting Costs or Cutting Corners: Asset Reallocation in Oil and Gas Production – September 24, 2026
Catie Hausman, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy Location: 1012 FXB Time: 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
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Energy Seminar Series: Prioritization of technology development and scale-up pathways for sustainable (bio)energy systems – October 1, 2026
Jeremy Guest, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign Hosted by Joshua Jack Location: 1012 FXB Time: 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
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Energy Seminar Series: PCM based thermal storage in district energy systems: leveraging thermal demand response needs controls – October 8, 2026
Denise McKahn, Smith College Hosted by Anna Stefanopoulou Location: 1012 FXB Time: 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
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Energy Seminar Series: Elucidating phase-change heat transfer mechanisms and their role in developing next generation energy systems – October 15, 2026
Matthew Hughes, Mechanical Engineering Location: 1012 FXB Time: 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
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Energy Seminar Series: Nuclear Energy’s Next Act: Innovation, Federal Support and the Role of Modeling and Simulation – October 22, 2026
Emily Shemon, Argonne National Laboratory Hosted by Stephen Raiman Location: 1012 FXB Time: 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
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Energy Seminar Series: Planning optimization approaches for power systems under wildfire-related decision-dependent uncertainty October 29, 2026
Alex Moreira, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Hosted by Ruiwei Jiang- Location: 1012 FXB Time: 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
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Energy Seminar Series: Decision Making for Sustainability Using the Objective Reduction Community Algorithm (ORCA) – November 5, 2026
Andrew Allman, Chemical Engineering Location: 1012 FXB Time: 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
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Energy Seminar Series: Battery SoX Intelligence: Millivolts Unlocking Gigawatt-hours – November 12, 2026
Kandler Smith, Moment Energy Hosted by Ziyou Song Location: 1012 FXB Time: 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
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Energy Seminar Series: AI-Based Analytics and Energy Modeling Frameworks for Characterizing Urban Energy Systems – November 19, 2026
Rawad El Kontar, NLR Hosted by Raed Al Kontar Location: 1012 FXB Time: 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
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Energy Seminar Series: Hierarchy and Imperfect Competition in Power Markets afflicted by Uncertainty – December 3, 2026
Uday Shanbhag, UM, IOE Location: 1012 FXB Time: 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
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Energy Seminar Series: Title TBD – December 17, 2026
Rachel Schwind, The University of Edinburgh Hosted by Margaret Wooldridge Location: 3213AB LEC Time: 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM