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 | |
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UT Energy Symposium Talks
April 28, 2020
Short Circuiting Policy: Interest Groups and the Battle Over Clean Energy and Climate Policy in the American States
Leah Stokes, Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science and affiliated with the Bren School of Environmental Science & Management and the Environmental Studies Department at the University of California, Santa Barbara
April 21, 2020
Distributed Energy Resources in Texas
Suzanne Bertin, Managing Director of the Texas Advanced Energy Business Alliance
April 14, 2020
Energy Gain and Complexity
Joseph A. Tainter, Professor of Sustainability in the Department of Environment and Society at Utah State University
April 7, 2020
The Potential of Geothermal in Our Clean Energy Future
Timothy Latimer, Co-Founder and CEO of Fervo Energy
March 10, 2020
Will Electric And Driverless Cars Decarbonize Transportation?
Costa Samaras, Associate Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University
March 3, 2020
Leveraging the Power of Small towards Energy Resources Recovery
Dr. Wen Song, Assistant Professor of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin
February 11, 2020
Ask UT Anything
David Spence (Professor, Baker Botts Chair in Law, Professor of Business, Govt. & Society)
Larry Lake (Professor, Shahid and Sharon Ullah Endowed Chair in Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering)
David Adelman (Professor, Harry Reasoner Regents Chair in Law)
Sheila Olmstead (Professor, LBJ School of Public Affairs)
Susan Hovorka (Senior Research Scientist, Bureau of Economic Geology)
Carey King (Research Scientist & Assistant Director, Energy Institute)
February 4, 2020
Collaborative Conservation in the Energy Industry
Joni Carswell, CEO and President of Texan by Nature (TxN)
January 28, 2020
Engaging the Public on Renewable Energy and Carbon Dioxide Removal
Dr. Sol Hart, Associate Professor in Communication and Media and the Program in the Environment at the University of Michigan