Energy Symposium

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 multi-disciplinary 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 will enter its 25th semester in fall 2023. 

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.

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 will be recorded and posted on this page and on the Energy Institute YouTube channel following the event.

Instructor: Carey King
Unique Number (Spring 2024): 59680 (graduate students) / 59215 (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.


Upcoming UT Energy Symposium Talks

Date
Speaker
Talk Title
March 26, 2024Matthew Nemerson
Budderfly
Can Business Models Accelerate Sustainable Energy Transitions in the Commercial Sector Without the Need for Government & Utility Incentives or Feed in Tariffs? The Budderfly Case-Study
April 2, 2024Jackson Dorsey
The University of Texas at Austin
The Economics of Solar Energy
April 9, 2024James H. Brown & Charles A. S. Hall
University of New Mexico & State University of New York
What can biology and ecology teach us about energy and the economy?
April 16, 2024David Spence

UT Energy Symposium Talks

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November 29, 2022

(Book Talk) America's Energy Gamble: People, Economy and Planet

Shanti Gamper-Rabindran, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh

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November 15, 2022

Student Symposium with Guest Speakers Matthew Dean and Justin S. Davenport

Matthew Dean, NSF Graduate Research Fellow and PhD Candidate in the Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin

Justin S. Davenport, JD Candidate, School of Law, The University of Texas at Austin

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November 8, 2022

Lessons from the Real World (Science & Nature > Government Policies & Regulations)

Bill Flores, Vice-Chair and Independent Board Member, Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT); Former Member of Congress—U.S. House of Representatives (2011-2021)

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November 1, 2022

The Pros & Cons of Being a Municipal Utility in a Future With More Renewable Electricity

Erika Bierschbach, Vice President of Energy Market Operations & Resource Planning, Austin Energy

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October 25, 2022

Energy Prices and the World Economy

James Hamilton, Professor, Economics, University of California San Diego

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October 18, 2022

October 11, 2022

An Oxford-Style Debate on University Fossil Fuel Divestment

Debate participants include: Cutler Cleveland, Dan Cohn, Bradford Cornell, and Brent Bennett

Moderated by: Carey King

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October 4, 2022

Stranded Fossil-Fuel Assets Translate to Major Losses for Investors in Advanced Economics

Gregor Semieniuk, Assistant Research Professor, Political Economy Research Institute and Department of Economics, University of Massachusetts Amherst

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September 27, 2022

Building a Molten Salt Research Reactor in Texas by 2025

Derek Haas, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin

Kevin Clarno, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering (NEXTRA), The University of Texas at Austin

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September 20, 2022

Constraints and Opportunities for Human Futures - A Systems Overview

Nathan Hagens, Director, The Institute for the Study of Energy and Our Future (ISEOF)

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September 13, 2022

Generating Hydrogen in the Sub-surface

Ian Duncan, GeoH2 Industrial Affiliate Program, State of Texas Advanced Resource Recovery Group, Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin

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September 6, 2022

Findings from the Micro-to-Macro Scale Energy and Economic Systems Modeling Initiative of UT Austin

Balasubramanian Sambasivam and Suman Saurabh, Post-doctoral Fellows, Energy Institute, The University of Texas at Austin

These presentations are part of the effort of the Micro-to-Macro Initiative funded via the Energy Institute. Click here to read more.

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August 30, 2022

Meeting wind energy expectations: The cross disciplinary challenge.

Paul Veers, Senior Research Fellow - National Renewable Energy Laboratory

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