2014 FESC Workshop

Presentations

Monday, May 12 – Presentations

8:20 – 9:20 am SESSION I: BIOMASS AND SMART GRID PANEL SESSION

Moderator: Chris Fountas, Partner, Arsenal Venture Partners, FESC Advisory Board Member

 

Biomass: U.S. Biofuels – Technical, Economic, and Regulatory Status Update – Paul Bryan, Professor at UC Berkeley and former Program Manager for US-DOE Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s Biomass Program

Smart Grid: Electric Energy Systems of the Future – Visions, Challenges, and Opportunities – Pramod P. Khargonekar, Head of Engineering Directorate, National Science Foundation

9:30 – 10:40 am SESSION I SHORT ORAL PRESENTATIONS (5 min each)

 

Track I: Biomass

Chair: George Philippidis, Associate Professor, Sustainable Energy, USF

 

 

Track II: Smart Grid

Chair: William S. Oates, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering, FSU

 

12:45 – 1:45 pm SESSION II: SOLAR ENERGY AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY PANEL SESSION

Moderator: J.L. Martinez, Sr. Director Office of Clean Energy, FPL, FESC Advisory Board Member

 

Solar Energy: Solar Energy: What’s Next? – Dr. Ryne Raffaelle, Vice President for Research and Associate Provost, Rochester Institute of Technology

Energy Efficiency: DOE Building Technologies Office: Energy Efficiency R&D – Patrick Phelan, Supervisor, Building Technologies Program, US-DOE, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

 

2:00 – 3:10 pm SESSION II ORAL PRESENTATIONS (5 min each)

 

Track I: Solar Energy

Chair: D. Yogi Goswami, Distinguished University Professor, USF

 

Track II: Energy Efficiency

Chair: John Leeds, Senior Management Analyst, Office of Energy

 

8:00 – 9:00 am ROUNDTABLE REPORTS

Energy Efficiency

Energy Efficiency Notes and Attendees

Moderator: Robin K. Vieira, Director, Buildings Research Division, Florida Solar Energy Center

Biomass

Biomass Notes and Attendees

Algae – Moderator: George Philippidis, Associate Professor, Sustainable Energy, USF

Biochemical Conversion – Moderator: Lonnie O. Ingram, Director, Florida Center for Renewable Chemicals and Fuels, Microbiology and Cell Science, UF

Thermo-chemical Conversion & Waste to Energy – Moderator: Janan Balaban, Associate Director, FESC, Moderator: John N. Kuhn, Assistant Professor, Chemical & Biomedical Engineering, USF

Energy Crops

Energy Crops Notes and Attendees

Moderator: David L. Wright, Professor of Agronomy, UF

Solar

Solar Notes and Attendees

Solar PV- Moderator: Issa Batarseh, Professor, ECE, UCF

Solar Thermal – Moderator: D. Yogi Goswami, Distinguished University Professor, USF

Smart Grid and Storage

Smart Grid and Storage Notes and Attendees

Smart Grid & Energy Storage – Moderator: Sean Meyn, Director Florida Institute for Sustainable Energy, Professor of ECE, UF, Moderator: Charles A. Weatherford, Chairman Department of Physics and Director of the NSF CREST, FAMU

Natural Gas

Natural Gas Notes and Attendees

Moderator: J. R. Mclelland, Director Gas Supply & Wholesale Origination at TECO Peoples Gas

Education

Education Notes and Attendees

Moderator: Jennifer Sinclair Curtis, Interim FESC Director

 

9:00 – 10:30 am SESSION III: NATURAL GAS, MARINE ENERGY, AND EDUCATION PANEL SESSION

Moderator: Tommy Boroughs, Holland & Knight, Partner, FESC Advisory Board Member

Natural Gas: Natural Gas: Serving Florida’s Energy Needs Today and in the Future – John R. Mclelland, Director Gas Supply and Wholesale Origination, TECO Peoples Gas

Marine Energy: Blue Energy: The Southeast National Marine Renewable Energy Center – Camille Coley, Assistant Vice President for Research, Associate Director for the Southeast National Marine Renewable Energy Center, Florida Atlantic University

Education: Trends in Energy Education and Workforce Development – Dr. Dean Evasius, Vice President and Director of Science Education Programs, Oak Ridge Associated Universities

10:45- 11:25 am SESSION III ORAL PRESENTATIONS (5 min each)

 

Track I: Natural Gas and Marine Energy

Chair: Janan Balaban, Associate Director, FESC

 

Track II: Education

Chair: Jennifer Curtis, Interim FESC Director