UT Energy Symposium

A weekly guest lecture series that is both free and open to the public and available for course credit.

In an effort to provide a multidisciplinary platform for UT faculty and students to interact on the most pressing energy issues facing our world, the Energy Institute sponsors the UT Energy Symposium (UTES), which entered its 28th semester in spring 2025. 

The UTES serves as a “convener” for the campus community, uniting students interested in energy issues with faculty and others working on sustainable energy security. Students who register for the symposium receive one credit hour for the 15-week seminar course, which is open to both undergraduate and graduate students. The course is taught in both the fall and spring semesters.

Ongoing themes for UTES include climate change policy, innovation and diffusion of energy technologies, low-carbon technology options and status, and behavioral aspects of energy consumption.

Each UTES talk is recorded and posted on this page and on the Energy Institute YouTube channel.

Instructor: Carey King
Unique Number (Fall 2025): 65605 (graduate students) / 65310 (undergraduates)
Day & Time: Tuesday, 12:30 – 1:45 p.m.

If you need an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact Christa Hopkins, who can be reached at 512-475-8447 or christa@energy.utexas.edu, no later than five (5) business days prior to the event.


UT Energy Symposium Talks

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November 28, 2023

November 7, 2023

The Energy Blindness of Economics From Adam Smith to William Nordhaus

Steve Keen, Distinguished Research Fellow, University College London

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November 3, 2023

Creating Global Markets for Low Greenhouse Gas Emission Natural Gas

Dr. David Allen and Dr. Arvind Ravikumar, Co-Directors of Energy Emissions Modeling and Data Lab (EEMDL) and Professors at The University of Texas at Austin

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October 31, 2023

Fossil Phaseout and the Just Energy Transition

Emily Grubert, Associate Professor, University of Notre Dame

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October 23, 2023

Exploring the Role of Hydrogen & Low-Carbon Fuels in the Energy Sector

Neil Kern, Program Manager of the Low-Carbon Research Initiative at the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)

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October 10, 2023

Carbon Trade War and the Energy Transition

Kevin Book, Managing Director of Research, ClearView Energy Partners, LLC

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October 3, 2023

Climate Investing x Diversity

Vida Asiegbu, Principal, Investor, Energy Impact Partners

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September 19, 2023

Living Well Within Limits: Is It Possible? And What Will It Take?

Julia Steinberger, Professor, Institute of Geography & Sustainability, University of Lausanne

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September 12, 2023

Substituting Renewable Energy for Fossil Fuels is a Doomsday Stratagem

Arthur E. Berman, Director, Labyrinth Consulting Services, Inc.

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September 5, 2023

Is Decarbonization the Next Industrial Revolution?

Shaun Boardman, Chief Sustainable Technologies Officer, GreenStarBCS

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May 3, 2012

Americans’ Vehicle and Travel Choices: Opportunities for Plug- In Vehicles in the Nation’s Fleet Evolution

Dr. Kara Kockelman, Professor & William J. Murray Jr. Fellow, Department of Civil, Architectural & Environmental Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin

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April 26, 2012

The Future of Water in Texas, and What It Means for Energy

Thomas Mason, Former General Manager of the Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) and currently with the law firm Graves, Dougherty, Hearon & Moody

April 12, 2012

Taking Green Technologies from Innovation to the Market: A VC’s Perspective

Ashmeet Sidana, General Partner, Foundation Capital

April 5, 2012

March 29, 2012

Simulating Complex Systems: Applications to Energy

Dr. Charles Macal, Senior Systems Engineer, Argonne National Laboratory

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March 22, 2012

The Energy Industry’s Media Triumphs and Disasters

Mark Fischetti, Energy and Environment Editor, Scientific American

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March 8, 2012

National Oil Companies: Fueling Anxiety

Mark Thurber, Associate Director for Research, Program on Energy and Sustainable Development, Stanford

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March 1, 2012

What the Characteristics of Wind and Solar Electric Power Production Mean for Their Future

Jay Apt, Professor of Technology, Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University

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February 23, 2012

February 16, 2012

Student Research Showcase

February 8, 2012

Geopolitical Implications of Shale Gas

Amy Jaffe, Fellow in Energy Studies and Director of the Energy Forum, Baker Institute, Rice University

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