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 (Fall 2023): 61200 (graduate students) / 60925 (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 |
|---|---|---|
| August 29, 2023 | Michael Yamoah | Coherent implementation of Climate Change and Sustainable Development Policies and Ongoing Implications for ESG Investing |
| September 5, 2023 | Scott Hughey & Shaun Boardman | Decarbonization - The New High-Tech Sector |
| September 12, 2023 | Art Berman | An Energy Transition to Renewables Condemns Civilization to its Status Quo Path of Growth & Biophysical destruction |
| September 19, 2023 | Julia SteinBerger | Living Well at Lower Energy Demand: Empirical Evidence and Future Research Directions |
| September 26, 2023 | Mike Legatt | When Situational Awareness, Mental Models, and Adaptive Capacity Meet Control Room Surprises |
| October 3, 2023 | Vida Asiegbu | Climate Investing x Diversity |
| October 10, 2023 | Kevin Book | Carbon Trade War and the Energy Transition |
| October 17, 2023 | Steve Kleen | Macroeconomics and Energy |
| October 24, 2023 | Neil Kem | Exploring the Role of Hydrogen & Low-Carbon Fuels in the Energy Sector |
| October 31, 2023 | Emily Grubert | Fossil Phaseout and the Just Energy Transition |
| November 7, 2023 | Michael Webber & Carey King | Steelman Discussion: Should ERCOT Interconnect (synchronize) with the Eastern or Western Interconnect? |
| November 14, 2023 | Melissa Lott | TBD |
| November 28, 2023 | Clay Sell | Small Nuclear Reactors |
UT Energy Symposium Talks
April 19, 2018
Adapting from grid to cloud
Bill Cannon, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Environment & Infrastructure Group Sumitomo Corporation of Americas
April 12, 2018
Will the internet of things change the electric business?
Robert J. King, President, Good Company Associates
April 5, 2018
Global Energy Impact of a Developing China; and India?
Fred Beach, Assistant Director for Policy Studies, Energy Institute, The University of Texas at Austin
March 29, 2018
To Uber or Not to Uber: Economic and Energetic Tradeoffs
Todd Davidson, Research Associate, Energy Institute and Webber Energy Group, The University of Texas at Austin
March 22, 2018
A Proposed Framework for Rebooting the Study of Economics
Garvin Boyle, principal designer and programmer, Orrery Software
March 8, 2018
Personal Reflections on California’s Leadership in Environmental Policy
Alan Lloyd, Research Fellow, Energy Institute, UT Austin; Former Secretary, California EPA; Former Chair, California Air Resources Board
March 1, 2018
Global gas demand and US LNG exports
Gürcan Gülen, Research Scientist, Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences
February 22, 2018
Coal in India: History and Persistence
Rohit Chandra, PhD Student, Kennedy School at Harvard
February 15, 2018
The Evolution of Building Energy Code Adoption and Compliance in Texas 2001-2018: How Outreach, Education and Collaboration Changed the Texas Building Industry
Richard Morgan, Sr. Energy Codes Manager, South-central Partnership for Energy Efficiency as a Resource (SPEER)
February 8, 2018
Aramco and Saudi Arabia – Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
David Kultgen, General Counsel and Senior Vice President, Arabian American Oil Company (retired)
January 25, 2018
Food Security: Thermodynamics, Ecology, and Economics
John R Schramski, Associate Professor, College of Engineering, University of Georgia
November 30, 2017
Drivers of technological improvement in clean energy
Jessika Trancik, Professor in Energy Studies, Institute for Data, Systems and Society at MIT
November 16, 2017
Notes on 100% Renewable Cities in Texas
Neil McAndrews, Economist with Austin Chapter of US Association for Energy Economics
November 9, 2017
From Theory to Econometrics to Energy Policy: Cautionary Tales for Policymaking Using Aggregate Production Functions
Matthew Heun, Professor of Engineering at Calvin College
October 26, 2017
Grid Technology Trends and the Integration of Renewables
Juan Torres, Associate Laboratory Director, Energy Systems Integration, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
October 19, 2017
Cutting Carbon in Maritime Cargo Shipping
Maria Gallucci, 2017-2018 UT Energy Journalism Fellow
October 12, 2017
Coupling Heat Storage to Nuclear Reactors For Variable Electricity Output with Base-Load Reactor Operations
Charles Forsberg, Director and a Principle Investigator of the DOE Integrated Research Project on Fluoride-salt-cooled High-Temperature Reactors (FHRs), MIT
October 5, 2017
Generation IV Nuclear Energy Systems
Kevan Weaver, Director of Technology Integration, TerraPower
September 28, 2017
Low Energy Nuclear Reactions: Status and Prospects for Science and Business
Dave Nagel, Professor, George Washington University
September 21, 2017
Electrolyte Choices for Rechargeable Batteries
John Goodenough, Virginia H. Cockrell Centennial Chair in Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin
September 14, 2017
U.S. Climate Policy: The Importance of Thinking and Acting Regionally
Dave Adelman, Professor, School of Law, The University of Texas at Austin
September 7, 2017
Keeping The Lights On As We Transition To Renewables
Gene Preston, CEO, Transmission Adequacy Consulting