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 27th semester in fall 2024. 

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): 60345 (graduate students) / 60030 (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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February 7, 2013

Emerging Supply-and Demand-Side Technologies are Pressuring Regulators to Change Course – But Do They Have the Political Will?

Sherman Elliott, Consultant and Former Commissioner at the Illinois Commerce Commission (Jan ’08 – Mar ’12)

January 31, 2013

Energy Conservation Behavior and the Behavioral Wedge

Thomas Dietz, Professor of Sociology and Environmental Science and Policy, Michigan State University

January 17, 2013

Alternatives for Mitigating the Natural Resources Curse

Scott Gaille, Adjunct Professor of Management at Rice University and Chief Compliance Officer for ZaZa Energy Corporation

November 29, 2012

The Road Forward for Nuclear in the U.S. and Internationally

Dale Klein, Associate Director of the Energy Institute, Associate Vice President for research at UT Austin and former chair of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission

November 15, 2012

Building (and Maintaining) Competitive Advantage in Clean Manufacturing

Alan Goodrich, Senior Analyst, National Renewable Energy Laboratory

November 8, 2012

A Journalist’s Perspective on Covering Energy

Kate Galbraith, energy and environment reporter for the Texas Tribune

November 1, 2012

Climate Change and Climate Engineering

J. Eric Bickel, Professor, Cockrell School of Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin

October 25, 2012

CCS Speaker Panel

UT Senior Research Scientist Dr. Susan Hovorka, UT Professor of Chemical Engineering Gary Rochelle, and Douglas Heguy, Commercial Leader of Gasification at GE

October 18, 2012

Gas Power Nexus: A Closer Look at the Gas Value-Chain in Power Production

Eric Bradley, Vice President for Strategy at IPR-GDF Suez North America

October 11, 2012

Electric Vehicles and the EVGo Program

Arun Banskota, President of Electric Vehicle Services, NRG Energy

October 3, 2012

The Global Diffusion of Cleaner Energy Technologies

Kelly Sims Gallagher, Associate Professor of Energy and Environmental Policy at The Fletcher School, Tufts University

September 27, 2012

Powering San Antonio into the New Energy Economy

Doyle N. Beneby, CEO, CPS Energy

September 6, 2012

Student Research Showcase

  • Ashlynn Stillwell, Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering: “Energy-Water Nexus: Water Impacts on Thermoelectric Power Generation”
  • Yezhou Wang, Electrical Engineering: “Power Grid Safety and Security: How to Keep Your Lights On”
  • Scott Robinson, Energy and Earth Resources and LBJ School of Public Affairs: “Behavioral Pathways in the Diffusion of Residential Solar PV”
  • Steve Bryant, Petroleum Engineering: “Refracturing: Getting More out of Unconventional Resources”

August 30, 2012

Sustainable Architecture: Form, Function, and Energy

Matt Fajkus, Assistant Professor, University of Texas School of Architecture, Principal Architect of Matt Fajkus Architecture, LLC

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