Energy@Stanford & SLAC 2015
Energy Research for the 21st Century
September 8-11, 2015
Highlights from 2011 Energy@Stanford & SLAC
Jumpstart your energy education at Stanford. Build your personal energy network at Stanford. Learn about current research from over 30 Stanford energy “Rock Star” faculty and expert speakers. Develop a broad perspective on energy. Network and meet Silicon Valley energy entrepreneurs and venture capitalists. Visit a local energy company in Silicon Valley.
Energy@Stanford&SLAC is a multi-day conference for incoming Stanford graduate and professional school students interested in energy. This four-day course will allow you to build an interdisciplinary community across campus, visit a local energy company in Silicon Valley, attend two in-depth master classes of your choice, meet Stanford energy faculty, participate in the Energy & Carbon Market Competition, and grow your personal cross-campus network of incoming graduate students. Registration is now closed.
- Who: Up to 125 incoming Stanford graduate and professional school students (returning graduate students early in their studies can still apply)
- Location: On campus
- Dates: Tuesday, September 8th to Friday, September 11th
- Time: 8:30am – 8:00pm (breakfast, lunch, and dinner included)
Registration is now closed.
This 4-day conference offered through the Stanford Graduate Summer Institute (SGSI) is free and open to incoming Stanford graduate and professional school students. To find out more about SGSI and other courses being offered, please visit: https://vpge.stanford.edu/interdisciplinary-learning/sgsi.
Conference sponsors: The Vice Provost Office for Graduate Education’s (VPGE), Precourt Institute for Energy (PIE), the Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences (SIMES), Global Climate and Energy Project (GCEP), and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC).
We had over 35 speakers last year, Including:
- Sally M. Benson, Professor, Energy Resources Engineering, Director, Global Climate and Energy Project, Director, Precourt Institute for Energy
- Arun Majumdar, Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Founding Director, Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy
- Michael Wara, Associate Professor, Stanford Law School
- William Chueh, Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
- Hema Karunadasa, Assistant Professor, Chemistry
- Tom Jaramillo, Professor, Chemical Engineering
- Mar Reguant, Assistant Professor, Stanford Graduate School of Business
- JB Straubel, Co-Founder and Chief Technical Officer, Tesla Motors, Inc.
- The Honorable George P. Shultz, Thomas W. and Susan B. Ford Distinguished Fellow, Hoover Institution
- The Honorable William J. Perry, Michael & Barbara Berberian Professor, Senior Fellow at Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Emeritus
Topics Include:
Energy law, biofuels, carbon tax, climate change adaption and mitigation, solar, wind, energy markets, cap and trade, oil and gas, geothermal, energy efficiency, integrated modeling, sustainable Stanford, peel and stick solar cells, fuel cells, economics and finance, carbon capture and sequestration, smart grid and storage, sustainable cities, and many more.
