Energy Seminar Series – Fall 2025
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Energy Seminar Series: Exploiting Intersectoral Synergies for Decarbonization, September 11, 2025
Parth Vaishnav, University of Michigan, School for Environment and Sustainability Location: EECS 1311 Time: 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
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Energy Seminar Series: Powering the Intelligence Economy: Energy Solutions for Robots, Data Centers, and Disconnected Grids, September 18, 2025
James Pikul, University of Wisconsin Madison Hosted by Cameron Aubin Location: EECS 1311 Time: 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
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Energy Seminar Series: Allocating Electricity, September 25, 2025
Dave Owen, University of California San Francisco & Alexandra Klass, University of Michigan, Law School Location: EECS 1311 Time: 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
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Energy Seminar Series: Enabling Secure, Reliable and Affordable Energy Systems, October 2, 2025
Shannon Bragg-Sitton, Idaho National Lab Hosted by Todd Allen Location: EECS 1311 Time: 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
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Energy Seminar Series: Unlocking the Full Potential of EV Batteries in Stationary Storage, October 9, 2025
Ziyou Song, University of Michigan, Electrical and Computer Engineering Location: EECS 1311 Time: 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
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Energy Seminar Series: Thin-Film Photovoltaics: from Lab to Scale – October 16, 2025
Vera Steinmann, First Solar Hosted by Max Shtein Location: EECS 1311 Time: 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
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Energy Seminar Series: Industrial Ecology Perspectives on the Electric Vehicle Transition – October 23, 2025 — Co-organized with the Center for Sustainable Systems
Alissa Kendall, University of California Davis Hosted by Greg Keoleian Location: DANA 2315 Time: 4:00 – 5:00 PM
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CANCELLED: Energy Seminar Series: AI-Based Analytics and Energy Modeling Frameworks for Characterizing Urban Energy Systems – October 30, 2025
Rawad El Kontar, National Renewable Energy Lab Hosted by Raed Al Kontar Location: EECS 1311 Time: 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
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Energy Seminar Series: The Social Impacts of Energo-Waste – November 6, 2025
Kelly Askew, University of Michigan, Anthropology Location: EECS 1311 Time: 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
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Energy Seminar Series: Democratizing Access to Power Grid Data and Models – November 13, 2025
Vlad Dvorkin, University of Michigan, Electrical and Computer Engineering Location: EECS 1311 Time: 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
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Energy Seminar Series: Developing Resilient Complex Energy Systems under Data Scarcity/Abundancy Challenges – November 20, 2025
Pingfeng Wang, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Hosted by Chenhui Shao Location: EECS 1311 Time: 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
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Energy Seminar Series: Electrified pathways to carbon valorization into sustainable fuels and chemicals – December 4, 2025
Joshua Jack, University of Michigan, Civil and Environmental Engineering Location: EECS 1311 Time: 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
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Energy Seminar Series: Long-term Planning and Operations for the Electric Power Sector: Methods, Applications, and Challenges – December 5, 2025
Mort Webster, Pennsylvania State University Hosted by Uday Shanbhag Location: IOE 2717 Time: 11:30 – 1:00