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
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UT Energy Symposium Talks
November 20, 2014
Cybersecurity in the Electricity Grid
Gus Lott, Senior Engineer, YarCom Inc.
November 13, 2014
Methane Emissions in the Natural Gas Supply Chain
David Allen, Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin
November 6, 2014
Technological and Commercial Innovations in Distributed Energy Generation:
- Charlie Upshaw, PhD student with the Webber Energy Group: “Modeling Peak Load Reduction and Energy Consumption Enabled by an Integrated Thermal Energy and Water Storage System for Residential Air Conditioning Systems in Austin, Texas”
- Erik Funkhouser, researcher with the Energy Systems Transformation group at UT: “Commercial Innovations in Community-scale Distributed Generation”
October 30, 2014
Effective Approaches for Funding Cleantech: Are We There Yet?
Mike Jackson, Partner, The Westly Group
October 23, 2014
Disrupting the Power Sector: Overpowering Inertia and Incrementalism
Paul Hudson, Managing Partner, Stratus Energy Group, LLC
October 9, 2014
Energy Research at the Intersection of Computer Science, Decision Sciences, and Complex Systems
Kiran Lakkaraju, Senior Member of Technical Staff, Sandia National Laboratories
October 2, 2014
China’s Role in Global Clean Energy Technology Development
Joanna Lewis, Associate Professor, Georgetown University
September 25, 2014
Feeding the Dragon: Energy in China
Fred Beach, Assistant Director, Energy Institute
September 18, 2014
Renewables in Texas: Costs, Project Development, and Policy Issues
Panel discussion with Clay Butler (The Butler Firm), Colin Meehan (First Solar), and Spivey Paup (E.ON Renewables)
September 11, 2014
Impacts of Adoption of a More Fuel Efficient Vehicle Fleet
Steve Puller, Associate Professor, Texas A&M University
September 4, 2014
The Importance of Fuel Diversity in the Energy Generation Mix
Cris Eugster, Executive Vice President, Chief Generation and Strategy Officer, CPS Energy